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4 / <r i Thursday, May 28, 1953 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Pacre Thre* “YOUR COMMENCEMENT GOAL” Baccalaureate Sermon Before Clinton High School Gradu ating Class Sunday Evening by Dr. W. R. Turner things shall be added unto you.’ It is almost as if He had said: I “Seek ye first what ye ought to seek and God will give you what you would like to get.” You must seek the things of God, and heaven, i and the soul first; the things of the m a al . a a .» a « (world, the earth and the body next. T«t: Phlltppians ■ Brtthren. I count not mtmtt to have appro-: God duty first; honor bended: but this one thing I do. forfettlni those thinis which are behind, hl ,. l!th and ha p plnt . ss £hall | J( . added and reaching forth unto those things which are before me, I press toward un t 0 you. the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” 1 Alexander Dumas in his great The Apoeile's Goal which are behind—”, “And stretch-, Count of Mionte Cris 1. There was a great noise irf the public square in ancient Athens. People from all directions were ing forward to those things which to,” depicts the hero leaving pris- i on, and the door closing Slowly be- are before". He has no time to lookihind him. With a great fortune at backward. Paul is now in the his disposal, he lifts his arms to- hurrying toward this place, for to-i arena of life, he is stretching for-; ward heaven and, gazing about day the races were to be held, and' wa rd, leaning out to grasp the run-', him, exclaims in a loud voice, ‘The vited to the refreshment table'ments of summer flowers in pastel where ice cream and „ cakes were shades. In th e dining room re served. Attractive favors were freshments were served. An ar- passed to the twenty-two present, rangement of sweetpeas and snap dragons centered the table and the 'color scheme of yellow, pink and Entertain- , .. ... _ ., , ing were Mrs. Claude Grady, Mrs. held its graduation program Friday] Dan ; e j Osborne, Mrs. Horace morning in the auditorium of Kindergarten Commencement The lone Wallace Kindergarten w hite was carried out. ’a | ners’ goal with the forward press-! world is mine!” The world is yours; ^ La Shout- . , , . , i I tnniPht hut that thie riarvey. Mr. Providence school. A program of : music and readings were given by i 1 the children. The Rhythm Band — played several numbers and ShSronj Cain played two piano sols, “Sleigh Bells” and “Coutnry Gardens.” George H. Comelson gave awards for perfect atetndance to J. W. Da-1 vis I^ai-vey Shumate, C 1 a u d e | Grady, Jr., Peggy Grady, and To- Mrs. Ithiel Harvey, Mrs. A. Shumate,- Mrs. Mattie Harvey, Mrs. A. E. Alexander Floyd Poole. and Mrs. PIMPLES’? ferxTjbn (0 , PIMPLES, 8LACKHEADS ETC, AT-ALL G 0 0 0 DRUS STORES McGEE’S DRUG STORE Pay as little as $14.00 per month for a Rogers Engine I this sporting populace was Qf - his Benge i S ays‘ TheJ tonight, but remember that this ;nT .^ nfAH tn inglfs approval7 The athletes had! eye outstrips hand and draws on- world Is a garden in which you’ p “ t d mplomas to removed all surplus clothing and| ward ^ hand and the foot.. Dr. ' ’ ” were limbering up chilled muscles | Robertson says: “In sporting lang- when the sharp, staccato notes from | uagei he ^ on the home s t r etch. T a trumpet called them to position. Each took his separate post, and looked away down the course at a certain pole upon which hung a Lightfoot says: “To look back is fa tal in the chariot race.” Lucian de- Cornelson also the follow- must work. You must hand it to ; f‘ J? avis ’ the future ^!th more beauty andiJ 0 . , ° r ^ 1 • ^ ay ^ e less of crudeness, more sweetness airston » Elizabeth Harb "j 1 . and less of shame, more light and 1°^ ^rd, Ralph less of slime than it had when i N ab ^. Beverley Poole Laura scribes, “The good runner as only: handed to you by hands that are j Ue ° r an in a ay ° , . | aiming at what is before and con-: n °w folded, and by voices that are, faiinwinc* th nrn laurel , wreath. This was to be the centrating his attention on the > hushed and still. If you will do1 g r a^ t he Ki n dere^ten Mothe^ goal.” So Paul concentrates his I this, you shall have reached your! attention to what is before b y sa y* i ^ al . and the Vlct0rS Crawn Wl11 be tea. The guests were received in ing, “I press on to the mark—or; yours. goal—the mark set before Victor’s crown and the winner VfQuld not be crowned in the streets below amidst the dust and grime, but would be called up before the King's box and crowned to the tune of the multitudes’ applause. It was something to be gained. It was a real goal to be reached, for tomor row the victor's name would be up on every lip, and he would be the idol of every heart. So each man me, j keeping my eye fixed on that and turning aside to look at nothing else.”' The prize belongs to the| calling—and only those who run shall win. III.. Your Goal When Paul quoted our text he the lounge which held arrange- centered his thoughts on one thing ^ came t0 jjj s commencement, just as Win that race; reach that goal , | y 0U h ave come to yours tonight. They were in dead earnest so when; Comencement is not the end, it is the trumpet blew they were off like j beginning. You have finished a flash toward victory, t0 begin agam . You now cross the > II. Paul's Goal The Epistle to the Philippians is a Christian joy book. It pictures the Christian running a race hap pily, ever looking to the things which are before, and our text is one of the richest passages in this book. Let us notice it. St. Paul threshold of a newer and broader life. Paul had come to his com mencement because he “knew him self’ which is the first principle of wisdom and the key to success. Knowing he had not laid hold gave him hope for things to come. Before Christopher Columbus came to^ Spain and undertook his history-making voyage across the storm-tossed Atlantic, the Spanish Court of Arms bore the motto, Lydia Mills.. (continued from page 3) the 21st verse of 1st Peter, she used as her subject “Follow Me. the Master’s Call.” Mrs. Sara DeLoach of Laurens, made a talk for the cancer drive and an interesting pic-i ture was shown. Miss Clyde Smith, program director, was in charge, i Refreshments were served by Mrt. J. B. Templeton, Mrs. Lois Webb, Mrs. Floyd Poole, and Mrs. Charles Gaffney. Little Folks Enjoy Parly Mrs. Ralph Harbin was hostess to the Kindergarten chiIdren Thursday morning morning in j honor of the sixth birthday of hen daughter Elizabeth. After singing the birthday song the gifts were; opened and the childreri were in-« North Broad St. Rhone 58K says: “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended.” You see, there were some people living at Philippi who claimed sanctity or sinless perfection and so affecting^ “Ne Plus- Ultra,” which means, superior airs toward their breth- there is nothing beyond. 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After his discovery of America, Spain removed the “Ne” and left “Plus Ultra,” Mtore Beyond. You have come to your com mencement with this baccalaureate service, and you know that there 5 g is more- beyond. Here in this in likewise memorize their faults and stitution you have been a learner. with all the skill of the Pharasees who “say and do not”. St. Paul says, “Not that I have already ob tained, or am already perfect.” Paul disclaims absolute perfection. He has not yet reached the goal. He For four years you have been fig uring and contemplating; you have been reading and comparing; you have been investigating and sum ming up; you have been dipping in the well filled granaries, of the TO STUDENTS OF JOANNA AND VICINITY has come far since that great day' past in the light of modem know-' || on the Damascus road when the 1 ledge, and now you are ready to light shone round about him and he 1 begin life in earnest. Clinton High cried, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” Paul knows the goal is still before him. He knows that Christ It juat ahead leading him on to full manhood in Christ. So here in the first part of our text, School has been preparing you for this life. You have been missing the mes sage of this institution unless you go out from these halls to master practical affairs to solve imme diate problems and to meet the Paul says, “I am not yet at the top of the mountain. Brethren I count crisis of the moment, not myself to have laid hojd. But You graduates leave this High this one thing 1 do: That is I con- School either to enter college or to centrate on one thing, and there is [ face a world tried in the crucible of power in concentration”. The ear mark of an educated man is this ability to concentrate, and St. Paul one of the best educated men of the war. History is in the making. America faces the greatest crisis of her career. The world trembles in tho balances Should communism world’s history, possessed this won- win in this great struggle civiliza- derful gift. The one thing worth while to Paul was to win the ideal set-up for him by Jesus Christ. He wanted to grasp that goal. He tion will be setback for a thousand years; if we win, and