College bulletin 1951 november

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THE COLLEGE TEACHER AND HIS SPIRITUAL LIFE To the Pacific Lutheran

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pends on the way in which the aver- The totalitarian leaders are ed� cator � , age boy and girl are brought up." too. There are more students In uOl­ Parkland, Washington.

Well, we are living in Teddy Roose­ versities in Russia today than in all *My Dear Colleagucs! vdt's future. During several decades the universities of Europe combined. the American schools have been un- Their education breeds a gross form There is something symbolical about dergoing a process of secularization. of evil, while education divorced from bolding this first faculty retreat here Old and honored institutions of learn­ Christian morality is simply a more at beautiful Lake Wilderness. It is ing have been capitulating by alter­ refined form of evil. marc correct to call this spot a para­ The Chrisbian educator must know ing their charters. Harvard, Prince­ dise than a wilderness, It has been ton, Yale and Dartmouth have de­ his subject matter in the spirit of doubly beautiful because of the spirit parted from the honorable connections Jesus Christ and not leave the stu­ which has pervaded these three great they once had with the education of dent to choose which view he likes days in which we have counselled men in the bias of the Christian faith. best, beautiful as such a theory sounds. �. C. Eastvold together by these mountains, streams Some of the so-called Christian col­ A teacher must teach and put truth and lakes. Why symbolical? The an­ leges maintain nominal connections across. But the teacher cannot teach Wlcr is obvious to all of us. As a SOME SPIRITUAL PITFALLS with the church for monetary and what he doesn't know. The teacher fac u l ty we move amid great mountaim promotional purposes.They are Chris­ dare not pretend to the Christian view We face stern realities. We must not of truth and b y streams of living tian in name only.A Minnesota Doc­ of life and yet remain uncertain as be lost amid the trifles of small things, waten. OUt' lives are daily lived in tor of Philosophy told me in January to his aims and purposes. We must such as neighborhood gossip or jeal­ great contrast with the chaos of a ('51) that in his college the President not allow our College to be so ridicu­ ousy and envy among departments. w orld ill horrible tribulation. Even was indifferent to the faith of the lously elective that any student can Should the Navy seek to destroy the thcse lov.ely surroundings here at Lake founders, that at least_ half of the pro­ rush throug h without meeting Jesus Army, or the Air Force drop bombs Wilderness would not be beautiful or fessors had no interest in the religion Christ in classes as well as in the on the Marines, while the encmy is omforting to guilty spirits. Sin-cursed of that church-related college, and atmosphere of the more academic regrouping for the f ina l kill? Inter­ spirits, living without peace with God, that only a few of the professors eVer courses. The result of such a proced­ departmental and rsonal envies and would find this place a real wilder­ attend the Chapel exercises, which, ure will be, as Woodrow Wilson jealousies are as ignoble in a Christ i an ness from which they could gain ill) incidentally, have dwindled into a asserted, that "the side show is run­ college as they are deadly on the bat­ rest. worldly forum.Said he, "It � a joke, ning away with the circus." tlefield. No con d emnati on can be too Our troubled world is seeking for for our college should no longer pre­ While we teach the creation of the s vere. Let every h('",(rt be bowed in peace, but does not find it. Peace is tend to be Christian." And yet such humility, penitence, repentance and of the spirit, and is not found in the colleges usc the slogan, "Christian universe from the pagTs of Genesis, we must also challenge and satisfy contrition wh ile the precious bl ood of material things of earlh. The wodd atmosphere." Such an atmosphere Christ cleanses and for gives. Who nee d s peace more than anything else. must be vcry loose, diluted and atten­ the mind of the student who raises questions regarding evolution in the dares deniy and disclaim guilt and still Peace can c ome only in the hearts and uated, and of an artificial creation. be in this wo rld ? Thanks be to Go science classes. minds of men. If we are to have peace, How can a faculty without a positive Beware of unbalanced educational that we can claim to be singularly it will have to come from Cod through faith and emphasis produce a "Chris­ diets. Our educational program mUit blest with a minimum of such guilt. the medium and leadership of teach­ tian atmosphere?" be �aturated with our holy faith. But we arc not out of danger. Let U5 ers. Therefore it is of the utmost im­ A spiritual atmosphere is a by­ Jesus Christ must be at the center of stand on guard. It ia ridiculous to portan e that the preceptors of the product of intense religious cOll\·ic­ everything. The Scriptures teach that claim peace for the world through race look wen to tb eir spiritual values. tions.Only that kind of teachers can discipl ine is not inconsistent with, but Jesus Christ and at the same time As college men and women, in lead­ produce and meet the ideal set up necessary to the proper development co nde mn a 10lit race for lack of peace ing positions of influence today, let

