Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-31

ing Thoughts on Life
The graduating class Of the high
school listened to a sermon Sunday
evening by Rev. Gay c. White-a ser
mon that was replete with helpful
thoughts.
The church auditorium was crowded
to its capacity to accommodate those
who sought admission, the other
churches of the city having announced
no evening services in order that the.
congregations might attend the bacca-
laureate service at the Methodist
church.
Rev. s. S. Mitchell. rector of Trim
xity Episcopal church, offered prayer
and Rev. L. G. Mcpherson Of the
Christian church read the S~criptural
lesson, while Rev. G. E. Kearns. pas
tor of the Presbyterian church, pro-
nounced the benediction.
Limited space in this edition for
bids the giving Of an epitome of the
sermon, which was well adapted to
the hour. The central thought CEN
tered around the theme of life, out
lining three distinctive relationships:
infnorifu &H of g tho 49, diuidr1o1&G III.
justment of the individual life to
the community, and the relation of
the individual to the infinite God.
Having discussed those c~haracteris-
tics which contribute to success or
failure in life with respect to the
relationships noted, the speaker sum
med up the four elements in the pro-
cess of becoming the masterpiece of
God in the following paragraph:
Likewise there are four elements
in the process of becoming the mas
terpiece of God. First, the time ele-
ment. Men and women r not born
full grown. Yesterday / looked upon
the sturdy face of a South Dakota pio-
neer, silent and calm in death: God
had spent more than eighty years
building that face and character. You
have all the time there is. The inf1n-
lite Father has from nov on no more
time than each of you. Start right
and keep at it; that is the way of life.
The second element is that of sacri-
fce. Character is not won on easy
street. You must pay for what you
get, and you cannot always pay for 1T
with fathers checkbook. Back of the
facile hand Of the artist. the easy
speech of the orator, the constructive
thinking of the statesman, the strong
current Of a victorious life. are years
of patient struggle and hardship. Add
to the time element and sacrifice a
third factor in the process. cannot
find a name for it, but l will try to de-
fine by calling it the element of Inner
Light. 1t is the soul within the clay.
It is the spirit within the work. 1t is
the love Illuminating the task. You
must love people; you must love your
work. This is the light that shines
not from sun, nor stars, nor moon;
only the Lord God can give this light.
Without it your work may have the
polished glitter of an iceberg and be
as cold and dangerous! The fourth
element in the process is most im-
portant of all, the element of a great
Teacher. You have followed teachers
and you will be following teachers all
through life. The teacher furnishes
the pattern; is, himself, the pattern.
IN medicine, music, literature, we give
our boys and girls the best the world
affords. Nothing is too good for our
John, our Mary. The choice spirits
Of Ave thousand years are your serv-
ants, but none of them are worthy
to be called your Master. Beyond
poetry, beyond science. beyond art
and statecraft, there is a name writ
ten al the zenith Of heaven, the name
Of Jesus, the Christ. One is your Mac
ter, even Christ. In following Him,
you follow the highest. Christlike-
ness is then the goal Of all construct
i've education. God help us TO see
what He can see in each ct US, the
angel insthe block Of stone. the inner
light within the darkened prison house
Of %self1sbness, the masterpiece within
the clay
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