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s The r9Vff fi,oW0,9 4pnt Rac calaur0ate Sor of )..-Wdo. - A. W197 fPrJMjas i of 0 Rev. 2:7-" To him that over- o 001neth will I give to eat of the tree 0 of life, which Is tn the midst of 'the l paradise of God." 1- s This, the closing book of the- Now Testament. and the Bible, Is full of E jromise as well' ps of propheey. The , 1ext is a lesdsed -declaration and a i, a promise. ii fnaj word to, the b oeady runner, o.. the race-course, 1 whose eager ear is intent to hear the f starting call, the Master's voice falls tj with invigorating power. To him f that overcometh will I give to eat h1 of the tree of life. Like the ring- f ing cheer caught up by the heart of him who jjab now left half of the a course behind him as with straining c nerve and tenest muscle and quicken- b ing pulse, he thnsn4 the goal, the same good voice rises high above the i shouting, I. will give thee to eat of t4 the tree of ife. And like the last clarion note now indistinctly heard ] by him who with panting breath and d bleeding feet draws nigh the finish, tj outstripping all and reaching forth h for the prize, the same unfailing -j spirit, still near the weary runner cries, the 'tree of life in the paradise r of God, eat, eat, faithful racer; it ' is thine. But life is no less a war- i fare than a race. Overcoming would qeem to indi- - cate engagement in a struggle. Con quest points backward to a battle , fought and won. To him alone who despises life and turno deaf eat to ti the secret urgings of the God within o and seeks to hush the tender plead- e ings of the better spirit, who laughs a to scorn the yearning entreaty of n those who sing the songs of high duty o and man's mission in the worl and brands it all the pitiable croak of hypocrites, life seems a playing, a pastime or a farce. t4 ,His faith has vanished before the b foul breath of an unsteady practice U and all things appear but vanity and l folly. 'Whoever would avin must be 1 persuaded -first that there is an t, enemy, a foe worthy af his steei. "To h him that overcometh" means noth ing to him who thinks there is naught to overcome( It is but silly pretense to him who sleeps calmly in the camp nor cares for dangers, of which, he f believes there are none. He does not -rlthe solni-r's lust for bat'te,. b the wrestler's keen glow to measure e his strength withand %Olen b he 'wakes at last his will and power to resist and conquer have fled. Be sure, then. first of all, Life is strife. Who would feed upon the fruit of the tree of life 'must over come. Who would have access to the paradise of God must win. Who would burst the bonds of this pres ent death and leap forth unshackled into the fullness of immortality must S bestir himself, gird up his loins for battle and sally forth to meet the foe. Aeschylus of Athens wvas a great g poet, under w!'ese miighlt in,i'ence s the multitudes wept and laughed as V they were moved in the powverful grasp of his genius. But on his tomb ~ this brief epitaph, himself its author, ' is inserilh.: "Hle was a soH]iepr,I( nod fought an the field of. Ma,.t.ho'.' To his mP.i.t.'t.hecre w'as no finer faict t' than this, that he had been a soldier ( and overcome bis country's foe.-a 0 title and a guarantee of life and im- 0 mortality.t A truer heroism and a nohier con qjuest than that even of A.eschylus or Leonidas await him who is brave I and wise enough to brace himself for C life's combat with evil, pick up the a gage of battle -and with unfaltaring confidence in the issue and a cheer- C ful trust in God and reliance on him ~ who is at once the Master of life and Y the God, of batile, press manfully ' on. The skulking coward who mutters ~ as he turns away, there is no foe, is ~ dead or dying. His faith is ebbing ~ fast or gone, and he will presently C be left naught but .the barren beach ~ on whose dry sand in whose hot breath' all life must soon become ex tinct. They tell us ''life out of death is Heaven 's unwvritten law,"'' but it is more true and more to the ~ point, as we* shall see, that life out i of strife 1. the law written in, myriad I forms around us not only of heaveii ~ but of earth as well,-of life, of all ~ life, physical as well as spiritual, it is the precedent and the price. It ' IUB -been divinely said, "Except a ' corn of wheatSfall Into 'ground and die, it abideth alone; hut if it die, I it bringekh for'th nineh fruit"* and we hope full soon to sbow the mean- 1 /ing of tils declaration of our Lord; btit it is the prerogative of conflict to produce life first of all. Those] titanic fores