The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-07

byterian church, who invoked the Divine
blessing upon the university. giving thanks
for the past and asking help for the fu-
ture He also invoked the blessing OF the
Almighty upon the nation and the nations
flag in the holy war now being waged.
Then came the singing by the audience
Of that most beautiful Of ell King David s
psalms No. 27-"The Lords My Shep-
herd I'll Not Want" the words of which
had been printed IN the program, and
sang to an old and familiar tune was most
effective and impressive, the whole audi
ence joining in the refrain.
After reading a short scripture selection
Miss AIcCune, Of the musical department.
sang beautiful solo: 1.-THE Better Land"
which was followed by Gloria" by the
university octate, after which the speaker
was introduced.
He delivered powerful sermon. the
general impression being that it was the
finest in thought. dictlon and depth ever
delivered in our city. His text was
passage Of scripture from Micah: AZ am
full of power by the spirit of the Lord"
and a verse from Corinthians: 1--WE look
not upon the things which are seen. but
upon the things that are unseen" the
thought being that the greatest powers
are those which are immaterfal-unseen
As examples of these powers he cited life,
the greatest power. but unseen. unknown
and unknowable: the law Of gravitation,
subtle power; what Is it-from whom does
it emanate? Electricity the power that
is now moving the world and destined to
still greater development. In the mental
and moral plane also there are great
powers. unseen and fmma terial-but all
the more powerful because unseen. He
mentioned character, without which no
man or woman could or would succeed;
looks. appearance dress were as nothing
without character to back it up. Another
great power was faith-in God in you
fellow-man. in yourself. Don't lose your
grip. Have supreme fatth. It is unseen,
but can remove mountain Of difficulty and
disaster The greatest Of an powers IS
love-the heart-power, the sum and sub
stance, the foundation stone. the funda-
mental principle upon which all powers
we're erected; love for God and for your
fellows.
And then he talked about applying all
these powers. Faith without works 10
dead" They must be applied-just as
steam. electricity and other physical pow
ers are applied. He spoke feefngly TO
the graduates. fmpressing upon them the
great necessity OF applying their powers,
and dwelt upon the fact that the men who
had been great in all things were men
who loved their God and their fellow
man; had faith in God AMI IN themselves;
the greatest brains, greatest minds, great
est hearts were those who gave their
hearts to God Almighty, end that true
education gave these attributes to the stu
dent
It was a sermon which sank deep into
the hearts of his hearers. and for the
hour that he spoke he was given the
elnsest sttention. He closed BY paying a
glowing tribute 10 the university, to the
president and faculty and 20 the students,
saving from his heart that he had never
IN his experience visited college that
demonstrated greater possibilities, more
real culture. refinement and Intellectual
endowment than this great college OF the
Unions youngest commonwealth
The grand concert OF The musical de-
parrment Of the university is 70 be given
on "Wednesday night, June s, and the reg
ular commencement exercises. with ad-
dress, presentation OF diplomas, etc. on
Thursday night, June g Hon. George
s. Green, Of Guthrie. member Of the board
Of regents. Will csliver the annual ad-
dress.
There are many strangers IN the city
attending the exercises. and very large
number are expected during the week. Il
IS the thought Of al mat never were com
menceme-t srvices given with greater en-
thuslasm and under such bright auspices
as at TINS time al the University OF Ok
lahoma.