Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-29

full stewards Of the Lord. We are all
called to serve him through Jesus
Christ our Savior in whatsoever walk
Of life we nay be. We WHO are gath
cred here around you this Tehing are
your friends, and we wish you well.
This alma mater hopes to hear good
reports OF her sons and daughters, as
they are turning their path in life 20
ward the goal. Much work AID calm
est effort is needed for the advance
ment of Righteousness to overcome all
forms OF sin and corruption, and by
prayer strength will be given you so
that you shall become leaders unto
others and guide them into blessed
paths, SO that God nay be giotifie1
even through you and your lies work.
This success, the OILY real success of
life, we wish you al 10 o5tatr in tie
name of Jesus Christ to wl1m be
glory and dominion for ever and
ever"
ADDRESS TO HIGH SCHOOL CLASS.
Rev. J. L. Vance delivered the bac-
calaureate sermon to the Rock Island
high school class Of 1911 last night at
the United Presbyterian church, Four
teenth street and Third avenue. The
church was filled with students and
their friends. Rev. Mr.. Vance said in
part:
"You differ in views as you differ in
looks and tastes. And truth does not
demand that all minds be brought to
dead level of uniformity, yet contrary
judgments cannot all conform to the
truth. Opinions may be the result of
errors, ignorance, prejudice or false
teaching. Sweep away all such debris
and penetrate to the absolute truth,
then build upon that basis. Do so and
there is no question as to your founda-
zion being scientific certainty and your
superstructure Christian knowledge,
between which there is perfect con-
cord. Lord George Lyttelton and Gil
bert West were chief friends and good
scholars in a skeptical age. In early
life their minds were poisoned with the
heresies of the time. and they made a
compact to expose the impostures of
the bible. Each set for himself the
task Of demolishing one of the corner
stones OF the temple of Christian
truth, West undertaking to disprove
the fact of the resurrection of Jesus,
and Lyttelton attacking the record of
the conversion of Paul. They both be-
gan with enmity and contempt for re-
ligion, but before long were both con-
verted by the power of the truth which
they hated, and became staunch de-
tenders of the gospel they had assailed |
The truth is invincible, to deny it or
to oppose 1t is as useless and foolish /!
as to try to blot out the sun or to hide |
ones eyes from its light Better far to |
love the truth and to seek honestly to |
know it. Buy the truth and sell 1t not. |
How grand in age. how fair in youth, |
are holy friendship. love and truth,
In the second place, seek wisdom, |
which is simply truth applied. This |
book of Proverbs is the essence of wis
dom. And in this part of it wisdom .
speaks in person, displays her ele- /
ments, commends to us her own mer-
it's, and offers herself to any who will /
truly seek TO WOO and win her. To |
seek wisdom is step in advance of |
seeking truth, for wisdom is truth put |
to good and right uses. We are prone |
to think of the prudent as having been
born so or being naturally gifted with
discretion. And yet how true 1t is that
those who seek wisdom shall find it,
and those who do not seek it will never
happen upon it. Wisdom loves them
that love her, she feels honored by
those that have high regard for her,
and she discloses herself to earnest
seekers. If any man lack wisdom let
him ask of God who giveth to all men
literally and upbraideth not Solomon
showed his wisdom in asking for wis
dom, and he became wise because he
set his heart upon that Wisdom is
The principal thing, therefore get wis
dom. And the fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom. In its value wis
dom is beyond comparison with gold
and silver and rubies The mines of
earth do not inclose all the costly treas
Tres since the rare gem of wisdom be-
ongs only in the minds and hearts of
men"