The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-25
COLLEGE
SERVICES
Central Union Church.
Last Evening.
music AND SERMON.
Interesting Program, Including Ex-
cellent Music and Bacca-
laureate Sermon.

luuICdlC OcIIUVU,
The sweet girl graduate brought
hundreds OF her friends to Central
Union Church last evening. 1t was the
occasion Of the baccalaureate service
OF the senior class of oahu College. The
church was filled to the doors with
well wishers of the young graduates,
while the members of the Preparatory
School and the college itself occupied
the entire section of seats OF the central
portion of the auditorium. They pre-
sented n pleasing picture of youthful
ness and gayety, most of the young la
dies being attired in white gowns. The
class OF 1900 which occupied front row
directly In front of the pulpit platform,
consisted of the following persons:
Charles Frederic Alexander, Iwalani
Kathleen Dayton. Edwin Oscar Hall.
Iwalani Amelia Jaeger. Abraham Gill
bert Kaulukou, Glare March Kelley,
Anna Douglas Kincaid, Clarence Ku-
mukoa Lyman, Wilhelmlna Isabella
Schmidt, Raymond spalding.ei
a splendid program of exercises was
carried out. Among the musical Sc
lectlons were the organ prelude grand
lofrertory of "St. Cecilia" rendered by
Professor Ingalls,. and the singing of
the Holy City" by Mrs. Annis Mon
tagOe Turner. Mrs. Turner was in
splendid voice.
Rev. Mr.. Cory and Rev. Serene Bish-
op assisted Mr.. Kincaid. the latter de-
lliverlnglthe baccalaureate sermon. The
jprosran1 was as follows, aipresident
'yrsnt a Hosmer of Qaba col'ese pre-
siding;
organ Prelude-Grand Onertory est.
/ cecilia }, ...................... Batiste
Cali TO Worship-"The Lord Is in His
Holy Temple" Smart
Hymn. by Choir and Congregation, 90.
scripture Lesson, ............. Psalm 10
Anthem-"Sweet the Moment" ..sudds
I Prayer ................. Rev. Mr.. Cory
Iiesponse-"Tarry With Me. o My
/ Savior" ....................... Abt
Solo--'The Holy City" Adams
Mrs. Annis Montague Turner.
Baccalaureate sermon-"Loyalty TO
Conviction" ........ Text, John 1887
n Rev. VIM. NJ. Kincaid.
Hymn. by Choir and Congregation, SIS.
Il Benedlction, Rev. $. r.. Bishop.
Silent Prayer.
organ Poslude-March.. ..... GuiImant
The baccalaureate sermon was an
address of advice 10 the young people
about 20 leave their books for the busy
\ world. and the words of the speaker
were listened to attentively. Mr.. Kin
caid said.
/ Theme. Loyalty 20 Conviction" text
John 1881. "To this end was / born, and
i for this cause car G ] into the world, that
I might bear witness TO the truth"
These words bring Jesus before us as
one who was In the highest degree loya
90 His convictions. He believed that He
had message OF truth for His fellow.
men. To the delivering of that messag,
lie made everything else subordinate. H'
conceived of Himself as In the world or
purpose for this. Accordingly for this
lie lived and for this lie died. This wa.
perfect loyalty.
The men whom the world accounts ia
greatest benefactors, and whom, there
fore. u most honors and reveres. have al
been deeply loyal TO truth and right. a
they understood them. Their views o
what truth and right were may not al
ways have stood the test of time, bu
about their loyalty to the highest the.
saw, there B no question. what they saw
too. was always In advance OF their age
. SO that ~ required courage TO speak II
as u always does what IL higher thai
= common thought
As Illustrating this high loyalty. an
the honor In which II Is held among mer
such great names suggest themselves a
Socrates. most revered among TN
. Greeks. who. by living and dying for hi
convictions. placed himself among tn
immortals: Buddha. greatest OF the Or
entails, who. TO carry his gospel to hi
suffering fellows. surrendered thron
and gladly became "A beggar. Elijah, lisa
: an. and all the grand old Jewish prophet.
who dared face kings with their mes
sagrs Of warning and reproof; Pau
hardly second TO his Master In devouo
To truth ns he saw Il: the long ron q
| Christian martyrs who preferred deaf
rather than be disloyal TO their faitf
Luther. who dared 20 defy the whole e'
| clos'astical power Of mighty Rome ratf
| er than be- untrue TO the light which Go
had let shine In his reason and hear
| and n host OF others, who, following IN
q path OF Luther. dared to carry his prir
ctple OF soul-liberty TO Its fun cons'
quences. I'm the face OF opposition scare
9 lv less severe. or, II we go outside {
: tho field of religion 10 that Of poltici
! liberty and social Justice. the names
~ the men whom the world honors becaus
! they have been loyal TO their convictior
!. | OF right between man and man. and b'
y tween government and the governed. al
n scarcely fewer or less conspicuous. fro
- the dauntiess Judas Maccabeus, who
l. half n dozen generations before Chri
~ won n brief interval OF glorious lber'
ii Cor his Jewish people In the midst
ls their long oppression. down TO our ov
d washington and the heroes OF our Rev
" tuition who won national freedom and !
IN dependence for US. and still later, to Ga
h rison. Lincoln and the rest. who We
"A freedom for the American slave.
And as we join with the world In q