Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-06-02
DIR. CLARKE ADDRESSES HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATES

Members of the Senior Glass of
wildwood High School attended the
baccalaureate service on Sunday even
ing where they heard an inspiring adj
dress by Rev. J.. H. Clarke, rector of
St. Simeon's Episcopal Church. The
service was n combining five
churches and the auditorium was filled
to capacity with relatives and friends
of the graduates. The service opened
with the singing of the doxology and
was followed by the invocation by Rev.
H. B.. White, pastor of the Methodist
church. The congregation Joined in
the singing of America the Beautiful"
and the reading of the Scripture was
given by Rev. P. ]. Neff, pastor of the
Lutheran Church. The Glee Club of
the High School then rendered Han
del's Largo" in an excellent manner.
Rev. Clarke addressed the students,
choosing his text the eleventh verse
from the fifty-seventh chapter of
Isaiah, HE shall see the travel of his
j soul and be satisfied" The rector told
thu graduates many truths about liv-
ing and said that they must all be
shrewd merchants, trading their youth,
talents and abilities for the things in
life, and that it was up to every boy
and girl to trade wisely. During his
discourse Rev. Clarke said: Some
people labor for pleasure, others for
money, but all are seeking happiness.
Let me assure you, my young friends,
that happiness has no dollar sign.
The price of happiness is a we'll spent
life. 1t indicates that n has given
his life in exchange for something.
Success is not a donation. We must
buy it and the price oftimes is high"
The pastor pictured life as a sum-
mer day and the youth as the traveller.
He said that the grass appeared green,
the flowers beautiful, the sky over
head as blue as the sapphire. Even
the hills in the distance seem smooth
and velvety to the youth, but the traV-
eler who is going down the other SIDE
of the hill will have a different story,
for he has found the road rocky ana
steep. He then portrayed life as an
ocean voyage with it's many pleasures,
but said that there are often storms
which may wreck our ships. He stated
that Christ must always be paid, for
there are no "deadheads" on the line
to success. There are two kinds OF
happiness" continued the rector, the
first is proximate, or the kind that we
may speedily secure, and the second
is ultimate, or the kind that is distant.
The tendency of youth is to choose the
proximate. Here is a young man who
wants pleasure. He makes money and
spends it almost as soon as he gets II
for the Injuries of life. That is prox1-
mate pleasure. Another youth is IN
dustrious during his boyhood; works
his way through college and saves his
money in order that they may enjoy
later life. He looking toward the ultl-
mate. Everyone trades in the market
of life and the people of today shut
their eyes when they are trading. They
are denied the good things of life be-
cause they have foolishly purchased
others at a fabulous price. People VINO
are cynical, greedy or unprincipled
I'll AOCSlFS Tic mcICuduuloO IhOJ ho'S
bought" In speaking of the choosing
OF a vocation Rev. Clarke toad the boys
n girls to choose the position they
e and were fitted for, even If 1t
was backing boots, and no matter how
small the task, they should do it well.
he told the graduates that n man
cannot be everything and that the fell
low who claims to know all lines does
not know enough about any n to be
put at it. In closing the pastor said:
we all know there is a price to be
PAID in the market of life. You believe
tnere is something worthwhile for you
n you expect to give your youth in
exchange. Since no man can keep his
NE 1t is up to him to sell it for a
treasure that he will be able to enjoy"
me congregation joined in the singing
oI On, Beautiful My Country" and the
Benediction was given by Rev. I. H.
flsher, pastor of the Baptist Church.