The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-10
Fifty.Seyenth Annual Commencement
Closing Newberry's Best Session
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go over this Jordan"

go over this Jordan"
This is first of all call to Conf
dence. In all the history of Israel
there is scarcely a parallel to this
scene. Yonder lay the fertile fields
and yine-clad hills of Canaan. Here
the resting camp of Israel, and roll
ing dark and deep before them swept
the swollen tide Of Jordan. Then,
confident in God and defiant of the
raging waters Joshua issues the COM
mand "oFrward, march" whittier
march?" asked many a timid soul in
Israel. Back into the dreary desert?
Forward into the raging torrent? But
while they wondered, from tent to
tent, from tribe to tribe, rang out the
captains order, and march they did
that day, straight for the angry
stream, with Gods banners all un-
furled, and the Ark going on BEFORE
them. Dry-shod, the nation went
over, in Canaan, fair and happy
land and clamering up the banks
of Jordan they lifted up their voice,
with sounding cymbals, and sang the
praise of Jehovah, the God OF Moses
and of oJshua How is it with you,
nv friends, on the brink of your ''pro-
mise land" the land of your
manhood's dreams, with a tide
of hindrances rolling dark and
deep before you? tell you
it is the. brink of things that ries
the fibre Of mems souls. The destiny
of any man is settled by what he
thinks of danger We want you TO
have a judicious confidence in your
selves. The world does not owe you
q living. All it owes you is a chance
to make a living. Have confidence IN
God. His arm is mightier than the
giant waters of your Jordan. The
best thing under heaven is to believe
in God. Sound the call to all your
talents, forward, march" sure OF
YOUR mission, sure of yourself, sure
OF your God.
Secondly, this is a call to conquest,
Canaan was Israels land, to possess,
hut to possess it at the edge of the
sword. 1t was theirs to win. The
sons of Auak were there. And we
too must rest our Canaan from these
other "sons of Auak." Idleness is the
name Of one. I entertain no hope for
The young man who is always adTer-
Using 70. light situation. Whether
il is preaching, or teaching, or pr6c-
ticing medicine or ploughing cofn' IL
is steady application that wins tE2
ori7e. Cyncism is another giant. TIE
cyaic is a had citizen. Oh, for gen
Grafton OF men and women who Will
brace tn ;r souls against the cynielsn
that dcjh+s the honest purpose Of
mon and the clear virtue Of wo ren-
At least another giant in our land IS
selfshness. The gladdest privilege
that can come to any OF us IS not to
get, to keep, to hoard up, but to
give, to spend and be spent, to min
lister in the name of Him who came
not to be ministered unto but to min
ister, and to give his life ransom
for many.
Lastly this is call to Character.
We would rather you be good, than
great. We would rather you would be
true. than famous. The world has a
right to expect good things of its
college graduates. 1t is what you
are that is going to measure what you
are worth to your day and generation.
The one calling that overtops all call
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a man to hear that word and do it,
ssFollow me-" is business vaster
than the task of salesman. God
grant you joy in the land of your
youthful dreams which the Lord your
God will give you.
Sunday Night Address.
The annual address to the Newberry
college Young Mems Christian asso-
citation was delivered in the opera
house Sunday evening, before large
audience, by the Rev. Theodore G..
Hartwig, of Jacksonville, Fla.
Choosing for his theme, 'The Hero
ism of the Man of Galilee," his ad-
dress was a scholarly effort.
The HerOism of the Man of GaliIee.
There is nothing grander in life