8th UTS Commencement Address - Original Document

8TH UTS COfv’MENCEf4ENT ADDRESS BY REv. SuN MvuNG MooN JUNE 30, 1984

THE GRADUATING CLASSJ THEIR.PARENTS) RELATIVES) FRIE~DSJ .’ .. . UTS PROFESSORS) ADMINISTRATION AND STAFFJ LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: ORIGINALLY I HAD PLANNED TO ATTEND THE 8T~ UTS GRADUATION . . . . . .. . ’

CEREMONY TAKING. PLACE TODAY TO CONGRATULATE.ALL OF YOU .38 GRADUATES . . .. . . … . . .. . . .. . . .

IN PERSON, HOWEVERJ SINCE THE PREVAILING AND . ENORMOUS IMPACT OF MY TESTIMONY I.N THE u;s~ CoN~RESSIONAL HEARIN~; I HAVE TO BE MORE~ CAUTIOUS IN MY PUBLIC APPEARANCES LIKE THIS ONE SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL MANY EVIL PLOTTERS TRYING TO HARM ME IN ANY CHANCE THEY CAN GET, F6R THis REASON I ~M UNA~LE TO COME TO c6N~R~TULA~E vou .

- ., ’ . . . .. IN PERSON; I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND, . .. . . .. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOUR PRESIDENT) DAvI n s·,· c’,· K1·,.;~· ·1·s AN· ·1-NcAPABLE LEADER ·1·N PERSUADING MYSELF .. . . AND Mor.HER ro ATTEND·,· (SoMET°i MES YOUR PRES r·DENT Is ONE OF THE MOST PERS I STENT AND AGGRESSIVE PERSUADERS ‘iN OUR MOVEMENT~· I CAN TELL YOU . . THAT.I) Ir ·1·s MY DEc1s·1·0N NOT TO ·coME .I,N PERSON;. l ASK YOU NOT TO I • • • • • •• t \ , ••,,I , •• • , , t •• • , , , , , , , , ,, , • ,• • ., , ••• , . , • , , .. • “ 0 , • •

BLAME MR, KIM, HOWEVER HE SUCCEEDED IN . GETTfNG MY ~COMMENCEMENT ~6.. y6u ON MY ~~H~LF TODAY, MEsi~cii:~ ~6 ~6NVEY -~

_ I HAD . ·oNE QUESTlON THAT l RAISED TO PRES, KIM A FEW DAYS . . . ’ . AGO, AND THAT rs: “WHY IS THIS 8TH UTS . GRADUATlNG CLASS so FEW IN ~UMB~R?q THE~E ARE o~L~ 38; ~T’i T~E SMALLEST GRADU~TING cLAsi IN SEVE~ ~E~R~. O~T 0~ TH~ O~I~iNA~ 55 ENR6LLEES; PRES, KIM EXPLAINED) .. SOME WERE DEPROGRAMMED) OTHERS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES WENT TO OUTSIDE coLLEGEi TO MAK~ UP ~HE ~EauiR~~ EQUIVALENT ~o TH~ A~ERI.CAN ~Ac~ELOR .D~GREE~ SOME. VOi:-UNTEERED TP JOIN THE NATipNAL Ev ANGELI CAL T~AM

-2- HOPING TO COME BACK TO THE SEMINARY IN LATER YEARS 1 AND SO FORTH 1 .. so THAT WE LOST APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN AND A HALF STUDENTS, Bur THIS SMALL NUMBER OF GRADUATES THIS YEAR DOES .t:lQI MEAN THAT IT IS A SIGN OF LESS ACTIVITY OR LACK OF PROGRESS AT LJTS, QUITE THE CONTRARY I HOPE . .. THE SEMINARY WILL EXPAND,

