Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-06-13

he gave up everything He was q maj
with splendid intellect. and with al
the intellectual culture that the ag
afforded He was an intellectual giant
but that intellect Of his was laid a
the feet of Jesus 1t is quite untru,
to say that the greatest intellects tina
have ever existed have been devotes
to the opposition camp. The finest In
tellects with which the world has beer
blessed / believe, have been beauti
fully submissive to the Christian faith
The men who have done most Il
| adorn science are men that have be.
lieved In the Bible and in the God oi
the Bible, and in the Savior whom the
Bible reveals And so the Apostle Pau
surrendered all to the Jesus Christ
Did he make mistake in thus yield
ing himself to God? No. When
Jesus gets right of way from attic to
cellar in your inner being. He will
come into your life, and new men and
new women will go out from this bac-
calaureate service to live new life
for God and humanity oh, may there
be over this audience a whole-hearted
surrender to Jesus Christ.
Panl's Readiness.
Now you see what went before the
Apostle Paul's readiness. He saw the
Lord; he heard His voice; he surren-
dered all; and after that he said,
Lord, am ready All men without
distinction of nation or culture are
Paulis creditors. He owes them his
life, his person, in virtue of the grace
bestowed upon him, and of the office
which he has received. i am debtor
both to the Greeks and the Barbara
ans; both to the wise and the unwisc.' ;
The Greek represented the culture of
the day; the Barbarian, I suppose,
the ignorance. He says, i am debtor
to the upper ten, and 1 am debtor to
the lower ninety
who believes that today? DO you
think you owe anything to the man
who handles your baggage, save the
dime or the quarter you gave him?
Did you think that you were through
with him then? Faul says you were
not. Is that all you owe? If you
think 1t is then you do not understand
what Christian service is. L am
debtor to everybody; 1 am in debt to
every man meet
A New Religion.
When we come to see the Greek
and the Barbarian. and the bond and
the free, and the wise and the unwise,
as our brethren-as those to whom we
owe something--then all over the
broad continent OF America we shall
have new kind of religion.
Paul said, I am ready, because
am debtor He might have said,
i am under no ohligation; the world
owes me a living. Yes, generally
speaking, man gets what he is worth
to the world. Sometimes he may get
less, sometimes more, but such are
exceptional cases. The surest way for
! man to get good salary is for him
20 make himself valuable--indispen
BILE. If possible. The world pays for
what a man does, not for what he
night do; not for undeveloped tall
snts; not for dormant abilities. You
owe the world the best that is in you,
md the full measure of service you
ire capable of giving.
Age of Barbarity
Let me remind you that service in
Rome at that tlmo was a passport to I
he amphitheater. to the lions
Il was the age of the Infamous Nero
Who delighted to see the Christians
orn limb from limb, or at times, even
lelicate women and gentle children
lung into the arena before the hungry
,easts. That was the age in which the
APOSTLE Paul said = am ready. Thank
sod for ready man. May we find in
uture days that there are such In this
lass and and many ready people in
his audience.
Dear friends and members OF the
lass of 1911 may you be ready to say
hat you have finished your course.
hat you have fought the good fight,
hat you have kept the faith. II you
viii live the ideal life, you will die the
deal DEATH
Evening Services.
At s O'clock, Sunday evening. in the
Church, the Reverend s.
!. siewerth, pastor of the First Evan
;elical Church OF Seattle, elected at
ne last conference Of his denomina-
ion as a member of the board OF trus-
ees of Dallas College, delivered a
Iighly entertaining address to the
christian Associations of the College
The Young Mems Christian Assoc
alton and the Young Women's Christ
an Association. The text was let
our light so shine before men. that
hey may see your good works and
'lorify your Father which is in
The services were in charge OF FL
,ert Farnham, president OF the Y. M.
:. A.. and Miss Helen Gurney. presl-
ent OF the Y. w. c. A. The invoca-
lon was offered by the Reverend c. p.
iates. and President A. A. Winter
ronounced the benediction.
The music Of the evening was Of
1ore than usual excellence and wasi
urnished by the College Young Mems
luartet and the young women's quar-
IT Of the Utopian Literary Society.
respectfully, OF: F. A. John
on. G. W. Montgomery. Norval Gates
!. J. Wick and Miss Laura Polling.
iiss Gladys canter. Miss NADIA Scott
nd Miss Bessie Dodson- A vocal solo
endered By Miss Laura Polling was
pleasing.