Lynden Christian School - Excelsior Yearbook (Lynden, WA)

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i No-.9 Standing: Mark Vander Ark, Clarence Bode, Kenneth Kornelis, Bud Heeringa, William Nyland, Harry Zylstra, Jim Van Andel, Ray Knutzen, Herman Bosman, Seated: Jack Veltkamp, treasurerg Edward Kok, presidentg Joe T. De Jong, vice presidentg W. B, Vander Griend, secretary. The Lynden Chrisfian School Board exlends 'ro you. 'rhe gradualing -class of I957, i'rs hearliesl congralulalions. May lhe Chrislian educalion given you in lhe lwelve years of 'rhe Chrislian School be hallowed unlo each and every one of your hearls. Your lheme. Seeking New Horizons. speaks of seeking, and lhe horizon is where sky and earlh meer. So your educalion has been direcled lo equip you lor 'lhis life and lhe lile lo come - Heaven and Earlh. The Word of God ollen speaks of seeking. Seek and you shall find, Mall. 717, and Seek ye lirsl lhe Kingdom ol: Heaven and all olher lhings shall be added unlo you, Luke I2:3l. The world would recanf lhis, and say, Seek ye lirsl all olher Things and lhe Kingdom of Heaven and lhen righl- eousness will be added unlo you. Thal is secular educalion and no+ Chrislian educalion. ln Chrislian educalion, we slress The Kingdom of God lirsl and lhen we have The promise of God. Class ol I957, lhal all ofher 'rhings will be added unlo you, ln Seeking New Horizons, Class of l957, Seek ye lirsl The Kingdom of Heaven. SCHOOL BOARD EDWARD F. KOK, Presidenlr

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i gf as Y L , if 'ix' in.. 7 LCS l f as ff,-'f lofi PE? X Mfx inisfrafion All government and all exelclse o power, no matter lll what form, wluch is not based on love, and directed by knowledge, is tyrannyf, Mrs. Jameson.

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SeeLing ew orizons ONE MUD Dear Class of I957: ONE Two Men look out through the same barsg One sees mud, and one sees stars. You are abouT To graduaTe Trom Lynden Chrisf- ian High. CongraTulaTions To you. We TrusT ThaT your role as a ciTizen oT your counTry, and oT The Kingdom of Heaven. will be a crediT To The name of our school. Seeking New Horizons Tor The graduaTe oT a ChrisTian school musT mean a greaT deal. The goals seT TorTh by The Tounders oT our school. and by your Teachers. envisioned a perspecTive like ThaT of The man who looked ouT of a barred window To see The sTars. The person who Thinks oT his high school gradua- Tion only as a means Toward making a beTTer living has abouT as dim a view as The incarceraTed man who saw only mud Through his window. Merely To know how To make a beTTer living and To enioy The Things oT This world is To place one's horizons Too low. As you go ouT inTo mature living, we wanT your level oT vision To be Tixed on The sTars. Such a vis- ion sees The creaTing. providing. and redeeming Lord of a greaT and loving God in every area of life. Horizons on This level are seen by Those of whom Jesus said: And ye shall know The TruTh. and The TruTh shall make you Tree. Yours in The MasTer's Service. MARK VANDER ARK r-'11--Q1