THURSDAY. MAY 30. 1018. PAGE TWO. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WELTSLY JOURNAL BACCALAURE ATE SERMON TO GLASS '18 DELIVERED LAST EVE AT TEES BYIERIAN CHURCH BY REV. H G. McCLUSKEY. SPOKE ON WISDOM'S REWARD Gave the Graduates Some Good and Wholesome Advice as a Guide to Them in Later Life Miti.l:iy s PmHv. I.a-t evening to a house overflow ing with tin' IMattsmouth people who gathered to do honor to the joTiiu- people who have b.v their ap plication graduated from the Plntts mouth High School with honors, and arc at this time po ins out info the world to do hat tie for success in the lines which their choosing- Tho ad dress of the evening was delivered by the Kev. H. G. MrCluskcy, pastor f tho Presbyterian ch ireh at which the gat holing was held. Kev. Mr-Clu.-kcy held his vad audience in wrapt interest, duriir: the entire t :mo. Th' Class of IMS. wire whre they could get the and cfi'cct of the excellent wiih f-.e -xc nt ion of Iwj, all seated full force discourse, Carl Wol- furt h and James Persi ngor, who arc with the .-.-rvM-o for the government. T) !.: of i:!S concludes: Gretal 1-Yrn " Hackcnber:-. F.Ieanor Grey I'.'srnie. Agues Holly. Henry Robert HrriM, J-'lorenre J. K.ilacok. F.liza- . beth Peese'i. Mary K. Kgenberger. - V rn 15. Hutchin.'-on. Klizabeth A. jok. Loroy V. Winscot, Freda Sat;!cr, M.ir-aret M. Buttery, l'au l?no I.m;r, Carl Wed forth. Helen Ruth Clark. JJva I.. Hartford. Blanch T. ("lark. Tjeone K. Becker, Gertrude L. 11 1T. J. Ludwig llallas. Mary Jan--' Bo- oucraiK. Gladys Pearl Hall. E!e:i K. NVlting. Kdith Kelly. Eva M. Rintner. .Tamos Pcrsinger, Kdith M. Bhal. Kva liaiion. Kayniond C. Cook. p:jl R. Cole. Albert Olson. WISPOM'S KKWAltD lllr-l r- rr thry Hint hiliiticr nml tliir-t nflrr rir ltriiin-, for tlicy hnll In- lillt-il. Mill. .:;. . According to fable, a fhopherd Ll diilv searched the fields for the inauie t'ower that would reveal un told riche.-. His effort was at last rewarded; he found the flower. Hi re Hy there opened before him a cavern in ;!:e hill. Entering, he he boid gohbn money of unlimited quantity. P.y a diminutive kintr on : throne, he was told to take all he wished. He appropriated all lie could carry, after repeated warnings not to i'or-iei the best. Hut he could c.irry no more and left with the warniriti still rinsing in his ears not to forget the best. Ami as he enierg- lrom tho cavern, his gold tnrn- to leaves had left , and he was penniless, the magic flower wilh- H. in ; that lev o his sm ces was for- gotten in H e d li::!it of the riches. In life' is that s M-arch for wealth, wisdom ma;:ie key which will unlock nnti'bl re. f : e. , revealing rich stores of row t. ph a: ure and peace. Put what i-: v.ittlom? We nivn! to k now the trio- brand of wisdom, or we fail. Solomon's wisdom was a failure. He v. as self conscious in it. He paid more attention to . he Miibelliliiii nt of his court th::n he did of his heart. He dispensed jus tice very veil in the ::ate but was imprudent in his home. He was. ;e scripture describes Ephranu, "Eph raim is. a r-.:'-e not tunic!." IP? was only half baked. He Mid not apply wisdom lar enough. Henry Van Hyke nicely describes t tie true school of wisdom in Hie following words: 1 put m heart to school. In the world where men grew- wise. "Go out.' I taid, "Ami learn the rule: "Come back when you win the prize." My heart came hack a.raiu. "And w 1 i" is Hie pri;e?" I cried The rub' was Ll;c was pain. And the !( h.r's j ii'.d the prize :me w a: Pri e. I pot my hejrl to In t !!' woods when : :mol wild bird'1 sinr In l he he!. Is where flowers spri'i; Where clear. the brooks run cold and And near. Go a foul. the blue of heaven bhvid out," I t-aid, "You s.re onlv NEBRASKA JUNK HOU Wc buy Rags, Rubber, Iron and Metal!- Second Hand Furniture of all kinds! PAYS '.BEST PRICE S. GHfiSEfJ, Kanagc- Eighth and Vine St., Plattsmouth, Nebaska TEL. 606 But perhaps they can teach you here." And why do you stay so Ions, My heart, and where do you roam? The answer came with a laugh and a sons "I find this school is home." Plato's words come closer to true wisdom than did the deeds of Solo mon, for he says, "Through love, all the intercourse and speech' of Clod with man, whether awake or asleep, is carried on. The wisdom which understands this is spiritual; all other wisdom, such as that of arts and handicrafts, is mean and vul gar." True wisdom and righteous ness, then, are in a way synono mous terms. Paul uses them as such in I Cor., 1:30, "Hut of him 'arc ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness." Paul also speaks of Christ as "the Wisdom of God." Such being tins case. Christ is the righteous One. All righteousness comes from II int. To hunger and thirst after Christ is the same as for righteousness. We have found true wisdom t is Christ. Christ and righteousness go hand in hand. The man who is desirous of doing the right thing is the Chris tian. To know