The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-25
"Be Ye Strong in the Lord and in
the Strength Of His Might"
Text Of Chancellor
Roth
SURETY OF STRENGTH
In SOUL POWER
Greatest Thing is Radiance Of a
Noble Life" Declares Minis
ter to Graduates Of Chick.
asha High School

With the seating capacity of both
the main auditorium and the Sunday
school room taxed to the limit an audi
eAce OF more than 1000 persons heard
Rev O. N. Roth, chancellor of Phil
lips Christian university at Enid, de-
liver the annual sermon to graduates
of the Chickasha high school at Ep.
worth Methodist church Sunday even.
ing.
Rev r. b. Teis offered an invoca-
tion. and the vast congregation join
ed in singing the "CoronationH hymn
after which Rev. C. r Rouse, pastor of
the First Baptist church, read the
scripture lesson Rev c. S. Walker
then offered prayer, which was fol
lowed BY Handels Largo, sung by the
high school chorus. AT the close of
the sermon the chorus sang another
selection, THE Lord Is Great" from
Mendelssohn's Alfalfa" and the bene-
'adiction was pronounced by Rev. K. c.
Mccoy. pastor of the Congregational
church.
THE Security OF Strength" was the
theme OF Chancellor Roth's sermon,
(which WAS based Oh the text Hence
forth be ye strong in the Lord and in
the strength Of his might, Ephesians
clio.
Before opening his sermon Chan
oellor Roth said, The greatest asset
any community has is its young peo-
pie. | congratulate the people OF
Chickasha on the interest which they
have manifested in their young people
In building and maintaining splendid
high school The spirit which you
have displayed is not unlike that OF
the average American community but
nevertheless you are TO be congratu-
lated
Opening his sermon proper, Or. Roth
said. IAN OF us admire physical
strength. We take pride in physical
manhood. but when we come to inyes-
-tlgate carefully we find that in physi-
cal strength, man Is surpassed by a
hunder lower animals. In fleetness OF
: foot man Is surpassed by the horse; IN
strength he Is puny compared with
the elephant. his sense OF smell cannot
compare with that Of the dog and in see
ing power his eye is excelled by that
OF the eagle: his voice is also surpass-
ed by that Of the feathered Hongsters-
When we consider all this we say OF
man. Is this the creature that was
given dominion over the birds and the
beastsT
"But we must consider further This
same creature. man, whose fleetness
OF foot is surpassed by the horse
builds an automobile and far outdis-
tances the horse in any race; he CON
structs an engine that gives him more
strength than the strongest beast; he
makes optical instruments that give
his eye penetrating powers beyond
that of the eagle.
Mans power IS in mind and with
the aid of mind power he out-runs
out.sees. out-smells every other ami
NAL. This is the age when mind Is
crowned as king We say we live IN
scientific age and we worship mind
But while man prides himself on the
power Of mind, there come times when
he Is made to realize that mind Is pow
erless in the face of the irresistible
forces OF nature. Man builds The
greatest of ships he spends ten mil
lion dollars in the construction OF
mistress Of the seas and the vesse
starts on its maiden voyage, loade'
with passengers. among whom ar
some of the greatest intellects OF earth
The huge vessel strikes an eeber
and goes down with 1900 souls man
millions and mans intellect helples
to prevent the disaster. Thus we ar
taught the limitations OF the power
mind.
"Great as mans mind is we mus
recognize the fact that his heart
greater. There was never revolutio
in the world, never great movemer