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Thursday, May 28, 1953
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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“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.
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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-«
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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. Men of
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irritations. The reaction from Jew
ish formalism easly went from lib
erty to license. One wing of the
Gnostics boldly argued that they
were free from guilt in the sins of
the body so long as the spirit com
muned with the Lord. The so-call
ed Christian Scientists today deny
the reality of and the guilt of sin.
Professional perfectionists today.
was flat, and if one sailed west
ward far enough one would even
tually come to the end and fall off.
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
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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
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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.
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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
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Cotton Mills
Joanna, S. C.
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