Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-14
TO THINK, TO FEEL,
TO SERVE Is LIFE
Rev. F, 7. Rouse Talks to Gradual
ing Glass of the High School
at His Church.
SPEAKS OF ABUNDANT LIFE

Bacoalaureate services for the gradu-
ating class Of Omaha Central High school
drew to the First Congregational church
and audience of seniors and their friends
which tested its seating capacity yester-
day morning. A serman by Rev. Fred
erick T. Rsase, which abounded in prac-
tical suggestions. a charming musical
program and the solemhity of the church
rites combined TO make the occasion
memorable and valuable to the graduates.
Rev. Mr.. Rouse's subject THE Abound
ing life." was devoted to a plea to his
young hearers to avoid time serving" in
the work which they may do. 10 gain a
broad view of their relationship 20 the
world and 20 devote themselves to genuine
service, in which they would find salts
faction and happiness He said In part:
The Abundant Life.
What better theme could l take for
you who are thus on the threshold of
potential life of greatest interest, than
that of life. ''The Abundant Life
IT have an exceeding desire. not only
that you should live. but that you should
live abundantly; go 1 will venture to give
three suggestions, on, on how, to live,
but how to live fully, freely, abundantly.
"The three laws OF the abundant life
are: To think; TO feel; to. serve, One Is
not really alive till he is alive mentally,
He who knows the sciences. history. art,
literature, lives a thousand lives.
He lives more who not only thinks.
but feels. You must get the world into
love- cannot be taught In books. IL YOU
only think--you are an adding machine
II you feel you are man, woman.
Work fOr Service.
1.-THE third law Of life is the law OF
service. You think yoa are working for
your salary; but, II you are alive, you
are working for the service. He only
really lives who gives. This Is the third
degree. This is that which makes you
like God who gives and above His
tribes who take Ask Milton how much
he got for his Paradise Lost Ask
Tennyson how much his In Memoriam'
is worth. Ask the italian. as once did,
how much the Milan cathedral cost. The
little woman who kept our modest PEN
sion rebuked me, saying, You Americana
all the time ask ''quanto costa?' How
much cost? We say, 1t cost as much as
a morning In May That is the price
of your work; in that way alone can you
estimate.
GOD has been plowing deep the fur
rows of the surface OF this earth. He
has been subsolling tho entire human
area He has been enriching It with
fertilizer made of human blood (without
which there Is no remission). lie is sow
ing 1t with the seed of thoughts wrought
of human anguish and the tears of
womankind. (The blood OF passing eras
is the seed Of coming eras) Since the
last graduating class met here a year ago
events have taken place that have not
had their parallel in human history.
Enter New World.
"The old world passes that a new
world may take its place. You are going
out into a world that is ready to be
built anew. II has been dissolved, It is
in ita nascent state. You are to rebuild
II anew.
Now is the time TO get In your seed.
'Flrst-The world must be humanized.
Above all nations is humanity. The
old rule Is worn out: Thou shalt love
thy neighbor and hate thine enemy IT
does not work 1t has been rudecd 20 an
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