The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-18
TaF GREAT TEACHER
a Baccalsureate Sermon TO
University Graduates.
,vH,1.suNDAY ossERvAncEs.
- rexer wrote > Line Except
w,tA His Finger n sand-A Lay
sermon ON temperance.

-. e,.tw r. church yesterday morning
- .ssts,.,t r,ssehed he baccalaureate sermon
I ~ =. -ss6nsses of - University OF Washing
~. a chose as : text part OF the seventh
49, = ,,,s ART chsptsr OF Proverbs: "The lear
u ~ 80 1. tfa brsfnnfng Of knowledge. ne
zurole in substance, - foilows'
s s.sss. c,sce ga. ut Is always good 70 know
sss<n,rs" Tho ruth needs TO be supple
s ss.s~1 - snothsr truth--that 10 always good TO
( - ssssh IN something. The founder OF Chris.
~ - himself q great teacher That
,sxt,f ~ call TIE Sermon on the mount - in.ro-
1000 " saying that when He had taken n,s
~ II opsned His mouth and began to teach
q ueopla He, who never wrote line BIN
a sxcept % He wrote IN thesand with HIS
Erer. has set more pens in motion than any
her lat1Ilect that ever existed. His must nave
IS ~ 1fufound and an original nature. his
Slscfu366 too, were not uneducated men, a.
: S1e,nsS he common Judgment OF their enemies
~. I'm been adopted. Their writings show
ssrt tkey were men Of profound thought, albeit
~ ewing the finish and polish OF scholars;
ara AT book which they wrote, aitnougn IL
nv ave such simplicity AZ 70 resemble the
krook1et which lamb might cross, II Is also 10
1eenfk times as to overwhclm the horse ana rider
= ~ sirht attemptit. The Bible itself is ito own
- witness that il believes In knowledge. The
mo- book 10 upon that understanding. Again
IA 6Ain Il IL shown that knowledge aud right
tnscSS stion lie at the basis OF the development
a q Individual and all true development OF
a. haffou We shall find that ali tho way
fkrourh the unfolding OF Christianity II Ia the
intS8ect which has played part parallel with
~ hsaxt. And we sec In the present time the
lelty Of that old sdagcs "Ignorance 10 the
uoiher OF devotion" Ignorance is the mother
q npeEstition and not of devotion, and to-day
chdGfianity ID not afraid Of the light. ii stands
il - midst OF light. IL calls upon al men for
Is irsest, fullest and most radical inyestiga-
fou. Culture and Christianity must go hand
q Ind. The fear OF the Lord must be seen to
b tke beginning and the principal part Of all
wisdon culture which ministers to faith 10
ariehs culture, and a culture which will help
uo TO zee spiritual things moro clearly In right
culture; but culture which drops curtain
upon the future, which makes the existence OF
Goa problem and ends in agnosticism and de-
nal, d limited and dwarfed culture. Devo-
don 4 the mood in which we should prosecute
al our studies. Morse, the discoyerer Of the
electric telegraph, when asked how his first sug-
eestion came to him, said that after long yers OF
thoueht and struggle, he, upon his knees,
prayed 10 God for the light which he
vas seeking, and while in prayer the thought
eameto him; and today we have embodied
IN IL electric telegraph the result of devo-
ton q study. The culture We want today Is
the culture which not only Socrates shall give,
but s1oo that which Moses shall give to US.
Such culture a. this, fully and completely
rounded. Ia the demand OF this time. II is
grand b have knowledge, grand to explore,
grand b read the histories and poetry, grand to
Be- a astronomer, chemist, geographer or his
torIan, but after all, what the world wants TO
tnoven what God wants to know Is, is he a
Al erAn .aA n oraltx
whiSh shall, arst Of all and last OF ali, make
msn, md not simply dwsrfed, one-side special
tsts. Owing to the scientific development of
this lineteenth century, we are in great dan
xer q being overwhelmed by the predominance
Of ~ rsal and tangible, which completely pre-
yento ne development OF ideas and ideals. And
whcuwe speak OF sentiment we are apt to be
met With a eneer, az II sentiment, hope and
lofty IDEALS were things not worth talking about
think the prayer of Ajax, which was prayer
Tor light 10 the prayer OF every true Christian
today. believe, ~ Mr.. Beecher once said,
there Il a. much infdelity surrounding the
teachings OF God Is He speaks to us in science
= there ID In His speaking TO US in His word
believe that the larger the circle OF light which
vemaks for ourselves, the larger the outlying
darkness which ,sfll touch The circumference of
Aa& circle. believe that m we go on we shall
- that We have great deal to be thankful for,
coming 10 us In our religion from the scientific
mvestiSshons round about Us. So say that
we hath and true science shall 60 hand In
hand With each other. II IL takes long time
~ naAa to become q great electrician or to ut
himself TO speak the ancient languages, Just rs
much time 1t should take for him TO build him
~ up into symmetrical manhood and to give
nnsolf proper education on the moral side of
- manhood. We cannot trust this to be done
y ths sunday-school alone. II must be done in
ne home, thu schools aud the state. Speaking
= fsther, and / think speak for great many
ntherls would rather my children should
gov up TO ignorance and be ounces all their
ives. than have them 60 into colleges aud uni
Wsites where they come out as expert gam
eers, iorgefs and drunken rowdies Sam Small
NJ be would rather his boys would mix NOR
~ and carry bricks all their lives than to have
0em 60 into some university where they would
e1me out learned in science but loose in their
onduct
There was once a French soldier who, ell
none and unaided, held mountain pass against
nsenemy. A marvellous piece of bravery on
ss part Afterwards he fell in an engagement,
nd ever after as they called the roll of the
Usnsdiers the name Of this man was called
Wong with the rest, and as his name was reached
ne OF the soldiers would step out from the line
ND, holding up his hand, say: "Died ON the
ueld OF honor" And so 1t may be with you
ycung men and women, going out on the great
eatte-neld OF life, when you have passed away,
may friend and foe alike be able to say: "Died
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