what the right thing is, in order to do it, he must know Christ. There is a right and a wrong war to do everything, and every thought that enters the miml of man is either right or wrong and man's character is seen according as he chooses the one or the other to he associated with his soul. Wisdom teaches us how to act aright, and how to choose our thoughts correct ly. It ought to he the eager desire of every person to seek to know how to act rightly on every occasion in this life. "The way of a fool is rigiu in his own eyes. says the iTuvero. t The golden rule of righteousness in Christianity, aud he that acts m any other way is short weighing his fellow men, and deceiving his own soul. It is the duty and the need of ev ery one to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, which, if he does.' all the other essential things ,OI llie will lit uuucu iu '!. .. , ...in i i ..i i Tii.il is. in every act. ine iirsi umii .1 - I . ' 11 ' V. . considered is what is the right way to do it. Not what is best for me only, but what is best for all con cerned. Aim to hit righteousness in every dealing. It will require prac tice." The boys on the rifle range aim at the targets, but their first at tempts may hit far from the mark. There are many who have no inten tion of solving a question other than to their own advantage, whether it will be to the disadvantage of the others or not. Pe sure you are right and then go ahead, is a very good proverb. It is better to fail in the world's standard of success and be right, than to succeed in the world and act wrong or un-Christiaulike. All tiiat is of value in this life has been attained because people have acted rightly. Wrong and selfish action wherever found has spelled disaster every time. We have lived only 2,000 years since Christ, and have accomplished more in that time by 100 fold than the world suc ceeded in doing in the six or eight thousand years previous to that time. It is because more people in the world have been acting accord ing to the methods of Christ. We are building for e.-ernity a temple of righteousness. We. our selves, are the material that goes into this temple. God is the archi tect and we have the power to de termine whether we become tit ma- j It rial to be included in its construc itioii. This life is the work shop in j which this kingdom or temple is being perfected. In it we are co j laborers together with God. There !are three characteristics essential in the building of an eirthly temple or 'house. These are strength, con venience, and beauty. This temple of righteousness requires special care in three phases of life, namely, in tellectual, social and religious. One of the most beautiful cities in all the world was the Eair at San Fran cisco. Hut it was built only for beauty without strength and has sinio passed out of existence. For strength, the vaults of the First Nat ional Hank of Omaha arc fine con struction, but do not make conveni ent apartments for comfortable liv ing. I once saw a house built with the main design of convenience, without respect for beauty. It was a blemish in the scenery of a beau tiful village and a painful sensation on the nerves of evtry one's esthetic taste. Thus in Hits, temple of right eousness there must be the well pro portioned elements of its building, lor it is to be perfect in every de tail. It ought to he our care to ;.ee that every part is correct. It is time that this world learned its les son, of giving heed to the details of lite, to see that each is correct. So many flaws have entered into life that we see today the complete dis integration of law and order be tween nations as to plunge us into a war of all nations of the world. In making the lime fuses of the shells, it requires the utmost skill of the trained eye to see that they vary not the breadth of a. hair. To do so would cause a shell to explode over the heads, of the men of friends in stcvl of the enemies. R would spell defeat. If the stability of a mater ial kingdom is essential in the de tail, how necessary are life's details in the Eternal Kingdom of Kight eo'isness? Righteousness requires Intellec tual development. God docs not re quire an A. II. degree to enter His kingdom, hut A. If. degrees will give a permanence and stability which is lacking with lesser trained minds. Ignorance is a foe to doing right, because oim has to know v. hut is right before he can do it. Any work toward Christianizing people is of no avail uniess followed by educa tion. Th;.t is why America stands high bera.i e of cur public school. Germany i'j well educated too, and hat is tUe. rcvi.on why Germany is u powerful today as aha is. Hut th' "''lib!'