The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-29
COMMENCEMENT SERMON.

ciseS was held at the Auditorium last
Sunday beginning at II o'clock, and
was the occasion of the Commencement
Sermon preached by the Rev. W. Lomax
ChildreSS. The Auditorium was filled
to its utmost capacity by patrons and
friends Of the school. At II O'Clock the
Graduating Class consisting of seven
young ladies filed in and ranged them.
selves on reserved seats on the front,
Rev. ThoS. E. Webb pastor of the
Methodist Church opened the exercises
with the Invocation prayer, after which
followed a chorus by several of the
pupils: 1.-THE Last Chord"
Rev. Childress then read scripture
reading taking the 9Th chapter of John
as his selection. Rev. E. M. Stewart
pastor of the Presbyterian Church led
the congregation in prayer.
After the prayer the pupils rendered
another chorus: 1.-The Lord is my
Shepherd,
Rev, Mr.. ChiIdress then advanced to
the rostrum and preached the Com.
mencement sermon. This discourse
was said to be one of the most scholar.
Iy ever delivered before an audience in
this Auditorium. This discourse Cen.
tered about the expression OF Christ.
Gather up the fragments that nothing
be wasted" Jesus while on earth
erected three monuments, the speaker
said, one was erected on this day. 1t
was the story of the widow who cast in
her two mites in the treasury in the
temple that sddy. Christ immortalized
the deed and send it down the ages to
bless and comfort humanity.
The second was the deed of the man
who gave a cup of cold water in the
name of the Lord. And the third was
the story of the woman who broke the
box of rich spikenard aud anointed the
feet of Jesus. The speaker said, am
trying to say this: The largest things
of life are the littleSt things in the
world. 1t is these little ministrys that
guarantee the perpetuity of our insti.
tutionS. The greatest works of nature
are built atom upon atom. 1t is the
little things that count in the end.
The mica fake is too light to sink and
so its tiny body floats upon the bosom
of the little sparkling brook. In time
it becomes soaked with slime and mud
and so it sinks and rests on the bottom
and so another drops and on and on un-
til in after ages they petrify and in
some great commissions OF the earththe
once little mica fake is hurled high up
and rests perhaps upon the summit of
the Jung frau or the matterhorn and
there it becomes a veritable buttress
of the storms, a fortress standing
against the raVageS of ages, high up
where the eagle Whets his beak for his
mountain prey. 1t may be the little
microbe in your body that will kill you.
The little insect called the potato
blight has caused the fear and conster.
nation of all Ireland. 1t is the little
things of life that count.
Addressing the graduating class the
speaker asked, what do you consider
the most important thing in life?
Some will say it is the touch of Gold,
but the story of Midas reminds US that
it may become curse instead of a
blessing.
Some would like to be great liter.
AIRY master but if you leave out other
things it leads to disappointment.
Carlisle is an example who at the end
moaned out disappointed life. Burns,
the wizard of poetry who could do such
strange things with poetry, left out Of
his life one little thing, one fragment
that brought remorse. 1t was temper.
ance.
Some think the greatest thing is to
be great ruler. Daniel Webster is an
example. He was one of the worlds
greatest giants, but he wanted to be
President. He left out of his life the
little fragment, conscience Arnold
sold his country for a gay coat,
brigadier generalship in the English
Army. He left out of his life the little
fragment Patriotism.
The speaker ClosedIby impressing the
Importance Of gathering up the little