Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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CLARA DAVIS ALBRIGHT, A.: Instructor of History and English Grammar. REV. E. ' L. EATOX, Sec ' y. of Life Service Department.

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MOTIVE AND STUDY. The supreme motive in the ministry of Jesus was world redemption; the most important thing about the world to Him was that it was a world of persons. His soul thrilled over a great worthwhile task, the recovery of a lost world from sin ; and that same motive may be shared by us — that ministry that was so superb and so wonderful may be shared by his followers. In the light of world redemption, money is worth more than anywhere else; and it needs no argument to convince us that life is worth the most when invested in saving the world. During the afternoon of a day of prayer at Taylor I over- heard a member of the Faculty say, Your education is sacramental in the light of helping to save the world. How true this is and how precious a thing is our school life in the light of it. And this brings us at once into a study of that most wonderful life and ministry of Jesus. His life was two-fold in that it was receptive as well as active. He never neglected the one in the saving of the other. With greatest care. He guarded the receptive side — He spent His nights in prayer ; and we have every reason to believe that, as He Grew in Wisdom, He gave himself to studv. But we hear Him say, I sanctify myself that they — might be sanctified. He is keeping ever fresh upon His heart the sense of a great compulsion, and this was necessary that He might have a fruitful ministry. But this was possible only as He gave attention to the active side. The receptive side of His life was very wonderful, but we have no more wonderful picture of the Christ anywhere than that of His incessant teaching and preaching and healing and saving those about Him. What made His ministry great? It is because He lived with God and loved God and knew God ; and it is because He lived with men and loved men and knew men. We are hurrying through this, but just one application in the interest of the LIFE SERVICE DEPARTMENT of Taylor University: Young people will be at their best always when they give due consideration to both the active as well as to the receptive side of life. The best scholar is the teacher, and the best teacher is the scholar. Some of the young people told me on their way back from the Jay County Evangelistic Campaign that their own hearts were blessed in their efforts to be a blessing to others. If our young people are to be good students and good scholars they must keep alive the supreme motive to study, and this can be done only as they give themselves very really to the task of saving the world now. Be a preacher now ! Be a missionary now ! Get into service now ! Begin at Taylor ; there is no better place and no better time than now. Dr. E. L. Eaton, Secy. Life Service Dept.