Warren sheaf., 1905-06-01
The Bacculaureate Sermon.


the Rev. Geo. E. Tindall, pastor of
the NJ. E. church of Warren, last
Sunday evening, at the opera house.
1t was an able and scholarly
sermon, replete with good advice to
those starting in life and was lis
tened to by large audience. We
are unable this week to give more
than the following brief synopsis OF
the sermon:
Theme: Service-The True Obj
ect in Life.
Text: 'sWist We not that l must
be about my fathers business.
The text impresses me with three
great lessons:
l. That knowledge and recog-
milton of God as our Father is essen
tial to success in this life.
To know God is the Unsuitable
thirst Of the human heart. Jesus
Christ revealed God as a Father.
Until Christ came men knew not
Christ as Father. He taught us
to pray Our Father which art in
Heaven, and his first recorded
word was, I must be about my
Fathers business. To know God
as our Father is the true object in
life on the heavenward side, and
this knowledge Jesus has given to
the world
?. The Fatherhood of God means
the Brotherhood of man, or in other
words, sonship means service.
As the children of God we must
serve Him. Jesus, by his life and
service reveals to us what true
service is. His was a life of un-
selfish sacrifice and good-doing
It is summed up in a sentence, He
went about doing good" Helping
others was food to him. He said to
his disciples: ''Whosoever will be
great among you let him be your
minister; and whosoever will be
chiefest, shall be servant of all. !"
Then dear friends, remember that
service. not happiness, is the true
object of life. Happiness is never a
worthy object in life, unless it is
the happiness that comes from max
ing others happy. The Bible stand
ard of true living-the supreme OBJ
ject in life-is not happiness but
service.
Try to make others better.
Try to make others glad:
The world has SO much of sorrow.
So much that is hard and bad.
Love yourself last my brother.
Be gentle and kind and true.
True to yourself and others
As God is true to YOU
3. Service demands preparation.
The example of Jesus teaches US
this fact. At the age of II his soul
awakened to His life work, but he
did not rush into it. We read s'He
went down with them (His parents)
and came unto Nazareth and was
subject unto them, and Jesus in
creased in wisdom and stature and
in favor of God and man." That is
to say, He prepared Himself by
obedience to his parents, by daily
toll at the carpenters bench, by
play and by daily study OF Gods
word and communion with the
Father, and so He trained the apos-
ties for a period of three years be-
fore they entered their work. Right
here let me say that success in bus
mess, or anything, is obtained only
by diligent and thorough prepara-
tion. incidents from the lives of
Franklin, Cooper and Pullman were
cited as examples.)
I trust that you are not so foolish
as to think that in the few years of
schooling you have received here,
that you have reached the ne plus
ultra of all knowledge. All you
have learned is the alphabet. Be-
cause life is progressive therefore
education is continuous. Gradual
ing from this school you simply
pass into another and higher school,
where you will have ample oppor-
tunity to,learn many lessons. May
each of you go forth to emulate the
good and great, and make the most
of the world you are in. Do not
forget the kind of world you are in.
The old time stage coach has given
way to the comfortable railway
coach, the old cradle to the self
binder, the fail to the steam
EthreSher the Sailinp vessel fn tho