Vanguard University of Southern California - Centurion Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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He believed in Jesus Christ as a divine act of Grace and not just a sterile truth. He believed in interaction between the Godhead and man. He believed in Christian unity, despite the diver- sity of denominations. He believed in love. And in this belief, he acted. But it was not the works of the student that saved him, nor anything honorable nor good about him, for he was totally selfish and evil. His spirit was natural; his desires carnal. He was not a spiritual entity. He was a sinner, desperate and hopeless. But there was a Power, above his world, a Power that transcended into his situation and offered him boundless love, hope, and salvation. It was the power and charity of Jesus Christ who offered the student a choice between himself or a genuine, human encounter with God. The student accepted by faith, by trusting and leaning on the arms of Christ. God became an objective reality and the boy was instilled with purpose and meaning. The outworking of God ' s grace and the student ' s faith was always love, not idealistic, but practical. His spiritual life became not a matter of verbal proclamation or traditional mores, but a positive application of love producing the Fruit of the Spirit. Love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance was relevance. 101

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The year, 1969, Nothing less, nothing more Than a kaleidoscope of one time, A transitory stage In the history of SCC. Brief, benign, beautiful And over. Except for you And an esoteric coterie To remember and reminisce Forever. It was time enough To WONDER, to STRIVE, To ATTAIN The SIMPLICITY of a day. The FRIENDSHIP of a year. From personal CONCERN To eternal LOVE, Faith was translated. In the EXCITEMENT of a new vision. As the WISDOM of our time, And now, commune with Stephen Crane Who is a part of you For this once and never again.