by Teddy Roosevelt. Without spiritUal for a Christian. It is important that if we cannot make our theories of U5 comider at the threshhold of this people on the faculty, the Christian our t ea ch e rs know these things, but pe ace work in such a paradise as we school year, 1951-1952, the theme: coUege is not "Christian ;" it has it is still more important that this have at Padfic Lutheran Collegel We served its purpose and no longer de­ knowledge is properly used.The stu­ owe the world a great example. We THE OOLLEGE TEACHER serves to exist. Without that fun cti on dent s must see in the teachers the doc­ must give it.We cannot do.o th rough AND IDS SPIRITUAL LIFE its uniqueness is destroyed.The secu­ trinea of our holy faith in practical any might, strength, or righteousoeu The primary business of this group lar colleges and universities can do living. Jesus Christ must not be iao­ of our own making. It must be by ia Christian education. There is no the job of education better than a lated in narrow areas of life, but found grace and faith alon e. Thi.a will re­ word in the E nglish language more de-christianized institution. As well in every teacher, in every classroom, quire private devotions and family abused than the word "education." surrender to the state and put God's and in all of life. Eve ry collegiate altars at home, as well :u worship of Teddy Roosevelt on ce said, "It is a money to better use. It is our chal­ course must be Christocentric, wheth­ God in the publi c lWembliCi. (ine thing to be clever, to be able, lenge to see that the money given er it be biology, history, mathematics, EDUCATORS HAVE FAll.ED to be smart, but it is a better thing

by Christian people for Christian edu­ bookkeeping, business, psychology, or . theIr find that s qualitie e to have th cation accomplishes Christian pur- languagf's. The bias must be in the Dr. Pflueger has iaid, "That which elCJlrtsSion in the Decalogue and in pOlies. teacher's heart as well as in the head. make s for the gr eatest urgency is the the Golden Ru le. We must have e du­ In fact, this spirit ust pervade our increasing evil of our times. The .trug­ UNBALANCED cation in the broadest sense-educa­ athletics, social programs, literary so­ gle betwee n the power. of darknCls EDUCATIONAL DIETS lion of the soul as well as of the cieties, dining hall, ehapel C,.'(ercises, and the Ch urch is waxing hotter every mind. The future of this country deWe believe that in Christian educa­ and in every acth,;ty on the campus. d ay."

We live in a world that hu been tion lies the hope of the future. The We must be forging new paths, open ­ • TIuo Praidaot'J annual adeJr- to the Pacific need for education is c lear. We do ing new avenues, a nd integrating our furnished with every necessary re­ Lutheran OOlk;s6 Facut'!/. not debate that. But the content an d entire work with the mind that is in source to make us happy. Our edu­ llay retreat whil:.h. wu DllJO at "I'.aie ness, " about 14) milea (rom the camPUI, Sept. cators have made all this possible. Yet spirit of our education is the wue. Christ Jesus.

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;ttC' �estlc": "/Orried, or con- �\,;!! slItvive! That is trcmc ndously General Jan S mu ts of South Africa S';1('nt,f,c d,�"o\'f"r!('s have Important, for then only those . are stated bluntly the danger s he saw iJrought Lhe univ r�e under control, safe who are on Hi� side. The road ahead in October of 1934: "Over b t rna has not learned h ow to man- to survival is the road of faith and large parts of Europe," he said, "the age the simple relations betw een him- obedience to Him" (Dr. Edgar M. cult of force has for the time triself and hi5 fellow s so as to create Carlson). ump hed. Popular self-government and happy families, creative commWlities, The w o rl d is not being threatened parliaments are di sappearing. The and world at peac e . by ignorant people, but by Christless guarantees for private rights and civil II,;rd.

:Every teacher has the responsibility

people. Our philosophy of education

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Catholic Chu r c h (Luther Allan Wei �k,

Dean

School).

