The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-06-06
.MAsTERLY SERMON TO THE, lHl-Elt
s.. HIGH SCHOOL GRAD
.ss UATING CLASS
4By Rev Wilson Aull at the
Congregational Church last 4
Sunday Evening.

Of the pulpit. After singing by the
congregation, the divine blessings
were invoked by Rev. Robert McCune,
followed with an anthem by the
choir. Rev. W. J. McC Colon read the
scriptures, after which Rev. Aull arose
to deliver his address. His voice was
remarkably clear, and he lacked none
of the eloquence that always charact-
erizes his delivery. He took for his
text Prov. 4:2s. "Keep thy heart
with all diligence, for out of it are
the issues Of life" The address in
full was as follows: w.. ,.."
T. This is an educational age; never
was mental training more appreciated
and more sought forthan now. New
er were books so cheap; never was
the education of the masses at so
high a level. Education is to be had
in the kindergarten, and in the uni
versity; in the cottage of the laborer,
in the mansion of the millionaire, in
the Chatauqua:C Circle and in the con-
vention. 1t is furnished by the state,
by the church and by individual.
The press, the pulpit and political
campaign ale becoming more and
educational; education is in the air
and upon the doors of: our houses
and of.:our hearts is written the motto:
acknowledge is power"
And we'll it is so; far be it from
me::to cry down education: tits the
lack of education. It is ignorance
that makes many of our criminals.
No. it is. not education that ! depre-.
cate it is that we as ind Yiduals give
our ourselves onegside ducation. Too
often we overfeed the head and under
feed the heart; the stuffed intellect
causes mental indigestion; the starved
affections bring on heart failure. We
make the intellect all in all; we hold
securely our beliefs, our opinions,
our theories, especially, our pet ones,
but feeling is minor matter.
In the public estimation muscle
holds high place; witness the craze
for athletic in our large colleges and
the present popularity of the bicycle
and the bloomer; even a higher
value is placed on money than on
muscle; as shown by the mad race
for riches, but in the threefold aristoc->
racy of Drawn, brains and bullion; in
tellect still holds high place, while
in comparison with all these, mere
good is drug on the market; anyone
can be good; goodness has come to
be synonymous with dullness, stupid
ity, weakness. >r T..
- When speaking Of perfectly
worthless man you may not care to say
anythingharsh, yet fee1ingthatthere is
very little good to tell, and driven into
corner, in your despair you say,
'sWell, heis a good hearted fellow"
Thus do we. belittle the value of the
heart. On the other hand, if person
be only brilliant, his vices are too
often ignored. If talent atones for
immortality in another, much more
easily do we pass over heart wrongs
III ourselves, if we only have bright
idea Or a witty word as a substitute.
Is not this the very reverse of what
it should be? Does not heart hold
in leading strings memory, imagina-
ton, reason, will, all the faculties7
What you love in the past remains
most vivid in the memory; what you
love in the future kindles most
brightly the imagination; what you
love to believe you can defend with.
numerous and weighty reasons; what
you love to do. the will most prompt
ly executes.
Tell me what you love and [ will
tell you what you are, yea more, tell
me what you love and will tell you
what you will be. What you will be at
any rate until you change your loves
Your theories, suggestions, specu-
.lations are not you. It is your de-
sires, your inspirations, yourpractical
beliefs that make you what you are,
Cold intellect has little effect on
character. Gas a man thinketh in
his heart so is he." AL: