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title: 'Let Us Commence Together: Words of Farewell to the New Graduates by the President of the Seminary'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'John Alexander Mackay'
date: 1959-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Devotional (General)'
- 'Education'
- 'Personal Piety'
scriptures:
- 'Philippians 3'
- 'Romans 12'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/mackay-1959-let-us-commence-together-words-of-farewell-to-the-new-graduates-by-the-president-of-the-seminary
---

# Let Us Commence Together: Words of Farewell to the New Graduates by the President of the Seminary

Commencement address urging graduates to 'commence' — to begin to be by committing lives to Christ, the Church, and a pilgrim vocation of faithful service with an eternal perspective.

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