Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-01

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The ba%ccalaureate sermon for the
high school graduation this year was
delivered last Sunday evening In the
Methods church, Rev. Fred E. Stock
ton occupying the pulpit in place Of
e Mr.. Lewis, who was absent from
the city. 1t was a powerful appeal
for right living.
Following the preliminary music
and the hymn, Rev. o. j. Edwards of
fered the invocation, which was fol-
lowed by a male quartette, composed
OF Messrs. Neill Tarbell, ID. e. Cook,
l.. F. Eastwood and H. G. Parsons,
who rendered Nearer, My God, to
Thee" in an artistic and pleasing
manner.
Rev. S. S. Mitchell, rector of Trim
1ty Episcopal church, read the scrip
tural lesson, and Rev. C. r. Kearns,
OF he Presbyterian church, made the
announcements.
The large choir beautifully sang the
anthem, Savior, When Night Involves
the Sky with solo parts by Mr.. C.
w. Chance, which was greatly appre-
ciated by the audience.
Following Mr.. Stockton's sermon, a
trio, Praise Ye," from the opera. At
tia, was sung by Miss Miriam Fry
berger and Professor Cook and DR..
HI. G. Parsons.
This was Miss F~ryberger's first ap-
pearance before an audience in Wa
tertown, and the charm of her per-
sonality and the sweetness and vol
ume of her clear soprano delighted
those who were present.
The Sermin.
Mr.. Stockton took "Life's Tests
for his topic, saying in part:
Il wish to set these words of my
text tonight over against your class
motto: Out of school life into life's
school, Life is indeed a school and
at the end of the course there is
another commencement and we shall
graduate either with honor or with
out.
zone test tells us that there are
tests to face in this school of life,
tests such as the silver and the gold
are subjected to and tests of the
heart such as Jehovah gives. Life
is one long series of contests seeking
to fit us for a nobler and eternal ex-
istence after that great world COM
mencement day.
Escape Tests in School.
I'm your school life you should
have been able to escape many Of
those dreaded tests and examinations
at the end of the term because you
had stood the tests in the classes,
daily. In life's school we cannot so
avoid these special tests. In school
life we usually knew when the day
of testing was coming. In life's school
this is moi so. When we least sus
pect it, we are being weighed on tie
balances. AT any moment one may
step up and read clearly our precise
moral weight on the standard scale
BEAM Jesus warns us, but know this
that if the good mar of the house
had known in what watch the thief
was coming, We would have watched
and would not have suffered his house
to be broken through,
"How many stories Of such unex
pected testing times we are familiar
with. Young men and young women
have won or lost as they stood the
tests or failed. A college trained,
capable young man little suspected
that he was being tested and perhaps
never knew why he failed to secure
the position he sought. The fact was
that he was judged not to be the
kind Of man that was wanted from
the mere fact that his finger nails
were sadly neglected. Another col
lege mar likewise failed to pass his
test and forfeited the position he
otherwise was fitted for. The lady al
whose home he was entertained, while
in the city where his services were
sought, reported unfavorably of hin
to the committee because he left his
room SO d~isorderly.
How This Man Failed. 4
"a third young man had just CLOSED
a contract with a stranger, which wa:
Ito net himself and his company sew
eral thousand dollars profit. He was
so delighted owe the stroke of bust
ness that he invited the stranger tt
step into a saloon and have a sOcia
glass with him. The stranger not only
declined the invitation, but also forth
with cancelled the order, saying thai
he did not care to trust SO large
matter with men who drink socia
glasses. The young man failed to pass
his test.
1.-TWO young men 9 having 8
great deal Of sport at the expense
OF an old gentleman who sat across
the table from them at a hotel. They
telegraphed their disrespectfui jokes
to each other with their knives or
the edges if their plates. By and by
1.-THE old man, who proved to be the
president Of the railroad for which
they were operators, took up his knife
and t~elegraphed to them that theil
services were no longer needed ant
gave his name. They failed to pass
tehir test in life's school.
f"It is said that at one time a large