The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-06-15
They, only, with clean hands and perfect

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Thou changest not-this is Thy ruling still.
Pure thoughts, clean lives, faith that never
doubts;
Perfect obedience to the Lords command; ;
To fight 'gainst sin wherever it be found:
These Thy ideals are; for these we stand
So, putting from us things that are behind
And seeing what the future doth Afford
We will press forward, striving for the prize:
Gods calling high in Jesus Christ our Lord
VALEDIC TORY
BIZ James P0Tt0m
Honorable President, Vice-President, Prin-
cipal, Teachers, Fellow-Students, Parents and
Friends:
We have all noticed and perhaps admired,
the beauties Of the springtime that is now
nearly past, and, although we love the spring
time, with it's buds and flowers, we do not look
back upon this season with any feelings OF
regret or sadness, but rather, look forward to
the coming of the Summer which will bring
with it greater beauty, and will give us more
pleasure than the Spring has given
So it is with us, the Is of '18. The Spring
of our lives has passed and we are approach
ing the Summer. But we, also, are looking
forward, and not backward. With the COM
ing Summer, into our lives will come greater
opportunities to each of us - opportunities
for us to go onward to higher things in life
opportunities for us to use the facts learned
in the past as stepping stones to the future !;
to strive to do something to aid our fellow
men; and above all else, to "press toward the
mark for the prize of the high calling of God
in Christ Jesus"
It is only by constantly pressing onward
that we have attained to the position where
we now stand; and it is with much regret in
our hearts that we are now compelled to say
farewell to you who have done so much for
our welfare while here in Zion Preparatory
College.
For our President and beloved General
Overseer, we can have nothing but words of
deepest gratitude, for his unceasing efforts in
our behalf, and in behalf of the school: first,
in making Zion Schools a reality, and second,
in making them permanent part of Zion's
organization - thus affording us the priv
lege of studying in an essentially Zion school,
under truly Christian teachers.
We heartily thank our Vice-President,
Apostle Darms, for his interest in us as a
class, and for the instruction that he has
given us in our study of Gods Word.
Words cannot express our gratitude to our
Principal, Miss Thompson, who has accom-
plished so we'll the difficult task Of keeping us
always interested and at work, and of max
ing the school nearer what it ought to be than
lever before.
It would be impossible for us to fully ex-
press our appreciation to the members of the
faculty, for their unfailing labor in endeavor-
ing to fit us for the life that is before us.
Although we owe SO much to you who have
aided us here, perhaps it is to our parents
that we owe our greatest love and thanks, for
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been possible for us to attend school and, had
| it not been for their influence, few indeed
would have been the members of the gradual
ing class of '18.
And, now, as we take our leave, it is our
hope that you, fellow-students, who are
about to fill up the ranks, will be faithful in
your work here and will do all in your power
to be worthy of the school of which you are
la part.
Last of all, turn to you, my fellow-class-
mates of the Class of 1918. It may be with
feelings of sadness that we are now about
to leave this school which has sheltered us so
long, each one to go a separate way. How
ever, we should not look with sadness upon
this, our leave taking, but shall ever look for
ward and strive to make our lives such that
we shall be sure of being together again, to be
with our Lord at His Coming.
WORDS OF APPRECIATION
At the close Of the program, the President,
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, came forward and spoke
a few words Of hearty commentator, saying
in part:
eve have now reached the close of the sec
ond years work of Zion Educational Institu-
tions
81 do not hesitate to say that what have
seen and heard here tonight is very rich
reward for all the arduous toll and labor