Emeritus,

Yale

These facts and figures

Divinity

­

will help

us to understand how much responsi

bility is laid upon faculties in the private colleges for the making

of the

America

world.

future

of

and

the

liberties are going ... of liberty in

What

tw o thousand years .

vatc college, still we exist for the pub­

w oul d make it impossible for

must not descend to a level which its full human meaning-frcedom of a PLC s tudent to some day sit in the prcparation of students to be adequate is practical materialism, even if it is thought, speech, action, sclf-(',pres- White House as President of our c oun­ human b ings. U nless we do that, we �s religious as that of the ManUst. sion-there is today Jess in Europe try, there wielding your influence will continue to be isolated from so- We must always be in thc front lin " o f than there has been during the last upon the nation? While we are a pei­ to contribute something

toward the

ci ty. Our curriculum must do more than train students to m ak e a living.

Anyt h in g I 5S than the spirit of Christ m otivating the life, conduet, an d te achin g of people on our faculty will be inadeqllate to our high calling.

attack

against

atheistic

materialism.

appearance

of

the

.

.

The

dis-

lic weal and render a

sturdy, indcpcnd ent-minded, freedom-loving individChristian The only sure d efense f or America ual, and his replacement by a servile and the w o rld is in a Ch ris t- centered standardized mass mentality is the doctrine which we must demonstrate greatest human menace of our time."

We

arc

production

line

of le adership in the making.

at

the

grea t public

servicc. We have an opportunity not

even

given

to the m inister s of

the

church-and the challenge

wi ll grow.

It is predicted that by 1960 we will

­

menace has not yet been have 4,600,000 students in our Amerit be until the ican colleges-or three times our pres lIOW DARK IS THE PICTURE? Spirit of Christ takes over in the ent normal enr ollment.

All nations are being called to arms. minds of men. It is the threat of RusIt is not a dress parade. It is not a All statistics arc dej e cting. It might l\HD-CE TTURY EDUCATION sia and Communism all over the pageant celebration. The real enemy appear as if our ki nd of coll ege is on in holy

THE WORLD IN ARMS

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Such

living.

a

annihilated, nor will

spiritual. We will not win with guns,

We al'C living in the mid-twentieth

world. Men are all too willing to sur-

the wa�' out. Such a demisc has been

We face the question predicted since the turn of the cen- ren der freedom for ostensible security. century. The easy assumptions of last It is our job to tcach Christian free- c entury have been toppled by t he of survival. Any other interpretation tury. The cause of Christ did not look dom and to help the worl d to under- smashing events of recent history. We of our times is a delusion. I do not hopeful on Good Friday. Some would stand, cherish, and use that freedom. seenl to be rushl'ng to\'' ard tragedy so m ,an the surviv I only of PLC, but of surren der to a t a x - gre edy fcderal govThe collegc teacher is, in large meas- great as to stagger the im agina tion . th e civilization we have inherited an d crnment by closing t h e Christi.l.ll colure, the person who molds and s hapes The suspicion is abroad that we are h elp ed to build. Perhaps it does not lege and building the state schools thc leadership in home, church, state, :n the apoc alypti c days. Here are the deserve to survive. It ma y be God's bigger and bigger. This would defiand world. It is a bl essed and fearful titles of somc of the most recent books: hour to take over H imself . May the nitdy please th lazy Christians and i c sponsibili ty. ". [odern Man Is Obsolete," by Norsatisfy the atheis ts. Suc h a course day be hastened. man Cousins; "Education and World Colleges, chut'ches and nations are would be play ing into the hands of ECHOES FROI\'[ THE PAST Trage dy, "by Howard Mumford Jones; going out of bu siness today. Maybe the devil and Stalin. es We hav" uncounted exampl of "Must Destruction Be Our Destiny," The virility of our Colle ge will not the stan will soon be tumbli ng down.

tanks, alld ,ships.

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That day is coming, or our biessed depend upon government statIstICS ancI

religion is false. Even America will

someday cease to be. Our nati onal pride is not inv incible armor. Pride goes before many who fall. Wh en America goes, then vc ryth in g tem­ poral which we now cherish will fall.

