THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1921
PAGE TWO
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
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(Continued From Monday's Weekly)
Building Going Ahead.
The new home which is being con
structed for Fred Uuell. just out of
town, is making rapid progress un
der the management of Wm. Rueman
and his assistant John Bogatz. who
are both excellent workmen. It
will be modern throughout and have
furnace hesit with bath and contain
eight rooms. This will make an ideal
farm house and built under the super
vision of Mr. Rueman. and mostly by
his personal work he being an ex
pert workman, as the number of the
building which he has constructed in
this neighborhood attest. The home
which has been built by Mr. Hue
man for Wm. Luetchens is a testi
mony of this work, as also is the one
of Gust Huge, and the one also con
structed a few years ago for John
Bornemeier and the barn for A. H.
Oehlerking. Mr. Buel is assured that
he will have an excellent home when
it is completed and will be construct
ed in the most substancial as well
as artistic manner. DetAjT homes
are being built and are deif.anded all
over the country and with the ad
vancing conditions of the country it
is the peoples right to have the best
of homes, for that is the real center
of their lives. Kveryone loves to look
back to the home of their childhood
and then have the best home you can
afford.
Are Trying to Solve Problem.
Another meeting of the people ot
the consolidated district 7-C. was
bail ;:t Murdock last Monday evening
and a plan evolved for the solution
of the matter. With maps and charts
for the division of the now consoli
dated district, the matter was talked
over and a number of districts plan
ned. Then a committee was select
ed to go to Plattsmouth and consult
the county superintendent and coun
ty attorney, regarding the matter.
The result as stated by the committee
as follows:
Monday evening the citizens of
Munbwk assembled in mass conven
tion to talk over the school situation
a large number responded. It was
shown that the consolidated district
wa.s not satisfactory. The cost of;
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we mean ditch the heavies and jump into cool Vassar
"knit to fit" kind long or short sleeves, full or three
quarter leg lengths.
$2.00 and $3.00
We also have a dandy good union suit which we
have on sale for a few days at
$1.00
Better Buy Your Summer Supply Now
at These Prices
Big loose fitting Vassar Athletics down in price but
the same good, old garment. We're now selling them at
$1.00 and $1.50
PLATTSMOUTH
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transportation is too high. It wbs
finally brought to a vote, what was
best to be done under the circum
stances and was unanimously voted
to. bring the following proposition
ebfore the election of the consolidat
ed district:
That district 7-C be dissolved and
that a new district be formed accord
ing to a chart shown, and the re
mainder of the district be given to
adjacent districts. This will elimin
ate the transportation, which is the
costlv part of a consolidated school
It will satisfy the people that op
posed consolidation; it will form larg
er and stronger rural districts; it
will do away with a high priced con
solidated school building and costly
maintenance; and this plan meets
with the entire approval of the coun
ty superintendent and county attor
ney. It seems to be the opinion of
school authorities that the consoli
dated school is not as successful as
has been expected, hence the law of
1021 for dissolving the consolidated
districts. For the sake of peace and
harmony, between the town and the
rural community, this step was un
dertaken, which we hope will gain
the desired end.
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ADDRESS TO
THE GLASS OF
'21, P. H. S,
ANNUAL SERMON LAST NIGHT AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BY REV. McCLUSKY.
FILLED WITH GOOD ADVICE
Graduates Exhorted to Observe the
Three Fundamentals of a
. Successful Life.
-TtllMMi ASIDI-: TO SKI-"'
"Ami Moses said. I will now turn
aside and see this throat sight."
Kxodus. 3:3. Scripture Kxodus 3:1-U.
From Monday's Dally.
It is the business of a man to
save the world. That was Christ's
purpose and He said, "As the Father
has sent me, so send I you." To be
sure it is a big job. One man can
not do it alone, but he can do his
part. The bigger part he saves, the
bigger man he is. It was the duty
of every American dough boy to de
feat Germany. No one could do it
alone, but each could do his part.
Some were in a position to do more
than others, according to the rank
and locale of his service. Every per
son ought to know the purpose of
his life, and quickly put himself in
position to best carry out that pur
pose. The main trouble with this old
world has been that it has had too
few of its citizens who have discover
ed it too late in life. Prof. Brown,
of Yale University, was asked why
Christianity did not prevent the war.
and replied. "It was because we did
not have enough of it on hand." !n
their life's purpose, people have cut
the circle they are to save too small.
Most of them have drawn a circle
just around themselves and that self
was the only person attempted to
save. Hut he who takes in less than
the world, will lind a narrowness in
his vision that will deprive him of
coming up to the full stature of a
man. To some, success is large divi
dends. As a rule, to the Jew life is
finance. Vanity is the goal of many,
to live in the public's gaze. Pleasure
has a large following. And the vast
majority work merely to" live, and
take whatever comes their way.
