Norman E. Nygaard

“OUR FATHER, in times of stress and disappointment we call upon Thee to reveal to us the comfort of Thy presence, even amid the clouds that envelop us. Teach us to know Thy will, and show us how to follow it. Help us to plan our “journeys.” Strengthen us for the daily task, and may the peace that passcth understanding be ours even though the journey may remain incomplete. Amen.”
― Norman E. Nygaard, Strength for Service to God and Country

“One of the bitterest disappointments death is ever made to reveal to the soul is that the cause it has given so much of its time and affection to must now be committed to those who come after and yet care nothing about it, and by whom the withering effect of neglect will surely soon be made evident. To you, young men and women arising now to power, we throw the torch! We have tried honestly to build nobly; we have tried to shape well the things of lasting value. We cannot bear to think of being buried out of all this if you fail to catch and hold high the great Christian ideals. It isn't death we fear. We dread only to be buried away from these great ideals of faith we have held so immeasurably dear all our lives, if you who come along allow them to wither.”
― Norman E. Nygaard, Strength for Service to God and Country