The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-07
Beautiful Service for 1920
Graduates of High School

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! - IN try L. impress on Young minds
| hc fallary that everything III NE Is
! humdrum. TO Try |" stItl' the "rht u.
! Youthful enthusiasm. even l" "VN ~
| them that w0rk-a-daS itUno'""! di,to,,
! from God. There - many a ronuttion
| u.hi,.h ur.l are paSSiNcly enduring Whlch
! needs to be changed. puly the idcdi!"I
i VIII ever work the change.
| But idealism. to b. truly great. must
! have as its very life religious conNlc-
ton The greatest purpose Tor whi'h
YOU. my young friends are being per
United 10 celebrate this commencement
! OF Your actual careers are unucr IN, tnt
spell and control OF the convection tnat
God Is YOUR Maker and Master. thaI
you are responsible to Him. that trans
gres>lun Of His law Is reproaCh' that
there can be no success IN ne uhlesS
Won make Your peace with Him, ana
,, that Your real existence lies in the fu-
turc, after this earthly existence mas
been complied. -.
: Nothing in this world or this life
counts except as It is considered IN CON
uectivn with God and the world TO
come. No man can solve the problems
OF this world as long as he takes nnIE
this world into account. Ana thc ma"
who takes the world beyond INTO &C
count must nc religious must nave
! spiritual convictions which lead him IN
TO fellowship with God. No man can
strive for fellowship with God without
discovering that there Is something De
tween him and God That something -
sin And any man who has ever trieu
TO remove sin as the barrier between
himself and God has learned that ms
power 10 dislodge sin Is lmpotent' II -
only when We learn OF the love OF Tue
SON OF God who gave His life for u.s.
that We reach reality in religious con-
viction. Then we are doing great
work
III stands 10 reason that We cannot
do the great work of being religious
! heln
moment question that morality IL one
of the great things III orr liNes. I'M
moral minds. immoral hands; llnnoraI
lips are not the ones whlch naSt "u i,'
and said the great things In history:
They never will be the ones which VIII
rise 70 real greatness. How much talk
there is Of saving democracy me tash
OF doing that rests upon the shouiueFS
of character Character does not mean
outward polish or mechanical hanits
II means spirit within. which Separ
atcs a man from the beast and all thlnsS
bestial How Roosevelt loved tnat mes
sage of the old prophet. Mlcah. w h2t
doth the Lord require OF thee put 10 90
Justly and to love mercy and 10 walk
humbly with thy God: ,.
Let US guard against thinking OF
morality as being something only ncs"-
; tive. There is as much danger or our
, lacking good habits as there is OF our
J having good habits. W" hear mucn
. about Christian stewardship. me uSuai
I thought Is that 10 give snare OF one
! profits 10 bcnevolcnce - the sum or
t,hristian stewardship. II is not. Ones
whole life work must be looked AT as .
service Of God 10 make that Ike one VI
divine stewardship.
From this great life work You can
not come down, no mater "hst W"
invite and allure you. There VIII os
the voice Of earthly Gntn-the voice OF
pleasure-thc voice OF ease ana com
fort-the voice that insists on your
right to enjoy life. There VIII me 4uEe
of the lower things. which so often ap-
peal 10 one as being after Ri more de-
iightful There will be the persuasion
! Of other mems example. II they 90 not
need to sacrifice for the higher things.
why must you" There Will pc INC
worlds lack OF appreciation Of the mob
lest things YOU may do for its welfare
Constantly the chorus OF hundreds OF
voices will be bringing messages 70
YOU. asking you 10 come down my" Lne
plain. But the purpose Will no 70 de-
stroy your power for good. Ana Your
unvarying reply must remain l cannot
come down.
commencement exercises Will take
MACE on the evening OF Thursday June
10 at the high school auditorium. INC
address will be delivered hv Or. Shmuet
Charles Black. president OF washington
will be Mis-. Ethel Marie Cornish. rep
resenting the girls. whose subject IS
"Mankind" and Charles Harvey Mied"i;
who will DISCUSS THE AN"ragN ferson.
prerodinp - commencement night. the
class play. The New Cold which Is
being presented under the direction or
Mrs. Alma Wilson ShaftHr. Will he or
fered ut the high school on TUESDAY
night for the general public. and on
Wednesday night for the friends Of the
class. Tho play was written by Miss
Marie Doran. Stage properties VIII he
handled by Albert Weisner and William