The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-07-31


From there graduates have gone
forth into the mission field at
home and abroad preaching and
teaching the Word Of Life and
Truth.
Gordon is Christian College
situated in the Fenway, in the
very cented Of educational act
ivities, environed by such schools
and colleges as Boston Teachers
College, Simmons College, Went
worth Institute, Harvard Medical
School, Tufts Medical and Dental
School, New England Conserva-
tory of Music, the Y. M. C. A.,
Symphony Hall, the Museum Of
Art School, and the world-famed
Museum of Fine Arts.
From this Christian School
have gone forth to the utterrnost
parts of the earth men and wo-
men carrying the glad tidings of
salvation, following in the foot
prints Of Paul the Apostle, leav-
ing all behind and suffering all
for the gospels sake. We find
them in China and japan, on In
dia's coral strand and Africa's
sunny plains, in the isles Of the
sea and in the jungles of South
America.
Colored men and women have
come to this school that in the
years to follow they may give
their contribution of an educated
ministry and totally integrated
personality to the Masters serv-
ice.
Let us inquire more fully into
the advantages of pursuing high
er education at Gordon College.
First and foremost, among these
benefits is residence in Boston,
which of itself is considered a
part of a mans education-the
historicity of the city, its ideals,
its venerable institutions of
learning, and contacts with other
colored students enrolled in these
schools and universities; second,
the high standards of Christian
training and the facilities for fur
Their research in the religious and
kindred fields of knowledge;
knowledge. third, the fellowship
with students some Of whom are
destined to fill important posi-
tons after graduation, such as
heads Of denominational depart
ments, or high ranking govern
mental Offices especially in the
chaplaincy; fourth, the knowledge
that after graduation you can
travel north, south, east, or west
and find in the mission fields of
the world, men and women, sons
and daughters of Gordon; fifth,
the privilege of making their
own contributions to the racial
and international aspect of the
college life in the classroom and
in the athletic arena, last, the
assurance that, wherever he is
called to serve, the Gordon FAM
lily of undergraduates, graduates
and faculty are in earnest, unceas-
ing prayer in his behalf, giving a
feeling of security and tranquil
ity in world of turmoil. Many
have been the answers to these
prayers when in far away lands
graduates were in need of help.
From the West Coast of Africa,
from the West Indies, from Calf
ornia and Massachusetts,, from the
southern and central states col
ored students have come to Cord
on.
Good Christian homes are est
ablished by Gordon women grad
yates, They make excellent and
efficient wives, especially for min
listers, and are capable of filing
the pulpit, if the expediency
arises. They are leaders in re-
ligious education, and some are
rendering service in home mis-
sions, while others are working in
the foreign fields.
Over hundred men have gone
into the United States chaplaincy
from Gordon College and listed
with them are some colored grad
yates.
over thirty different demon
nations are represented at this
religious observation-disclosures it is
primarily a Baptist College and
Seminary, so that colored acad-
emics have answered the call to
the ministry and Christian serv-
ice from all the larger denom-
nations, such as the Baptist, the
AM.E :, the A.ME. Zion, the
Christian Alliance, the Apostolic,
and even the Ritualistic Churches.
Some have qualified as teachers
and professors in Bible schools
and colleges. These facts should
encourage boys and girls, and
those of maturer ages, Gas there
is no age limitation at Gordon) Of
the colored race to seek scholastic