.: with the Germans p; they tive tried to bui'.l v.ilh an el ion mi ,,::,- I lie mh; of right. : aught by Christ. They have omit ted the religious. China would he the Greatest nation in the worM. b -.tithe Chinese are ignorant and do not know how to develop themselves. When it lightening they tremble before the fury of their Gods. But has taken that his Sedan Klec- trie. Education leads one to know the forces of nature, and to realize that man after all is superior to nature in his ability to- solve the problems which they present. It leads him to at least speculate concerning the Author of power; to surmise the existence of God. It may not be the right kind of a God. but it ut least calls from his desire for a search after Divinity. Education will develop a sense of right in knowing how justice and injustice has been dealt through out the world in its many historic stages. And in comparison of 11k; one to the other will instinctively pick the host. Education will teach the equal ity of man as well as his superior ity over the world, and thus develop a "conscience that will classify any of "man's inhumanities to man" as brutal. Education teaches the right use of figures that business, may ho conducted with justice to all. Hut education is nowhere a guar antee of justice and right conduct. It is in itself an unknown quantity. It is only one pillar of this temple, and as tuch is incapable of sustain ing the' structure. Education alone has done outrageous injustice and brutal depredations upon peoples of other nationalities, as well as on those of their own nationality. Never, in the world's history, has there been known such cold blood ed, inhuman and deliberate robbery and murder upon the property ami rights of other peoples as the Ger man propaganda in the last forty years, culminating: in the present war. Such barbarism by a nation of educated people caused even the ,," ror iney nau expec.eu oeiter umi: from Civilization. Missionaries had hard times explaining that education did not mean Christianity. And the heathen miml soon was able to rise higher than that of the Militant Teuton, and in his Christian unde veloped mind, he was of superior moral manhood to the civilized, yet barbaric Teuton. Thus we see a .. i,,-,!,,,! llLUlll L -III I 1 V ... v-vj t cause their system nan run rioi. Like . a mighty engine, having lost its governor, permitting its full power to be used without regula tion, bursts its fly wheel and wrecks the building, so this engine of Ger manic civilization, having losts its stabilizing Christian influence, has thrown the power of its science and art into one great passion of niaga lomania and hate, and wrecked a world in distress and sorrow. Had they have thirsted after righteous ness as they have after power, the present world sorrow of this war would have been changed now to a corresponding: world joy, induced through their altruistic educated mind. Education without grace be comes a weapon in the hands of a savage, but used in love is unlimited in its scope of developing a strong moral health in the world. A social righteousness is essential to our temple of justice. Righteous ness becomes a myth unless it is ap plied to the social life. We have all heard and perhaps seen the religious being of faith so clearly manifested on Sunday, but relegated with the Sabbath day clothes to the dusky closet, while in business negotiations, social affiliation?, the rights of oth ers are always made subservient to those of himself. Such peoples' right eousness is a cloak to be worn only on staled occasions, and at last to be worn when they are to be trans ported through the golden portals of the everlasting kingdom, to shine as the saints. Service is to be the key note of religion today. Hecause it comes very near unto righteousness. It is the cap stone of Christ's teach ing which has been so long neglect ed, and the arch of Christ's righteous kingdom has been so long incomplete without it. He said. "He that would be the greatest among you, let him be your servant." Social righteousness is seen in the struggle of labor against the aggres sion of the capitalist. Organized labor unions have done great good in bringing about a more just equa lization of wages. Put when the Eahor Union uses its whip to mo nopolize capital, it becomes as guilty as was, capital in its greed for gain. Righteousness is an oquiposo of con duct that demands its rights, but stops when it begins to invade tiie rights of any one else. Social righteousness acknowledges the rights of every other individual in the world and demands that each has. his riht. just as eagerly as he demands thai he has tho justice com ing to himself. Such desire for of it ers' social rights fought the war of freedom for the slaves of the South.; drove the Spaniards out of Cuba and today is sending our boys to Europe to restore the rights of France and Pelgium. It is the cause of all law. which is primarily made to defend the weak and the oppressed. We are confronted with one oT our greatest perils, known as the social evil. 1 he.e m a law that is right, laid down in the world's be ginning whereby one man shall have the right to one wife at a time, lie has no' rights and no claim on any other. The evasion and breaking of Ibis law has caused more sorrow than any other depradation of man. tier man invasion of foreign territory has also invaded the rights of every wo man in that territory and robbed them of their martial right and made it impossible for any one of them to ever .establish' a home with the rights thai every home ought to have. Happiness can come only from loyalty to this righteous law, and ev ery infraction of it by any one will cause untold and eternal distress. In Thomas Hood's "Pridge of Sighs," is described one incident of Hie thous ands happening daily of the wrecks of happiness from t ho e who have betrayed the hearts of innocent mai'ifns. u: of br e-.