Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-06-22
COLBY COLLEGE.
Continued from Page One.)

Now it is business, and again it Is
politics, or pride, or selfish ambition,
that fascinates those who are just be-
ginning in life, as they pass out from
college days. But such lives are In
complete. They may be moral ana
possess noble traits, but they are
flowers without fragrance, fountains
without living water, canvas withou,
color, ships without sails.
This gift of life is from God through
Christ who gives His spirit to us. If
we ever receive it we shall get it from,
Him. 1t does not begin with culture.
1t is not the power of parents to
bestow it by inheritance or direct en-
dOwment 1t is not impaired by any
religious form or ceremony. 1t is NOT
bestowed on a few chosen people who
are inclined to be religious, it is not
given to those who have such natural
endowments as will make them emf
nently serviceable in the kingdom OF
God. The gift of life Christ presses
against us in this modern age, as the
water presses against the mitigate.
1t will flow off in other channels to
gladden. other lives, but it will flow
through our lives and move the spirit
ual machinery of this modern age II
we will allow it to do So
1.-The life that has Christ in it win
be true life The truth of God will
be it's atmosphere and it will have a
true ring to it. Like the bell that
was once cracked and has been melt
ed again into a new bell, it rings a
true note when the hammer Of pros
perity or adversely strikes it. AS the
hour of prayer draws near, it will
sound its sweet notes to chime in
with other bells, all singing the grand
TIE Deum of salvation.
We repeat, that to do the work of
ths modern age, we must have the
very life of Christ in our lives and
possess life that is thus intcrpene-
trateG with the divine life as light
shines through the atmosphere. This
life must be established in the truth,
will be nourished by the truth. will
lead others to the truth. 1t will be the
sweetest life, the truest life, the sanest
life thar one can lead.
tThe next 10 years will be decisive in
your lives. You will find your limita-
tions, pass through at least on" crisis,
and know youis selves far better than
you do today. TO live those 10 years
well and all succeeding years you must
have a better faith than Abraham had.
The Christ whom he saw in type you
see in reality The day which he saw
- far off you live in. You must have also
Il better .nithfulncss than Abra ham
had. You must have a better knowledge
of God fhan Abraham Possessed. You
must be letter and greater in every
way than Abraham was. John the Bap-
tist was greater than Abraham or any
of the prophets. and yet Christ said
concerning John the Baptist, that lie
who is least in the Kingdom of God
is greater than he. With the messages
of the New Testament waiting to in
spire you, with 10 centuries of Chris
tian history looking down upon you.
vindicating the life ana teachings of
Jesus Christ which nave become Il part
of your mental possessions. with such
spiritual advantage, every one of YOU
should have Il knowledge of God far
superior to that which the most favor
ed of the Old Testament men and wo-
men possessed
''In this modern age you have q bet
ter preparation for service thar any
who have ever lived. You must be in
deed better than your fathers to be as
good as your fathers. You have lived
under the fostering influences of a
Christian civilization. You have been
stimulated by the presence of q Chris
tian church. You have been enriched by
the environment of Christian oduca-
tional institutions. AS you go forth to
an earnest life of work the numerous
facilities of this modern age are placed
i'm your hand with which to make your
life count tenfold more than it could
have counted had YOU been graduated
IS years ago from this college. You are
to find at once marvellous and high
gearcd organizations which will direct
your material. intellectual and spirit
ual endcavors. Unless You. therefore
accomplish something definite and con-
structivr in the extension of the king
dom of God. you will be ashamed of
yourselves when you come to die. Witt!
this varied equipment, God will hold
each one of your class To strict ac-
ccuntability for all those opportunities
for serving humanity along the lines OF
increased efficiency which are ready fol
your hands
"Christ's plan is to complete the
work of the earlier workmcn by the
work of the later worllmen. You are
the latcr workmen You may build the
Superstructure on the foundation that
they laid. The true connecting link be-
tween your lives and those who have
gone before you is the life Of Christ
He makes your work tn supplement
their activity. His superintendence OF
both sets of lives isolated by space and
time makes the happy resultant which
brings completeness to incomplete
lives. 1t is His blessing which re-
assemblies the earlier division OF labor
into one harmonious whole.
1T is for you now to seriously plan
your lives. Have you not been inn
pressed in reading the biographies OF
the great. that relatively early in life
they laid their plans and reSolutcly
maturei them. Let me urge you TO plan
for life on a high plane which shall
have for its dominant note a large life
of service. Your life will be tomorrow
largely what you plan to make it to-
day. Next year it will be what you
plan to make it this year. There will
be no luck in it: no accident about it,
If you serve Christ. you will be not