The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-14

di-c1Gr-e a. drawn FROM this text was,
. .'T5e divine law Of SCI: surrender as a
/ condition 70 the attainment Of z true
life" In the words Of the text there
: was great principle announced. name
7 IL. tia: bv SEX surrender, and self
: sacrifice. aud even by selfdying, will
! come blessing apd lie, both TO ourselves
and 70 others. 1t sen in the natura:
] world ov the grain q wheat. Our
! Savjo1, here declares that hs is under
! tnis law himself, that he can become
z t-ue, divine, source Of salvation to
Others OILY by obedience TO il. This
! il, iodeed, the ve-y meaning of the
text. We live By first dying. I: is
| Gods law. There is, in a word, q
| dirioely established law Of self sur
| render, selfsacriice, obedience 10 which
i "a absolute gain 70 man. There are
| three aspects Of this law Of self surren-
der il which We may proftably con-
J s!de- il, namely, as condition, l, OF
en:-aoce into the Christian life: II, Oh
! usefulness il the Christian life; and
III. OF happiness in the Christian
li:e.
! II IS indeed the condition Of entranee
! in:o any true and worthy course Of life,
even though it be life which is not
! positively and distiDctiveIy Christian.
But entrance into such high plane Of
| manhood comes only as z reward o:
obedience 10 this law Of self surrender
! and self mastery. To be a gentleman
! il the full sense OF that fine word, OF
! 70 be lady in all the splendid import
! Of that familiar word, costs, first OF all,
! the sacrifice Of all ones own baser and
/ lower self: the self conquest, first of all,
! in our whole being, Of all that is selfish
! and rude and unworthy Of rs as men
! and women.
| Men nay rise on Stepping stoues
| O:theic dead selves 10 higher things
| Especially is this divine law OF sell
surrender, or self sacrifice, an absolute
! condition ofentrance into the Christian
life. Only by willing surrender Of
| that which We have and love and are
can We at all become Christians. By nc
other portal can any one be admitted.
! Upon no other condition can any one
pass up out OF his natural state oil
! Condemnation and death into sonship
with God and heirship to eternal life
with Jesus Christ.
IL order to be useful it is absolutely
necessary that We be unselfsh. 10
order TO impart blessings to others We
must always be willing first TO lose
blessings ourselves. The measure OF
our willingness to denE ourselves in
order TO do good, is the measure, also
OF the good that We actually will DO
| II We do for Christ and our fellow man
| only what costs US nothing, We will dc
! but little good, and that little will
scarcely be worth the doing. Obedience
! 10 the divine law o. self surrender is,
now and always and everywhere,
! throughout all the universe Of God, the
absolute condition OF blessing to others
To live TO do good is ever the secret OF
a happy life. If you wish TO realize fol
| yourself and in yourself the ideal life
surrender or copsecrate yourself to an
unselfsh life, living for the iappines:
and welfare Of others. Give yourself tc
the life work 81 being benediction &c
| your age, 70 your country, to your
| community, to society, to the world, tc
the church.
! Life by mullltudes, is utterly per
verted. It is lived solely for self. II
| has regard neither for the claims oi
| God nor man. Thus every unreneweo
man lives. SeIfshness is the governing
| Law OF his being. His horizon is boun-
ded by love Of himself. But, this i;
10. true life. The value of life is in
! the use it is put to. Not what We gel
out Of it 70. ourselves, but what We put
| into it Of ourselves for God and fol
souls, Is what decides It's nobility
| Even the question whether We live OF
not matters but little; but the question
how We live, what We are doing with
ourselves while We live; how much we
are living ourselves, in sacrifice and
self denial, for good, into the great life
Of the church and Of the world; what
revenue will come to Christ from our
having lived: that is the supreme ques-
ton. When Pompey, the Roman gen.
eral, was once about to embark on a
tempestuous sea in order to be in Rome
1t a certain time, and friends tried tc
dissuade him, his noble answer was:
1T is necessary for me to 60 to Rome;
it is not necessary for me to live.''
Duty before life; death itself, if needs
be, in the pathway Of duty, was his
| noble motto. Let that, my young
friends, be your motto in life. Magnify
duty above even life itself. Live not
simply to live, but to live right; to live
we'll, to live a true, worthy, noble Chris
tian life; a life which your own con-
science will approve, which society will
gratefully bless, which God will crown
with His favor.
! Live unselfshly only to do good; to
lift up the fallen, to reclaim the erring,
to comfort the sorrowing, to instruct
the ignorant, to gladden. the distressed,
to help the needy, 10 befriend the
friendless, to dispel the darkness ot
clouded homes and breaking hearts, to
wipe, with loves soft hand the tear of
grief from weeping eyes, to pour the
sunshine of kindness and sympathy
over the pathway Of earth's struggling
ones, this is the way to get the most
out of life and to enjoy it to its fullest.
Thus live it and as earth fades from
your vision, and your pilgrimage here
is ended, and your work here is fin.
| ished. borne upward on angelic wings
and sweeping in through heaven
gates Of pearl, you shall enter upon
| that everlasting life with Christ whose
every breath is holiness, whose music
| is love, whose service is unweeried
bliss, whose worship is an unbroken
anthem Of praise, and whose duration
will be an ever frightening trans6gura,
ton Of our being into the moral glory
Of God.
THE JUNIOR MEDAL CONTEST.
The contest for the prize medal in
oratory by the junior class took place
on Monday night. 1t seems that people
naturally love contests and conflicts, fol
in this exercise there always seems tc
centre the most interest of any other Of
the exercises Of commencement. The
opera house on Monday night was
taxed TO its utmost seating capacity
The reporter had TO take seat on the
top of his table and use his knee for a
writing desk, so crowded was the build
ing. There were eight contestants, and
Dr.. HANNA, in awarding the prize, said
that in an experience Of sixteen years
with college commencements he did
noC think he had seen one where al
Gd 50 we'll. 1t is no idle word to say
| that all did remarkably we'll. There