A Prayer for Dartmouth College
I would like to share Reverend Dr. Lucias Waterman's (1851-1923) prayer for Dartmouth College.
"O Lord God Almighty, well-spring of wisdom, master of power, guide of all growth, giver of all gain. We make our prayer to thee, this day, for Dartmouth College. Earnestly entreating thy favour for its people. For its work, and for all its life. Let thy hand be upon its officers of administration to make them strong and wise, and let thy word make known to them the hiding-place of power. Give to its teachers the gift of teaching, and make them to be men right-minded and high-hearted. Give to its students the spirit of vision, and fill them with a just ambition to be strong and well-furnished, and to have understanding of the times in which they live. Save the men of Dartmouth from the allurements of self-indulgence, from the assaults of evil foes, from pride of success, from false ambitions, from hardness, from shallowness, from laziness, from heedlessness, from carelessness of opportunity, and from ingratitude for sacrifices out of which their opportunity has grown. Make, we beseech thee, this society of scholars to be a fountain of true knowledge, a temple of sacred service, a fortress for the defense of things just and right, and fill the Dartmouth spirit with thy spirit, to make it a name and a praise that shall not fail, but stand before thee forever. We ask in the name in which alone is salvation, even through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen."
These are the principles Dartmouth was founded on. Imagine if colleges still stood for these ideals? Now we are too busy with things like Sexperts, Atheists Forums, and countless other examples of this generations moral decay.
Perhaps we can take this prayer to heart and use it as a light to others on our campuses.
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Re: A Prayer for Dartmouth College
Phew, it's good to know that America isn't the only thing that's completely lost its principles.
May '10
Re: A Prayer for Dartmouth College
Then there's the whole GAMAY thing.
More recently, there's Texas A&M chucking a zillion years of (sometimes odd) tradition so it could join the SEC.
Edited on October 5, 2011 at 4:35amMay '10
Re: A Prayer for Dartmouth College
It all began when they started teaching that quantum theory and evolution crap. Since then its been socks on door knobs and sexting.
Edited on October 5, 2011 at 6:57amMay '10
Re: A Prayer for Dartmouth College
So what do we do about these sexperts and atheists? Ideas?
Edited on October 5, 2011 at 6:58amRe: A Prayer for Dartmouth College
Michael Labeit
So what do we do about these sexperts and atheists? Ideas? ยท Oct 4 at 9:57pm
Edited on Oct 04 at 09:58 pm
The only thing we should 'do' is not give these groups funding from the schools budget. The school recognizes these groups and helps pay for them to exist. Everyone obviously has a right to believe whatever they want and do whatever they please with regards to sexual activity.
For the school to promote these groups while ignoring others is wrong in my opinion.