Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10
POINTS WAY TO
FUTURE SUCCESS
DR.. CUDLlPP GIVES WORDS OF
CoURAGEMENT TO GRAD.
UATlNG CLASS.
PROSPECTS BRIGHT.

Eloquent Minister Advises 1913 Grad.
yates Of the otumwa High School
to Further Their Education In
Colleges. ..
The class of 1913 of the Ottumwa
high school was addressed Sunday
morning at the First Methodist church
by DR.. J. H. Cudlipp. Promptly at
eleven o'clock the graduating class
filed into the auditorium to hear the
words Of encouragement from man
who has watched and observed the
young generations for many years.
The speaker pointed out to the sixty.
five graduates the bright prospects
that are before them owing to the
preparation they have been going
through for the past twelve years In
order to make their lives more Of a
satisfaction as we'll as to make 1t
easier. The obligations that the stu
dents have to the ones who have made
the sacrifices that they might re-
ceive the high school course were not
forgotten. In the hope that the educa-
ton Of this fine body of students
would not stop at the high school the
pastor dwelt upon the future that may
; be obtained from a college course.
! This part was taken up mostly with
words of encouragement to the boys
and girls who are forced to make thei
own way through school. Abe ad-
dress was closed by giving the spirit
ual obligation that this young genera
ton of young ladies and men owe to
! the community and to themselves.
Gods things can only be understood
ny those that are in touch with him
no matter how we'll they are versed on
the worldly things" said DR.. Cudlipp.
The church auditorium was made
beautiful by the wealth Of decorations
OF blue and white, the class colors.
and the numerous flowers.
DR.. Cudlipp's sermon is as follows:
Brethren, | count not myself yet to
have laid hold, but one thing I do,
forgetting the things which are behind,
and stretching forward to the things
which are before, press on toward
Ythe goal unto the prize Of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus.
This is a great day and a great op-
portunity, and I am right glad to have
the privilege Of addressing you.
Duty Is ThreefoId. -
| I have chosen this peculiarly strik
ling text, first, because 1t fits into the
conditions which we find about us al
| this time, and second, because 1t
teaches some lessons which I believe
to be Of rare value to you at this
point In the unfolding Of your life,
for, as see my duty, it la threefoh.
First of ALL must differentiate you
from other, but similar conditions, In
human life You are not children,
playing in toydom, with no apprecia-
ton of what 1t means to live. Neither
have you reached that place in life
where the chief delight is in looking
backward. You are not talking OF the
has been, but Of the will be. You are
youth, with your faces toward the sun
rising. You are buoyant You are
expectant. shall miss my oppor-
tunity, therefore, If fail to enlarge
your vision and inspire you to covet
place to the fore.
beg Of you to remember, that, TO-
day, you have but reached the third
period in your career.
| The first was when you we're born.
It is a great thing to get chance to
live. It means opportunity, and oppor-
tunity Is power. Not only so, but 1t
means an eternal life in which to
study the great God and his creation.
I say, it is great thing to live, and
this great thing is yours. l beg OF
YOU, treasure it, as Gods rarest gift
to this world, and to you.
| The second period was when you
had mastered the grades, and were
thus made ready for the high school.
II mention this as important to you,
because SO many drop out here, and
are lost, in the awful struggle for a
mere existence. So that this beautiful
world, SO far as they are cerned,
can be summed up in three words.
Bread and butter, when, IN fact. God
intended that bread and butter should
only be a means to an end. So that
bread and butter is but the beginning
of life and not the end.
Today you have reached the end OF
the third period, and am here to en-
courage you, II can, to move on
and up.
My young friends, hear me, you have
now reached that point, IN your search
after wisdom, where the clouds begin
to break away and you may see
clearly to scale the heights.
The most pitiable thing in this
whole world, aside from its heart deg.
radiation, Is the mental chaos we find
in it. The majority of us are disap-
pointment to ourselves, to our fellows,
and to our creator And all because
We lack, so sadly, in mental grasp.
We live in palace, but do not
know it.
Ignorance Is skepticism.
Let us not overlook the fact that
ignorance is the most blatant skep
ticism in the world today. We need
not fear scholarship. We shall do
we'll to tremble at the growth OF ignor-
ance.
MY young friends, hear me, this Is
great and sacred world, when you
come to know it, but you must know
something about it, IL you would
enjoy It.. .
Il Is said that the Nazarene was in
and about Jerusalem teaching and
prea ching. People were taking sides,
CO..