The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-06-17
Sermon Preached by President
Faunce in First Baptist Church.
Large Congregation Present.

region to the c.vilizine ardor Of our time.
A BOND. NOT \ BARRIER.
The ocean. once "A barrier is now
bond. 10 is threaded with cables, shot
through with ships, and forced to yield
it's sponges and corals and buried treas
ures. Steam has ascended for ages from
every fire. but today IL IS harnessed and
carries the burdens OF man with n.
Electricity kndles "A light that makes
the moon and stars seem dim and ban
ishes night from cities. lt warns our
homes and carries our messages and pro-
pels our vehicles. and Is yet only al the
threshold OF It's service TO man
Industrial achievement is swifter and
more marvellous than ever before; vast
combinations OF labor or OF capital are
forming: new discoveries are making the
mornings news more marvellous than
any tales of the past and the sense OF
dominion over land and sea and time and
space Is the characteristic OF all our liter
ature today.
The college student goes out into an
exultant world. where the nations are re-
JoiCing like strong man 20 run race.
But is this all that is meant 10y Have
dominion" To build greater ships and
run swlfter trains. and pile the marble
higher in huge buildings, and exploit
vastcr mines and farms--is this to over
come the world? or shall we discover
that city of triumphant invention and
universal science and proudest civili-
cation. is not after all the city of God?
THE WORLD OVERCOME
Look for moment 60 "A little upper
room i'm Jerusalem as Il was 10 centuries
ago. a poor man is sitting at supper
with his peasant friends lie has not
where TO lay his head He has been re-
jectod by church and state. He is quietly
saying: II have overcome the world"
He who owned not a foot Of land pos
sessed not 81 servant had never Travelled
a hundred miles from home, is saying
II have overcome the world And so he
had The governor who condemned is
remembered only because OF his victim.
The Caesar who made the governor is a
name But Christ's kingdom is an ever
lasting kingdom and his dominion en-
dureth throughout all generations.
A few years later a prisoner IL sit
ting I'm a Roman dungeon. lie has trav-
eled far and wide, and been received with
jeers and stones and stripes Soon the
sword will flash In the dungeon and his
life will end The pathetic inventory of
his property shows an old cloak, with
some books and parchmcnts Yet he
says: II have fought a good fight ="
there is laid up for me crown And
today the writings of that prosecuted
apostle are more influential than the
writings OF al the iurists and philoso-
/ pliers of Rome
! True spiritual dominion involves pri
/ m8rily the conquest OF ones own self
| The most important achievements are In
ferior and until "a man commands him
! self he can never command anybody else
! Let me ask you at the end OF the col
/ lege course: Have you got yourself ~
! hand? Has education brought YOU self
] mastery? Can YOU control Imagination
memory passiou, appetite, aspiration anc
ambition? Are YOU the master of YOU
! own ship. and can you sail In the tectl
/ OF the wind? Can you conquer your owl
| moods. and stand serene In time of ia
! mult2 Can you hold Yourself steadily {,
a disagreeablo task. and toll 80 year.
! without breaking down? Can YOU abstain
/ and renounce when that a. duty an,
summon all your powers FOR swift onse
/ when duty calls Co that?
The old education. now passing. aime,
primarily at self-discpline: the new ed
ucation aims at self-dovelopmcnt Eacl
has the defects of its Qualities The ol,
education often tried 20 force all student
IN TO one rigid pattern. the new cduca
tion sometimes leUveg men fun of knowl
edge but with minds spra wing and dis
! innted
what We an nccd g. not mere knowl
edge. not mere discipline. but training
, slch stronUoua tu!uinE as shall maxi
rs matters OF tae situation within un'
without
\ NOZZLE EXAMPLE
When any student j. dismaycd by hi
own personal limitations. physirai %
m.Ltgl ht dos " II ~ TEN DiiNSr ~