-.t ii, vr hes (lcatli. more fortunate, wrary ! importunate; gone to ii'iii: her u,i tenderly, re; fashioned tp tlen suid en fair. i.ook :t I i I I her vvi h ' derly; youu.'i har ga rmen Is. ments; whilst flinging like ecre the wave constantly diins from her clothing. Take her o;i inrtantly; loving, not loathing: Touch her not Fcornfully. Think of her mournfully, gently and human ly: net of the stains of her. All that remains of her now is pure woman ly. Make no deep scrutiny into her the educated man power and rides in TMrn.VLTr Tsrfsrarst KOTSUVasa i rd Genuine, Pellcioos, Foaming, Sparkling Malt aM Heps PS! rsc JVUf Make It In Your GDwn Home lit a Few Minutes, IFroiti a Pure Malt aM Mops Extract These are the days of temperance drinks. Although non-alcoholic malt beverages, "near beers," etc., are now being sold in bottles every where, they all lack a certain indescribable snap and flavor. But you don't need to miss these de sirable qualities. You don't need to put up with those flat, tasteless, lifeless substitutes. ; It is not generally known that a genuine mait and hops brew non-intoxicating, but with all the cheer and invigoration can be easily rnade at home. Most people think that such a brew can be made only by a brewer. But a wonderful new process enables you to make, at small expense, as palatable and satisfying a drink as you could wish for. Just get a package of Peerless from any druggist and follow the easy directions which accompany it. You mix the Extract with 7 gallons of water and you produce, at small expense, a most delicious, sparkling, temperance lager, entirely unlike the usual insipid substitutes. It satisfies the palate perfectly. You will like it bel ter than you did the old saloon beverage and it will be far better for you. Malt and hops make the most Ahouft Cteimt- IPeir Gsa!Eim! A package of Peerless Malt and Hops Extract enough to like it better than injurious alcoholic saloon stuff. Yes, i'ou make a brew of 7 gallons will cost you but $1 .50. Where will like it belter. YOU WILL LIKE IT BETTER! could you ever get a perfect beverage as cheap as that? Call on your druggist today. If he is sold out he can Try it now! You will be delighted. Remember, you will quickly get more for you from his wholesaler. NATIONAL MALT PRODUCTS CO., 1224-1228 S. Western Ave., CHICAGO viESSSSS K3S5jBS3HH mutiny, rash ami undtitiful. I'ast all dishonor, doath has left on her only tho h.aut iful. Still, for all slij)S of hers; one of Kvc's family wipe those poor lips of hers, oozing so clammily. J,oop lip hor tresses, escaped from the comb - her fair auiuiru KUe-ses tresses , whilst wonderment, was her home Who ? Who was her lnoth- ses where her fat her Had she was or? v sister? Had she a brother? Or, was there a dearer one still, and a nearer one yet, than all others? Alas for the rarity of Chris tian charity under the sun. O, it was pitiful; near a whole city full, home she had none. Sisterly, broth erly, fatherly, motherely feelings had chunked; Love, by harsh evidence, thrown from its eminence. Kvcu Hod's providence seemed estranged. Where the lamps quiver, so far in the ricr, with many a I ip; li t. from win dow and casement, from garret to basement, she stood with amazement. Iloiicic.s by niiihf of March makes shiver; but not the black flowing river, history, jtlad to Swift to be hurled where, out of the plunged boldly; no ly tlui ron.;h river . the bleak wind her tremble and dark arch or the Mad from lilo's death's mystery. anywhere, any world. In she matter how cold ran. Over tho brink of I Mssol ut i if picture it, think of it; man. lae of it: drink of it then if you can. Take her up ten derly, lift her with care. Fashioned so slenderly, younj; and so fair. Kre her limbo fri;;id!y stiffen too rigidly, decently, kindly tnioofh and com pose them; ami her eyes, close them. Dreadfully Marin;; tlirou;;h muddy impurity, ;is when with the daring i ivt look of despairing fixed on fu turity. I eri;-.h i i ik gloomily, spurred by contumely, cold inhumanity, burn in.i; insanity-- into her rest. Cross her bands humbly, as if praying dumbly, over her breast ; owning her weakness, her evil behavior, and leaving with meekness her .slim to