The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-06-12

wholesome influence for each life
| First, make ourselves worthwhile.
Second make society better by our
actions. Third, be loyal to God.
In order to live our fullest lives
we must consider not only our per
| sonal thoughts and habits and our
actions toward other individuals but
also our relationship with God There
are large number of persons who
feel intensely the need of personal
purity. There are a goodly number
who feel equally intensity the need
of greater social service. But there
are many who fail to realize that life
is incomplete until they add to per
sonal purity and social integrity, the
third trait OF religious rectitude.
1t would be pitiable sight TO find
anybody who totally ignored the ex-
istence Of his father or of his mother
Is it not equally pitiable for a man
to ignore the existence Of God? II
would be shameful proceeding for
anybody to pay no attention to what
his father or his mother asked him
to do? Is it not equally shameful
for one to pay no attention what
God asks him to do? 1t would be a dis
graceful proceeding for anyone to re
fuse to talk with his father and his
mother. Is it not equally disgraceful
for one to refuse to talk with God? 1t
would be detestable thing for anyone
to curse his father and his mother How
much more detestable it is for one to
curse God.
In considering our religious recti-
tude. therefore, we should ask our
selves such questions as these. In
laying plans for this undertaking, do
| ignore Gods existence? In my
speech, do | ignore His existence ?
In my pleasures, do pay no atten-
11fon to what He requests me to do?
| In my daily routine. do ! talk with
God? In my conversations with
others do | include God in the circle
i In my vocabulary do | reverence God ?
/ Does my speech, do my thoughts, and
do my actions show that | remember
/ | am in the presence of God, that
am mindful of His requests, that | am
/ glad to talk with Him, and that
/ deyoutly reverence Him?
The next time that any one asks
YOU to make Sunday day for sport
ing or for business, just ask your
self these questions. In selecting
your life work, in choosing your com
panions, in making remarks, in trans
acting business, in teaching, in the
homes, just ask yourself these Ques-
tons. | honestly think that life will
take on little different meaning for
you. | sincerely believe your con-
duct will be more to your own credit
more to the advantage of the commu-
nifty and more to the upbuilding Of
religion. When you leave home and
60 away to some strange place and
you are tempted to join party oil
pleasure seekers, merely stop long
enough to raise some of these ques-
lions. In your study when you are
forming new beliefs, when you are
framing a cteed of your own. just
pause long auouyn 10 ask: Is this
conducive to personal purity? Is
this promotive of social integrity? Is
this productive of religious rectitude
In other words. will this allow anC
help the Kingdom of God to come
Am | a graduate merely, or am | {
Christian graduate?
My friends this is the Godspeed
: give you in the name of the Chris
! tian Church, May your life be ricl
by reason of its personal probity. it
} social integrity, and its religious
: rectitude." Then shall you be al
honor to yourself. a boon to you
! community, child to God.
The graduating exercises will b.
held tomorrow evening in the Operi
, House. The program has been ar
} ranged as follows:
Music
l Prayer, Rev. George Merriam
t Music
Salutatory, Donald Ward Philbricl
The Can of the North,
: Eunice Eliza Chas
t Flight of the Aeroplane, 1913,
/ Alice Beulah Curri,
The Power of the Cartoon,
Carroll Francis Morril
Music
. Prophecy, 1913-1933,
= Carroll B. Flander!
The American Girl of Today,
Marie Louise Merrill
t Glass Grafton Excused
, Sherman Nelson Shumwa,
: Last viii and Testament of 1913,
Gerald Coker Marble
Music
| The Conservation of Our Forests,
Joseph Ralph Sandfort
| Presentation of Gifts,
, Airline Frances Burnor
Clifton Freeman Wheeler
Naledictory. Agnes Parlin Mantol
Music
Awarding of Shepherd Prizes
r Comforting of Diplomas
, Glass Ode
; Benedicton Rev J. G.. Osborn,
} Audience will please remain seated
until the classes have marched out
, A NOVEL INTRODUCTION
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