Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-05-09
RAccALAuREATE ADDRESS.
Delivered Before the High School
at the Assembly Hall sunday
Night, May attn, BY Rev.
H. r. Mcleod.

: went before on thee, that tho
mightst war good warfare.
These words Of sacred directi0
and ferVant appeal come from tn
lips of an old man whose days wer
= fast slanting 10 their sunset;
e man, manacled with chain and de
3 tanned for an accused crime, thong
! ne was not IN the remOteet sens
1 criminal. His crime was thu
!, steadfast confession of grea
} principle " which he had adhere,
!, and faithfully epounGed since
the days Of his young manhood
when the New Light that has
shone upon the 'multitudes sit
ting In darkness needed a torch
bearer 10 carry the New Truth in
TO the gentle world. This man
saw light and heard voice as
he was prosecuting an avenging
persecution upon the ccnfessors OF
the New Faith He saw his error
and at once changed from a per8e-
cutting Pharisee 10 De the most
yaiimt defender and versatile ex-
DOiMdef OF the CrOss The years
~ his toll. his care. his shipwrecks,
MS bealings. his disappointments
had served only 10 confirm his
faith. strengthen his sacred pur-
pose and add fuel 10 the flame OF
his enthusiasm. He now seeks
one like the prophet Of old upon
whom he can spread his mantle so
that the cause for which he had
wrought may not suffer decline but
move forward. borne By as valiant
a torch bearer a. the noble spir-
h that now unwillingly lays down
The earthly burden. For he writes
passi0nalely 10 one Of the churches,
n am IN strait beiwiXt two.
having desire 10 depart. and 10
be with Christ which Is far bet
ter, nevertheless 10 abide in the
flesh IS more needful for you.
Phil. i-22-3-22i. Son Timothy
has been a pupil learned at the
feet Of the great missionary 10 the |
gentle world As such he has
drunk from him the great truths I
OF The Gospel and rs anxious to-
carry The cross TO the darkenedI
mind and painting heart Of a heath
on world A little advice, a little (
sound direction. a world encourage
meni the teacher wishes TO give
his pupil who by The logic of all
events is now graduated from The
school Of his presence. Timothy
into the area of his
own powers, with the fatherly yet
anxious wish 10 follow him in his
labOrs. This charge !
commit unto thee. Son Timothy.
according 10 the prophecy that
vent before on thee. that thou
nightst war a good warfare
Every child born into this world |
5 prophecy of the future. "a shut |
'asket Of possibilities Who can '
'ast the horoscope Of It's life?
Bring IN the astrolOger as did the (
lncient men of Babylon let him
the stars OF the evening
ky into whatever gifts of prom |
50 or dirges Of despair that may [
'atch his fancy. Let him so his !
way. the child's life has been gilded {
giLh the prophecy of future for
lme or cursed with the impreca- c
IONS OF future calamity Never
heless the ancient mind saw the 0
utlre opened TO him in the adj 1
cnt OF the child His care for l
he child's blessing led him 10 at 5
Nparated him from the march Of
vents and as its parent catch /
pine tangible glimpse of its des- \
my. We are met here tonight IN A
his spacious assembly hall to pay
averence 10 these who pass from c
ne public school into the sterner f
ctiVities Of the school life. h
The American people are fntense- n
I IN earnest in their desire that h
very child whose feet tread our A
lil shall draw from Il the great a
ieals that have lifted man from a
le region ef saNagery, fetish and "
lind superstition. 10 the domain p
reverence and reason, There o
pre he has planted the little red y
'h0Olh0use upon every hin or has q
ewed for It a place IN the forest 81
iat clothes the valley I'm so do v
X he has said hy act II not in b
, many words, that there is not u
one upon his child "the prophecy 3,
iat went before on thee but 81
lat OF his neighhor as we'll though Of
4 home be but the merest hoyel. III
hus he has said let this child Ia
VAR also with mine the stamp Of pi
0mise. dl
Lot him also enjoy am advantage NJ
at his parents may not be able ia
provide II perchance he see b,
e prophecy written against his
Il by the state. lel the whole th
lion OF States give The child m
a OF the Stars and stripes ev- W
y advantage that may call the IA
lent self 10 the fore and give al
blessing 60 mankind. THAT TO
Gu highest By them war a good "
lrfare" en-
When we read the biography of yC
n comtry's greatness. both civ bl
and military. we are not disap- an
tinted. And In thought we raise 80
of perpetual thanks to nc
ose serious souls who defied the ri
niinensal wilderness at Plym- WI
tn Rock. and built from the So
ugh hewe0 LOGS ~ the forest our IN
81 free school. That temple OF fe
lrning with its devoted teacher A.
The keystone Of The arch Of ir
> worlds nObleSi centuries Of hu- og
IN endeayor. That same noble III
irit has fesierei itself In every
elton of our country. The pio-
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