Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1915 — ADVANTAGE OF EARLY LEARNING DISCUSSED [ARTICLE]

ADVANTAGE OF EARLY LEARNING DISCUSSED

Rev. Titus Preached Sermons On Things Members Wished They Had Known When 21. A series of two. sermons decidedly new in character were held at the Christian church during the last two Sundays. The pastor of the church interviewed a number of the representative people of the city and had them suggest some of the things they wish they 'had known at twenty-one years of age that they know now. This material was used as a basis for two sermons and following are the suggestions handed in: I wish I had knovp at twenty-one: 1. The value of time. 2. The value of extensive and good reading. . 3. The value of money. 4. The necessity of close application to work. 5. The importance of real good health. 6. The value of laying a good strong foundation. 7. That your best friend is not always the fellow that pats you on the back and calls you a good fellow. 8. What there is in a true, sincere Christian life. 9. How hard it is to turn over a new leaf when one is old in habits and years. 10. The value of forming good and wholesome habits. 11. That honesty is always the best policy. 12. How -empty, foolish and silly is profanity. 13. That it is always the one that keeps at it, or has the stick-to-it-iveness that wins out. 14. That struggles, temptations and difficulties can never defeat one who has fighting-blood. 15. How to appreciate and value true friendship. 16. How to fully appreciate andenjoy the happiness in an unbroken family circle. 17. The value of an encouraging word. 18. The value of a college education. 19. The good in sacrificing our own pleasures to make others happy. 20. The importance of forming right companionships. 21. The height and depth and holiness of a mother’s love. 21. That the empty pleasures of life do not contribute much tb’ one’s deeper life. f 22. That a young woman has the right to demand honor and character of the one with whom she keeps company. 23. The value of kindness. 24. The value of Christian service. 25. How a mother loves to know that her boy has come to Christ, before she went down to the grave. 26. How a mother delights to hear her boy whisper his love for her. 27. That father’s stern and positive ways were only for my good. 28. The wisdom in a mother’s advice, for if I had taken this I would have been spared the influence of an infidel friend. 29. The penalty I must pay for lost time, lost opportunities and lost friends. 30. The unerring success of right in spiritual, physical and business life. 31. That I should nave given more time to the preparation of my life work, and having selected that work to have allowed nothing to turn me from it. 32. The value of saving. 33. The absolute guarantee that one will receive full pay for every good deed and that one cannot escape the harm coming from a wrong deed done. 34. The inflexibility of habit. 35. The value of happiness. 36. The worth of a friend now. 37. The tremendous responsibility of fatherhood. 38. The value of accepting Christ at an early age and what it means in after years. *, 39. The value of special preparation for a life’s work. 40. The loss to a life of the many years spent with no definite purpose in view. 1 41. The necessity for a wholesouled service, for half-hearted service never amounts to much. 42. The value of choosing associates of the right kind and especially those who would help me in my moral and personal benefit. 43. The value df > association with men who have made good, and men who would develop my body as well as my mind. 43. That a strong body is a wonderful asset in aiding one to say “no

to the temptations of life. 44. The value of church-going, for it means associating with dean, decent and wholesome body of people who try to do the right thing.