Into this last attitude .Moses had
declined. For forty years he had
spent his time raising corn to feed
the .sheep to supply the table to eat
good meals to raise more corn. He
was on this monotonous duty when
God checked him up and cabled his
attention to the greater purpose that
the cry of distress arose from a sor
rowful 'people and he ought to be
giving his life to relieve their pain.
Because Moses stopped to investigate
a peculiar sight a bush burning and
not consumed he came into touch
with God. - obeyed God's command,
and became a great blessing to the
world.
That the world is a stage is gener
ally accepted, but the masses do not
count on being the actors, rather the
audience. They are here to be
amused. A fire alarm is not sound
ed to give one a chance to witness
another's house burn, but that lie
may have a share in helping to put
it out. A Avar is not fought that
we might have the privilege to gain
large profits. but to show honor
enough to sacrifice our all to defend
the right. The famine cry from
China does not come merely to satis
fy one's conclusion that one less
Chinaman is a good thing, but it is
an opportunity for one to save a life.
This world is lost, not that one might
have the pleasure of witnessing its
death struggle, like the Roman popu
lace enjoying the battle of the help
less victims against the ravenous
beasts in the arena, but to draw the
sword in defense of the innocent.
Lost, you say? How is the world
lost? Wherever there is an aching
heart, it is lost, and God knows how
teeming millions of hearts ache today
with sorrow from the sins of the
world. "The fruit of the spirit is
love. Joy, peace, long suffering, gen
tleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
temperance; against such there is no
law." The only true successful per
son is the one whose purpose is to
give his life to help bring this con
dition to pass in the hearts of men.
"There i ji destiny tliat makes us
!i ot hers :
None noes his way alone!
A II that we send into the lives of
others
follies back into our own."
The reason why the world is beat
ing out its own life's blood over the
rough was of its false notions of suc
cess is because it does 'not take the
time or pains to turn aside and in
vestigate this great thing the des
tiny of life, which Almighty God is
trying to show us in a million dif
ferent ways. To get this secret of
life's true success requires a turning
aside, in our secular duties, to learn
what are the spiritulal. That is
one reason why we have one day in
seven to give us pause to see how we
are running. oYu have heard about
the fellow standing in the street in
a big city, seeing an auto, a street
car and a flying machine all coming
at him at once, and who thought the
only way to escape wa3 through the
manhole at his feet, but had not
thought far enough, for he landed
in front of a subway train and was
killed. The world's cures for its ills
resemble the hysterical frantics of
the heathen medicine man. It jumps
from the frying pan into the fire. It
goes from Autocracy to Bolshevism,
from ritualism to rationalism, from
bigotry to inane sentimentality. It
is nicely expressed by the following,
poem :
"A foolish frog, one summer day. 1
While splashing round in carelefes way. 1
Observed a man
With la rue tin can.
And manner most suspicious.
I think 1 know,' remarked the frog,
A safer place than on this log;
Cor when a man
comes with u
His object Js
can.
malicious.
ThOs far the foolish frog was wise;
Rut had he Letter used his eyes.
He won hi have, seen
Close by, a lean
Old pike hi.s nose just showing.
Kers.lash : The pike made just erne bite.
The moral 1 need scarce recite:
Before you leap
.lust take a peep
To see where you are going."
Thus races, nations, families and
individuals are treading life's path
way blindly, without being able to
give a reason why they are going
this way or that way, and not know
ing where they are going. The pity
of it all is that if they would only
take time to think it would not be
difficult for them to get their right
direction for God is at the Burning
Bush of their dailv experience want
ing to tell them when they are will
ing to listen. The warning of the
railroad crossing of "Stop, Look,
Listen." is a good one also in our
crossings with the problems of life.
Ask and it shall be given to you;
seek and ye shall find; knock and it
s-hall be opened unto you."
There are three things that are-
essential for a train in making a
successful run. It must .have coal
and water to produce steam; orders
to know where to meet and pass other
trains and a cargo of either freight
or passengers to make the run pay
for the effort. The train must halt
its onward progress while it acquires
these three. For a successful life,
there are three things that every
one must take the time to acquire if
he would crown that life with vic
tory.
He must turn aside to secure an
education. Solomon says, "It is bet
ter to get wisdom than gold." l.uke
said. "Jesus increased in- wisdom.
