The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-29
POINTS
OUT INSPIRATIONS | R. I |: | 7.
T.O|CLASS
Declares aFl5a. t Students
Should Devote Work in*Life
to vorthy Cause.

dressing the graduating class
e EairmontsHfgh school, DR.. Char
les Baird Mitchell chose as his
theme for the baccalaureate SER
mon, sLife's Ideals and Inspira-
tons s,s onsS Sunday morning in
First Presbyterian Church.
The tex was selected from
Luke Il u 8 and when He had
thas spoken. He went on before
going to- jerusalem. 1t was
there that esus had spoken of the
parable Of the pounds,. Doctor Nit
chelf explained. THAT was his
finaI.Wo before he began the up
ward climb to the Holy City, tbs
piacs where his career of sacrifice
was receive its crown OF mar
sStYrd om. The continued
our y crusade 2 he con tended.
is N arife in ..the goal that we
set before us as our aim in life.
the plan we have set out to exc
cnt First of all, he said, I'VE
must get the conviction that life
itself i'll sacred and that every
power is to be consecrated to some
worthy task He advised all to
Stud themselves. STUDY out
Observation-Disclosures as well as the needs
/ of8oursc If%God did not
ofa ginally whisper to you the
secret ofsyour being, the object OF
yoIr life as you think and study
\ and seek forf1 ght it will come
my work to which one is
drawn and adapted is divine. 1t
FALL THEREAFTER, business. 1t is
the spfritswezput into it that exalts
~ lyfY Il lon
The Jerusalem which a man sets
before hi N, the oh ject he strives
toSaccomplish, the ideal he hopes
to realize must shape and color
eFeryt hing, must give meaning
and value to life. 1t was the
q drought Of going up to Jerusalem
u hat shaped the life and course of
Jesus from the very first. 1t was
Wi til great end in view that He
wrought conscientiously in the
A shop and IL in the home. Every
incid lent and every labor was con-,
nected with His supreme purpose.
EIe knew that faithfulness at
Nazareth meant sfaithfulness after
wards #in#Jerusalem.'
FideIity in the least means
ghdeHty in the greatest, continued
Doctor Mitchell, who commended
that no man himself
for fomorToWsb by neglectins today.
ssolnt ionsof the perplexities of the
hour are solving the problems of
the world The passing moment
con ains tn e essence of eternity.
sHellaand heaven are here and now,
shes declared.
HssI Ones work for4the world will
he anSinspirationto himself and of
spermanent value to others as he
connects II with the thought OF
God We are working here like
sthasrootss Of the pine in the earth.
We are ding our best with the
mold and the m DISTURB. But we
worksall the better when down in
stfleasha dow and under the soil we
feel the thrill of the sun behind
sthessun Then we know that it Is
Gods work we are doing and
Cod life that sustains US. TINS
was the strength of Christ as He
toiled toward ~ erusalem, and 1t
may be our strength, because the
Father save nothing to Him that
he vii u lot give to the humblest
soul who struggles on toward his
own Jerusalem. There lies the
vision e onder is your Jerusalem,
the object of your life, the ideal
which Grows in the dawn and
snEimsonss the sunset, the goal to-
srafd which your face is set. God
hass In some way pointed it out to
You all the forces of your being
are directed hither and you are
sure that it is the very city of
Sod Doctor Mitchell continued.
This visitation must be realiz-
ed IN spite of all the hindrances
and handicaps that mark life's
pathway. IT. seems easy at first
but by and by with us as with
Jesus 1e difficulties begin to
appear The closed Jesus got to
Jerusalem the more distant the
5eSecuti onN of his plans seemed.
Darker elements began to mingle
with the@sunbeams, and now and
then the shadow of hill with in
sdistinct crosses upon it would
eclipse the light.
he world cannot be conquer
sed$easf1y and Jerusalem cannot be
taken by torn Doctor Mitchell
declared. He then drew lesson
Sin2perseverence and told the story
OF the young man trying to split a |
sl,iekory@Iog BY keeping at the
Iaskscontinuous1y the knots finally |
Welded and the log was halved. !
TASK not to- have the mountain |
removed which stand between you !
and your Jerusalem but ask for
strength to- scale it, he urged.
Ask otto have the cross remov-
I'D rom your life but ask for
spnwers and resol tuition to bear it; !
as NJ u for easySslives but for
braFer hearts and stronger arms.
Iesus was a man and he has
shown up swhatfa man can do" he
declared "a, s 5s
losing Doctor Mitchell said
to the graduating class" as you
gosonsfn life there will be great
elanors fSSyoices, discordant and !
cendicting, assailing you and |
STRIKING to win YOU to worthy
Seud S. bu tSyouNaTe-notEl left helpless !
and Without uidance. Ask your
self III this decision is on that |
eoursesin harm ony with the spirit,
not necessarily the letter Of |
Chris it is really foil owing in the
footsfepsg OF linn who goes before,
y I,