within the earth whichd start the earthquake and the volcano hioft vAst upheav4s _of nature, a rhich seem to spread afar death and t letruoton are the appointed pre- a ursors -of evading forms. Nay, I a oubt not some day this planet will d tself be rent in twain and deliver u new and perfect world. War, bit- a 3r, cruel, desolating war, aye worst u f all, civil war, gives birth to hte nly lasting peace and a lusty life, fe which war would seem to de tory, intended utterly to destroy. h At the close of his earthly life, the d aviour eridd to his disciples as one n 'ho would sing a victor's song even t i the face of death and defeat, "I I ave overcome the world." To - ,rengthen them too for what lay be- s 3re, to muster all their powers for f ie fierce conflict that awaited, to p 11 with a new courage their failing h earts and to give them pledge of s inal and completest triumph, his g ml rose nobly high within him, and b Ithough already in, the shadow of u ethsemane where his sweat #was to ti e, as it were, drops of -blood and u ,here the tortured human, spirit in I [im was to change the note of vic- o iry to the pleading prayer, If it be f Dssible, let this cup pass from me, a le yet anticipat9s his victorious c eath, denies its sway and refuses k ie proof of it by his -declaration, "I I ave overcome the world.'' In view, 8 ierefore, of the battle we all must n 'age, if we would live, we have the t ,ght to ask what it was Christ over- h ime when he overcame the world. n P we will adress ourselves to the t 3mbat and strive successfully fo' a 10 prize of the tree of life and the v aradise of God, we too must know t hat form the foe assumes. a It would appear upon coneidera- f on of our Lord's career and indeed s F all human experience that men's f aemies in the world are but two, I nd they must be, vanquished by f ethods diametrically different the s ,e method from the other. f . Of these the first is sin. ''The v visible friend" of moral evil, 0 'hether it be the secret spirit in U mptation within or the no less stub- 0 >rn foe of trial and wrong around i. Against the hydra-headed mon- r ;er of sin, deceit, hypocrisy, pre- a imption, lust and a lie He in whom c ie fullness of life abounded set N imself without compromise or o avering. When Satan, arch deciver of hu- I an souls, lured his gentle spirit, f -esh and glowing from that blessed I aptism of the Holy Ghost on the anks of Jordan, to the beast infest I waste and there tempted his am ition and his worship with the false romise of this world and its king- 1 oms and their glory, he answered, t Get thee hence, Satan." When the 1harisees and scribes pressed hard I ponl him with their proud boasts and ring tongues, he cried out "0 gen.. ration of vipers, who hath warned ( ou to flee from wrath to come?''" 7hien even James and John, gentle mils like his own; begged him to call own fire from heaven and consume lie inhiosp)itable Samaritans, lhe re uiked their foolish desire for von eance. And he bade Peter put the word back into its sheath when lie< !Ould defend his Lord. He set his iee against unholy wrath and malice. I lean himself and pine lhe could ot brook the serpent's trail on all is glorious creation. The wvorld pirit, the Prince of the power of I xe air, .had no part in him, and the emons held in agony their conquer r and -wailed out from the bodies f those they tortured, "'Why arte iou come to torment us before our me, thou Son of God.' I would -not subclude under the ead of evil those daily tasks that anfront us, life's daily' obstacles nd the long list of duties we must our by ,hour perform, the hindran es by which we seem to be cireum eribed on every hand, the efforts e must put forth morning and even ig for the sake of others and our elves. True, all kindred" life, all coining limitations, are the result of vil, but there is 'no moral taint now n work and duty. Execution, the teady movement of mind and body, fe's unremitting toil and labors, hiese are man 's ' friends, not foes. VIhen it hath been wvell done, man's abor steadily endows him with a I hield and buckler, and a strong de. ense, and impenetrable armor in the ighier warfare with moral evil, in the onquest of which he is to eat of the roe of life in the Paradise.of God. Like a caged bird we beat our iings against the cruel bars of what ve call the prisonhouse of daily duty nd its hardship; or like the wild east lie dow~n and sulk or strike out vith spite and fury because we should e free from toil ,and know we can ot. Alas that we should fret at life. 