The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-02

Paul on the other hand, in
recognizing it and fully living up to it.
Cain endeavored to evade responsible
ity by the question, Am I may broth
er's keeper" And PLATE by washing
his hands and saying concering the
death of Jesus, 81 am innocent of the
blood of this righteous man. see We To
it,
In marked contract with the conduct
of these two men, he said, was that of
the apostle Paul, who affirmed that he
was debtor to both Greeks and Bar
barians, to both wise and foolish. Yet
how could he be their debtor? They
had done nothing for him. They We're
principally men whom he had never
seen,. men over whom he had no con-
troll, men of entirely different race. Yet
the apostle affirmed that he was their
debtor, not because of anything that
they could possibly have done for him,
but because of his intense feeling that
he was responsible, under God, to help
his fellow men.
After still further emphasizing the
general truth by reference to Christs
second great commandment Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as myself"
DR.. Adams turned to three practical
applications.
The first was that we are debtors to
raise the moral standards of the COM
munity. This was urged with reference
to amuSementS, whose cost and ten
dency ought to be considered before
they could be encouraged. Social recre-
alton was presented as proper, but So
cial dissipation was wrong. Stress was
also laid upon social purity, truthful
ness, honesty, the standards for y hich
should be, in our communities, exactly
the same as the standards of the Bible.
Another practical application was
made to the race problem. The apostle
Paul. of the weaker race, had this
problem in his day, and nobly
met 1t. God means that the two races
shall dwell tremendously together and
help one another. And in an audience
like this lay great power for the
proper solving of this problem. A third
practical application was made to the
work of the church. 1t was true that
churches made mistakes, as they were
made up of imperfect people. Never
theless they were Gods chosen repre-
sentatives to do His work. Intelligent
and earnest interest should be taken
in their work. If a store needs to take
careful account of money, so does a
church. If a city needs honest officials,
so does a church. If the streets need
to be orderly, so do the services of a
church. And none can claim exemp-
ton by staying out. Who excuses from
religious work? Does man? But man
has no right to excuse from Gods
work. Does God? No one would dare
to say this.
In closing DR.. Adams addressed the
graduates in part, as follows.
1.-The schools need you, even if you
do not teach, that you may rightly use
youf influence in the educating of the
young; the home needs you, that it's
prosperity and purity may be ever
strengthened: the community needs
YOU that its business standards may be
social occasions may not lead to harm,
but may promote righteousness as well
as happiness; the church needs you,
creased.
go forth, then, after the training
that you have received in this insti-
tuition, feeling that you are indeed
debtors; and that, following humbly
the great Master, you also may minis
ter and give your lives that you may
help many"
A very large and intelligent audi
ence greeted DR.. Adams, and his SER
mon was greatly enjoyed.
The exercises will continue until
Wednesday, which is commencement
day. when twenty-eight students will
receive diplomas.
Tonight at $3.50 o'clock the anniver-
sary exercises of the Y. M. c. A. will
be held in Meldrim Auditorium. Suit
able exercises have been prepared by
the students. The annual address will
b delivered by Rv. p. H. Travis of At
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