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Rgednesday, June 2, 1926 Jot ' Bbl- \ v^* a ' % Gish, movie actress, h {■Government's star witness perjury case against II. Duell, lawyer, j was allegedly couv jHted in Duell’s suit to main- Hi management over Miss ■ FRESH If Vegetables and ■ We always have a Complete ■ne of Fresh Vegetables and ■unitary Grocery MF-v^~-^v-f-w?vrfyx7ga7iyt-Hgrai»rxE M Our policy is one of and respectful ser vice. Fairness is a requi 9ke where need is to be with dignity and And we Be properly equipped to a ceremony of appointment. Klkinson’s Funer ■ B al Home PHONE 9 Open Day and Night HhbuLANCE SERVICE ' 1 B B i |j|B||| ■ .1 i I Tfavt&ruto 1 * To ft ' H MR. WRIGHT IS Ji; milk should be as I BB pure as it can be. So 3 j Igl milk is perfectly pas- 3 - jag teurized and There C ■B is no Bettor Food. A 1 m hot it* ffliUfmart 99 B BACCALAUREATE SERMON i I Delivered Sunday by President T. R. Lewis to the , i Graduating Class of Scotia Seminary. David’s reign of forty stormy years i is soon to end Solomon’s reign is about to begin. From his own exper ience, Dav d jH alive to the burden to be imposed ujion his son. As a prophet who knows the divine purpose i for the covenant |>eople he is very so licitous that Solomon's reign shall be prosjierous, conducting to the glory of the (iod and the weal of Israel. And so ao calls an assembly -of the princes and the mighty men. charges them that Solomon’s kingship was by idiv.ne iapqm'ntinent. that he is to build the house for which David had made such amide preparation, and that the prime condition of their possess ing the good laud nml leaving it an inheritance for their children is that they shall keep and seek out all the commandments of the Ixml their God. Solomon is In the assembly. And in his charge to him he touch es the spiritual truth which will in sure the prosperity of his reign. "And thou, Solomon, my son. know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing ihind, if thou seek him he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him he will cast thee off forever."—l (’broil. 28:!). Know thou the God of thy father. Therein is also the secret of the pros perity, the divinely approved success of any . life. Ivqow thou God. Can God be known? No, if by that question you mean can He be perfectly known. A great English poet was conscious of the limit of knowledge when he cried: I “Flower in the crannied wall I pluck thee out of the crannies. I held you here, root and all, in my hand, I.ittle flower; but if I could under stand What you arc, root and all, and all in all I should understand what God and man is.” Unable to understand one of' liis least works, much less can we know, the Worker perfectly. This has been the confession of those that have known Him best. “Canst thou by searching find out God?” Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfec tion? It is higher than heaven. “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God. How- unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out.” But, Yes, if you mean, Can God be known partially. How then can God be known? 1. He can be known by His works. Therein men have seen and can see the being, wisdom, power, and good ness of God. The b : blieal writers fre quently refer to this, for David sings, "The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handi wyrt-’V "He. .telleth the number of he cSllPth them all by their names,” and the next strain is "Great is our Lord and of great power: his understanding is infinite.” Isaiah cries: “Lift up your eyes on high and behold who created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by their names, by the greatness of his might, for he is strong in power; not one of them faileth.” And Paul declares that the universe is a revelation of the power and the deity of God. "Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them for God hath showed it unto them. For the Invisible things of him from the crea tion of the world are clenrly seen, be ing understood by the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, so that they are without ex cuse. Because that when they know God, they glorified him not as God. neither were they thankful.” Diligent and devout students of God's works have known of him in the course of their investigations. One of the great ones declared. "The un devout astronomer is. mad.” Another exclaimed as he mused on God’s works. “O God, I think thy thoughts after Thee.” It has been said that when Napoleon was returning from his campaign in Egypt and Syria he was seated one night on the deck of his vessel, under the canopy of the heavens, surrounded by his captains and generals. The conversation had taken a skeptical direction, and most of the party had combatted the divine existence. Napoleon had sat silent and musing, apparently taking no in terest in the discussion, when sudden ly Raising his hand, and pointing to the' crystalline firmament with its mildly shining planets and its keen glittering stars, he broke out in these, startling words that so often electri fied a million men: "Gentlemen, who made all that?" And the atheistic captains and generals were silenced. 