Prickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian College, 1923 Page: 18
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Message from the President
Another year in the life of ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE has
drawn to its close. As I look back over it I see both joys and sorrows
intermingled-the joys of seeing so many of you, our boys
and girls, enjoying the blessings of Christian education and appropriating
to yourselves the highest culture and education attainable;
the regrets of realizing that our efforts have not been altogether
successful and that our hopes have not been completely realized.
In this final message to you I have but one thing to say. I
have endeavored to impress it upon you in the pulpit, in the chapel
hall, and everywhere else. The splendid corps of teachers whose
association and instruction you have received have emphasized it
in class-rooms, on the campus, and on the field of athletic conquest.
It is the one thing for which your college-your alma mater-exists.
If this ever departs from the ideal and the purposes of "Dear
Old A. C. C." it were better that the walls of her buildings crumble
into dust, its grounds become the dwelling place of wild beasts,
and ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE exist only in the memories of
those who knew her former years.
It is a simple message but vastly more important than any
other I could possibly give you. If you heed it, you will be both
happy and successful; and all that you can desire will be yours,
both in this life and the life to come. If you fail to heed it no
matter what you achieve or become, all will be "vanity and vexation
of spirit."
Here it is: There is but one thing in life worth while; attain
it and you have attained all; miss it and you have missed all. It
is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and obedience to Him in all things.
Sincerely and fraternally,
J. P. SEWELL
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