The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-01-20
INSPIRING is ADDRESS DELIVERED
BY REV. c. E. DEAL TO GRADUATING
CLASS OF THE RURAL HIGH SCHOOL


ing that after right examples hav'
been asf. Or evil Influence exerted
on the part Of teacher or parent, vol
maze the shaping Of your destiny
Z Y0a can make conquest OF the eyi
World despite the example OF teach
20, Or even parent. II 30 be they BE-
IN
I Again ! SAY. II the Influence OF
teacher. parent, and heredity launch
( - your life Ia the rapids above Nj
agara falls. whers the pull towards
the falls IL Irresistible. then are you
innocent Then may you declare be-
fore man aud angels that you could
not make your life what you wanted
II 10 be Buf u the life IL launched
ln the quiet waters up yonder where
boats ply 10 and fro at VIII, there
being only a quiet pail Of the cur
r8nt towards the falls then you and
must recognize that the trend OF
our lives IL Ia our own keeping
Then u h a personal matter whether
80 conquer the world. or are con
quersd BY a.
Three siren voices sound ia the
ears 0f youth.
Live the lOw-life; II requires no
effort" A negro walter said Our
work Is lOwiy. bat IL In not low"
fhe humbiest task may be sublime.
This Was the first challenge that
Qhfgd.rmW nov Ia the springtlme o
Satan made 20 our Lord when he
said Command these stones 20 be
made bread Give yourselves TO the
task OF making a living. and let the
making Of a life concern you not. "
Had fe listened. what of the WORLD
what OF your world II you crown
appetite and lust king OF your lives
This II the battle-ground OF every
life. Paul had Il In mind when he
called the appetitea and passions
under the control Of evil. flesh" SO
he says Walk la the Spirit. and ye
shall not fuilfil the lust OF the
flesh For the flesh lusteth against
Tho Spirit. and the Spirit against the
flesh and these are contrary the
sno 20 the other. so that ye cannot i
10 the things that 20 would Gal.
1917. For We know that the law
i spiritual. but I am earnai. sold
lnder sin. Rom. 7if. And II was
because OF this temptation TO allow
he lower elements Of our being To
dominate as that ~. John wrote;
Love not tho world. neither the
hinEs that are In the world. III any
nan love the world. the love OF the
Father Il not IN him. For all that
: In the world" (the moral world
dominated by the forces OF evil. IA
n our text, the lust OF the flesh
nd the lust OF the eyes and the vain
ilOry OF life. IL not OF the Father,
ut Ia OF the world. And the world
aaaeih away, and the lust thereof,
nat he that dosth the viii OF God
bldeth forever ~. John. 2;l6-l7.
Tho first attacks upon the soul.
pprehend are always made upon the
aala OF the lower elements OF our
cling. | am reminded OF the battle
I Marathon. a battle Greasy places
rat among HIS Fifteen Decisive
attlea OF the World lie says the
whole future progress OF human
depended upon The L.
no. Speaking OF tho vote OF CALI
lachua as 20 Joining battle he says
On that vote, In all human prob
biiity. the destiny OF all the ma
ons Of tho world depended" Such
struggle may not appropriately
,present the forces OF owl aud OF Z
ghteousnesa OF which We are now 4
,eaking From many viewpoints /
at battle u typical OF the battles l
'usht IN exery axe. and In personal /
'nfliet WITH Apollyon.
I must not allow myself TO be '
avn away into discussion at once
Inviting and so Interesting. lest u 0
kes VA far afieid Hut to soc those 7
static hosts camped on the low. !
ing plain ~ Marathon, bent on the '
SHAVING Of tho hhorty-loving y
reeks. aud 20 sae that behind them ?
tho dsapot Darius. a world-rulor. Q
MT on the destruction. OF the u
-eeks. h 90 remind ns % another =
n Tor democracy against autoerecy u
4 far remote. aud 20 remind us a
~ Satan h the arch enemy OF our d
uls. and holds the multitudes on a
. low lytsg plains. marsh and ma 4
rial Infected plains Noble mon and n
,men onty descend 20 the low lev y
to combat the evils there drawn n
tn battle array Those levels are Is
a safe for life or for pleasure. q
,mhls when | see our boys and a.
~ engaging IN the dance. Tor | o
ow the marshes and tho quick "
ads of the lower levels OF life arc q
nxerous some third graders don't n
roe with me- some primary chill. e
On thiuk | am foolish. but In halt
centary have never met the tn -
ltxcnt man or woman who con "
idcd that a. an amusement the o.
nee WAS al home other than In the IN
\ lands II can't be Ia the heights q
elieetaaiiy. for third graders GU y
I W Il cant be In the heights 81
lfally. fof libcrtlues and prosti. ~
Lee are vcry happy there' II can't 10
IN the heights socially. Eor Next A.
~ aud savaxes and paxsns delight n
itt n cant be In the heights "
rituailv. for ODDS saints never m
isftirf n a proper way 10 saioy OF
'mtelvea and hymns and prayers ~
ke So atmosphere lutolersbie' Let ss
return 10 the battlefield where "a
Is warriors are battling TOR
ribs elviilsation' Almost forsak- az
are the Athenians. except that
lteful little hAnd 81 i0oo rlateans. ut
% have responded 10 a man. and