2. God can be kuowa by the soul] of man made in the image of God. | “Man being a person rightly concludes , that a person must be the Maker of his soul. Persons that think, that cleave to the good and abhor the evil, that will and choose do not spring j from dust by the operation of natural forces. That man has a conscience [ approves when he does well and disap-, proves when he does ill proves the ex-1 istence of a holy Lawgiver and Judge. “Conscience, .!t has been said, “is an ideal Moses and thunders from an in visible Sinai.” Further, “Man’s emo tional and voluntary nature proves the existence of a being who can furnish in himself a satisfying object of hu man affection and an end which can | call forth man’s highest activit-’es and i insure his highest progress. Only a being of power, wisdom, holiness, and all of those indefinitely greater than ; we know on earth, can meet the de mand of the human soul. Such a be ing must exist. Otherwise man’s greatest need would be unsupplied and belief in a lie more productive Os Vir tue than belief in the truth." , ) 3. By his work of governing the world. The facts of history prove the divine superintendence. Great changes have hinged on trivial events: A sad countenance exalted Jos eph and saved Jacob and his family front the famine. The cry of an in- 1 fant delivered God’a people from'bond-1 - i * age. A rain on the eve of the battle s of. Waterloo wrenched victory from - Napoleon. A very interesting book j on the 15 decisive battles of the world i shows how they changed the course e of b’story. One book of tile Bible - does not have the name of God but, e he is there and doubtless an American V poet had that book ill mind when he . wrote: r s “Truth forever on the scaffold, r Wrong forever on the throne, J But that scaffold sways the future, 1 And behind the dim unknown t Standeth God within the shadow, ', Keeping watch above His own." t Many other ways in which the be e ing and character of God are made l. known might be mentioned, but let those suffice. But by these means atone. Jet it be - observed, no one could know God as 1 a loving Father and a gracious Re e deriner. This has been made clear by h h story ami the express statements of ’ the word of God. "For,” says Paul, f "after that in the wisdom of God, 1 the world by knowing not God, it '■ pleased God by the foolishness of • preaching (that is preaching that - seemed foolish to the worldly wise) to s save them that believe.” There wore some very wise men befor the dawn j of the Christian ora but they did not i know the wisdom of God because they , were powerless to break the chain of f their own Bin, to be at peace with : God. anil to rejo’ee in the hope that one time what is mortal shall be swal lowed up tin Life. Fo in addition to the light of nature men must have the light of revelation which brings us to the fourth remark. 4. (lod can be known by the word of God written in the Bible and by i the word of God Incarnate. God manifest in the flesh.' In the former I days, as the Old Testament show's. God spake unto the fathers by the prophets; in these latter days, as the i New Testament shows,"God has spok i. en unto us in bis Son; whom He i appointed heir of all things, through ■ whom He also made the worlds. In ■ the Old Testament we can see the ac i tivity of God in His dealings witli in ■ dlviduals, His people, and the nations, I and therein we come to know the ■ marks of His character; and in the . New Testament all the scattered rays i of His self revelation come to a , burning focus at the cross on which i the Prince of glory died. ■ In addition to this there is a fur ther need. For with the Bible in our , hand and the light of the cross sliini ■ ing in our eyes, there must be the enlightening ,(power of the . Holy Spirit that we may understand , spiritual things which the nntural | man, the man not having the Spirit can neither receive nor know because I they are spiritually discerned and to i reveal to hint Christ whom no man can call Lord but by the Holy Spirit. ; This is all summed up in these words : Christ did a work for us on the cross and He does a work in us by i opening the eyes of our heart on ac count of which we can say with the blind man iu the ninth of John "One thing I know that whereas 1 was blind, now I see." The same thing is set forth in the Catechism when it declares, "We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.” Thus faith springs up and it be comes a gateway to an increasing knowledge of God, as Father, Re deemer, Saviour. And by all the means which he uses we come to have a more intimate acquaintance with and knowledge of God. Just as you have learned to know your own fath er pr friend by your own dealings and association so we come into a real in- : timate knowledge of the personal God and of his Son Jesus Christ, So that we can say, “I know whom I have ; believed." 