Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-26

city had been established. The king
Of the mountain resided In the city |
and he had sent his messengers to |
urge the people to redeem the time
and gather the precious stones that
strewed the mountain sides. The writ !
er saw that each person had basket
and that some were eagerly gathering
tho stones at the foot of the mountain,
others had their baskets nearly full
before they had gone any distance up
the mountain, while some were idle
end Indifferent. The kings messen-
gers kept urging, Redeem the time.
Redeem the time" so that the people
all understood the wish Of the king.
NO GOING BACK.
But some were not satisfied with the
quality of the precious stones while
others did not want to carry such
load so far and thought that they could
fill their baskets later and nearer
the top One said, "Oh, am SO sorry
that did not pick up that stone pass
ed little time ago; believe I will
go back and find IT," And then came
the discovery that there was no going
back The path was crumbling path.
stone once passed was passed for
ever. And then there was regret on
every side: ooh, l am so sorry that I
cannot go back; my basket is not half
full" And some said, why I have
hardly commenced to gather and yet
must go on But the stones were
becoming very rare as they reached
the top and there was dread in each
ones heart to meet the king without
having obeyed his commands. Now
the city came in sight The time for
gathering was over. Each one placed
his basket before the king. And when
the basket was full he smiled and
said, well done. You were faithful.
Go into the city and take all the privi-
leges it gives" Then those came who
| had been idle and whose baskets were
empty. The countenance of the king
changed. You had the same oppor-
tunity as the others You did not care
to please me. You did not care to
deny yourself and l do not wish any
| servants around me who do not care
I to please me-" and he motioned them
away, saying, depart" The vision
passed. What does it mean? The
mountain path is our journey through
the world. The baskets on our arms
are our lives. The precious stones are
our opportunities for making the most
of our lives. You are beginning to go
up the hill and it will make all the
difference with the other part OF the
| hill If you are gathering the precious
/ stones now. Begin now to put in the
stone of self denial, of obedience to
Him, of loving service for Jesus Christ
and your fellow men. Redeem the
time; redeem the time
BANQUET TONIGHT.
The senior class of the local high
school entered on the last lap of their
high school careers last night when
the commencement week program was
formally begun, with the delivering
of the baccalaureate sermon by Rev.
Newland. The last week of their high
school lives will be filed to overflow
ing with events which will without
doubt prove to be most entertaining.
This evening the seniors will hold a
banquet at the Rock Island club, and
tomorrow afternoon the annual class
day program will be given, many of
the members of the class being on
the program for the last time at the
high school building. In the evening
on Tuesday the juniors will give their
annual reception to the seniors in the
form of an excursion on the steamer
st. Paul. The dedication of the new
Manual Arts building is to be held
Wednesday afternoon and evening at
the high school auditorium, while the
annual exhibit of the manual arts
work will be held the first three days
of the week. Thursday the seniors
will receive their diplomas for the
four year course at the local high
school, the commencement program to
be held at the Illinois theatre. Prof
, Leavitt of the University of Chicago,
. will be the speaker of the evening.