The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-01-26
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C"mmenccmenr week for Theodore
Roosevelt high school began ol. sun
Jay. when Rev II. Norman jackson.
Z the First Congregational church.
preached the baccaIaurearp address in
he school auditorium The address
will b' found below. Sundays program
Included instrumental music by the
Ny Hi orchestra. Invocation by Rev
Warren +. Hall. singing of America
~ the audience. reading of scripture
lesson by Rev. Edward IL Wilcox. 4
St'ie ton by rhe Wi Hi chorus. Y ~
Walter Brown as ctlliSt. address by
Mr.. Jackson. singing of America the
Beautiful" 10y audience. announce
r,ent> by Supt + W. Fro>fic. Il Selec-
tion by the Wi Hi chorus and benc-
dictiOn by Rev f. j Firn>child
Commencement exercises were held
Last night. with IF. y \. Met 'une. Of
rhe Peoples church. East Lansing. de
llverinS the address
other numbers on the program were ::
Selections by Wi Iii orchestra. invoca-
tion by Rev c. H. Severance >elec-
lions by Girls Glec club. the address.
presentation Of diplomas by Supt. +.
w. FrOStic, and selections by the Wi
Hi Cappella choir.
There were IS members in the grad
rating class
Rev. JaeksOn's Address
\ Million Lives To Live
Text: Deuteronomy Ill. May the
Lord make you a thousand times "a
many IA you are.
carl Sandburg has poem which
reads like this:
If had ii million lives 10 live
Aud Il million deaths to die.
In million humdrum worlds
Id like to change my name
And have new house nnmber 10 90
by
Each and every time / died
And started life all over again.
If had million lives to live
I like that statement. There is some
thing thrilling and fascinating about
il. A million lives to live. | like the
breadth of it-there is nothing small
or mean about the idea-it * big
| massive. and fits into the spirit OF my
soul Nothing less than million lives
can satisfy this huge soul of man
| which God has given Us,
Down in the city Of Washington. OF
er the desk of a certain official there
hungS a framed autographed letter
| written 10 him when he graduated
from college The letter came from the
pen IF Mr.. Justice Holmes. 1t is let
ter composed of two sentences. Here
is one of them: Life is romantic
business" Life is romantic business
it is not one life; ii is million
lives
Jesus had this idea in mind when
he said. Il am come that they might
have life and have ii more abundant
w." When l read my New Testament
| find that this thought runs through
the entire bOok-life-mOre life, fuller
million times. Life raised 10 its Nth
| degree.
The question now comes: How can
we live million lives
/ When we allow our minds to
grow.
| am wondering what kind of a re-
Spouse YOU are going 10 make 10 the
world from now OIL | am wondering
how Won are going to react. All that You
know is 50 tiny. so little compared 10
what there is TO be known. If you
want TO live a million lives. be mental
] IN alert Let your mind. your soul
grow.
one of the most fundamental Of sins
is the deliberate refusal to grow
There is another name for it-and
| that name is death.
Jesus when he thought of death did
not think of il in the same way as we
G, today. When We say man Is dead
we. mean that his entire body has
>lcped its vital functions.
Pm, when Jesus thought of death
| He thought of il in some such way as
,his-the sfoppage Of growth. the re-
fusaI TO grow-and in this sense there
| are men who are living in their bodies
but who are dead-dead because they
| deliberately refuse 10 grow.
Recall the story Of Charles Dickens
| immortal story. The Christmas Car
4 oil" In this tale mean, miserly Scroogf
is dreaming dreams and seeing VI
s,,ns In the middle Of the night as ne
Law in his bed there appears at thf
foot Of his bed a ghost-the ghost oi
bis former partner. Jacob Marley. a.
mean and stingy az old Scroo%e him
SELF. Now from the depths of The World
of shadows MaEleS's ghost comes Il
warn and save S~roOge from the same
fate that had oyerfaken him. The
! ghost wf4ngs his hands. groans. cries
| and deplores the shortcomings OF III
,;fe ON earth when he was known al
Jacob Marley.
| Scrooge. lying in bed. shivering ii
fright. managed to say. But you were