Paul said. "Studv to show thyself
approved unto men." To many shal
low minds, it is a waste of time to
keep our youth in school till the ago
of sixteen. We have statistics to
prove the further one goes in his
education the greater is his success
even in the financial side of life. Our
nation has the finest educational
svstem in the world. England gives
her youth an education only to the
eighth grade. Our public schools.
giving instruction through twelve
urades. contribute very largely to
the fact that we are the world
leading nation, and also that our
people have the largest percentage of
successful citizens. It does not take
an education to save a man's soul.
"The wavfaring man, though a fool.
may not err therein." says Isaiah
but a fool though he be saved will
not help inanv others. The cure for
a little knowledge being a dangerous
thing, is more knowledge. A mother
brought her boy to Princeton and
was very anxious to make sure that
the school turn him out a successful
man. and to her querries President
Patton replied. "We guarantee satis
faction, or we will return the boy."
To take time to
one an advantage
who thinks he can
out it.
learn will give
over his brother,
get further wlth-
"T!:t-r 's ni.'ny
A'h never
Because ho h
I'.ui trust.--
! I s not a she
an industrious man
gets ahead,
s not think or plan,
:r luck instead,
ker or a shirk.
This j.I
l!;it thouul:
nlder in life's grind
he always minds his
woi k.
He never works his mind."
There are too manv too lazy
to
study, and too indolent to want to
niiow. They draw their own con
clusions without knowledge or au
thority, but no one listens to them
and they are pot missed when gone.
They are -
'Never much i'h stiriin' round
(Sich warn t hi-: desire)
Al'.i-rx certain to ho found
Settin' by the lire.
YVl.cn the frost was comin" down
Cii!' win" ereepin' higher:
Spent each dav just that way
Settin' by the tire.
When the daneiii' shook the uroun'
liaised the ol' rof higher;
Xe r swung the gals erouii'
Sot thai-' l.y the lire.
Same ol' eorner night an' day
Never . i-ared to tire:
Not a lilcssei! word to say
Jest sot hy the lire.
W'l.i-ll he died by slow decrees.
Folks said, 'lie's gone higher;'
Hut it's my opinion, he's
Settin' hy the lire."
An education is necessary to tell
us how to better vvor! and plan, to
give one a greater interest in 1 he
affairs of men. It helps to give pur
pose to work. A little boy with a
large St. Bernard dog was asked,
"Where are you going to take the
dog?" The boy's reply was. "I will
have to wait to see where the dog
warts to go." Air education gives
power of initiative as leaders, and
takes one out of the class of childish
will o the wisp.
Religion is the second essential,
which to obtain, it is necessary to
turn aside from the worldly routine
of cares. Some one has said, "Re
ligion searches for more knowledge
of the purpose of the invisible God
in a visible world." Keligion is the
aligning one's self to the will of
God. There is only one true religion
and that is Christianity, for it
teaches the only true God, revealed
in Jesus Christ, the Almighty Ron of
God. To fool with any other relig
ion is a waste of time for it will only
spell defeat. The world has never
seen a truly great man who has not
been a believer and follower ot
Christ. Whatever his work has been,
it has lacked a power to renew and
bless. To try to succeed without
this religion, is like trying to pro
pel a train by the use of crow bars
under the wheels. Moses, before ho
linked up with God was unknown
and would ever have remained un
known outside of his immediate vi
cinity, but with God he was able to
lead a nation to liberty.
So many people have no time to
worship God, but do you ever see
anything worth while that they have
done? A church in Texas has offered
$of0 to any person who has given a
tenth of his income to the Lord faith
fully and has not prospered as well
or better than before on his entire
income. This offer , has stood for
six years and no one claimed it.
Go many people are afraid God is
going to deprive them of something
the might need or want to do. He
Sure, it's
summer, but
swelter try some of these an
C. E.
will deprive you of something that
afterwards you will be mighty glad
you did not have on hand when He
comes to reckon with us.
In this religious life one will also
find the need of a turning aside to
pray. Anyone who does not pray is
the most lonely, helpless and hope
less person I can imagine. He is as
a well without water, he has no
power to refresh and satisfy for he
has no source of power. General
Koch rises to his highest when we
see him on his knees in prayer be
fore God. When our President
Harding was asked as to his feelings
at his election, he replied, "It sends
me to my knees in prayer for help
in so great responsibility." Our great
est men feel its need, and no man
ought ever to have a place of trust
in any degree who is not a man of
prayer, for he will betray that trust
It is in this way that we are able to
eliminate day by day those bad places
in our characters and we find our
selves coming into a manhood and
womanhood of grace and loveliness
in which people so much delight
Who can deny the power that comes
through prayer; such a prayer as the
Quaker poet puts in the lips of An
drew Ilykmann:
"('lot he with life the weak intent;
Let me he the thing I meant.