. . . . UPON SPEAKING TO YOU AT THIS JOYFUL AND MEANINGFUL . OCCASION 1 l’D ~I~~ T6 REF~R i6 i~~ R~~E~i UNiTEri S~ATEi SENA~~ H~ARING ON JUNE 26TH~- I ~ou~~ LI~E ro P6iE T~E 60EiTr6N~ ~WH~~ DOES THri CoNGRssroNAL . . . . . . HEARING SIGNIFY IN Goo’s PROVIDENCE AND DISPENSATIONAL TIMETABLE FOR THE RESTORATION OF HUMANKIND AND THE WORLD?~ ’ . ‘. . . . . . . . . . .. .’. SINCE ARRIVING IN THIS COUNTRY IN 1972, l HAVE GONE THROUGH 12 YEARS OF SUFFERING AND UNBEARABLE PERSECUTION, REGARDLESS OF MY ~~~E~T c60~T TRIAL ’ i~-w~ic~ TH~ u,s; G6VER~MENT CONVICTED ME WITH ~ ~Ai~ SEN~~Nc~; G6ri H~i MiRA~~o0iLY UTILIZED ~NE PERSON’S SUFF~RING AND HARDSHIP: THERE HAS DEVELOPED A NEW SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS . AWAKENING THROUGHOUT THE USA~ A NEW UNIT~ HAS EMERG~ri AMONG RELIGIOUS LEADERS .FROM DENOMINATIONS WHICH IN THE PAST HAD DIFFERED; A UNITY BASED ON THE ISSUE OF RELIGIOUS lIBERTY AND FREEDOM, THESE FORMER RELIGIOUS RIVALS HAYE NOW BECOME FRIENDS WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS .. . .. A MUTUAL AND COMMON GOAL: THE RIGHT OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, FURTHERMORE, .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . .. . … . . THIS NEW. RELIGIOUS ATMOSPHERE OF UNITY OF CHRISTIANITY CAN EASILY BRING ABOUT THE HARMONY AND COOPERATION OF ALL MAJOR RELIGIONS ON . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . . . . .. THE FOUNDATION OF COMMON VALUES AND. GOALS AMONG THEM, . .. . . . .. . . . .. .. .. . . . . .. . . . THUS A NEW SPIRITUAL AND NATIONAL REVIVAL IS BEING CREATED AS A REi~~~ 0~ THE SENA~E H~ARiN~; DEFINfT~LY FURT~ERiNi TH~ UNITY OF PRES~NT~Y SC~T~ER~D C~Rii~IANIT~~ . TH1i ~REND; ~F ~6NT~·Nu~o; ~AN REVIVE THE a.R·i°r~1NAL AMeR ·1cAN FouN01.NG- FArHER’s SPIRIT oF THE JunEo-CHR .1sT1AN .

HERITAGE OF THIS COUNTRY, THIS IS. ONE OF THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH I WAS CALLED BY GoD TO COME TO AMERICA, THIS NEW HOPE FOR THE WORLD IS TAKIN~ PLACE AT THIS PROVIDENTIAL TIME IN THE MIDST OF SHARP DIVISION OF TWO CONFLICTING AND WARRING IDEOLOGICAL CAMPS, DEMOCRACY AND TH~ FREE WORLD VERSUS .. . . COMMUNISM, THESE 2 OPPOSING WORLDS HAYE NO SOLUTION TO GLOBAL PROBLEMS BETWEEN THEM, AND . THE MORE SERIOUS THREAT OF A GLOBAL CONFRONTATION IS BECOMING A CRISIS, So THIS NEW SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS TREND, IGNITED BY iHE UNiFICATION ~OYEME~T, JS BECOMING THE NEW HOPE FOR THE WORLD IN THE MIDDLE OF TOTAL DESPAIR AND HOPELESSNESS,

WHAT IS YOUR FUTURE MISSION AS NEW UTS GRADUATES? - As I HAVE JUST EXPLAINED, A PROVIDENTIAL GLOBAL TURNING POINT IN HISTORY rs TAKING PLACE AND A NEW DIRECTION FOR THE WORLD HAS JUST BEGUN, As QUICKLY . .. AS POSSIBLE THIS NEW DIRECTION MUST BE DEVELOPED AND EXPANDED, FO~LowrNci THE FORM0~A AND E~AMP~Es I HAY~ TAU~HT ~ou; YouR MISSION . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . IS TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBlLlTY AND STAND FIRM TO BECOME VICTORS IN THE FRONT-LINE.BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL,

You HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ENOUGH ADACEMtc AND INTELLECTUAL . ’ . . . . .

TRAINING AND YOU HAVE PRACTICED UNIFICATION TRADITION FOR 2 OR 3 YEA~S AT THE SE~INARY; THUS YOU SHOULD THOROUGH~Y UND~RSTAND ~O~R f6~N~~Rfi ~HciUGHT; ~~E IDEALS AND GOALS OF OUR. MOVEMENT; AND YOU . .. . .. . . . . SHOULD KNOW HOW TO IMPLEMENT THESE WHEN YOU GO OUT, You ALSO ARE WELL-EQUIPPED WITH EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF ACADEMIC AND RELIGIOUS ECUMENISM, AS LEARNED FROM VARIOUS CONFERENCES, FROM THEOLOGIANS,

PHILOSOPHERS, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, AND OTHER SCHOLARS AS WELL AS MINISTERS FROM DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS, AND THE.LEADERS OF OTHER MAJOR RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD, .. .. IN EVERY WAY, BY NOW, YOU SHOULD BE READY TO GO OUT INTO THE FIELD AS THE ELITE. OF THE UNIFICATION MOVEMENT “ ITO FULFILL Goo’s WfLL AND THE Fou~riE~’s riEsi~E ~ND WIS~ OF ~NITY OF WORLD RELIGIONS: TO TEACH AND BRING ABOUT A WORKABLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRACY AND COMMUN I SM, BASED ON UN IF I CATI ON THOUGHT AND BELi EF·,· You MUST BE FRONT-LINE LEADERS RESPONSIBLE FOR Goo’s WILL TO BUILD THE KINGDOM OF Goo ON EARTH IN YOUR LIFETIME; NOT TO LEAVE THIS TASK TO THE NEXT GENERATION,

