The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-17
WISDOM JUSTIFIED.
DR.. Cornelius Brett's Baeea-
laureate Sermon to the
Graduates Of Hasbrouek
Institute.

lStASdtOs
The Rev. DR.. Cornelius Brett of the
Bergen Reformed Church yesterday
morning preached to the graduating class
of Hasbouck's Institute a baccalaureate
sermon. The church was crowded by
the friends of the graduates. Seats had
been reserved for the faculty and alumni
and these were all filed. The graduates
occupied front pews and listened atten-
lively to what DR.. Brett said. The pas
tor took for his text: Wisdom Justified
by her Children Matthew XII: 10. He
said:
That wisdom needs to be justified is
a ~reproach to man. That. the principal
thing is put on the defensive. and that
advocates Of a treasure. whose price is
beyond rlibies'. are even asked for a
reason. demonstrates the folly of the
world.
you who ave spent the happy years
of childhood under the benign influences
of Christian homes. emphasized by the
training of a Christian school,. need not
be reminded that wisdom is more thar
Athens glorified in her worship Of Min
erva.
When great Pan was in death throes
oA0 taS "a SSo1 - Aok NAo
supplanting Pagan philosophy, the grand
est church of antiquity was dedicated to
the holy wisdom. That church of Christ
has been transformed into a morgue of
Islam, and yet the name stands over the
crescent crowned St. Sophia.
GRAND INCARNATION OF WISDOM.
The grand Incarnation of the Sophia
is in the Word of God when the Word
became flesh and dwelt among us, we
beheld His glory as of the only Begotten
of the Father, full of grace and truth.
They only are wise who walk in the
footsteps of Jesus. The outcome of
wisdom which fill earth with it's per-
petual blessedness, is all that subtle in
1uence which, through the ministry of
| prophets and teachers enters into the
harmonious culture of our sons and
daughters. This is the inspiration of
highest manhood, which controls the
soul for its own veal. and the redemp-
ton of the world.
III wisdom from above is first pure,
then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be
entreated, full of merry and good fruits
without partially and without hypoc-
ricy.
You will understand my meaning young
friends, when 1 greet you as the chill
VI 4S&Ot2- ~ w " iiAAS " W to
dom one need not boast that he is wise.
A finished education, catalogues and
diplomas to the contrary notwithstand-
ing is an absurd contradiction. One can
complete a house and finish a book;
but a soul stops not in its ascent. AS
pirations toward the infinite are en-
couraged and forbid one to be satisfied
blest student with only a hand laid on
the lowest rung of this angel filled lad
der . Ct underrstand nTgg claims wisdom a., as
triculatton-that is, being mothered',-,
the youth laying down his pen is clasped
to a shadowy bosom. That stronghold
upon affection is never relaxed. Thirty.
heads come. back to nod approvingly at
the. enterprises of new generations, and
broken voices. echo through ancient halls
the praises of Alma Mater.
There were tears in my eyes last
week as r%everently touched an old table
on which the big book rested IN which
I inscribed my name nearly forty years
ago; The venerable Chancellor. the hon
both passed to the mansions prepared
for them in Q Y Fathers house. The
unique Eliza6ethan pile on Waeshington
when I became an adopted son Of a be-
loved college. You need not wait for a
49,
"who ever longs to know. whose. life
hood lays nature under bonds to be a
faithful teacher and with opening In
telligence seeks the. ministry of those
been gathered into the family of dis
ciples and may walk with the ph.loso-
phesss. r 1hsmsslges ua II acad hSnp gr reyes
tra m1ea9m sa0u of he 'e chsldren. IN me ne
first aspiration for truth Is q greet greeting e
satisfied with ignorance, Her motto IS:
Where. ignorance IS bliss
IT'S folly to be wise
ing hour witless people care not to
question their surroundings. There is =
No boy or girl Is to be educated beyond
fas mef Soy e nsed rea q th rs B MoEs' ana + c the
the county and Is. able to Calculate the
= Sa bush 81 4 Why a9an need 60 R Re parsue = his 50 st maea
further? VIII not a wider outlook make
him DISCONTINUED with the ,p~iough.ng
AM Americapp School system has dssproved
excellent way; While T Is Is true that
our most useful occupations require a
mod.cum of int~eligence,;the soul IS
larger than a mans work n for Its
very highest palaces. TO dispel the
| illusions by which me all wrong right,
and to, analyze the sources e every
luton is the end of our W discipline.
.w.sdom has been justified by the
good deeds Of. her children. BY their
| fruits We shall now them. The leaf
and blossom may be. ~presumptive evil
| dence of a species, but demonstration
waits for the r.pened fruit. When men
act wisely they give, a proof Of sonshlp
which is unanswerabls. When it can be
| ers have done ~virtuously, but thou ex-
| cellest them ALL her encomium COM
mends the foster mother in whose
| school she has been taught. One text
in the Original Is in the past tense. #
was true as a historical fact in. Chr.st's
day. Wisdom has been justified by her
children Whatever progress o,y
living. The line Of lhistory's golden
thread has not vanished from the warp
and woof The wise heads. have saved
the world from folly, and whatever there
he in society that makes our estate en-
durable COWS from the consensus Of true
| hearts. The salvation OF our world to-
day depends upon the pre-emlience ac-