Newark post., 1910-06-15
he High School
Commencement
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7rrr to know nothing OF his engine,
nc. To know ourselves is to know
,thcr people Lies success depends
nbnations OF men. The world is
earning this lesson and all classes and
Professions are combined for their re-
+prctive ends. Man alone is impotent,
two multiplics the power of one
cniold But aside from formal COM
Jination we must learn to project and
,crpetuate our influence through
.pthers and we must know men in order
10 do this effectively. A misunder-
standing oi men is due chiefly to a
- misunderstanding of ourselves. be-
cause men are all alike fundamentally
and to know self is to know everybody
' else. hence, we haye a rational basis
upon which to calculate as to the
measure OF Our dependence.
10 know ourselves is to know God.
! would have you young people to be
= religious not merely because it is
right. but because it is rational and
normal, not mercy Tor salet" but for
completeness. To know self is to
know God, because man in the su-
Dreme revelation OF God. He is Gods
I chief handiwork. TO David nature W.
vealed God, and he said the heavens
declare the glory of God But if
nature revealed God, how much more
does man because he is the. highest
| form of the expression of Gods wis
| dom. power and Goodness. Indeed,
man is a revelation of the very nature
oi Gud. He is spirit and so are we;
Hc is righteous and Our chief and dis
rlnguishing characteristic is the moral
sense Because of the likeness OF mcn
TO God. Paul quoted and endorsed the
hcathen philosophers declaration that
we are his offspring" He who says
there is no God is fool, in that he is
gn"rant OF himself. Again, to know
ourselves is to know God. because we
can only find God even in the person
ut Jesus Christ for the reason that i'll
his blindness he had not reached his
nvn limitation We find Canada only
Niltn at some point on its northern line
we reach the limit OF the United States.
it is a significant expression in the
story oi tl,e Prodigal Son When he
came to himself" When he found
himself he found his father So it is
never until we find ourself at some
point do we touch God. and when we
have found ourselves at every point
We have found God in the completion
nf our being and with this alliance God
i ours and we are his. We are i'll the
position of power relative to every le-
Ultimate activity of life. 1t is mis-
fortune that it takes some young pc =
bic long time to explore the cOh-
incnt oi self and touch God. Some
neyer do. hence they live and die ON
HE barren and desolate island OF self
Eut1iciency, while the limitleSs ocean
pi intinity rolls away on every side and
kerry facility is within their reach for
Nploring and appropriatlng its treas
trrs; and again to know ourselves Is
sure cure for the big |. stf eNu'ta-
ion. undue self estee~n. pride. haught-
ness.--the spirit that makes us con-
|emptibie in the eyes of men, and an
domination i'll the sight OF God, Is
he fruit OF a false conception of self
lot that to know ourselves is to reveal
u much that is little and mean as to
Humble our pride. TO know ourselves
to have a proper conception OF OUT
own being, is to realize the true dig
nifty Of manhood OF which we are but
fractional part. and this in turn EN-
ables us to know the supreme majesty
al the author of our being. As We
come to know the multiplied detail:
and adaptabilities Oi a complex mach
Inc we come to realize the genius OF
the inventor. To know ourselves. t1
have the highest conception ot the
dignity aud glory of our own beng
70 have a proper estimate OF the ma
ie>ty OF manhood in general, is to have
4 correct estimate Of God as the au
thor OF man. As we investigate more
and more the details OF conn,ex ma
chine. the more and more our admira
ton OF the inventor grows. The higher
we climb the meuntsin that shuts II
the world oi our childhood days, the
broader the horizon of the world be
yund. and when we have explored thf
mountains to its very peaks. 1t lid'
dwindled into a mole hill as compared
to the multitude Of higher peaks thai
come into view. and the mites.
spaces that lie beyond. Not that the
mountain is less but the word s s.
much more than we ever dreamed be
lore we viewed it from these heights
So the better we understand Ourselve
even our dignity the larger looms tht
dignity OF other men, and as we catct
gIimpSeS OF illimitability in ourselves
we see the ininity OF God, and we arr
humbled. True humility is not th'
produces OF sin and shame, then w,
must be great sinners to have such II
exalted virtue. but humility belongs
H. man at his best and is the fruit o
his best. 1t is not a lily plucked iron
the cess-pool oi vice. but from th'
garden OF mans highest culture ant
refinement As sinner and Pharlsee
Saul OF Tarsus had no humility, on thu
other hand when he became the mos
Ike his Lord he said, Il am not worth,
tu be called an apostle Then agali
a true knowledge of self will cure th
little Ia false modesty. Gusr'
against this. my young friends. lh:
= the form OF paralysis that says :,
can't. Don't count yourself out. bu
count yourselves in. alwavs take
m&ns or womans part. to bear
mans ur woman's burden. \ story /
tpId of twelve Irshmen who started
ON journey and coming to swollei
stream tbpy had yraat difficulty ant