The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-22

Self reverence, self-knowledge, self
control,
These three alone lead life to SOW
ereign power.
Yet not for power (power of herself
Would come uncalled for) but to live
by law,
Acting the law we live by without
fear,
And because right is right, to follow
right,
Were wisdom in the scorn of conse
quence.
"Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self
control
These three alone lead life to SOW
ereign power"
Self-reverence, not self-love, not
egotism, but a realization of your
kinship with God himself, and the
spirit of Daniel. who purposed in
his heart that he would not defile
himself. Seft-knowledge, not vanity,
not bigotry, but a full realization of
your powers and of your weaknesses.
Self-control, the victory over self
which Paul had won when he said, 81
have learned in whatsoever state l
am, herewith to be content. | know
hot to l. oh nj hAr 90
abound; everywhere and in all things
l am instructed both to be full and to
be hungry, both to abound and to suf-
fer need. Truly These three alone
lead life to sovereign power"
The World Is Crying Aloud.
The world is crying aloud for the
man, for the woman, of purpose, and
oh, how | wish l could help you to
catch glimpse of the boundless, the.
limitless possibilities of a life with a
creed like this! Success isn't so
much what you accomplish, it isn't
so much what you do, as what you as
pire to be
"Ah, but a mans reach should exceed
his grasp,
Else what's a heaven for?"
But if there is the aspiration, the no.
Bile purpose, the life of honest toll
the power that comes from selfrev-
erence, self-knowledge and self-con-
troll, then can it hardly fail to be 4
"life Of accomplishment, of deeds that
will make for the highest, truest hap
I piness.
This is a philosophy to live by, but
no less a creed TO die by. For / lay
down as life's great axiom, that
nothing is worth achieving in this
world that cannot be carried, into the
next This alone constitutes true
success, for happiness consists not in
material accumulation, but solely in
/ the spiritual qualities developed. The
! purposeful man holds the key to life's
mystery only when he says deep down
in his heart, Il can do all things, -
and then adds with Paul, Through
Christ, which strengthened me-
When King David died, he left his
son, Solomon, ruler over the mighty
kingdom of Israel Solomon, though
but a youth, pleased the Lord, who ap
peared to him one night in a vision,
and said: ASK what shall give thee.
Solomon chose wisdom-an under
standing heart that he might discern
| between good and evil. In this day
of marvellous prosperity and limitless
| opportunity, God says to you in unmis
taxable tones: ASK what ! shall give
thee" 1t is only required that the
purpose be steadfast and unselfish
like that of Solomon and the determin-
| alton unalterable. Do you intend to be
! a lawyer? Then be a lawyer with a
distinguishing purpose. Are you going
70 be a doctor? Then be a doctor
with a significant purpose. Shall you
be a teacher? Then be a teacher with
purpose, that will set you apart from
every other calling. Determine the
work, determine the goal, toll, study,
pray, sacrifice, and man cannot stay
you in your course. God will not.
More Than Ordinary significance.
This is an occasion of more than
ordinary significance. These are the
first graduating exercises ever held by
South Mississippi College, an institu-
ton that is already exerting no mean
influence through the state, and that
Is destined to be felt over the entire