New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-16
THE DAY OF MAGMA CHARTA.
AN ALLUSION TO THE EVENT MARKS THE
pACCAxAUREATE SERMON AT CORNELL
.r,vnrxc roR GOD THE INDISPENSABLE DUTY
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Ithaca. y. y. June 15.-The Rev. Alexander
Mckenzie. of Cambridge. Mass, preached the bac-
caloure,te sermon before the graduating class OF
cornell University here this afternoon. Gymnasium
ulI was tasteully trimmed with flags and flowers and
nresented a beautiful appearance. Nearly 100 grad
,.,os and some 1000 other people listened to the
words Of the minister. Dr. Mckenzie took his text
from lob xxxvl ." have somewhat to say In coos
behalf said he:
,rhose word, were uttered to JOB and his friends
l III, vounC man having that wonderful com
In atlon of great powers which 90 10 lhdhc up ID
useful life. lie had waited pa,e's o vli' b nroem
that had deled solution, namely. ITO" man ~, ~
narentIv so good Is job could suffer 80 much. JOS
,rndS could not account for his sorrowe except on
The GROUND that be had in some way shhea. r.iiu
apb b Of cod explain himself" 1t because want
10 save YOU from the natural blunder that your eur
brothers committed IN nat y address n you Gt this afternoon
There Is such thing studying astr1noiy oS ua t
gram and not by the STAR 70, OF not SV the coHnses Of
eternity You always claim the right 10 gXRds.'
conduct DO not deny ooT Ua p 11 and lis
,or~ ,re answer this question In different ways Duo
God says man Is my cHi ni God does not es
main The process how lie came 10 make man III lie us
image The bodest piece Of realism Is ionu IL, 'e
III Testament The Almighty Is represented d.
having created something that looked IKE man ;,
and as bending down and breathing mo ts tiay hy
hreotI ~ life If yOu ask whether TINS wac dOhe ~
nmeiae fiat or by slow degrees covering thousands
Of wears answer that do not know no. TO- SE e
tIo1ary or laboratory cannot answer the que d
cod saws: Your life is Ny life eternal ana IN I'M
mortal ; You catch the little hummingblrd on ue
tree and examine its particle Of life underneath Tue
feathers, Ii is the holy OF houe, the lie Oh uic
Yon win never know lmmmingbird until you be
come a hummingbird, and You VIII not hho" etefii'i
life until you nave H. III,
Passing TO the question Of duty, the speaker said
don't know why the mission Of the hnmminsblr'i
should be any easier ana more hS,udi uia bi9
mission Of man - 90 MS "lole uuS 'o""'u HIS
| fellow man and his God .u,. ,,
finding fout with the sorrow and trouble that every
where exist. Man has made this sorrow ana trouble,
and not God. When boy Hills sparrow you ~,
he i, bad and that God shOuld not nave m"lc thtt
throw "A stone he mi ht just well be sparrow You
boratorv is failure before you have half completed
| IT, So with Gods experiment with man, These
out highest good Weeping may enau q i1 i tr
night but JOY cometh in The mornng val pSten' ~
tiOd was right, IN the French woman who was hlni 10
the poor and who could Just wrie her name II
.u.rite She believed IN God, which was true knOWl
edge The story Of the fall in Genesis /, most beau.
/ tf,l and it contains much tuth. If you sin don't
md faq vim ANYBODY oGt nto 10 od nV ralIt to-
day 10 every crrlng child. Adam, my boy, where az
th5u' God clothed and comf2ed the r%or s "5f
from Eden. saying to Eve on ny chd' ~ ~ NE he
| scrpeut's head tod declares fthHSfH nov az.
| a shepherd looking for hi, lost sheep
! again a, father looking for his prodlgal
| child Even at the cTcnXion OF christ me
erIcned sinner the thief. passed through the gates
| ~ Paradise with the cruclhed saviour. l.,
| FHhu's thought is most beautifully eNpTessed. IN
President Whites maxim regarding the study OF MS
| tory +: Therc is power strong enough % make
truth sc. king SANITY and good enough TO MAKE truIi
telling useful In this university let GOO SPEAK III
! M own behalf ThorOuglness IN STUDY Is ue
| ,yuonyme for the recognition OF COO. ,.,
| Yorng ladies and gentlemen OF the HraHusuns
! rla.,: The world needs you. Il has no ne'd lot
you unlcs, YOU are going out 70 stand for o9l, IL
| is drcadnlllv crowded with men who are tllhkns
| at,',t themselves This is happy anniversary
YEARLY seven centuries on this l3th DAY OF une.
| KIN Iohn signed the Magma Charta | put my
rour.ei i'm one sentence: sign magma chartas oday
| wrlte ON your paper. 81, John by the grace 81
| GG son of the Heavenly King. hereby give unto
my.clf this charter. that. In whatever century OF
| ,,orld I NAV be | viii stand for God 49, ~ ,
! Nv Young sisters aud brothers At the 1901 81
| This bnl the world Is waiting for you TO down ana
| speak "a II in Gods behin.
! The sermon made a deep impression on the vast
ardence The twenty first anniversary of the Young
Mems Christian Association Of Cornell University was
hold in Barnes Hail. on the campus, tonight. Au-
dr.s.., we're made by Or. Nckenlle President Will.
| ,, members Of the faculty. The annual report
'bu. m. Cornell Association 70 be the largest Oh 'o
! kind In the land.