by God’s help we must win, ours will be the task of rebuilding a shattered and blood will not be directed to anything; drenched world. You graduates else. He will not be a quitter. He j will play a great part in its recon- will not run off on side issues like J struction. Some of you men shall a dog that jumps every trail and, wield bayonets to help win the settles to none. Have you ever 'peace; some may pay the supreme $ been hunting with that kind of, sacrifice on far distant shores and || dog? He begins the day by jump- be buried in a grave known only to ! || ing a deer, but then turns aside on the first coon track that crosses the Some of you may win the ’ ibbon of the congressional 8 God blue ribbon trail, and in a few moments you ] medal of, honor for services ren- S hear him away cross the hill, hot dered away above and beyond the 1 upon the pursuit of some rabbit he; call of duty against an armed ene- :•» happened to flush in his path, and • my and have the President of these g he ends the day by barking at a rat I United States hang it around your hole and treeing a squirrel. Paul neck in the city of Washington, says that he isn’t this way. He has 1 You young ladies will play yourlg no lesser interest. “This one thing part. On class day your, class prophets will gaze into the crystal | $ ball of the future and tell what vou will be twenty years hence, read your future in the light -J Best Wishes to the MANY YOUNG GRADUATES OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL I do.” I set up my goal—Jesus Christ and His crown of righteous ness and fix my attention on ,Him. Then; “Forgetting those things which are behind.” Here he is not thinking of the surrendered Jewish prerogatives, but of that part of the Christian course already run. Paul does not say, “Well, I’ve done much for God’s kingdom, now it is time for me to rest. I have much goods laid up for many years, my barns are full to overflowing; soul, take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we may die.” Such a saying would not be true to Paul’s character. He will not let past vic tories lull him to sleep or to a life of laziness or self-indulgence, but heused his past work as an incen tive to spur him onward to greater achievements for his Lord. Paul knows that to look back might be fated. Dr. Charles R. Erdman said that his son lost a hurdle race once for Princeton simply by looking back. He could hear his opponent running behind him, and being curious he turned to see how near he was when his foot struck a hurdle and threw him to the ground, as his rival spend oa to victory. A look backward last him the race. So Paul says: “Forgetting things They p ♦> ofg what you are today. Some of you will enter the teaching profession, and by your skill and perseverance mold strong characters that will bless the age; some of you will marry dashing army officers, and by your crarming personalities light up distant garrisons; some of you will choose the pearl of greater price and marry wounded veterans of this terrible holocaust who have been warped by hate and hardship, and pain. It will be your task to teach them the meaning of love again; it will be your solemn duty to create a Christian home in which true affection abides, and little children may grow up in the nur ture and admonition of the Lord This will be your life and you will need strength for the task. Here in this school your teachers have drawn back the curtain and re vealed the face of the God-Man, Jesus Christ, more clearly. He is closer to you than breathing and nearer than hands and feet. Con centrate on Him and all will be well. His promise to you is: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these ... Our pride of today ... Our hopes for the future ... OUR GRADUATES. We welcome you into experience, young men and women! You can uphold our cherished traditions. You can mold our greater future. We at JOANNA offer you the warm handclasp of congratulations for your splendid achievement. We also wish to congratulate your teachers and their superiors ... also. your fine parents for doing their part in fitting you for the adult world. V :: :: t: Especially Do We Extend Best Wishes to the Following Graduates of Joanna • WILLIAM DUNLAP • MELVIN FRANZEN • LARRY HARRELSON ADGER DEAN ‘ Buddy’ • JERRY W. O’SHIELDS • DORIS PHILLIPS • PATSY ROWE KIRBY :: Joanna Walter Regnery, President Cotton Mills Joanna, S. C. K K :: :: •> ♦ • *♦ • * *♦ :: Wm I i: 1 I i: 8 it 1 2 8 it a I #* 8 \i :: a *> a a • • • • ♦> 8 »% :: a ♦ % :: * » a • * a B • % «» | :: H E I I a 1 ♦» I