Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-12
Annual c Commencement
, Seassn At Univer.;ty

Annual Commencement
i Season At Uniyer.;ty
s {Contnued from PAGE 81,
e lad rushing across No Mans Iand
INTO ths mouth OF hell, fell mortally.
3sounded ana with his last breath
and beyond him, Garry on. @ vTSe The
best 6ne-word definition of faith
which ! know Is morale. The poet
sings, Faith is the victory II Is
z taltn. courage. morale, which is the
detsfmtntDI factor in the battle for
tnlnes TINT matter. Put your hand
70 the plow, and don't look back,
Dr.. Robertson Speaks.
Dr. Robertson in giving the bac-
CAuuIeate TO the Wesley seniors on
the subject, The Ilfting> of Iihnita-
tons" said in part:
A rugged and bare island in the
Aegean sea off the coast OF Asia
Miner is known in Christian history
- the lonely spot to which st, John
was banlshed under the cruel reign
81 Domitian. Half way up the ascent
1of hill to the south is the cave or
grotto where tradition says that st.
Ohm received the Revelation. John
states IT thus: II. John, your broth
ef ana partaker with you in tribula-
tion and Kingdom and patience,
which are in Jesus, was in the isle
tn4t Aa called Patmos. for the word Of
zoo ana the testimony of Jesus"
The book of Revelation is a sue
cession OF highly wrought symbolic
pictures showing vivid contrasts of
J, sufertn4 and blessing, persecution and
1t was the age OF Christian
martyrs. -
john witnessed the, Sruel rnartyrins
OF those who. suffered for the new
1atth. The cry OF tribulation pierced
his soul. He, raw the arena red with
martyr blood, but he saw something
more. Up the slopes of celestcd
helghts he saw the translated Spirits
or those martyred hosts. FROM the
arena Of suffering and death fhey
ascend the shining way of eternal joy
and swell the song Of triumph that
procla1ms the Elotilied Christ "as
ruler of the kings OF the earth" to
wnom shall "be the glory and the
dominion for ever and evcr."
He who unfolds these visions of
faith, before the eyes OF dying mar
tyrs to sustain thena in the hour of
sea confines him to his cave pri,,o1,.
lts horried deeps mock his ,ycarnlng
to be with those whose sufferinys he
would share. r.
What can he do? He will make
the slopes of Patmos stage the pa
seantry/of the glorious reign of Christ
in heaven and on earth. He will
write out descriptive symbols and
send forth to- those who otherwise
might not see the glorious reality
veiled above and beyond these; pass
ing displays Of impious power Z He
saw beyond the years the "alabaster
" cities gleam undimmed by human
tears a vision of a Christiapized 80
cial order, that social order for wi1ich
We pray when we say THY kingdom
come, thy will be done on earth as
it i'd in heaven"
This man of Patmos ID the-rf1an
for bur own time. Many wear t:lem-
selves in struggle against conflicting
passions Others find security in lone
~ isolation girt about by fear. Now
, and again one speaks a faith that fills
eternity with God and dares confident
hope in Gods Unfolding thought for
the world.
., The air is rent with noise of tu.
multi. Nation rises against nation
Glass fights class in economic strug-
gle. Horizons, Of thought, are shift
ing. How may the youth, Of, today
find the faith Of our fathers = NIll
faith Of today have the same range
and content as the faith Of the past
No, it mus; Eather up new. knowledge
and new world experience and unity
all ones thinking III orderly fasion
One must have the vision ot ,Jonn ,c
see above the clouds OF human pas.
sion in this oursday and range the
widening fields of human thought and
bring all within the sweep Of the un:
folding purpose Of God.
~ On a baccalaureate occasion it il
proper to view Christian faith in re
}auon to the lifting of thought lin
itations in related fields of human
interest. -
The limitations on thought are Civ
ing way and Christian faith must oc
cupy the greater ranges Of time anc
space that ore open to the trainee
imagination through scientific discov
cry.
In the first verse Of the Bible w
read that in the beginning God Great
ed the heavens and the earth. NJ
/, matter how far the stretch of time
In the beginning God, and through
out all the ages God. Stretch of tim'
need not draw veil before hVt
face.
The strain upon Christian faith 0
some today is due to removal OF lin
stations of time and space. The prob
lem IS simple enough. Let though
OF God take on the new measure
eternity and iniinty.
The idea OF matter involves bot
time and space relations Aristotl
fixed upon four elements, earth, ait
fire and water. All true enough 70
his day. Dalton found the atom t
be the last reduction of matter. Mod
ern science includes all truth dlscov
cred by, Aristotle'and ylcvery inves
Hgator since his day. Nothing ha
been lost. The atom has been meas
ured. Three hundred million may 2
side by side within an inch OF space
But that atom is now world con-
pared to the smaller units into whtcl
Il may be resolved. 100000. electr0n
within the diameter space of on
'Natom. And now comes Einstein witt
his conclusions as to the nature Q
energy. In the words of Sir Josepl
Thomson. 1.-The size of the centers
disturbance which in Efnstein's the
0ry are associated with matter, bear
10 the size of the electron about tn
same proportion as this size OF tn
smallest particle visible under tn
,most powerful microscope to that 6
the earth ITSELF:
We live in a universe yaster thal
iOur fathers thought. We have mean
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