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Welco01e to the
Co0101ence01ent of
the Class of
1998
Today is the celebration of the
I
02nd Commencement of Cedarville College. There
were five graduates
in
that first graduating class: John Bickett, Raymond Gorbold,
Homer McMillen, Calvin Morton, and John Orr.
In 1887, five godly men were led to found Cedarville College. They envisioned the
need to train preachers and lay people for the work of God at home and abroad.
Today their purpose lives on at Cedarville. Our theme for this year has been
"Timeless Truth for Contemporary Culture." Our 534 graduates are committed to
communicating God 's Truth to their generation.
The hand of God has been on this institution. Cedarville has achieved a balance that
is distinctive-quality academics in harmony with a strong spiritual emphasis. The
heartbeat of every Christi an school is what happens in chapel. As the Jeremiah
Chapel is the center of our campus, so God is central in all that transpires here.
We intend to maintain this focus on the centrality of chapel for decades to come.
It is our prayer that you might have the joy of knowing Jesus Christ as your personal
Savior. Consider what the Bible says: "For God demonstrates his own love for us in
this : While we were still sinners, Christ died for us"; "...for all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God..."; "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord"; "Yet to all who receive him, to those who
believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God....
"*
This is a day of beginnings. Our graduates are beginning a new phase of their lives,
and you can begin your new life in Christ.
If
you do not know our Lord, won't you consider the claims of Christ and make a
commitment to Him today? You, too, can make a difference for Jesus Christ!
President
Cedarville College
*Romans 5:8; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23; John 1:12
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