May Jesus Christ be taught so as t o give the minds of men security. May we at PLC be in the forefront of those who teach such doctrines. Barbarism must not suce cd this age. We look

f or the comi ng of the Eternal King­ dom. Is our facult y fully aware of this? Humanity may de stroy it eli an al l that man has made, but the Word of God cannot be changed.

what has happent'cl to colleges and

by Harrison Brown.

We are everywhere faced with frus­ power, but only the spiri tua l felvor, unive rs ities where the savin� spmt t rat ion, disorientation, and despair. intelli gencc , and strength of people of Christ has departed from the minds ns curity marks the modern mind. like yourselves who are the Ch r is ti a n , of the professors. Our assignment is I e i faculties of this generation. There arc not optional, but obligatory. Our The hard-bo led detective story is a the same fumbling grasp of ptom ym . exp to us successful. cts church be We e enough Christians left, with enough f reality. We live in a lost, suf fering, money in their pockets, to double their must not be beautifully paganized and o and fear-ridden world. It is the support to our College, but you must , secularized. With us remains the chal- sinful century of fcar. There is, officially, inspire such sacrifices. And it cannot I lenSe. a t the United Nations every fear ex­ be left to one lone man to do the It is interesting to note that 104

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of the first 119 institutions of h ig her

eept the fear of God.

as Christian in doctrine and practice

learning beginning c ast of the Missis­

as the President says it is when he

sippi river originated in the Christian

problems of our age with no other

job alone. You must make this College

reso ur ce than man hi mself. We h ave Revol ution, all but one been advis ed to have more faith in were Church-related. Among all de­ man I Many beli eve that America can nomina tions, the nineteenth century ..ave the w orl d because Uncle Sam is was a period of college building. Of rich and increased with goods and the 207 colleges founded before 1861 has enough mammon to under gird the which still are in exi stence and serv­ trust of all mankind. ing the public wcal, only 21 are state The American dollar, as a G od, is ins titu tions. weakening today. Faith in democracy,

pre ache s and pleads with its friends

for

No

suppor

phi l anthropist

Our genera ti on seeks to meet the

Church. Of the nine colleges founded

will

before the

give his money to hypoc risy. But likc

the sol die r who gives his life on the

The evil of every p rev io us genen­ alta r of pa trioti m to protect his home tion is dwarfed by this one. This age and liberty, so will be the Christi an excels in everything except in good­ in his support of th e Christian colnes s. We can even excel in tha t noble lege if we aTe sincere. We dare not

attribute by the grace of God. Let us fool such a man. So long as the Chrisby surrendering to God. Let us tian college produces what no other inst itut io n can do as well, just so long do all we can to h elp a thousand stu­ will the Christian philanthropist help futility the learn to year h t.'1I'. �ts d to insure the pe rpetui ty of the colof spending billions of d ollars and

President's

The

try

Highcr

Education

Commission reported

that

on

in

1947 there were 1700 institutions of

in our industrial power, and in our

possession of the atomic bomb, hill not given us peace and security .

We higher education, including not only arc more frightened than ever befo re. lege. , ·0 organization has been so colleges and univeritics, but also ecr­ The horse and buggy days, with the milliollS of !.i\'CS for destruction when succ<:ssful in pr o ducin g freedom as has tain professional schools, teachers col- little red school house and mostly a few million s of dollars and a few the Christian college. leges and junior colleges. Of these in- Christian colleges, were days of great of missionaries might de­ thousands

stroy "the spiritual hObis of wicked­

It will be good to teach more confidence in God, for then we will

d less of military p ower . We must try to survive, but n ot in the wrong ne

way. "The survival of God is not at 5take. The eternal God does not d,,­

pend upon men, �nuity.

their wisdom,

inventiveness,

or

in­

goodness.

The human race rnay becom extinct, God will not. We eannot bungle

but

so badJy that

We m ust keep our

third

College under

Church control, and not give it o ver to

ederal control. That would be as

dangerous as the atomic bomb. We

must usc

our

freedom in the interest

of Christian education.

