Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-06-01
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BAcCALAUREATE SERMON
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which was placed upon the head Of
the victorious runner, even SC.
The joys of this world, tho attained,
are prizes of little value.
Men and women, we must die. Eter-
nifty stands before us all Shall our
eternity be blessed, peaceful and hap
py, shall we wear the eternal never
fading crown of glory, then we must
run this race of life, not for this world,
but for the world to come.
We must labor, friends. Many men
seek to have a life of leisure. Oh, says
the laborer with sweat on his brow.
don't want my boy to work as hard as
I do. Oh, says the mother Bonded by
hard toll, I don't want my daughter to
labor as hard as have had to.
Friends, God demands of us all that
we shall work and work hard 1t is
no shame to work But you must la
Dor in the vocation God has called You
into.
Without labor nothing can be &C
complished. Rome was built by labor
Emperor Severas lay on his death
bed at York, whittier he had been
borne on a litter from the foot of the
Grampians, his final watchword to his
soldiers was, "I.aboremus"- must
work There is indeed tendency of
our nature that has to be carefully
guarded against and that is Incidence.
Smiles writes: Mr.. Quincy asked an
intelligent foreigner who had travelled
over the greater part of the world,
whether he had observed any one
quality which, more than another
could be regarded as a universal char
acteristic of our species; his answer
was, in broken English: "Me tink dat
all men love lazy"
Work is necessary unto life. We
would cease to live when we cease to
labor
Furthermore, work produces good
things. Idleness bears dependency,
sin and crime. Therefore let us re-
spect all labor. The work called COM
mon labor is not to be despised.
Napoleon once was walking with
Mrs. Balcombe at st. Helena when
some servants came carrying some
burdens. The lady ordered them out
of the way in angry tones when he
said, Madam, respect the burden
Therefore, Paul says, "He that will
not work neither shall he eat He
labored himself and fulfilled the COM
mand.
The great Martin Luther, although
taken up by great problems of his
times, found time to earn little by
gardening, building and even clock
making
Labor faithfully Take hold with a
mind and will. But labor thus that
you can win the crown, for all work
does not win the life eternal, the un-
corruptible crown. Once a man
sobbed; he had served his lord, the
king, faithfully many, many years. IF
/ had served my God diligently as
have served my king, He would not
have given me over in my gray hairs y
Lord Wolsey.
That is the idea, we must labor for
the Lord, the maker of heaven and
earth. We are His servants and a
day of reckoning shall come. God is
the judge at the end of lifes course
who shall decide who is worthy tc
wear the crown AT one time Jesus
stood in the midst of his disciples
and praised them for their good life
They were rather surprised and un
derstood not at first.
Listen to his saying: II was naked
and We clothed me, l was hungry anC
we gave me food; Twas thirsty and ye
gave me water; was in prison and
sick and We visited me-
"When saw we thee in such a condl
tion and administered unto theeo:''
What We have done unto the least
of these, my little ones, We have done
it unto me-
Serve your fellowmen in all you d.
in this life. This is a beautiful anf
perfect life.
Live not for your own self alone, but
live also for your neighbor. Help The
needy; cheer the comfortless; lift the
fallen; be an eye to the blind: be fee
for the cripple; be hand for the arm
less; speak kind and encouraging
words to those below you; let a smile
meet and greet your fellowbeings or
the way for if you do this out of love
to your God and savior Jesus Christ
your labor, your race, shall not be ir
vain, for you shall reap life eternal
You shall then when life's race is end
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