The herald., 1896-06-01
At the University

The Rev. j. A. B. Wilson, ID, preach-
ed the baccalaureate sermon yesterday
morning in the college chapel, / nlVer-
sity of Southern California. taking for
his text Mark 1880. He saved others;
Himself He cannot save. Mr.. wilson
in part said:
The incarnate Son of God, the man of
sorrows acquainted with grief was eN-
piring upon the cross. Forsaken OF the
Father He was draining to the last drop
his cup of anguish in atonemehl Aor
lost world
Witnessing his agonies were the chief
priests and scribes. They spake, these
bitter enemies, this bitter truth for
bitter purpose: He saved others, Him
self He cannot save Strange it was
left for such people as these to voice a
great primal truth Of His kingdom. Yet
they, out of their malignity, spake more
wisely than they knew. True 1t was
that in saving others Himself He could
not save: and not of Him only is it true.
but Of all who shall follow Him in the re-
generation. They shall indeed drink OF
the cup of which He drank and be bap-
tiZed of the baptism of which he was
baptiZed, with all it's legacy of suffering
and sorrow. Know. however that to save
even at this price is the only worthy aim
of life Yet ever and always is saving a
sacrifice. which is the central thought
of the text and suggests two PROPOSE
tionS:
The true mission of life. He saved
Others" and the cost of its accomplish
ment. Himself He cannot save one
has said that it is solemn thing TO die,
but say unto you, it is q thousand times
more solemn to live with all the tremen-
dous possibilities and obligations that
crowd in front of it.
The parable of the talents teaches as
Enthusiastically this tremendous fact that
hT fsfi
in the investment We make for God,
the first feature of which is prepara-
tory, namely. to be personally en-
! powered, and secondly to exemplify this
| power This means to show forth the
| power of this salvation in our own lives.
! Christianity must be lived before the
| eyes of men-a great continual object
| lesson of its blessing. More are misdi-
rected by the inconsistent lives of Chris
tians so-called than by all overt influ-
| ences against Christianity in. the whole
world.
A minister in Salisbury, Md, being So
| licited by one pastor to lend his name tc
| the call to a meeting in the interest ol
| local option, and to give it the sanction
of his presence, thus superciliously re-
| piled: THE services of the church are
amply sufficient for all these things il
| people will regard them, and l cannot
give any assistance or sympathy tc
| mere humanitarian or reformatorJ
| methods"
And so said the priest who, going III
| from Jerico to Jerusalem, saw the rob
| bed and wounded man lying helples!
and bleeding in the way while he pass
ed by on the other side in his hurry tC
| resume his rights sacredotal at JeH'u
| salem; and so said the Levite who pass
ed by and hurried on to assist in these
same amply sufficient services of th'
temple These men were as orthodox a.
| the devil and anxious to attend to th'
| ceremonies of their religion. But 50
| said not the Samaritan who worshpet
"he knew not what" but who, though
all wrong in his distractions, was cor
cretely correct when he saw man II
| trouble.
My friends, if Jesus had commended
the priest or the Levite as His follower