The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-12

DR.. G. w. Davis, dean of Manchester
college and member of the board of
school inspectors, yesterday delivered the
first baccalaureate sermon before the
members of Central high school senior
class and many others in the auditorium
of the Central Presbyterian church at 3
D.
Dr. Davis dwelt at some length upon
the value of a good name. According to
the Scriptural expression good name
was better than great riches, and as it
held good nineteen centuries ago, the
same today. He contended that names
We're the vital forces in society today and
the watchwoFds of great movements
Carlyle and Emerson, the speaker said,
emphasized in their works the merit of
a good. name. s...ee
The names in history stood, for great
reforms and great men. The name of
Washington would ever be linked with
the Revolutionary war; Luther with
Professionalism; Wesley with the Presby-
terrain church; Booth with the Salvation
army movement, and Clark with the
Christian endeaxor. The speaking of
name had inspired thousands on the bat
tie field. How prominent and with what
significance the words blue and gray were
spoken in connection with the Civil war
and red and white with the War of the
Roses. Good names were synonyms Of
spiritual. intellectual and physical quail
ties. DR.. Davis called attention to the large
use of names in the Bible. Jehovah in the
Old Testament ard Jesus in the New
Testament were the names that had stood
out pre-eminently in the worlds history,
and their power for good had been I'M
measured and would continue for count
less ages. ST want to say to you, my
young friends" said DR.. Davis, "that
the name that has had the greatest In
f1uence in human history Is the name Of
Jesus. His name has been exalted above
any in the universe.
with men it is their ambition to carve
out name in history, but no such motive
moved the soul Of Jesus. He was not like
the car of all the Russians to crown
himself, but he was crowned by the
eternal angels above.
Jesus Christ was the most unique char
acter In history; His life was the most
unique, as was His name. Only in the
ministry three short years, not a founder
Of any new theological school, yet His
works live on to this day. 1 say again
to you that the name of Jesus is the
ulOSI SlSIldl pOWes- lOF. SOOu III the WOflQ.
His name is destined to conquer every
man, woman and child in the universe.
The Scripture tells US that every knee
shall bow. 1t. is He who gives YOU a
home, and vet He had not where to lay
his head. 1t Is He who gives us the
greatest school of philosophy and yet He
was not recognized as a trained phil
osopher Of His time.
I'VE have been progressing in this age
from the precepts laid down by Jesus and
the influence of His name through Chris
tendon and the uttermost parts of the
earth. picture the moral grandeur Of
the next fifty years, when I think of the
power of His name and what it has al
ready accomplished. With you my
young friends. the glorfes of this life are
Just before you. You surely cannot. fail
to go Quito spiritual and moral victory
If you advance with His lame as your
talisman.
Il cannot sum up the whole message
better than to urge you, my young friends,
and make a resolution in this house to
good, and ennobling.
You leave school with mixed joy and
sorrow; joy because Of the completion
of your scholastic pursuits, and sorrow
because of the parting with your class
mates. / look to you to live larger.
better life in the field that is just before
you. and continue the study OF LIES
problems until the splendid day when you
shall grow in the sight of His radiant
person"