IN THIS CRITICAL TURNING-POINT IN HISTORY WHICH FAVORS Goo’s PROVIDENCE, THERE ARE SEVERAL TOTAL COMMITMENTS YOU SHOULD MAKE IN YOUR MISSIONS: . .. . . . .. 1) You SHOULD FOLLOW CLOSELY YOUR FOUNDER’S LIFE AND FAITH AND HIS DlSPENSATIONALCOURSE UP UNTIL NOW; HE · HAS SACRIFICED HIMSELF AND HTS FAMILY FOR THE SAKE OF HIGHER GOALS, FROM THE LEVEL OF THE TRIBE TO THE . NATION AND THE WORLD, As YOUR UNIFI·C~TI6N TE~C~~N~ SH6~s; JACOB’S COURSE WAS F6R M6iEi ~o FO~~owi Moses’ COURSE WAS FOR JESU~ TO FOLLOW; AND Jesus’ ~ou~iE ii ~6~ T~E L6Rri 6~ T~E SECO~D ArivENT TO FOL~OW, . .. . . … . OUR FOUNDER’S COURSE IS FOR ALL OF YOU TO FOLLOW,:THUS FULFILLING Goo’s DISPENSATION, 2) YouR SECOND COMMITMENT SHOULD BE TO EDUCATE OTHERS AS YOUR SUCCESSORS, AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, THUS ESTABLISHING A NEW RELIGIOUS . . . . .. . . . . . . . .

EDUCATION SYSTEM, A NEW TRADITION MUST BE BORN THROUGH THIS RELIGIOUS .EDUCATION,PRODUCING LEADERS IN OUR MOVEMENT ON A CONTINUAL BASIS,

-5- 3) THIRDLY, YOUR NEW COMMITMENT MUST INCLUDE uPRACTICAL” ACTION .. . .. HAND-IN-HAND WITH YOUR IDEALS, THEORIES, AND DREAMS, MANY SCHOLARS OFTEN ARGUE THAT THEY CANNOT FIND ACTION BUT ONLY TALK ABOUT UTOPIAN IDEAS, YOUR THEORIES MUST . BE PROVEN TO BE TRUE AND VALID IN ACTION AND PRAC- TICE; A BLUEPRINT OF A ·FAMOUS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN . IS NOT ENOUGHj A .’ . BUILDER MUST BUILD AND ACT FOLLOWING THE BLUEPRINT. THUS A FAMOUS ARCHITECTURAL WORK WILL BECOME REALITY ONLY WHEN DESIGN AND THEORY~ AND 1

BUILDING AND ACTION GO TOGETHER, THE IDEAL OF THE KINGDOM OF Goo IS TAUGHT IN THE UNIFICATION .. . . ·• . . . .. . . . .. . .

MOVEMENT AND l -WANT YOU TO BE THE ACTUAL BUILDERS, EVEN IN YOUR SMALL . .. .. PORTION OF PARTfCfPATJON IN THE OVERALL KINGDOM-BUILDING, YOU MUST BECOMf ~E~~E~~ I~ PR~~Ti~E ~ ~E ~OERS ·· - DON’i BE SPECTATORS, THIS WAY YOU’LL BE GOOD EXAMPLES AND MODELS FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW, . . . . . . . Ar THIS POINT SOME OF YOU MAY FEEL LIKE IT rs TOO TOUGH A JOB TO ACCOMPLISH OR FEEL ISOLATED IN YOUR MISSIONS, HOWEVER, ALL OF US GATHERED HERE TODAY WILL BE JOINING IN THE TASK TO BUILD THE KINGDOM •, • I • . • • .

OF HEAVEN ON EARTH: YOUR PARENTS, RELATIVES, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATION ’ .• • · · 1 1 · · · ’ It • • ·

AND STAFF, ALUMNI, REMAINING STUDENTS, AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS - THEY ARE ALL HERE TOGETHER TODAY - · NOT ONLY TO OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, BUT THEY WILL TOTALLY SUPPORT AND FULLY WANT TO COOPERATE WITH YOUR FUTURE MISSION OF BUILDING THE IDEAL KINGDOM IN YOUR LIFETIME, . .. . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. .. . .. . .. You GRADUATES WILL BE IN OUR PRAYERS ALL THE WAY, WE PRAY THAT Go~’s ~6v~; H~’i ~~~Ri; A~~ DiVI~~ G~I·D~~c~ WILL BE UPON YOU IN THE FRONT~LINE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL IN ORDER TO RESTORE ~u~~N~iNri ~Nri i~~ ~o~~D ~~c~ TO 6uR H~A~EN~Y F~~HER, .. . . . .. . . . .. . .. . . ,Goo BLESS YOU AND YOUR FUTURE AND I WISH YOU SUCCESS IN YOUR NEW MISSIONS,