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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF NEW
BEERY iOLLEGE
Exercises Largely Attended-4ble Sermons
by Prominent Miuisters-Excelient Ad-
dresses by the Young Men.

berry College began in the opera house
Sunday morning with the baccalaureate
sermon preached by Rev. J. w. HORNE,
pastor of St. Johns Lutheran Church,
Charleston, S. c..
Owing to the inclemency of the weather,
the exercises up to this writing have not
been as largely attended as at former
Commeucements. However, the house
was pretty nearly filed for the Sunday
morning sermon.
The select choir for the occasion was
composed of some OF the College ladies
and gentlemen, and they furnished ex-
cel1ent music.
The morning services were conducted
by Rev. w. L. Seabrook, of Newberry.
Prayer by Dr. E. P. McClintock.
THE BACcALAURATE SERMON.
| Mr.. HORNE took his text from Colos-
slams, s:23, "Whatsoever ye do, do it
heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto
men," After a brief introduction, he
said that the first principle which the
Apostle lays down is that the Christian
will do something. "Whatsoever ye
do, ,"-ye will surely have something to
do. The Apostle takes that much for
granted.
That is, that the very foundation of a
Christians life in this world is the per-
Torrance of some definite, useful life
work. The Christian is to be q worker,
and not beegar, producer and not a
parasite. And he is to be so not only OIL
economic grounds, in accordance with
the Scriptural proverb, "He that is sloth-
| full in his work is brother to him that is
great waster;' and not only on moral
grounds, in accordance with the secular
proverb, che that does nothing learns to
do ILL.," but also upon distinctly religious
grounds, in accordance with the divine
command, given to the first man and to
every man, and reafirmed by the apostle,
as being incumbent also upon Christian
men, as when he writes to his converts at
Thessalonica: "For even when we were
with you, this we commanded you, that
| if any would not work, neither should he
eat. For we hear that there are some
which walk among you disorderly, work
ing not at all, but are busytodies. Now,
them that are such we command and ex-
hort by our Lord Jesus Christ that with
quietness they work, and eat their own
| bread" Work for the worker and re-
| ward for his work; Gods voice obeyed;
his world developed; his people provided
for; this is his gracious and comprehen-
sive plan; and perhaps not the least re-
ward of work is the pleasure found in do
ing skillfu1 work.
But not only does the apostle tale It
for granted the Christian will do some
thing, but it is also surely implied that he
will not fail to find something to do. For
there is always work to be done; not al
ways it may be, the work which we pre-
| fer. but there is somewhere, and not far
| away. some work which is calling aloud
for workman. "Whatsoever thy hand
6ndeth to do, do it" said the wise man.
1t may be that you have no special aptl-
tude or inclination for it; but if God has
put that work in your way or has put you
in the way of obtaining that work, then
that is the work for you, and you are not
at liberty to pick and choose, to snltt at
and reject, to loiter and loaf, until some
thing turns up which strikes your fancy
or seems worth while. No honest, useful
work is beneath you as college graduates
If God gave you a clear eye and steady
hand and a sound body and rational
mind. that itself was a sufficient equip
ment with which to go to york, and it
was the measure of your responsibility.
And if to this original capital you have
added the usury of education in trained
faculties and enlarged capabilities, so far
from being untitled for work or lifted
above it you have but gained au increased
capacitv to bring to bear upon it. and
both God and man expect from you bet
ter results and larger success.
The second principle laid down in the
text is that whatever The Christian finds
to do he will do it the best he can.
"Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily " 1 do
| not think have ever spoken for the first
time with a student, without saying to
him, work perseveringl>; work can be
made pleasure, and is alone profitable
TO man. to his country. The highest and
largest and best results are to be OBJ
tanned only by steady, assiduous, lnde-
fatigable application and labor 1 do not
know whether you are ambitious to sue
ceed. or whether you aspire TO give to
vour work the best that is in you; but LEI
me tell you two things: that if you shirk,
YOU will fall short of the full measure OF
work which God has appointed to you,
and will be unfaithful in the use of the
talents with which he has gifted you; and
that if you invest these talents, doing
YOUR work perseveringly and consclen-
tiousIv, success will come of itself.
The third principle laid down III the