The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-27
TWO FOLD PURPOSE OF LIFE SUBJECT Of
GRADUATING SERMON BY DR.. HALFYARD
Eloquent and Logical Discourse to the High School Grad
uating Class Last Night Heard by Large and
Appreciative Audience.

should he to produce a noble man
mood and a noble womanhood.
You have read, have YOU not. the
story of the Portrait of Dante which
was painted upon the walls of Bar
eelIo at Florence. For many wears it
WAS supposed that the picture was
utterly lost. Men had heard of it but
no n living had seen it. One day
an artist came to the city who was
determined to find it again. He went
INTO the hall where tradition said that
1t had been painted. The room was
USED as a ~storehouse for lumber and
straw and the walls of it were COW
cred with a dirty whitewash. He
had the heaps of rubbish removed.
Patiently and carefully he removed
the whitewash from the walls. To his
he discovered the spot where
the portrait had beer painted. Lines
and colors long hidden began to APP
pear and at last the lofty. noble face
of the poet looked out upon the world
of light Wonderful as that was il is
not half so wonderful as the work
which true education can do in the
human heart. True spiritual culture
can remove the crudities and defects
and restore the soul until it shines
forth in moral beauty and perfection.
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pie heauteouS and divine.
Secondly. life has for it's purpose
the service of the individual for So
ciety. While it aims to produce NOR
al it should be devoted to
the welfare of humanity. The great
me- OF earth are those who serve
their fellows. That thought is con-
tanned In the words of Jesus. Who
ever will be great among you let him
be your minister These words of
u Lord were spoken in reply to the
ana John who desired hat her sons
sit in h chief places of His king
DOM. The ambition of the young
men was great; it scared to the seat OF
temporal power. The rebuke which
Jesus administered to them was not,
however. because they asked too
much but because they expected to
get 1t without a struggle. They were
fascinated by the vision at the sum-
to undertake the long. hard climb by
which 1T must be reached. While
seeking the honor n glory. they
forgot the field of battle. Jesus re.
minded them that greatness did not
depend on position and station but on
doing good. The chief persons in his
kingdom are those who are the SER
wants of men. Even. he says. as the
Son of Ma come not to be ministered
unto but to minister. This c
ton Of greatness was measured not
in terms of political preferment but
in a life of helpfulness. To sit on
the right hand and on the left is an
honor reserved for those who toll
with Christ in the building of His
kingdom Of truth and righteousness.
Now the purpose of life as indi-
Gated by the teachings Of Jesus is also
the purpose of education. Education
has for its end service for society.
Education should fit young men and
serve should be the motto of every
graduate who goes out from an insti-
tuition of learning. DR.. Butler Of Co
lumbia university says that the school
is bound by it's very nature to the
service of others. President James
of the University of Illinois declares
that the object of all education Is to
fit men for service. Teachers and
school boards are beginning to see
that public school training must fit
the scholars for good citizenship,
And the school which dOes not IN
phasize this conception of life is fail
ing to do its highest duty.
Some time agO n Paris paper car-
ried out a referendum as to the
greatest the country had pro-
duced in the nipeteenth century. Fiji
teen million were received.
When the votes were counted 1t was
found that the name Of Louis Pasteur
was first and that Of Napoleon the
Great fourth. Such q vote indicates
being created. The hero of science