The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-19
Rev. Z. B. Teis Points Out ''The
True Meaning Of Life to Class
Of 1913 Pleads for Re-
IigiOus Life
CONGREGATION Is
AN IMMENSE ONE
All Churches United in the Service
Splendid Music is Furnished
by the High School
Chorus and Orchestra

That the ntrue meaning Of life" is
learned only by listening to Gods
whisperings," taking in the teachings
Of His Word and meeting the issues
Of life as the Man Of Galilee met them,
was the substance of the message
conveyed to the graduating Class Of
the Chickasha high school by Rev. F..
3. Teis, pastor Of the Presbyterian
church, who delivered the annual ser
mon at the Methodist church Sunday
evening
With few exceptions all the
churches in the city were represented
in the service and the congregation
filled all the available space in the
large house Of worship. supt. Ramey
and the ministers we're seated on the
platform while the S2 young people
composing the class occupied seats in
front with Principal cowan. Special
music was furnished by the high
school chorus and orchestra and the
young singers won unstinted praises.
Their second selection, Gounod's
Praise Ye the Father was sung in
a particularly effective manner.
Following the singing Of the dox.
ology at the opening, a brief invoca-
tion was offered by Rev. Clifford
Thompson OF the Congregational
church The Scripture lesson was
read BY Rex G. Lyle Smith Of the
Christian church and Rev c. S,
Walker, the Methodist pastor then Of
tered prayer. The benediction was
pronounced by Rev G. Lyle Smith.
The theme of Mr.. Teis was "The
True Meaning Of Life and she dis
course was based upon the Scripture
which describes the temptatio9 OF
Jesus in the wilderness. In his intro.
duction the speaker addressing the
class, observed that nothing but fail
ure can result from the attempt to
finish ones education in high school
or in any other school IN this life
there is no finishing, but all is for
ward-there is no halting on the road
Of life"
sketching the salient facts in the
early life OF Jesus, the preacher said
There is no life that is higher than
that of Jesus, no mans life ever meant
as much TO the world as his, and The
life Of Christ was therefore a mode
for every life
The first suggestion Of Satan to the
Savior was that he use his divine
power to make food an this age o.
ours the bread question Is put fore
most The high cost of living is tn,
great political question and in edu
cation the demand is for yo
tional training. Even in religion
we are told that heaven is here or no
at all and that we are to use our di
vine powers to get bread and nothing
more. I don't belittle bread an,
neither did Jesus It is an importan
question, Jesus fed the multitude ant
he taught us to pray for our dali,
bread. There are certain classes o
people who criticise the modern mir
lister because he isn't lead away b
this. cry for bread they don't care 10
scriptural food which it is the misso
Of the mlnisterto give
THE answer Of Jesus to the firs
suggestion Of Satan was man sha
{ not live by bread alone but by ever
word out Of the mouth of God
eI4ife Is summed up in the wor
{ service, not service of self but servic
/ Of God, the only kind OF service whic
Z becomes man. TO serve a church (
to serve ones country is too sma
a thing There is only one kind
service that doesn't belittle man al
e that is service to God We shou
: not circumscribe Or limit our lives 2
Y be satisfied with any thing less this
L than the whisperings of Gods vol
r is to be satisfied with less than b
t fits a man"
IN conclusion. holding the Bible