Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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A Message Prom The President’s Desk Pr id nt W«il rdohl vigoroutly h««rt Indian unto On of th first on th« vc»n och morning it R v. Wttterdohl and victory. hi »on Tim, who orrivc promptly at 7:20 to »tart a n w day in th life of our school. To the Class of 1961: Do not forget as you leave us that you are evangelists. In 1536 William Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating the Bible from the Creek into the English language. Just before the burning this great servant spoke to the crowd in the following words: Euangclio, that wc cal Cos pele. is a Grekc word, atul signifyth good, merry, glad and ioyeftil tydings, that maketh a manes heart glad, and maketh hym sijnge, daunce, and leepe for ioye. For a man to speak such words in the face of death is sure proof that the cause to which he was committed had received his whole heart. Look at another’s commitment. Listen to Socrates in his speech l eforc the Athenian judges just prior to their condemning him to death: I will obey Coil rather than you, and as long as I have breath I will not cease from exhorting you. Go l has sent me to attack this city as if it were a great horse, sluggish from its size, which needs to be roused by a gadfly. I think I am that gadfly. Arc you not ashamed of caring so much for money, for reputation, and for honor? Will you think about wisdom and truth and how to make your soul better? I shall reproach you for indifference to what is most valuable and for prizing what is unimjwrtant. I shall do this to everyone I meet, young or old. and this is God’s command to me. Oh, men of Athens, of what are you thinking that you give all your time to the getting and spending of money while you neglect your own children to whom you must leave it all some day.” The old Christian world saw something of the likeness of Christ in Socrates. In the midst of his inspired speaking he would occasionally pray for himself. It was then that the character of the man was clearly revealed: ”Give me beauty in the inward soul. May the inner and the outer be at one. May I consider wisdom to be wealth, and let me have only as much gold as a temperate man, and only he can bear to carry. This prayer, I think, is enough for me. And now my final word to you. this class of 1961. is that of the Apostle Paul when he wrote: And 1 pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ, for I have derived much jou and comfort from your love . . . because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. May I always lx your friend. 26 President