We

m ust

re-

main free to select students, to r eve al

the wisdom

of God, to find

faith in

God for the s tudents, and to

less than onc­ security by comparison. L ip s ervic e are controlled by state to God will not help us or appease or local governmental agencies. Of the the Almighty. We were in a better two-thirds that are not controlled by p osition when we were much less scc­ government agencies, 69 2 are church­ ular. We have traveled far on a dan­ re lated--480 t o Protestant Churches gerous pathway. Harvard was called and 212 to the R oman Catholic int o being, according to its charter Of the in depe ndent and of 1650, to educate "the English and Chu rch. church-related grou!", 587 are colleges Indian youth of this country in know· ....... of liberal nrts-184- rc un der private ledge and Go dliness." At i ts fo unding control, while 253 are related to Prot­ in 1701, Yale declared its aim to be cstant ch ur c hes, and 150 to the Roman the pr epara tion of young men for stitutions,

FEDERAL CONTROL

ness."

help

God ceases t o be. �d them find the faith of their fathers.

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"public cmplO}'lllent m Church and a�;ociated students drafted a letter to Commission, in 2920 interviews, Amer­ your responsibilities toward the stu­ Civil state." Darlmouth was begun the liquor control commission urging ican paople ranked yours as seventh dents who hear and watch your every to give Christian training to "sav- the non-closure of two nearby res­ out of ninety professions. It was ex­ action. No matter how important your ceeded only by the United States Su­

class subject may be, it must never be

since become secular. The homes have minors.

preme Court Justices, physicians, state

allowed to push the gospel aside to a

followed suit. Grace at meals, family

governors, presidential cabinet mem­

subordinate position in the ideals of

lege) .

in the contract you have signed again

ages."

These

institutions

long

have

tau rants,

alleged sellers of liquor to

"ie refer to this Oregon incident as bers, United States foreign diplomats the students. The Christian professor ont' of countless examples that could and mayors of large cities" (Dr. H. must always be a conscientious witness hurch have been lost as thc college be marshalled to warn all true AmerJ. Long, President, Greenville Col­ to Jesus Christ. You have pledged that faculties have become ecular. It fol­ icans of the dry rot and termites

prayers, and loyalty to Christ and His

lows that many college graduates from such secularized institutions

are

in the

forefront of godlessness. Someone has said about the youth of today, "The

undermining

the

charactcr

of

our

youth. Only Christian education has the answer. The answer will be good

this year, or for the first time if you

But many would place your calling

arc new here. \Ve

second only to that of the Christian

in proportion as the teachers are im­

ministry. Jesus Christ would place you

tian college and university.

ious idealism than his professor. He

elcome the new

people who join us for the first time

moving picture house is the church bued with a spiritual life born of God high on the list, if you are spirit­ this week. Someone has said that "a college President who brings ne good f the modern adolescent, the novel through faith in Jesus Christ. That filled. teacher to the campus each year has his Bible, and he tlUI.S to the tabloid is sadly lacking in every non-ChrisA student cannot have more relig­

newspaper Cor the lesson of the day."

What

can

we expect from

a

society

where the nation spends eight times as much on alcoholic beverages as on aU churches and benevolences put to­ gether? It is no wonder that in 1949 ther'

We cannot win in the race with catastrophe if we "make God an elective subject"

in our civilization.

In

fact, in public education God is not

earned his salary." As I look at the

people who have corne to join us dur­

should get his spark of enthusiasm for Christ

from

his

tcacher.

enough that you are

It

is

ing the past eight years, I qualify as

not

a worthy servant, according

great teachers

pedagogically, you must be people of transparcnt

character. You must

be

THE PLUS IN CHRISTIAN

were 1,763,290 serious crimes even given an elective status. The more-you must be good with a pur­

committed in the United States and that the predominant age in th quency of

arres

fre­

s was twenty-one.

As the home and Church have been

Bible has no place in the rcquired

reading list of our American youth.

the country 100 s more and more to

A nominal Christian faculty is not

-you must be active and enthusiastic youth who comes

A BULWARK

losing their grip on American youth,

EDUCATION

pose. You must be more than passive

enough. Daily chapel services are not

for Jesus Christ by influencing every

THE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE,

under your

enough. Excellent Bible and Christian

care.

education courses alone will not pro­

What percentage of our students go

The Christian college must

be a

out from this College with a real vision

its schools, colleges, and universities

rampart, a fortification, a defender,

of the need of the Gospel of Jesus

to fill the gap. The results coming

a protector as over against all dangers

Christ for a perishing world? What part did each one of you play in cre­

from the secul ar schools have not been

to our precious heritage. A shift from

happy. Secularized education has done

the philosophy of one hundred years ating such indi..iduals? Would there

somet hing, but it cannot produce the

ago which sought "to sec life steadily

to the

above definition. Welcome again!

duce effective missionaries and Chris­ tian workers. Willingness and conse­ cration alone will not fit students to do God's bidding.