'lalf our toil is spenxt in anxious ef 'ort,'its all in vain, to lesson toil. Jo (10 way with it andl to sit down in P.if life -41 go o A.top smooth the whole path before us hei nd to settle.do*h to ,h inaCtivity di nd ease that must surely end in er eath,-this would seem to 4be man's th nceasing hope. From that which at fter all we admire most and yield . nstinted praise -and sincerest wor- of ii, viz., high accomplishment and oble deed and daring, we shrink. re , noble writer and philosopher of at uman life in its relationship to God m eclares: "He keeps us ever on the I1k iarch; we pace the green sod by re ie way with many a sigh for rest. in [e throws us on a rugged universe: et, -and our first care is to make it is mooth. His resolve is to demand hit rom .us, without ceasing a living fo ower, a force fresh from the spirit ov e has given; ours, to get into such se ttled ways, that life may almost is] a of itself, without scarce the trou- iti le of winding up." Every way'he (c rges our reluctant will. He grows lil te thistle and the thorn and leaves b3 s to raise the olive and the corn. [e besets man's lot with the thicket uF f temptations and bids him pass at irmly through, though with torn b id bleeding feet, but with courage, TI anscience a guide divine. And we tb now that God is right, my friends. m 1 our inmost hearts we are on his to de. It is a wretched life that has ni o calling to pursue; we could not io i him who refuses to sit still when et tbor calls and waste himself in mur- c muring and vain regret, and knows int duty is not an evil; who lays st reverent hand on his daily tasks, g ,ho rises with loving heart to meet vi Item as they come, however thick ul lid fast, and invites them as his sl riendly guests, not his enemies. The al Aift, deep current of your life will et low unceasing and unruffled, if you M 'ill only seek to stem its strong t lood tide and cast yourself full w wing into its blessed toil and sing Y all-voiced as you shall be swept for- fi 'ard and mingle at last in the great ti cean of life, with God and Heaven o1 verhead and the boundless reaches p f eternity around. IBut we must remember there is no Ii ioral evil to be overcome in our 0 ppointed labors. Human life is not fi ursed. The curse of God rests upon g iolation of life; the brand is fixed e nt resistance to life. The real battle T rhere we must -fight is internal and a avisible. It is not thrust upon us a rom without; it is not with flesh li id blood but with the viewless spir- C ts that cling to us in the dark. "To nslave the gross appetites and bind i liem to a proper service; to scorn r lA-avarice and greed; to change am- i Pitious hearts and turn its eye to C he glory of a Christian's holiness; to 8 ash fierce passions to the yoke of t eason and of right; to whip the slug ish will to quicker toil; to charm j he dull affections into sweeter mood nd rouse pity from its sleep-this t s the field on which the good1 soldier f Jesus Christ is to slay the giant 1 *s they rise and to win his way t broutgh and -eat of the tree of life n the Paradise of God. If there be today any danger to 1 ur faith, any peril for the record f God 's will once delivered to tihe I a.ints, believe me, it will not arise rom the vain reposing of those wvho sek in lordly fashion to prove its ntyth and superstition, w~ho snxeer at vhat 'we call miraculous and who, if hey persuade us to give up belief in niracles, will,I tell you, lead us al- 1 o to deny a God, and leave us in the leep pit'of Atheism and of death. We wvill not call in question the notives of the honest doubter or the earned critic, but disaster to the piritual life sets in when any man leclines thte battle with sin and jeers ~t tile call to combat and says there1 s no foe to defy and to overcome'. We may, if need be, surrender nuch Qf what wve call creed and dog na and .be none the worse, but jthe ources of all moral faith will. soon try up from the roots of him who vages no warfare with the devil,i vho self-blinded argues there is no tevil and is content to let the power >f evil drain off all the sap of his noral earnestness. He is not only a sceptic but a trif-i er who will wvalk as with bo.on com- t manions with the sins which good i non have spent their lives in driv ng back. We are today tasting of I he tree of life in glad fruition of t ur father's hopes and reap thee olden harvest for which they pray id .and bravely wrought, because for live decades our school - has been he uncompromising foe of evil. Qewberry college has beeti for fity rears the recruiting ground for men mad women to fill up again the ranks af that valiant army that