Let me rind in Thy employ
Peace that dealer is than joy.
ot of self to love he led.
And to' liea ven acclimated,
I'tilii all things sweet and good
le my natural habitude." ,
This religion lifts us above the
level of those slaves and dupes of
the God of Mammon. A missionary
asked a Burmese boatman if he were
willing to preach the gospel for eight
shillings a month, though he were
making then thirty shillings at his
business as boatman. He finally
concluded saying, "I will not do it
for eifcht shilling's sake, but for
Christ's sake." Too many of us are
too busy making a living, we have
no time to make a life. It requires
the religion of Christ to crown us
with a life.
The third need in life's success is
a turning aside to give time for
charitable work. Charitable work is
doing something for those who aPe
less fortunate than you. Paul says
let a man labor that he mad have to
give to him who hath not." What
a man does for someone else deter
mines, his valuation as a man.
The valley of the Nile would be
as barren as the sands of the Sahara,
so far as the river itself is concern
ed, but in its annual overflow of its
waters, fertility and wealth are
brought to its borders. If a. factory
manufactures material only for the
repair and upkeep of its own ma
chinery, and never produces an ar
ticle for public use, it is a failure
and has no right to exist. So if any
man goes through this world and
has only enriched himself from its
storehouse of knowledge, pleasure
and wealth, and has left nothing of
value from which others burdens
might be lightened, and it be easier
for them to live he has failed. If.
as he passes along life's highway, he
does not find within himself a feel
ing of sympathy for the sorrowful,
and develo"pe an increasing tendency
to fly to their aid and to give for
their relief, he has failed to see the
lessons this life is anxious to teach
and must stand at his journey's end
with empty hands, friendless, mock-J
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ed, lost and ashamed to meet his
Lord who has done so much for him.
I am glad to see that you have
started the journey of life not deaf
to the appeals of the crys by the
wayside, but have shown j-our wil
lingness to turn aside and give heed
to their pleadings. You have turn
ed aside to learn what the wisdom
of the world's sages has to say in
teaching you how to live. I trust
that you all have also turned aside
to listen to the voice of God as He
supplements the world's wisdom with
His infinite knowledge which is
necessary that we live aright. May
I now urge that you make it a part
of your necessary equipment of life
that you be ever ready to turn aside
to give loving service to help others
to live aright and in peace. For
herein will be the true and final test
of your earthly career.
The sense of the following poem
is not only true to life, but has the
sanction of Christ in his words, "Lay
not up for yourselves treasures upon
earth, where moth and rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves break
through and steal; But lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt.
and where thieves do not break
through and steal."
"The king would- build, so a legend
sa ys,
Tin- finest of all fine palaces.
He sent for St. Thomas, a builder rare.
And hade to rear them a wonder fair.
The kind's great treasure was placed
at hand.
And with it the Sovereign's one com
mand
Build well, O builder, so good and
great:
And add to the glory of mv estate.
Build well: Nor spare of my wealth
to show
A prouder palace than mortals know.
The king took leave of hi.s kngdom
then;
And wandered far from the haunts of
men.
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St. Thomas, t!e king's great treasure
spent
In worthier way than his master
meant.
He clad the naked, the hungry fed.
The oil of gladness around liim shed.
He blessed them ail with the aiOple
store, " ' 1 v
As never a king's wealth blessed be
fore. The king came back from bis journey
lonsr.
But found no grace in the happy
throng:.
That greeted him now on his slow re
turn To teach liim the lesson that lie ought
to learn.
The king came back to bis well spent
gold
But no new palace could lie behold.
In terrible anger he swore and said.
That the builder's folly should cost
his head.
St. Thomas in dungeon dark was east.
Till the time of his punishment dire
wa.s Dassed.
. Then it chanced. Or the good Uod will
ed it so.
That the king's own brother in death
lay low.
When four days dead, as the legend
reads
He rose to humanity's life and needs.
From sleep of the dust lie strangely
woke;
And thus to his brother, the king, be
spoke:
I have been to paradise, O my king.
And have heard the heavenly angels
sing;
And there I saw by the Kates of gold,
A palace finer than tongue lias told.
Its walls and towers were lifted high.
In beautiful grace to the bending sky;
Its glories there in that radiant place.
Shone forth like a smile from the dear
Lord's face.
An angel said it was builded there
By the good St. Thomas, with love
and care.
For our fellow men, and that it should
be
The palace of peace thru eternity."
The king this vision pondered well.
Till he took St. Thomas from his dun
geon cell;
And said: 'O. builder, he most Is wise.
Who buildeth ever for Paradise.' "
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