HISTORY OF COLLEGE 11 History.-In 1879 the General Synod of the Reformed Pres– byterian Church in North America passed unanimously a motion to establish a Liberal Arts College. The charter for Cedarville College was obtained in 1887. Cedar ville College was opened for instruction, September 19, 1894. In 1928 the General Synod by a unanimous motion gave all control, ownership, title, and vested rights of Cedarville College to the Board of Trustees of Cedarville College and their suc– cessors forever. The Board of Trustees in accepting this responsibility obligated t hemselves and their successors to continue and main– tain the purposes and principles in Cedarville College for which the college was founded . The Board of Trustees is composed of Presbyt erians. Thirty-Six Years Work.-There are four hundred forty– nine graduates , four hundred thirty-five of whom are living. They ar e di stributed as follows: To t he Church- Fifty-five ministers, fourteen mission– aries, one hundr ed and sixteen Christian Workers. To Schools-Two hundred and seven teachers in four– t een states. One hundred sixty-one alumni in Ohio schools. To State--Twelve graduates and students have held positions of trust in the state. Twen ty-five hundred students have come under the Christian influence of Cedarville College in this thirty-six years of service. E veryone who has shared in this work has been blessed. Purpose.-The purpose in founding and maintaining Cedarville Colleg e is to g ive a sound Christian liberal education in humanitarian and scient ific matt ers to both sexes, at a reason– able cost and with t he supreme ideal of guiding into the truth. Cedarville College stands for the cardinal principles of Christianity. The Declaration of Cedarville College.-Cedarville College was established in · faith and prayer. It stands today, as it always has stood, for genuine Christianity founded upon - and agreeable t o t he Word of God. It was chartered by the lineal descendants of t he Covenan t ers of Scotland. It is owned and controlled by a Boar d of Trustees who are Presbyterians. 1. Cedarville College teaches the existence of the one living and true God in thr ee persons : Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 2. That the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God and are the only inf allible rule of fa ith and revelation of eternal salvation. 3. That Jesus Chr ist is t he et ernally begotten Son of God, born of the Vir gin Mary, and is God-man, able to save unto the uttermost all who believe in him.
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