The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-06
BACCALAUREATE SERMON.
Delivered by Prof. w. A. Wilson, Of
Baptist Female College.

By request we publish the Daccalau
reate sermon delivered by Prof. w. "A.
Wilson, of b. F. c., before the students
of that institution, at the First Bap-
fist church, in this city, OH Sunday,
May 18th, 1895:
Jesus saith unto her, touch me not, for
I am not yet assembled to my Father; but
20 to my brethren and say unto them,
that l ascend to my Father and your
Father and my God and your God."John
22:t7.
The scene of our text is lald amid the
shadows of the cross. The fatal Friday
of the cr%ucitixion had ended in a dark
ness far more terrible than that which
yelled the face of the sun. On the
evening before, Jesus and his disciples
had eaten together their last meal
now leaving this room in which, doubt
less, many heart-touching words Of
promise and farewell were spoken, and
passing along the now silent and de-
serted streets of Jerusalem and out oil
the city gate, we see him kneeling in
PRAYER under the Olive shadows Of
Gethsemane,
+" IT'S midnight, and on Olives brow
The star IL dimmed that lately shown
IT'S midnight and in the garden now
The suffering Savior prays Hone"
Early on Friday, long before the
gray dawn. of morning had heralded
this, the darkest day in the worlds
history, the threatening CLEAN OF thu
soldiers torch lights are seen among
the trees. The Master is betrayed by
Judas, and arrested by the mob; ther
quickly follow the trial before the san
hedren; the trial before Herod; thu
final trial before Pilot; the fata
decision, and the hasty preparation To-
the c%rucifixion.
Towards noon we see the mol
ascending the hill, Christ bearing hi
own cross, and when they came to tn
place which is called Calvary, Their
they cruelty him and the two thieves
one on the right and the other on tn
left.
From the sixth to the ninth hou
there Is darkness over the whole land
and about the ninth hour he cries will
q loud voice at is finished''-and dies
Then follow in rapid succession tn
rending of the veil of the temple; tn
quaking Of the earth; the breaking Q
the rocks; the opening of the grave
and the rising Of the saints, until tn
Roman centurion and those that wer
with him were made to cry out: s'trul
this must have been the son Of God"
The inspired writer does moi stop T.
tell us what impressions all these thing
must have made upon the minds o
those that gathered in mad and will
frenzy about the cross. There is some
thing wonderful and appalling IN th
malignant and wild impulses of q vas
multitude when they have lost al
promptings OF pity and all feelings o
humanity and rush with beast-like fur,
upon their helpless victim.
We can perhaps understand thi
when the mob, under the sense Of som
great wrong, has been moved to muffin,
and violence, or how citizens ordInaril,
inspired by feelings Of justice and RICH
can be SO influenced against the autho
of some great crime that they will tax
the law into their W hands, AM
wreak their vengeance upon abe trans
gressor. But how TINS burning nance
TINS Wild q ana mai'gnant IA
should be vented upon the innocen
Savior, l cannot understand. Their
was nothing IN ms iiie AZ winch eve
Pilot could ma iamit; Justice al
mercy q inspired all MS sPeecn an
conduct as he walked among them
there still fingered the ecno OF In
warning OF fiiot's wle: "hsVe 'no,
notning 10 90 Win TINS JUST person.
tnere rings out rom the Ups Oh "a
dying m~aieisctor the cornerstone Nv,
suffer indeed justly, out TINS man .
zone morning am'ss. We canno
account tor 'ge cruei n..IeU 'na
lnsPlreo tne az Tue ruc'nn'on o.
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gives Ina 'ne catna, ,ninu 10 enm''.
Against zoo ana not suoyec' 70 ms law
ana until o heart OF man 10 toucne'
by divine love- I'M win OF man y
brought mo humble s~uolection to1od'
law, TINS enmity wil NOT ease
nut tnanks % 70 Goa, Q All wn'
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joined In the maiedictions OF the mutt
tude. turning sgain 70 % sacre'
record we READ: lana many womel
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unto nim' smong wnom were MAT
Magdaiene, MARY, ne mother Oh Jane
ana Joses. ana the mother OF ZeDudee'
cnmcren.
Inc poets nave sung OF the Angels o
buena vista, the women VINO IN 60
mexican war went over tne Dattieneid
and with their gentle minlstry OF neip
carea ior the und anu iaid GU
the dylng; every wnere giving enc
q comiort q neiP oy tneir swee
cervice OF mercy. so We might speal
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neids; me- angels OF Inc Crimean var
IN wnicn Florence Nightingale organ
ized tina wonderfai system OF nospits
service wnlcn mas proven sucn . piess
ing 10 the English armies. q when !
now ADOPTED throughout Europe; W
mlght speak OF D angels OF tne hevo
iution; the angels OF Gettysonrg an
Sniion' ana the battles Oh o ATE war
On now these angels OF mercy nav
hovered i've earth's great pattieheids
wnether amid o scenes OF warfare, 0
wnere pestiience sPreads iIs aark wing
over the iand' or where famine an
disease waste and destroy, Oh wner
business disaster and panic reign-i
all these woman mas neen' present !