stands for1 ruth and rightousness and %vages at.tle against wrong, uncleanness, nsolence, bigotry and unbelief. We ive, my brethiern, we live and all oth 3r institutions that are alive must tay the same becausp noble men earvante of a living (fed have ben LRA MJFWJ - illint deiy themselves and Lve taken up the cross, not only o ily duty-that 1i not(jf6uh.but the oss of a bitter conflict with evil in o-hearts of the ribihg g&neritions, Ld have opened up the way to' the se of life and s*ung. jar the gates 'the Paradise of 'Gd. 2., Once more and finally, the, only maining foe for man to overcome d live is death,' body's deith, there Iy be some who ' - would fain be ive in the possibility of a present generation fpr the flesh, as it Were the possibility of a sinless, and ernal man. Bnt so far we must take me with the thought and say, the iman body must be dissolved, it is rfeited. And yet its death may be ercome. Howl Paradox as it may em, physical death may be vam ied absolutely, eternally, robbed of ; power and its sting extracted, ne way and one way alone) and !e rested from its cruel grasp, viz., absolute submission to it. Let it have its way and feed upon , and in the day of our surrender A complete subjection to it we shall born again to an undying life. iis is what he meant when he said e grain of eorn must die that it ay live. He himself descended in hell and bore the pangs of eter il death and bearing them, he glor usly survived and became the quick er of dying souls and led captivity ptive. Do not defy our enemy-death'. ruggle not against its sure ap coacl tror dread the day of his sitation but -welcome him; for tri nph and a blessed victory and the woils of life are his who willingly )andons himself to all that death in impose. Does the body ache and iffer? Does the spirit groan in imptation and is the cry of pain renched from the tortured franfel on may resist a little while but -etting will but multiply misfor me and steal away the laurels of ir final contest and our abundant rocession into the Paradise of God, here nestle the leaves of the tree of fe and the heavenly banquet waits. ur first parents were driven forth om the delights of Eden by the an el with the flaming sword and the ates were shut, but not forever. 'hey are flung wide again, and we re bid as good soldiers to enter in nd freely eat of that very feast of fe from which the first man was alled away. Class of 1906: Surely no defense needed, no apology ought bc ande, for an address to you so ser ,us as.this today. This is yom ommencement of life. It were e hame to think that early life is nol he time for battle with all evil, tc ay it is the hour of enjoyment, a est-book, that youth may dispens vith all the claims that lie upor he soldier. Fierce and undaunted b3 kfat in the heat of your young lood, may you not indeed be bet. er soldiers than many another 'ounded and bleeding on the field. ''You are standing on the thres old of life 's awful temple. 0, deal -oung souls, lift upl your. eyes anfl ok within, not with easy smile ith superficial mirth and deep in lifference, without uncovered hena er hended knee or breathless listen nt. hut with a high enthusiasm 'ith a loving heart and a determin d will. If there are no tints of eaven in the morning haze of lif ve shall vainly expe.ct to firid then n the glaring light of later noon.' or the first time in thirty years a mmber of the faculty has essayed t< >reachl to the candidates for degreei n our school. You must have knowr lhat it would be with the deepes eeling for you. Yo'u cannot as yei egin to realize all that there is ir he teachers heart for his young mpil, now to become his comrade LS he welcomes him to his side, his ellow-soldier on the field of battle ~ut on the armor, then, today. Entei oldly wvith us, -your faithful friend n to the arena of life and the un asing campaign against unright ousniess and wrong And ''when th< trife of your noble conflict is dona ~nd the repose of an honest victor) s yours, the tree of life in Paradise he appointed pension of a good sold er of Jesus Christ,'' will be yours a well to feed upon continually, tha attered shield and armor laid aside he torn banner furled, the din ol ombats cease in the heavenly rest. Business Is Business. Mr. Sato, the Japanese diplomat as defending the old samuria idea -an idea still held by some Japanest ionservatives-that business is die ionorable, says an exchange. '' The sam i'he said, ''elaimed hat business was dishonorable be ause in every barter, cvry deal, youl bject was to get the better of th ther man. And to do So yoi ridl to deceive him. If you succeed d in deceiving hinm, your gain d( )r.fit represntenn the extent t< which lour deceit had been carried. "'or :instance,'yoi bught 'a orse for $200. Yo peWa4d.B it was! worth $300. B bought it for $300 You: had-dedeived - him, cheAted hiM, to-thbiettent of $100. Mr. Sato smiled - "That," he said, "is the samuria way 'ofilooking at business. Sorne children before. they grow sophisti cated, look, at- business oddly,too. 