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William W. Borden

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Bill Borden: Challenge to a Consecrated Life

He was only 25 at his death, yet his life was one of great impact. When news of his death was cabled from Egypt, Princeton Seminary declared, “No young man of his age has ever given more to the service of God and humanity!”

Banner of Faith, Fountain of Service

From the day it was dedicated, October 17, 1886, the original Dwight Hall building was a central meeting place—a home—for Yale students intent on transforming their campus, New Haven and beyond in the name of Jesus Christ.

David Brainerd, Freshman 1739

David Brainerd was one Yale student who did not “pass to be forgotten like the rest.” Although he died before age thirty, his biographies are still being printed, and his personal journal is considered a classic in American literature.

Horace Tracy Pitkin: Yale’s First Martyr

Horace Tracy Pitkin lived thirty years. Yet from the time he entered Yale as a freshman in 1888 until 1900 when he died as a martyr in China, Pitkin accomplished more in “twelve glorious years of crowded life” than most people do in a lifetime.

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David Brainerd, Freshman 1739

David Brainerd was one Yale student who did not “pass to be forgotten like the rest.” Although he died before age thirty, his biographies are still being printed, and his personal journal is considered a classic in American literature.

The Making of Paradise

Meet an orphaned Hawaiian, Henry Obookiah, who came to the doorstep of Yale, and wept. He never returned to Hawaii, but Hawaii would never be the same….

Banner of Faith, Fountain of Service

From the day it was dedicated, October 17, 1886, the original Dwight Hall building was a central meeting place—a home—for Yale students intent on transforming their campus, New Haven and beyond in the name of Jesus Christ.

Horace Tracy Pitkin: Yale’s First Martyr

Horace Tracy Pitkin lived thirty years. Yet from the time he entered Yale as a freshman in 1888 until 1900 when he died as a martyr in China, Pitkin accomplished more in “twelve glorious years of crowded life” than most people do in a lifetime.

Bill Borden: Challenge to a Consecrated Life

He was only 25 at his death, yet his life was one of great impact. When news of his death was cabled from Egypt, Princeton Seminary declared, “No young man of his age has ever given more to the service of God and humanity!”

Pioneers of Missions and Telecommunications: Yale’s Amazing Morse Legacy

After the first line was completed, Morse wrote to his brother: “You will see by the papers how great success has attended the first efforts of the Telegraph… ‘What hath God wrought!’ It is his work, and He alone could have carried me thus far through all my trials and enabled me to triumph over the obstacles, physical and moral, which opposed me.”

Africa: The Call of a Continent – Africa’s Missionaries Shine in Obscurity

They were slain in Rhodesia, victims of the racial strife that is burning up that country. They fled Zaire in 1964 when the Simba tribe rebelled and attempted to take over that country. They were held captive by Angolan troops invading Zaire in March. They are targets of Idi Amin, Uganda’s president for life, and his blood-stained attempt to bend and break Uganda into his totalitarian mold. This is only the prelude to the story that could be told.

Why Herb Wants to Fly a Kit

When you meet him, Herb Cook suggests a farm-bred halfback a dozen years out of Michigan State—a solid, 37-year-old outdoorsman with a fresh-air expression, full of a keen-edged zest for life. But Herb was born in Zaire, the son of missionary parents.

A Letter from Cairo

Some who receive this may not know that I am in Egypt studying Arabic at the British Council in Cairo. This summer is a chance to see this region, to meet with people here, to pray, to seek Him in earnest, to have an idea of how to prepare for life here should it be important later on.

Yale In Missions: Ambition To Serve God

As Yale students, we find ourselves near the top nationwide in education, ambition, and position for the future. Parents, peers, society, and we ourselves expect us to use our advantages to become successful, to make something of ourselves—to be the leaders of tomorrow. Aren’t these the reasons that brought us to Yale?

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“Christ is the only, the true, the living way of access to God. Give up yourselves, therefore, to Him with a cordial confidence and the great work of life is done.”

Timothy Dwight