1 “He walks with me, and He talks t with me, t And He tells me*l am His own ; t And the joys we share as we tarry : there < No other has ever known.” I f Now to what will such a knowledge ] real and personal involved in this Charge lead? It will lead to a life of ‘ service. "And thou Solomon, my son. i know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and ' a willing mind.” This service will not be one of ab solute and sinless perfection. It will be that sometime but that time has not yet arrived. But it may be and it will be “true-hearted, whole-hearted, loyal forever.” There are hin drances to such a service to our God I but by his grace they can be removed and we may press toward the higher ideal which is entire surrender and glad obedience. And my friends as there was a I service awaiting this young man about i to be .crowned, so there is a service j fronting us today. I am not going to make any comparison of our day [ with other days, but will only say , that anyone with a slight aequaint- I ance with the signs of the times can not but see that the call for service is urgent in the home, the church and the state. If the crime wave and lawlessness that has swept over our country is to be traced to the lack I of proper home training, as many of! our keenest observers believe, then j there is large opportunity for hallow-' ing the marital relation, the parental I relation, and for instilling the pri-| mary lesson of respect for authority | and obedience which springs from the feaer of God. Let this be done and' the crime wave will be stayed, men will stand in awe before the majesty of Law and the home will become the strength of the nation. The call for service is loud in the; > Church. In our own Presbyterian] field there are those that Would reduce : the Bible and Jesus Christ to the realm of the natural, robbing the for • mer claim to be the .only infallible guide to believing and doing and the • ■ latter of hia glory which would make > the crow of none effect A time like •J&a z . THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE | this demands that those that know . God anil His truth shall witness for it. shall contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all deliver :ed untto the saints. Furthermore I tnere is the culture of the loea church calling for the best efforts ol its members in loyalty, liberality, long ng: Loyalty because of the prevalent lack of growing of the wrong idea ol the church being amusement place in stead of a feeding place, and of its i being a human organization instead of a divir- organism. Liberality because .there are so many (’hristiuns who are goixl stew ards of their own Jo hold and to hoard but unfaithful stewards of the;r Mas ter s goods, though his poverty has made them rich and though a million a month arc dying in Cb na without God. Longing because there so com paratively few having a passionate interest in these for whom Christ died besides their own. The state’s ca;; ror service Is long and loud. That is evident from the one fact that much of the training given in cur schools and colleges tends to the forgetfulness of God. “Beware lest we forget, lest we for get," for the wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that for get (iod. My last remark is that the knowl edge of God will not only lead to a life of zealous service but it will sup-’ pl.v us with the proper motives. The first is the assurance of the divine presence. "I am with thee,” is the oft repeated promise in the Old Testament from the days of Jacob ilojvn. Christ’s charge to Hie early disciples was, "Go.” with the prom ise attached, "Lo, I am with you all the days, even unto the end of the age. And Mark says they went ev erywhere preaching tile Word, tile Lord working with them. And Paul declares, "We are workers together with God;" and cries. "If God be for os, who can he against us?” The second is the love of Christ. B.v which I do not mean our poor weak love which may be effected by all our changing moods but I mean His unchanging