The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-08

The following in part is the SCI
mon delivered yesterday morning t
the 1914 class of the University G
Idaho at the auditorium before one O
the largest audiences ever assemble
there. by the Rev. Willsie Martin, o
the First NJ E. church, Boise:
1T is the glory of divine revelation
that it not only shows God stooplns
down to earth, but it also shows tina
may may be lifted up to heaven
Christ came not to disclose how low
man was but how high man nigh
go. He walked in the kings highway
that all might walk therein. He LIVED
and talked so Familiarity with God as
to make it possible for all to live ant
talk with God. One lived like &
prince; all may so live. One was the
son of God; all may be the sons Of
God. Beloved now are we the sons
of God
"The significant thing to remember
is that the kind of man he was, we
are to be; the things he did we are to
do We are to have both His mind
and spirit. But men of different
shades of loyalty and hostility called
him Master. Such He was. By the
sheer force of His personality and
love of man that in every age since
then men have gladly done the hard
est things for His sake. He must have
been a Master indeed, to have furnish
ed the inspiration for 10 centuries OF
art, architecture, and literature He
whose ideas and ideals have been and
are the great shaping forces of the
world was verify a Master.
but we miss the pith of the story
of that upper room scene where the
towel-girded Master performed the I'M
pleasant task of mental if we do not
realize that we too are to be masters.
That is the point we wish to emphasize
this morning.
Plan to be a Master.
do you dream of conquest, of vic
tory, of success? You have right to
dream of these. Let them stir you like
martial music and exhilirate you like
tonic air. You ought to do more than
dream of empires won, honors gained
or heights attained. You ought to plan
to be aamaster. Than art no underly-
ing, upstart pretender, thou modest
not to go skulking in the by paths OF
life Strive to be a master. The world
is full of servants waiting to be sum-
moned, harnessed, commanded. But
there is room in every age and place
for the man who is master-master OF
of circumstance, of opportun1-
ty. The state, society expects us to be
masters. Particularly is this true of
you young men and women of the
of Idaho. Much has been
invested in you to the end that you
might be leaders in whatever place
you may make your home. Because OF
the superior opportunity you have en-
joyed for self enrichment, self growth
and self expression multitudes will 81
lently look to you for direction.
The Divine Intent.
ct is the divine intent also that we
should be masters. Hear the ancient
word: Son of man, stand on thy feet,
which means that man is not to grovel
even in the presence of divinity. He is
@ live and act as though he were a |
prince What was the first great COM |
nand? Have dominion not over a |
'ew things but over the forces of ma
ure, and the accidents and incidents |
If everyday. Every time man clears
lway the sage brush or timber and
,rings acreage under cultivation, ev-
Try time by irrigation he make four
.rops grow where two grew before he
S obeying the command. Everytime
nan harnesses his own powers and
orces he is walking in the way of the
ivine intent. Then one hears again
he divine injunction, Stretch forth
by hand and the serpent shall become
rod
"The Interpretation is easy. Man is
0 make even the menacing forces of
AZURE and life the instruments and
Imports of larger, nobler life. Man
as power to be master For are we
OF told that we shall have power to
read on serpents and scorpions. That
leans that man is to be master over
IL vile, venomous and deadly agencies.
-e is to stamp out cholera, yellow
,ver. the hook worm and all the vic
,us things that menace and destroy
uman life. He is to rise superior to
! the little scorpions of fret and
orry.
Fought Their Way Up.
"Then one looks away to that last
.ene where the artist John paints the
cture of victory, and there one be-
dds the great army of success. VINO
e they? They are those who have
ught their way up from ooze and :
ime to glorious manhood, those who
we meet obstacles and have not fall
red. They are the masterful ones.
le man who inherits all things, who
erits all things, who has right to
life here and hereafter can offer is