The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-09
4 STATE UNIVERSITY.
n, annual commencement Exercises
Are Now Under Way.
|n,,M BY BISHOP {. B. GALLOWAY.
e,,v.d Was In Attendance to Hear
Sm,..--Many OF the Old Students
?" Were In Attendance.


=" Were In Attendance.
rexss. June s.The auditorium
s,,setsity was crowded to suffoca-
y. .si, Morning TO hear Bishop Charles b.
w. NJ Jackson. Miss, deliver the
s'As .,.nrcn,e sermon. This was the open
Z. 4 tac nineteenth annual commence
~, EXERCISES. and while attendance Is
80 Iarse, the audience today numbered
mors than it dill last year, or FOR
- p,evlous occasion. so far us the at
,,,d,nre Is concerned.
I'M larre rostrum was beautifully dccora-
,s,,r M OCCASION The rear wall was
N ,rom view by two large American
=. rlth beautiful Texas flag drapcd
,sssn them. Two dozen pots OF big
I'm. were elevated under the hags while
!, M footlghts a row of small palms
w.do the scene look more beautiful than
81, pusts Of Sam Houston und Stephen
i !, irstiu were mounted on pcuestuis. GA
t.s .ills OF the Iostrnm and In the cen.
4, mar the speakers stand. was Il hugh
sassael OF lilies and ferns wrapped
A
va VA reSresenting the colors OF the un.v,r.
.m-.ordnge anu white. The seats imme.
ss,sp In front OF the rostrnn were re.
stted fof the graduates and tNeir friends,
M Of eourse all were prc-cnpted early
1 M singing Of the duxUlogy formally
IVA An the University Glce club had charge
. n All the music, the different church choirs
. 4 tAe rty were not called on to assist In
ue mHslc,
NV Dr. Bradfcld of the Tenth Street
Ndh6dist church offered a brief prayer.
oDtll the minister closed.
I'M iltc club then sang The Son OF God
does Forth to war which was beautifully
| rendered. and the audience again stood and
sal. Holy, Holy, Holy. Lord God Al.
lew Dr. French of thc First Baptist
church conducted tho Scripture reading.
natIng from paul's Epistlc to the Colos
| SANS / to 10 verses, lnciusively.
Our Eternal King" was sung and the
igdlsnce wa, favored with n vocal solo =
| "silll With Thee" by Miss Maymo Inck-
son, which was very pretty, besides being
klffmely appropriate.
rev Dr. Southall offered PRAYER and
BIstob Galloway delivered the baccaau-
rate sermon.
BACCALAUKEATE SERMON.
The blshop took mis- text from the
Eighteenth verse, first chapter of Pauls
Eplstle to the Colossians: I'm all things
ye may have pre-cmlnence. He said, in
part, that no more ber utiful passage could
b found in the Molly Writ. as 1t was a
warning to all mankind that the opportu.
pity was in the world for them. This was
written to combat tho hcresy Of the time
shleh had for its object the practical dc
thrcnlng Of Christ This doctline belong.
] TO the sphere Of practical Christian life
IS 10 Christ there can not he two of tlem
Hes not divided; He Is the King of NingU,
ne enc Lord and tho one Mediator. he
.ifoy this doctrine and the crown is TORI
nom His royal brow. All kings and prlA
epallties are created for His lower, AND
whatever msy he the theory Of man the
isd remains, that In the beginning God
made the heavens and tho earth, and al
things are controlled by Hin and 1T
strong arms sustnins the universe which u,
created, There is not n star which shines
ora stream which rings It's mellow bell
while on the way to the sea, but what re
llhraies to the mAtchlcss song Of the nn'
treator. All through the way of humniufl
bows the crimson blood Of His divine life
hsefy one who bends hcneHth. with chm Il,
and weary souls, owes his life to this divin,
and fsdeth not away. He Is the pre-emi
nent One, and above the stars He sits &
EQUALLY Judge all mankind and save tlos,
Nno look 10 Him Tor mercy. In old lcSt0
Meht history every one to come must f0"i
iae Christ ana tho Rcdeemer 10 como
enrst Is the pre-eminCnt One. for He Il
scund by universal character ms Is the on!
else,
Plants Of the South can not live IN III
North, and the plant from the polar re-
ricns can not survive In the tropics 1hi
condition applies To mankind. ~ The rare
sie distributed according to climate, as IN
Anso-Saxon differs from the Ea"; indi
,aces He told of Edmund Burke. MGrtii
N!nsr Thomas Jefferson and ShN kespcnle
va after paying them masterful tr!hute
,hey we're compared with the Man Of Gal
se' 70 show his superiority over al imam
ana as the pre-eminent One
ne said that Shakespeare's writings wer
~. IN more languages than any otho
writer, except those Of the Testament A
% Christ besides being pre.eminent, He wa
we cotemporary Of all ages. from C1csa
c,omwell, before and after AS he tro
lae hills Of Judea or walked the street
= me Holy City. He was the greatest &
naaers and the King Of kings. and ms I
oinet historical leaders such as Napoln
ala Hannibal their causes We're ent ,n,ho
inosether, hut not with this pre-. eminen
vne as his cause lives today and Is co..
,unlaly growing for tho uplifting of MAJ
naa ana beacon OF hone to those WI
~ stricken with the Ills and sins an
e'spalrs Of life.
As 10 wars and rumors OF wars, there
come a universal peace, and Shis pr
'ninent Christ as the life of the wori'