her Savior. Such is the result of an unrighteous act In our social life. To make our temple of righteous ness compu te we inm.t have another piHar in it, or it will not nUml. Jle siIes intellectual development and sociaf rectitude, v.e musl have re, lipious fervor to Hod through Jesu.i Christ. other rcliwioua fervor will do. The Hindu has ardent ic lU;ious fervor, but doeu not pocm-,t righteousness. Without a u -on.il I phi 1 reverer.ee to (Jod us l.nowu thronuli Christ, rirthteou:UK s;i hi tiupo: !lbl". We may be socially coned, we juuy be intellectually brilliant, without ii ri'-vht. moral vision that will nuiKe factors for riht livinu. The rich. youiiK ruler of the Hible account in the life of Christ is an example. The thins; that he lacked yet was this religious spirit of Christ this same religious spirit so necessary -in the world today. A college education and a post graduate course in eti quette will never alone make any K si f I II il 1 frtfvlSiiil I IE II il 31 I HULL U 111 II 11 I Maid ami Ktop BE one in line for perfect action. In the slums of London, in the work of the Salvation army, whenever one of the noted criminals of their realms became converted, it was announced that "he had got religion." There are multitudes of people who are trying to support the temple of their lives in righteousness by two pillars only, that of good moral peo ple in society and education, while the other portion of their const ruc tion is unsupported, and the whole structure lacks stability and careens menacingly. They are among the number who have not "got religion." Religion ties a man to (Jod. And when one is so tied, he is interested in the things that interest God. Hod's aim is to make this old world blos som as a rose. Unless a person is a world citizen, he is not a Christian citien. Christ died for the world, and not only for the citizens of the 1'nited States or of IMattsmouth. It is not enough to patch the roof of your house just over where you sleep your guest's chamber needs patching too. Let's patch up the light spirit in this old world of ours so that we will not he troubled in the future over its peace, and in still in Hie minds and hearts of oth er bell iterant people a spirit of love and brotherhood instead of hate and suspicion. Christ spent nil nights with Hod the Father in prayer. He uetded fo talk things over In order to carry on in this life. No man is religious who does not pray. The men of this day who are accomplishing any thing toward the reign of the right eous milleuium are men who pray. All olhera are duds. A dud Is a idie'll that does imt explode. A man who can pray has a different attitude in lite, and it gives him a thirst after righteousness, that he will not have if be does not. When you have learn ed to pray, and have come to the point, where you will have cotnnlet cd a start for righteousness, you will have added to your wisdom love for others and to your social life, love tor (Jod. Stub u lire will bo supplied with all the deslron for a yearning soul. H" hIuiII be tilled. When Hilly Sun day was In Omaha a business man of tho city "hit the trail" of saw dust. Ills tlder brother, who em ployed him said. "If that is your pro le u.ion. I have no more use for you." It looked as though trying to do tight had cost him success. He left ud that flay a friend offered him the management of an independent iMedness. He accepted and today is raid to have so far succeeded as to be able to buy out his infidel broth-: er more than twice. In Longfellow s "Legend Heautiful," he tells of a priest who had long prayed for a vision of the Christ. . At last it came to him. flooding the-room with light, and while -.he stood gazing on his Lord, the convent bell tolled' tUe 2i fTvtrygn rnr.yiKr.-n nBjP(Bw s I Ji healthful drink. Your homemade temperance lager will be rich in nutritious properties, and you will life it belter than anything you ever drank. You can keep it in bottles to be used freely by your family and friends whenever you like. And think how cheap it is! You can make this tasty, "tang-y," foamy, invigorating temperance lager for only ac hour when it was his duty to go out and feed the poor, lie hesitated, for he hated to leave the vision, and he feared it would not remain for his return. Should he who "Rapt in silent ecstacy. Of divinest self-surrneder ; Saw the vision and the splendor Should he slight his radiant guest. Slight this visitant celestial. For a crowd of ragged, bestial Hog-gars at the convent gate? But, he heard the voice: "Do thy duty; that is best. Leave unto the Lord the rest." He fed the beggars, and, returning, found the vision still there. "When the blessed vision said, 'Hads't thou staid, I must have fled.' " As students after truth, may you find that which is the true righteous ness of life and your lives will be satisfied with a peace that passeth understanding. 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