What is the divine plus that turm into effectiveness-so fre·

activeness

have been one if left to you? If not,

quently missing in many? It is a per­

c-haracter adequate to stand the ten­ and see it whole" has changed to a have we done more than the tax-sup­ sonal experience of the power of the -ion of life today. very highly scientific position. Edu­ ported schools? Even the state has a to

There is ample evidence on record

cation is now highly specialized. There

right

prove this assertion. The Associated

is an unwholesome awe for specialists

Christian citizens. We should be pro­

who

ducing "the salt of the earth." Even

Pre

lTported in the: Portland O r� ­

speak

outside

of

their

fields.

to

expect

that

we

send

Holy Spirit in

out

as

a living faith which lays hold on the:

A

movement

was

started

on that day to "clean house." "The principal o bj e ct ive

,

"

now

occupies

the

Man,

not

God,

centcr

of

man's

"was elimination of drinking on the

morals.

tice could be stopped, but rather that drinking might be reduced among the xecutive coun cil of the:

If you believe in the obiectives set forth in Pr e s i d e n t Eastvold's message to the faculty at Pacific Lutheran col­ lege. will you give ma­ terial proof of your con­ victions by clipping out the pledge b I a n k and mailing same to the col­ lege with your contribu­ tion?

If you w 0 u I d like a copy of Dr. Eastvold's message to the students entitled, "Let Us Go to Chapel/' please write for a free copy.

poll

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the

this fall with the burning conviction that if the students are to miss every­

a teacher in a

thing else, they must not miss seeing

Nam e

City

til)

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Oate

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you

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manifests

those who are members of the Chris- of us as great tragedies until tian college. There is a sense in which, something about them.

"In a national opinion

conducted

last

may be tolerated in ordinary church Christ in us. Let the spi ritual failures members which cannot be allowed in about us burden each and every one

You are representatives of a very high calling.

at

Let us pray that every teacher on

Christian collcge today. Some things

A VERY HIGH CALLING

tended was getting out of hand." It was not expected that the evil prac·

be

to

responsibility

which

our faculty will enter the classroom

It gives one a feeling of terrible

it was reported, from divine controls and conventional

life

itself in powerful work for God.

A TERRIBLE RESPONSIBILITY

plans. The result is an emancipation

wmpus, which university officials con­

students. The

prayer

follows: "Drinking from a thcoeentric to an anthropo­ side the warmth of spiritual life.

rampant, say uni v rsity of Oregon centric philosophy. officials."

God

forgiveness of sin and brings about a

goni.,n on November 22, 1950, from There is a deadly and satanic shift the ideals of democracy are cold be­ Eugene, Orcgon,

the servant of

which produces conviction of sin and

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REQUIRED

CHAPEL

istic pride! If our education is t o

of va lue,

ATIENDANCE

we must

oursci

os

be time it i s new. We cannot g o forward highest goal i n education, and the unless we look back. Old truth is abu n d<l. n t life. Let Him be Lo rd in the

see lhUi and

There is eve n a wide fe eling that we must hurry t·o lead ot hers to the ncither dead nor buried. The mo s t such practices as required chapel t­ same point of view. allve Book ill th e New Testame n t . The tendance at our Christian colleges are Gospel of Jesus Christ is s till the most A RETURN TO CHRISTIAN revolutionary fOTce in the world. Do dan ge rous to the liberty oC man. Chris­ EDUCATION

tian liberty is precious, but we not construe the

must

principle of liberty

50

present and the future as He has been

in the past.

If w e go forth in His

Spirit, we wil l have the greatest victories

in the future.

