Cañon City record., 1906-05-24

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summoned them of a sudden; and
those who came in their best garments
were well received, but the foolish
ones who came in their slovenliness
were turned away in disgrace. Re-
pent ye today, lest ye be summoned
tomorrow" But | want most of all
to leave uppermost in your minds the
text of the evening: IF the scythe be
blunt and he do not whet the edge,
then must he put to more strength.
But wisdom is profitable to direct"
May God give you that true wisdom,
a wisdom that shall compel you to pre-
pare in every possible way for the
duties and responsibilities of life be-
fore you take them up, wisdom that
shall make you good whetters before
you try to be good mowers wisdom
which shall compel you to remember
now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth, while the evil days come not
nor the years draw nigh when thou
shalt say ! have no pleasure in them"
a wisdom that will teach you to learn
to accept the conclusion of Solomon as
TO the real meaning of life. After go
ing into life from every viewpoint, af-
ter tasting pleasure and sin, riches
and honor. he says: Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter; fear
God and keep his commandments, for
this is the whole duty of man, for God
shall bring every work to judgment,
with every secret thing, whether it
be good or whether it be evil"
tion of the First United Presbyterian
church OF Denver, several weeks ago
accepted an invitation to deliver the
baccalaureate sermon to the gradual
ing class of the South Canon high
school. 1t was planned to have the
service in the United Presbyterian
church here. but Dr. Rankin made so
good an impression on those who lis
tened to him on the occasion of his
address at the First NJ. E. church last
Thursday night that Rev. Chaffee, pas
tor of the congregation, gave him an
urgent invitation to deliver the bac-
calaureate sermon there. as the audi
torium would hold larger assem-
blage.
With the concurrence Of the gradu-
ing class the Invitation of Rev. Chaffee
was accepted and change was made
to the NJ e church. On account of
the altered arrangements the special
music which had been prepared for the
occasion by the United Presbyterian
church choir was withheld, that fea-
ture of the service being turned over
to the choir of the church whose hos
pitality they had accepted. There was
a magnificent audience present and
DR.. Rankin preached an eloquent and
mastery sermon, his remarks being
predicated upon the words of the
Apostle Paul as contained in the nine
teenth verse of the twenty sixth chap
ter OF Acts; ''Whereupon. o. King
Agrippa. | was not disobedient unto
the heavenly vision"
There IS nothing superfiuous in DR..
Rankin's pulpit discourses. Every word
and sentence is significant and is as
unmistakable and clear-cut as a cameo.
He admonished the class of graduates
before him not to be disobedient unto
those mental and spiritual visions
which must inevitably protrude them
selves into their lives. The youth
who is without visions is without am
bition and will fossilize into a man
who is of no great value to the COM
munity or to himself.
Young men and young women,
said DR.. Rankin, should not consider
their intellectual development finished