The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-06

victorious Christ. He spoke true
words who said:
Our fathers to their graves have gone
Their strife is past, their triumph
won.
But sterner trials wait the race
Which rise in their nonored place,
A moral warfare Of the crime
A I'd folly of an evil time.
So let it be in God $ own might,
We gird US for the coming fight,
And strong in Him Whose cause is
ours,
In conflict with unholy powers,
We grasp the weapons He has given,
The Light, the Truth, and Love of
heaven"
Young ladies and gentlemen, you
are to be congratulated on coming
upon the stage when the great moral
and spiritual issues are being Joined
as never before. "Life is a progress,
not a station" and it's best chances
are in the future Do not believe any
modern prophet who comes with a
Twentieth century religion with which
he wishes to supercede that of the
First century.
"The new religion-sfnal, perfect,
pure
Was that of Christ and Love and His
great command"
And I firmly believe with another
that:
"Its coming yet for a that
That man to man the world over
Shall brothers be for a that
It is this great struggle for united
race which remains Yet TO be MADE,
and no time has been so loud in its
calls to join the conflict, as the pres
ent. Every educated man ought TO
study to know what share be should
take in Christ's serious plan for him
and for the race in this mighty con-
hict. And before he can do this, heI
must accept the obligations Of re-
deemed life. Then there will be no
danger that he will run away from the
obligations of the great adventure, forl
a life of self-indulgence and ease.
When your crown can oe gained by a
way of hardihood, obedience and utter
surrender to the Prince Of Leaders, I
am sure every one of you in the great
struggle will enter the list, bearing
on your armor His crest, on your lips
His watchword, and in your heart His
love for others. Thus in your life
purpose there will grow the flower Of
His charm and His reward. Moving
among men, opportunities Will be
yours in following Him, with might
full hand to strike great blows at
caitiffs and at wrongers OF tue ~Gr.c.''
You will be confronted agae4 and
again with the question, what after |
all is it all worth? VIII it pay? What
is the value of a life thus surrender |
ed? You have your answer ready and
it is in terms of the values of heaven.
A life is worth just what is put into
it, and if you have heavens purchase
price, as the estimate of yours, heav-
ems love, heavens stamp upon it and
choicest gift to make it real
and useful, then you are worth just as
much as He estimated you to be worth,
when He redeemed your life, "Not
with gold and silver" or things cor
but with His infinite sacrifice
and His precious blood. No life san
be mean that has been made possible
by heavens purchase.
What can you do, is the question
men viii soon be asking of you? You
will make answer to this practical
question in terms of your training,
and rightly. But when your spiritual
nature is being estimated among men
and your spiritual powers are being
when your character is
being weighed, what answer will you
make as to your assets in the coinage
Of God? Will you be able to say, I
have handed over my life to Jesus
Christ and am not nl1,.e ow1.> What
I am worth is what He has in me-
My valuation is what He puts on me.
He is my life and the life I now live l