The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-05-26
BACCALAUREATE SERMON
IMPREssEs MANY.
Program Sunday Morning al
Christian Church Fine Open
ing of Commencement
eek.-Senior Play
Wednesday.


at the Christian church in thi
city was well repaid, for clean
cut pithy program preluded TIL
sermon delivered by Rev. Ere,
A. Flora of the Brethren church
and i'll this the graduation elias
of the Nezperce high school re
ceived a very fine word pictur'
ef the vnly road which will leas
each of the fourteen members o
that class t. the fullest success
While the remarks made by Rev
Flora came with greater fore,
and effect through his pleasing
delivery, they are so full of vita
thought we are glad to here re
produce the sermon. 1t follows
Getting Ready for Our Work.
Fellow citizens of Nezperce A
noted man has said, whenever
stand before the boys and girls Of
our land / always take off my
hat, for these boys and girls are
the coming presidents, senators
and men and women Of promi-
nence in the world. Now / sup.
pose this graduating class would
feel insulted if / were to call
them boys and girls, yet that is
what we all are, boys and girls
grown up; but if the boys and
girls represent the presidents and
senators and men and women OF
prominence, these young men
and women represent the same
only they are a little nearer to
the president s chair and other
places of honor
For text this morning call
your attention to Exodus the Goth
chapter and 9th verse, which
reads: "Six days shalt thou la
Dor and do all thy work. !" We
have sometimes spent a great
deal of time in impressing the
need of one days rest in seven,
but am wondering if we have
ever realized that the command
to work is just as emphatic as the
command to rest and it is only
those who have worked that will
truly appreciate the rest.
Now this text may impress you
as a little peculiar for this occas-
ion, but my mind was drawn to it
and / believe that if we will think
of it and mediate upon it we will
appreciate its worth.
First, in taking up this thought
let me call your attention to four
propositions: l. That it is Gods
purpose that all should work. 2.
That in our work we should be-
come efficient. 3. That there
cannot be efficiency without
preparation, and 4. That educa-
tion is preparation for WORK.
Ibid says, 81 plead for educa-
ton, not because it is the high
way to prosperity in law, or in
or in the pulpit, or in
political life, or in science, but
because it means manhood. II
plead for education as the indis-
pensablc condition of continu
ing, complete, and perpetuatedI
happiness. =
And Beecher says, "The wis
dom of today is the fruit of the
education Of all past centuries. =
The possibility of development
lies in two facts. 1. Of God-giv-
en- powers. We must recognize
that God has blest US with certain
powers which give the ability to
develope and without which there
could be no development, and 2.
A development of these powers
by the individual. Education isl
a development of these powers.
Education means literally tol
draw out, not to pour in. One
may sit and have poured into him
all his life and never be fit orI
prepared but if one would be-
come truly fitted his powers musl
be drawn out. We are living IN
an age when this is becoming
more and more realized and in
of which we are
spending more time in real prac-
teal work in our schools.
Education developes in US the
gifts and endowments which God
has given us and makes them ap-
plicable to life s real problems:
We are living in an age when
education is looked upon with
favor. But not always has it been
20. Education has at times been
thought to be the means OF spoil
ing. or as some put it, making
fools Of people.
Rarely il ever does education
make a fool of anyone. 1t may,