love fur us something of whoseJengty and breadth and depth and height we may know though it passes knowledge because for that Paul prayed which is the pledge it will be answered .and that it will have constraining power in us because, we thus judge that He died for us all that we should not henceforth live unto ourselves but unto Him who for our sakes died and has r’sen again. The third is the love of men. Paul said he was debtor unto all men and that he could endure all tilings for the elect's sake that they might obtain the salvation of Jesus Christ with eternal glory. My eyes fell on an ac count of the work of a very noted mis sionary in China concerning whom some of his Chinese friends said after his labor on earth was ended, “How much lie loved us.’ We can only say. "He lived and died for us." Aml .t he last is the hope of immor tality. j! That is the mystery Paul made, known in the great chapter, the 15th of First Corinthians. And that, the mortality brought to light in the Gospel, he turns to practical account, to abundant service, when he says, "therefore, be ye steadfast and immov able always abounding in the work of the Lord inasmuch as you labor not in vain iu the Lord." "Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mocked the cross and flame: They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion’s gory mane; They bowed their necks the death to feel Who follows in their train?” And now young women, my friends of the graduating class of 192(1, soon you are to go forth from Scotia's halls. All the members of the faculty with myself are interested in you and trust that by intimate knowledge of God in to which Scotia lias endeavored to lead you. you will prove worthy of your Alma Mater’s ideal and worthy of the large company of the alumnae, more than 1200 strong, which you are soon to enter. I do not know into what sphere of service you may enter. You may not know now. Do not worry over that. You know God. There fore the word of the Wise will be suf ficient. “In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.” Go ye forth, and trust His promise, “Lo, I am with you all the days even unto the end of the Age.” Borrower Bilk'-’ J An dee Citreon, the “Henry Ford of France,” startled fi aanoial circles with a 250,000,- 000 franc bond issue yielding more than eleven per cent. Bankers denied that the Cit reon auto industry is in Mri ous condition, ....... : Modem Home Built in Arctic Aided Lieut Byrd’s Thrilling Flight to Pole - " ~ .....i; ' | | jxSFt A MODERN home built In the 'JI w keep the quarters of Arctic defied the death dealing the explorers warmer cold of the Polar Re&’.ans and fti klnai and protect their living proved an invaluable aid to Lieu- | conditions more secure tenant Commander Richara E. Byr-i ly than ordinary build-j Pole, whiieli he circled three times in m IPsL It was only after care- j a record breaking flight of 1,500 miles ful investigation by the in 15 hours and 30 minutes at an scientific men in the expedition that | average speed of 99.75 miles an hour. celotex was selected. These author!- i It was at the Spitzbprgen base, A ties pointed out that the protection at ] King’s Bay, where this first modern forded by its Insulation efficiency was house was constructed amid the snow three tiraes as great ns ordinary lum ■ and ice of the Arctic immedlatelv upon t her and nearly twelve times as great the arrival of Lieutenant Byrd and j’ as that of brick and other masonry i his companions, as a permanent home V," ” & material. The ship Chantier also -was and observation station for the ex- "**—- lined with celotex as an added pre plorers. The house, which rose up on caution to keep the ship warm while 1 horizon of the frigid north in marked contrast to I the igloo of the Eskimo, was equipped with a com ■ plete radio outfit that those who remained at the i base while Lieutenant Byrd made his thrilling dash i . 0 hoR bis speeding Fokker. might keep •JU Jonch with their chief and the outside world, Which they kept informed as to the progress and suc cess of the flight. • It was to this same home that he returned aft er his hazardous trip and from which some of the first messages were sent to the waiting public, tell ing them through the lanes of the air that Bvrd had clrcied the pole three times and had returned to his Spitsbergen home In safety, adding one of the most memorable pages to the history of Arctic ex ploration. Sugar Cane Fights Polar Cold. When Lieutenant Byrd left the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the ship Chantier he declared he had the best and most scientifically equipped expedition that ever had started for the North Pole. Special plans were made for the