The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-05-20
CHAN. @. A. SELKE
GIVES ADDRESS
TO LIBBY CLASS

Chancellor George A. Selke. Uni
/ vers.ty of Montana. viii deliver the
21oresS at the graduating exercises
/ az the Libby High class of 48 Fri
J day evening at 8 o'clock. his sub
Ject being The Challenge.
accalaureate Services were held
IN he Junior High Auditorium Sun
day afternoon with Rev. Arthur o.
Wecfelmann, pastor of ST John
Lutheran Church giving a thought
provoking sermon to his young
audience
Thoughts from BaccaIaureate
Sermon
Your youth is the best, but also
the most dangerous gift of life. To
you young people has been en-
trusted a priceless capital, and it
is indeed tragedy if this capital
is wasted by you in Improbable
investments
The great question which indi-
Viduals of all ages have had to
answer when confronted by a mile
stone in life such as you have
reached is What Shall I Do With
My Life'?"
How you dispose of your life
depends entirely upon what your
conception of life is. I hold that It
is not a mere biological accident,
but a precious gift from an all-pow-
erful, all-Wise and eVer-lOVing God, |
Who is not just a disinterested pow
er or natural force, but a planning
God to Whom the indi- |
vidual is very important entity |
Not only is life in general divinely /
ruled and ordained, but also the |
life has a separate and /
divinely appointed purpose"
This makes the life of every in
divldual very important thing. It
makes a difference then what we
are and how we live. If conscious.
planning and righteous God has
made us, if we are dependent upon /
Him, then it is logical and reason
able that this God has full juriS-
fiction over us, and that our life
S mislived unless it is lived accord
ne to His will and purpose"
Many people make a mess of life
because they try to be independent
# God. National and international
and problems have been
brought on by the mislived lives of
and are the sum total
# individual Encouragement. Peo-
lie invariably invite disaster as soon
S they try to live apart from God "
The Reverend brought out that
Iods place for our lives is sum
narized in the divine statement:
God would have all men to be
aved and to come unto the know
edge of the truth" He permits
ne world to stand and life to be
eneral, in order that His eternal
ingdom may be built and that His ,
ivine purpose with men may be !
lrried out
ITO live, properly then means to {
t oneself into Gods purpose. EX :
arience proves that happiness is :
1t matter of external surround
gs. 1t is always an inner some
ing that brings peace. cOntentment i,
Id confidence that breeds love /
Id unselfishness. We might call
a good conscience. And a good :,
nscience is possible only when Il
e are right with God, and we can >,
right with God only through the
erits of Jesus Christ, our Saviour. 4
Incongruous as it may seem, true r.
ppiness then emanates from the -
agedy of Calvary and from Him "
no says I am the Way, the Truth, 1
d the Life" L
From this you will notice that =
y prescription of what you are 1
do with your life is an old-fash-
ned but time-tested one, that
ads back to the eternal truths of
dds Word Follow the divine r
lveling directions which have 10
me directly from heaven and cen a.
: around the revelation of Gods =
1e for man. and you will have %
thing to fear The teachings Of y
2 Bible are as applicable to mans Sc
nditions today, as they were cen VI
lies ago Keep his eternal Book y,
tn you as your constant Guide ~
companion, and it will lead you ~
ely through life and give you -
: only reliable answer to the ques Pe
n, What Shall | Do With My =
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