The Glenwood post., 1905-05-27
GOOD ADVICE
TO GRADUATES
BdCCd!duredte Sermon Delivered on
Last Sunday by Rev. J. Wilson
CurrenS to Graduates of
the High School
EXPORTS TO HIGHER IDEALS

"The Spirit driveth Him into the wilder
ness."-MARk II.
Rev. J. Wilson Currens, pastor of
the Presbyterian church delivered the
baccalaureate sermon to the gradual
ing class of the Glenwood High school
last Sunday morning. The graduates
accompanied by Superintendent King
occupied prominent seats, each wear.
ing pink and green the emblematic
colors of the class. Festoons of pi nix
and green bunting We're also much in
evidence. Mr. Currens discourse was
of practical nature, the keynote
being the driving power the actuat-
ing force in the life-and the gradu
ates as well as all other hearers will
be the better by following the sugges-
tions contained in this splendid ad-
dress. The Post is able to give its
readers the sermon of Mr.. Currens,
slightly abridged.
The greatest engine yet built fot
passenger service stands in the sheds
of the Baldwin locomotive works at
Philadelphia Pennsylvania. 1t is &c
feet, two inches long There are
three drivers ON each side 50 inches
high. The boiler is 20 inches in di-
ameter. The weight is 1s1 tons
Each part has been inspected and
found perfect. 1t is ready for its in
itial run. 1t can pull 20 cars 100
miles in 50 minutes; can make 20 miles
an hour.
The might Of the twentieth century
civilization is symbolized in this
monster locomotive. Today it stands
motionless; useless: dead weight on
the track. 1t must be driven to real
ize its possibilities. 1t will consume
nine tons of coal and 100 barrels of
water every 100 miles. An intelligent
and skillful engineer must direct its
activities
My young friends of the graduating
class of the Glenwood Springs High
school Your education has been so
directed as to develop mind and ear
and eye and voice and hand. By
numerous examinations the perfection
of each has been tested. You now
stand in the sheds of the intellectual
workshop, completed, ready for the
initial run of practical life.
The degree of efficiency you Will ex-
hibit is yet an unknown quantity.
Only one factor has yet been deer
mined-that is development, What
you are to he depends upon what
drives you.
The Perfect Man, our great example,
was driven by the Spirit; who utili-
zed to that end the height of His ideals
the depth of His convictions; the
breadth of His sympathies the length
of His work. If you are to become
mighty factors in the world $ progress,
these same things must be to you
what they were to the God man what
steam and intelligent handling and
farseeing purpose are to the giant
Baldwin locomotive.
Let me show you the way briefly TO
efficiency in the service of God and of
humanity. The height of his ideals
is the first driving force of an efficient
man. To be a power in the world,
some lofty ideal must fire the imagin-
tion, must engage the thoughts by day
and the dreams by night. Jesus
Christ had such an ideal 1t took
possession of Him. 1t drove Him
without hesitancy or tagging, through
rejection and'butfeting and scourging
and crucitixion, through every hind
rance, to a throne.
George Washington, Thomas Jeffer-
son, Abraham Lincoln, Frances Will
ard, Booker T. Washington and every
great and good man and woman have
had lofty ideals My young friends,
without such ideals the world will
never find out that You are in it.
The depth of his convictions is the
second driving force of an efficient
man. This Is the hold mans ideals
take upon him. Jesus Christ and all
great and good men of the centuries
have all had such depth of conviction.
This makes the hero of the battlefield
the patriot in the Legislature, and the
martyr of the mission compound.
Have decided opinions and be able
when called upon to express then
openly. To be men and women OF
might, you must have the irresi stiblt
expansion of conviction-the %!
pounds of pressure to the square inch
like the giant locomotive. Give
therefore, great ideals chance to ge