The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-08

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Glass Exercises - BdCCu.
laureate Sermon
Rev. G. A. Pnus Speaks ia
Class to Higher
Levels

Plymouth High School was preache,
Sunday evening, June 4, at the Pres
byterian church by the Rev. Georg
A. Plug. A special program was rem
dered and his sermon was full of Wig
or and life.
Rev. Plug took as his text a wor
thy selection Pressing Forward.
found in 18th and 14th verses of tn,
3rd chapter of Philippians tex
which is a sermon in itself, and full
OF good thoughts to store up in your
memory. Brethren l count not my
self to have apprehended; but thi:
one thing l do, forgetting those
things which are behind, and reaching
forth unto those things which are
before. | press toward the mark fol
the prize of the high calling of Coo
in Jesus Christ" As we know this j:
the Apostle Paul talking in his let
ter to the Philippians and the sermon
was one comparison between Paul's
life and our lives.
I'm the verse before the first one
of the text, Paul, the deep thinker
and the man who endureth all things
for Christ, maks a confession Of his
own imperfectness. Paul was not
like small minds. This man great in
learning was humble Here we take
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mility-there is always more to learn
You as class have just touched the
outer hem of the garment of learning
and as you grow, intellectually, you
will more and more find worlds OF
knowledge that you before had not
dreamed of. Therefore as we do not
know it all we ought to be humble,
not only in youth but even at the end
of life as Paul was When asked
what was the first, second and third
great doctrines in religion, St. Angus
tine answered by giviag for all three,
lesson of humility the sooner we will
be In a position to gain and obtain
knowledge of life.
But Paul also acknowledged that
he was striving for perfection and he
pressed on, even if he was an old
man. Surely you of youth should
strive for perfection and press on.
And for those OF more mature years
and for the old it is a grand thing to
have a vein of youth in you as Paul
had
/ Have your goal in life always be-
fore you. This commencement is
but one hating place as your other
commandments in life have been to
you and will continue to be on and
on throughout life. The race is not
yet won. There are great and uncon-
quered fields of knowledge before you
and ready to open their doors for you
material, intellectual and also spir-
itual knowledge and the last should
not be regarded as the least nor go
unpartaken of. Paul had goal
that of perfection even as Christ
was'-he sees it but he does not stop
but moves forward with steady i'm
pulse pushing and pressing forward
and onward toward his goal.
This is a glorious life notwithstand-
ing its difficulties, sorrows, and the
like; a world in which we may we'll
strive after that which is our goal.
May it be goal that will abide for
ever. Let not your goal be of a
worldly nature only for in the end it
will corrupt, riches will perish as the
flower in the field and fame is only a
mirage that alludes. Let the life OF
the Apostle inspire you to do some
thing beyond this life and the attain
ments of this world and that is the
high calling of Christ Jesus which is
always an upward calling.
In the study of the lives of great
men and women we find a steady pull
ling upward as well as onward. Paul
gives us means for attaining that
which is Christiike Men and women
are losing because they look back
ward at worldly things and not CON-
stantly toward their goal. We should
forget those things that are behind
us, that are in our past. We are too
easily discouraged and many people |
on account of the morose view OF
life that they take do not succeed at |
all. AS well as forgetting our past
we should forget al
so our past accomplishments. There
is danger of being pulled up and sat-
isfied with that which we have al
ready done. Do not cultivate such a
spirit. We should ever press forward.
1. is their persistence that gives all
great men their positions in life.
Their lives are merely examples OF
erseverance-such are the lives of
Michael Angelo and Thomas Edison.
The latter working from Is to &C
hours a day to get his talking ma
shine to say specie instead of pecie.
The sculptor polished and polished
lis productions because the image hel