We live in a day of foggy thinking no t overlook the Book wh ic h is th e "Ye, therefore, b el oved, seeing ye in the field of religi on. M uc h tha t bes t seller and the most rea d volume know these things before, be war e lest

as to foster non-religion and unbelief. poses as Christian educati on is noth- i n th e wor ld . Of all the figures in an- ye a lso, being le d away with the error The xesults of su ch a course are all too ing roorc than w I -in te n ded morality tiquity, which o ne is to be compared of the wicked, fall from your own appare nt right on our own campus and kindl y al ruism. Such neve r rises with J es us Ch rist? Let u.s not beat a s teadfastness" ( I John 1 : 1 7 ) . " B u t, whe re, under voluntary chapel at­ above the level of a benevolent mo 1- r e treat i n tills new y eaT at our Col- ue examples to the flock, and when

ten da nce, we have a few leading mauy ism. he tc acher in the Christian c ol- lege. Let us go forw a rd with Christ. aJltray. Let us all fall in line with the kge must have pe rs onal union with The greatest liberating p owe r in the decision of the Board of Trustees to Christ, und erstand the meanin g of the w orl d is fo und in the gospel."Y shall corre c t thO fallacious approach and fallen condition of man, expa:i nee know th e truth, and the truth sha ll bring about a remedy that will help, Christ's atonement f r sin, salvation make you free " is the master text in

the Chief Shepherd shall appear, ye

s h al l receive a c row n of glory that

fa deth no t away" ( I Pe t er 5:3-4).

o that the Lord would guide my waYA,

even though we will never attai n per­ by faith and not by works, but y the our edu cation at PLC. "If the Son To keep His s ta tu tes still I fection. regeneration of the Holy Spirit work- th erefol'e shall make ou free, you o that my God wou ld grant me grace, s fr a e indeed." ing t h r ou gh the means oC grace, nameh ll be This sp iritual To know and do His w i ll!

Le t us use our fun Christi a n liberty

Christian college to give both law !OSpel the right-<lC-way in thi. important field. O u r new Chapel viII be an invaluable aid if we stand uni ted

aa a

and

ly,

the

Word

These g reat

and

the Sacraments .

doctrines

comprise

the

truth is able to strike the s hackl e s

£.rom mell. W

have the goods, let

us

evangelica l religion which is basic to rret it out to the studentJI and throu gh

our spiritual faith and work. Without

them to the world. Only ChTist cman­

Order

Iy footsteps by Thy word,

And make my hear t sincere; Let sin have no dominion, Lord,

But keep

my conscience clear.

-and we must! If inner compulsion these doctrines we w ill at last lose an cipates and frees man fr om every evil.

Our call in Christian education is Go, now, my colleagu es, to your is absent, Je t us use an evange l ical freedoms, and social bettermen t will outer compulsion. The students will ce e. These d o ctrines fathered ou r to bring men t o the Bible as the cen­ work. M o re power to you in the name some day rise up to thank us for being Lutheran collegel and those of other ter of all books in th e library. In of Jesus Who is our Great Teac her, their leaders, examples and teachers truly evangelical or igin . Here we find Christ will b e found real security, th e Exam ple, a nd S avi or . along this line. If we are no t careful, the unifying factors of Christian ed u ,ff . �: we may drift to Harvard's position as cation. set forth in the official report with

u rbane finality: "But whateve r one's

views, religion is no t now for most colleges

or

universities a practical

source of intellectual unity." At last, Christian liberty becomes a li cense for

the d:aily ch apel skipper wh i c h p ro­ du ces a liberal horizon in a scientifical­ ly warped soul w hich makes lh

Chris­

tian wo rld-view irrelevant. Jesus and

the Bible have become irrelevant for our times. How blind and false i! this

view. That sort of education has lost

th e way and is lead ing tho world to chaol.

To get the world back to the Way,

the Troth and the LiCe will require

teachers with deep convictions, as well aJ

Wn.L WE CEASE TO llE ?

The challenge of our very existence

lies in the lap of our faculty. It will require a great devotion to face th:lt call. One of the largest fi na ncial COIl­ t ributions to the perpetuity of the Christian college c omes from the heard t and honest devotion of t h e

service on the part of the faculties .

This

may

be about an

0

erage

of

$ 1 ,000 per year, per tea che r and staff

member. Whe n you have made you r

decis ions, serve cheerfully and without

!:omplaint, or else your spiritual life

and service will be greatly hanned.

FINALLY We su=on th e faculty of Pacific

umhakable loyalty and faith toward Luth ran College to rally around the objectiv set forth in th is message.

J&UJ Christ. It will require repent­ aDee

and tlu: humbling of our human- This p osi ti on is ol d and at the same

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