The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-30
TO COLBY GRADUATES.
President SmaII's BaccaIaureate
Sermon Before the Class Of go.

WATERvILLE, June 29.-Commencement
exercises at Colby Univers ity were inaugur-
ated this afternoon at the Baptish church,
where all the congregations of the city
united in the service and listened to the bac-
calaureate sermon delivered by the presi-
dent, Rev. A. w. Small, Ph. d. President
Small's text was:
Matthew 6:33-"But seek ye first the kingdom
of God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you."
The sermon was listened to with close at
tentlon. The Presidents closing words to
the students were as follows:
"Shall my last serious word to you as a
class be that marjority of your number are
likely to sully your knighthOod because you
are more wise than good? Shall tell you
that you have committed your thoughts but
not your affections to Righteousness? Shall
L tell you that you have an eSthetic Sympa-
thy with the beauty of holiness, that you
have an intellectual awe and, perhaps, adj
miration of the philosophy of holiness, but
that your hearts have never struck harmony
with Christ's heart in the goodness of holt
ness? l should exceed my knowledge with
such assertion, but you know whether 1t Is
true.
81 will say that by the providence of God
much human redemption is in your power.
l will remind you once more that brains
and theories never rescued any man from sin
to righteousness. / will forewarn you that
this world is a hard place for hard
hearts to do good in. | will repeat to you
that the woT1TiS1 has had its truths and its phi
losophies and its moralites its ..l;r .,a y
thrOpies and its religions ever since 1t has had
its men; but that the only redemption the
world ever had is in that self-offering love
which Jesus glorified.
If your lives are a disappointment to
yourselves and your friends; II you do less
vUa tOdQU honQ rd
tablishment of the kingdom of righteousness,
ness NJ * - Of its redemptiye element Of love.
The college has done its best to
direct you toward that element of
righteousness which wisdom supplies, but
after all, the deepest thought of the college.
with respect to every student, is that of the
apostolic prayer-that Christ may dwell in
your hearts by faith that you, being rooted
and grounded in love, may be able to COM
prehend with all saints what is the breadth,
and length, and depth, and height; and to
know. the love of Christ which passeth
knowledge; lIU that ye might be filed with all
Fortified with the answer to this prayer,
may your lives illustrate the proclamation of
Daniels vision-And they that be wise shall
shine as the brightness Of the armament, and
they that turn many to righteousness, as the
stars forever and ever"
In the evening Rev. James WcWbinnie of
Cambridgeport, Mass, preached the annual
sermon before the Bowdoin Missionary So
ciety, taking his text from Phil. xiv: 80. The
speaker dwelt on the necessity of faith in
Jesus and the good results arising therefrom.
The neurology Of the alumni of Colby Uni
versity for the year 18891S90 follows:
1S35-Rev. Amariah jog, A. NJ. born. Putney
VT, May 10, 1903; died, Joyfeld, Mich,
Feb. IL, 1890.
1839-Rev. Lewis Barrows, A. NJ born, Monson
Mass April 2; 1913; died. Bartlett,
Rev. Samuel Lent Caldwell ID. d.. IL ID. /:
born, Nowburyport, Mass, Nov. Is,
1910; died, Providence, Sept. 20. 1SS9
Rev. Milon Merriam; born, Brandon, VT
July 8, 1911; died, Boston, May 81,
1S4O-Martin Brewer Anderson, LII. D.; born,
Brunswick, Me-, Feb. IL, 1915; died,
Lake HELEN, Fla, Feb. &c, 1890.
1859-Hon. Daniel Foster Goodrich; born, Bing-
ham, Me-, october IA, 1884; died, Blue
Earth City, Minn:, September 4, 1889.
1S63-Rey. Simeon Lowell Chase. AM. born,
Minot, Me-, April 26, 1885; died, Buck
field. Me-, September H. 1889.
1863-Thomas Judson Neal; born, Hallowell,
Me-, December 8, 1883; died, Chicago,
ILL.,, May %, 1890.
1864-Harrisen Merritt Pratt; born, Turner,
Me-, June %, 1910; died Livermore
Falls, Me-, July II, 1889.
1S83-George Wesley Harding Libby; born,
Standish, Me-, May 1, 1861; died, Den
yer, Col, August 3, 1889.
lSS4-Rnfus Moulton, MD; born, Sprngyale,
Me-, December %, 1869; died, Worces-
ter, Mass, August "a, 1859.