erection of his Arctic home. Boards of celotex insulating lumber made from ba gasse (sugar cane fiber after all sugar juices have been extracted) were carried along with the latest Inven tions to aid in polar exploration. This building ma terial is very light and Is filled with millions of air ceils, which give it great insulation value and re sistance to changes in temperature, especially the ° ne , odd circumstance in connection witfi the use of this material Is that the sugar cane of the south was utilized to fight the cold of the north. Celotex selected instead of lumber because tests made by the United States Bureau of Treasure Island the Greatest A ??? u"erne it Feature At Philadelnh'-! ■ c f nnial Exposition : ' PI v Aii j A pf j | '' ''v*' ' /j* " ' ASsewst-ar /slmo, Vest’s- GolozajHwc>:mo CXamd/w T&aaes Treasure Island, the outstanding amusement feature of the British Empire Exhibition, at Wembley, with its bold pirates. Long John Silver and Captain Hook, and with its other famous characters. Peter Pan, Wendy. Alice in Wonderland, the Duchess, the Mad Hatter, Cinderella, the Queen of Hearts, Little Red Riding Hood, Aladdin and many others, is the greatost entertainment attraction at the Sesqui - Centennial International Exposition at Philadelphia. One hundred students, 76 of them be ing co-eds. from the University of Pennsylvania will impersonate these characters and act as guides. Treasure (stand, at Philadelphia, cover* six acres and is nearly three lime* a* large as Qie British Treasure Island. The entire layout of the island in Philadelphia was tiNffMd wad built by Maxwell the explorers used It In the preliminary stages oi the expedition. In practically every other way this expedition was more scientifically prepared than any of its predeces sors. These includ'd inventions of Commander Byrd himself. A simple sun edmpass conceived by Byrd and developed by Mr. Bumstead of the Na tional Geographic Society, superseded the complicated German device, developed three years ago for Amund- 1 sen. The drift Indicator also was Byrd’s Invention The bubble sextant by which the navigator obtains his bearings while in flight was another one of his inventions. Still another scientific development was a quick method of telling when one Is at the North Pole. This has been worked out by G. W. Littlehales, the navy’s hydrographic engineer. Next Flight Over South Pole. The expedition, backed by such men as John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., had three main objects. 1— To prove that air navigation In the Arctic la feasible and that freight and passenger travel over the top of the world is certain to come. 2 To hunt for new land In the unexplored areas of the Arctic. 3 To conquer the North Pole from the air as a sporting adventure and as a demonstration of what a plane can do—not a geographical study, as the pole was bagged for all time by Admiral Peary. Lieutenant Byrd achieved the major part of his program In his first flight. After the successful flight of Amundsen In his dirigible, during which he found no trace of new land, Lieutenant Byrd de cided to give up his other flights and make his next airship expedition an attempt to repeat at the South Pole what he accomplished at the North. Ayrton, architect of the Wembly exhibition overseas. Drake's ship, , the “Golden Hind,’’ Noah’s Ark and i its animals, two by two, and pirate and smugglers’ caves will be a few of the features seen. But one . of the mojt fascinating experiences , of a visitor to Treasure Island is the _ trip across Canada on the miniature Canadian Pacific Rail way’s “Imperial Limited’’ train which is pulled through a replica of the Canadian Pacific Rockies by small puffing engine only four feet long out strong enough to pull ten tons, or about 30 people and its train. Getting on the train at the Palais Station. Quebec City, the “Limited” passes though Quebec and Ontario Provinces and enters the prairies. Here are seen grain elevators and complete farms, all of Lilliputian dimensions. Finally Banff, in Alberta, ia reached where ' a stop is made to see the Banff , Springs Hotel and the beautiful I Bow Valley. Speeding westward ! through replicas of the- Canadian i Pacific Rockies some 600 ft. lonß. ! the tallest towering 74 ft. high and i built of sheet iron and plaster, thg i train dives into Rhe Connaught i Tunnel—the original of which is • five miles long—and on to Van couver where the traveler sees Vancouver Harbor, the Straits of Georgia. Vancouver Island, pictur esque Victoria. British Columbia’s capital and a model of the Empress of Canada which holds the speed record across the Pacific. 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