The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-06-22
BACCALAUREATE SERMON.
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to subdue those Syrians infatuated
with their pride and intoxicated with
their victories. But what of that
Joash2 You have been seated upon
the throne to conquer them. That
your life's work. Do you want me to
tell you that you can buy a ticket,
take a Pullman and doze away your
day and ride on the heights of sue
cess? | do not believe you do For
what purpose has God given young
people muscle and sinew and bone
and nerve and grey matter?" God
knows that you are not placed in an
easy world where you can swing in
hammocks of sweet laziness and
achieve. If there is any one word
which gives us the key to a success
full life it is fight"
| recall a young fellow who once
walked these streets. He was poor.
He was struggling for an education.
He had opened the window of his
SOUL and looked out eastward to his
| life's work. He had few advantages.
He did not have home here. He
had to pay his own way. He did
have good health. He had grit; he
had gumption. | do not know wheth-
er he had any grace or not. But he
did have the first two g's. Eastward
he sew his opportunity and his vic
tory. The look eastward woke him
up and gave him his purpose. By
many day of hardship he secured
his training for his life's work. To-
day his home is on one of the best
known streets of large city and he
occupies a high position in his chosen
lifes work. A good square look and
consideration of a difficulty in life
half masters it. Members of the
graduating class face your life-your
life's problems-your life's difficulties.
Do it unflinchingly, without the
quiyering of an eyelash. Make up
your mind that you are in the race
of life to win out" The look east
ward inspires for 1t is a look towards
victory as we'll. Open up the eyes Of
your soul. Some people are ply
sically near-sighted and some are
mentally and spiritually near-sighted.
| heard recently of young lady
whose eyes had been fitted with
glasses. To her surprise she found
that the trolley cars were lettered on
the outside. 1t had always been a
blur to her before. For the first time
she discovered the beauty of the
leaves of the trees which shaded the
lawn of her home.
d. L. Moody YVES fond of repeat
ing a little couplet. 1t was about
two men in prison Here 1t is:
1.-TWO men looked out from prison
bars. One saw mud and one saw
stars" That we'll describes many
people. The bias of the soul made
one see stars while from the same
point of vision the other saw mud.
1t was in a school room. A teacher
had been at infinite pains to explain
to the class about the sun. When
she thought that she had said enough
she asked one of the boys the ques-
ton, Now can you tell me what the
sun is?'' He replied: "The sun Is
the thing that has spots on It,"
A minister tells his experience in
riding by rail through the Canadian
Rockies. Every mile was crammed
with the glorious revelations of ma
ture. A constant panorama was
spread before the eyes of the pas
sengers who were giving expression
to frequent exclamation of wonder
and delight In the car there was a
mother and her daughter. The moth
err with a measure full of diamonds
on her fingers and a spoonful OF
brains in her head, spent all the time.
when each turn Of the car gave new
vistas of Gods paintings playing
cards with her daughter. No open
window in that soul.
Young kings do not always look
eastward. But l believe the young