The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-15
MIR. sma,rs Afternoon Meeting.

Between 700 and 800 persons attended the
meeting addressed by Mr.. Sam W. Small at
Tomlinson Hall yesterday afternoon. Several
gospel hymns were sung, and Mr.. Excell sung
temperance song, entitled 'The Lily Of tho
Snow-storm
Mr.. Small selected as his text Philippianr
iv. g.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true
just, whatsoever things lovely whatsoever things
are of good reports if there be any virtue and IL
there be any praise, think on these things.
He said: ST. Paul had written this epistle to
the Philippians, and filed it full of wise, cogent
and tender exhortations to them concerning
their Christian duties and lives, and the
principles of their professions of Christianity
He had endeavored as tenderly as father to
develop the whole subject to them so that they
could plainly and copscientiously SEQ what their
profession as Christians meant what duties 10
imposed upon them and how they were to mani
fest their Christianity to the world. And as the
finale of the whole argument as the summing
up OF the whole thing, desiring now to but get
the substance of all his exhortation, and expla
nation, and injunctions into one body, to make
it, as it were, q maxim with them to carry in
their minds and keep before them as rule OF
life, he said to them finally. taking it all in
all, 1t is this, whatsoever things ara true
etc.. keep them continually before your mind
as the best of your attainments, keep them con-
tinually outworking in your life; keep them at
the things whereby you live and whereby you
are nguisheG-whereby you have yoursen-
tire reputation in the world. 1t is said that at
one of the English universities, on one occasion,
professor gave to his class certain subjects. on
which they were to write and deliver orations
He wrote the subjects on six pieces of paper
and each of six students drew a slip, but each
one was to keep secret TO himself the subject he
received until he came to deliver before the col
perhaps, from this very text, had
lected fas tine subjects the exemplar OF
truth, the exemplar of justice, the exemplar
OF honesty, the exemplar of purity, the ex
emplar of loveliness and perfect reputation, and
he gave out these subjects with the understand
ing that they were to treat them by presenting
the best example in their oration that they could
find in all history, in all the world of these par
ticular characteristics. When the day came for
the college commencement it is an historical fact
that each one of them, in treating his subject.
singularly had presented Jesus Christ as the
greatest exemplar, on the whole, of each OK these
particular traits.
Hence, we may this plainly, that St Paul
said to the Philippians, you take these things
that are true, that honest pure. ETC., and
think on these things until you have fully appre.
hended them in your mind and saturated your
nature with them and the love of them, until
they have become the guiding lines and princi
pie of your lives, and when you have done these
things, if there be any virtue or principle in the
world, these will be yours. And whyY Because
these are the possessions that go to form the per-
feet character in this world
Mr. Small illustrated his line of thought in an
exceedingly felicitous manner, the services con-
cludng with benediction by Rev. Maxwell F.
Gaddis