Marturion 1951

CLASS AIM We of the Junior Class h a ve th s as our aim: To know God's ruth in our hear t s so tha t we may be ab le to proc la im it to others for the winning of preci ous souls. CLASS SONG Thi s chorus is n ot only the song of our class group, b ut it is also the earn est prayer of each individual memb er. As we live day b y day for the Lord we tr·uly prey t hat He might open our eyes to the need ab out us a n d use us to win lost souls for Him. Set us afire Lord; Sti r us we pray., While the world perishes, We go our way Purposeless, passionless, Day after day., Se t us afire Lord; Stir us we pr.ciy. CLASS VERSE In our freshman year, we chose Daniel 12:3 as our class verse, realizing it as a pre– cious promis e t o those fulfill ing t he conditions. "They that be wise shall shine as the b rightn ess of the firmament." As we contemplate the glories that shall follow the resur– rection , our hearts t hrill at these words of comfort from the Word of God. What an incen– tive to live all out for Jesus Christ now in our daily lives. As we s tudy the context from which this verse is taken, it is very clear tha t the writer i s dealin g with t he resurrec tion t hat will t ake place at the end of the great trib– ula tion pe riod a n d the des tini es of the wise and the unwise. As we look at history we can not e tha t some of the so-called great men of t he world who lived for themselves, such as Napoleon, Ne ro , King Herod, and other men of might and power, were looked u~ to b y the world, but wh en they passed into e t ernity, they were more or less forgotten. 'The wisdom of the world a n d the mighty men shall peri sh," so Isaiah tells us. Again as we look to some of the grea t men of God, such es Dani el, Moses, Elijah, and the many others who were called to go through dark times end to suffer fo r their cause, we find that their lives continue on in t he memori es of folk. Daniel was one of those who stand out as a real testimony of what God can do with a ma n who i s wi lling to go through the dark places and b e led of God. How he did shine for God! God h as put us here tha t we might shine for Him and sometimes He sees fit to let us g o through s ome dark places in order that we might shine. D. L. Moody said, "We are not c alled to make our l ight s shine but to let them shine." If we b ut lead one soul to Jesus Christ we may set the ma chine in motion that will tur n thousands heavenward. Thi s verse present s a great challenge t o seek the wisdom of God now. "They that be wise shall shine as the b rightness of thA firmament." If we are going to shine as the fir– mament in glory, it i s very important for us t o shine for Jesus Christ here. We are go– ing to have to b e wi se in the things of God which means that we must not live only for our– selves. If we are going to win souls t o Jesus Christ, our lives and b odies must be surren– dered to Him tha t others might not see us, but Christ in us, the Hope of Glory. When this is true in our l ives we shall turn many to righteousness. Let us fight the good fight of faith against the world, the flesh, an d Satan, laying hold of the promises that are ours. COCHRAN & MERRIN SOHIO SERVICE 631 N. Sandusky St . Mt. Vernon, Ohio Phone - 71786 24