'A boy said. to his father: "'Farther, if I take a dollar out of your pocket, that is stealing, isn't it?" '*ertainly, my son.' '''And if I bet a dollar on a race and win two dollars, is that gambling, father?' 'Yes, my boy. ' 'But, suppose I have somehting that is only worth a dollar, and sell it to some foolish and ignorant per son for $4, making $3 gain-what is that f' '' 'That? Oh, that is simply busi ness.'" ' With the Humorists. The Captain-Yes, a ship's com pass always points to the north. Lady-Oh, and what do you do when you want to go south, then? Scraps. "Where did Columbus first landl asked the teacher. "I don't know, mum,'' was the response of little Jimmy Lefthook. "I didn't see de accounts of de mill.''-Lousiville Courier-Journal. When a girl stammers over telling her weight, it's because the way she dresses fools you. Barbecue. We will furnish a first class bar becue at the residence of Mr. De E. Halfacre, Saturday, July 14th, 1906, near St. Philips church. The public is cordially invited to attend and we will expect the joyous candidates to be with us on that day. D. E. Halfacre, J. D. H. Kibler. NOTICE FINrAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that I will make final settlement in the Pro bate Court for Newberry County, on the 30th day of June, 1906, as guar dian of the estate of Bennie M. Chap man and immediately thereafter ap ply to said court for letters dismis sory as guardian of said estate. George S. Swygert, Guardian. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE. Notice is hereby given that here after the laws applying to the ob servance of Sunday will be rigidly enforced in the Town of Newberry. All selling is positively forbidden on Sunday except medicines at drug stores and ice.. By order of council. Attest: A. T. Brown, Eug. E. Werts, Mayor. Clerik and Treasurer. NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not to tresspass on the lands of either of the undersigned. All persons tress passing upon the lands of either par ties will be purnished to the full ex tent of the law. Mrs. R. F. Connelly, B. H. Amick. BARBECUE. We will give a first-class barbecue on the Fourth of July at the resi dence of D. A. Kleckley. Come ones come all and enjoy a good dinner and spend a pleasant day. D. A. Kleckley, John A. Cromer. NOTICE. All parties are hereby notified that Henry Long is hired to work for me during the remainder of the year '06. Any person or persons enticing hin in any manner to violate his contract will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. M. D. D)errick. TEACHER WANTED. The trustees of Garmnony District No. 27, will receive applications for' a teacher until June 16, on which day at 9 o'ceock a. in., the patrons are re quested to meet 'and elect a teacher. T. B. Leitzsey, J. J. H. Brown, Trustees. Address: Newberry, R. F. D. 2. NOTICB. Littleton College, Littleton, N. C. and Louise Cottage Willoughby, Beacli Va., will both be opened June 15 as summer hotels. The fall term of Lit. tleton college will begin Sept. 19 SSummer work at the College, at Lou. iso Cottage or at home will be offered to 20 young women who make immed. .into app)liention. Address J. M Rhodes, Litteton, N. C. SEVEN DOG TAX. All persons own1g, keping oriav. ing a dog9r,,dqgs within the9gorporate limits of the Town of Newberry are hereby notified to pay to the. Town de*k and Treasurer the sun of fty cents for a ladge or license for each dog on or bWfore the 15th day of June, 1900. After that -date all dogs with. out badges will be taken up. A. T. Brown, Attest: Mayor. Eug. S. Werts, Clerk and Treasurer. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in winthiop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court Houxe on F'riday, july AhA at 9 a. n. Applicants tust uot be less than fitn. years of ea. eht scholarshi are vacantqd aDter Julyo they will be awarded to those mak. ng the whighest average at this examination dvied tmeet the conditions guvernlig the award, Applicants for scholarship should write to President Johnson before the examination for ionarh application blanks. 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