Salvation Army School for Officers Training - Sasfot Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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CONTENTS Administration Academic 15 Field Training 31 Activities 41 Commissioning 49

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OniicU 0 SenwiCe . , . We are soon to be launched into an Orbit of Service. To where, for how long, and under what conditions, we do not i now. m But we are assured that we do not go alone nor need we ever taste final defeat. For our strength and our guidance comes from no one less than the cosmic Christ. May we always be constrained to launch out farther into the depths of His love, and achieve ever greater orbits of faith.

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7 ifc ( CKenal V etCen. . . . General and Mrs. Wilfred Kttching of recent visit to the Training School. My dear Cadets, As Cadets of the Servants of Christ session you will have been reminded again and again of the significance of the name you bear. The Salvation Army Officer Is often spoken of as a servant of all. As a Salvationist true service for others Is motivated by the knowledge that one is serving Christ. He Himself was a Server, for wherever there was need He stretched out His hand to lift the burden of those in sin and weakness. Servants of Christ must ever remember that their lives have been placed on the altar of service, to be to the people what Christ would seek to be to those in need were He here once again in the flesh. True service is not reserved, there are no divided interests, there are no wrong motives, and there Is no unwillingness to spend and to be spent, even to the laying down of one ' s life, if by that service people can be better served. I charge you. In the Name of the Perfect Servant, Who Is the world ' s only Saviour, never to allow anything to swerve you from your task. The Salvation Army as a Movement, must be one of God ' s avenues for service to mankind. I believe It is, but the Movement Is made up of individuals, and It is what individuals are personally m sanctlfication and service that makes up the strength of the united force. The Army has built up for Itself, through service of other days, a reputation in many ways, unequalled and unmatched In the Christian world, and if that reputation is going to be maintained then you must serve by prayer and perseverance, and by personal purity of motive. As your leader I count on you, the world to which you go counts on you, but above all else it Is Christ Himself Who has given you a great trust. In His service there is great delight if love for Him is supreme. Live by your best moments and not by your worst, and whether your life be long or short I charge you to live daily in the knowledge that one day the Saviour of the World will return and we must all prepare ourselves for that moment when by God ' s grace we can hear the blessed word, Well done, thou good and faithful servant . Mrs. Kitching would join me in praying God ' s blessing upon you all. Yours sincerely, Kitching