The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-12
Presbyterian Church Was Filled With
Vast Concourse Of People.
Ceremonies We're Interesting and In
structive as Well as Pleasing.
Excellent Musical Program Rendered.
Decorations Very Pretty.
From Mondays Daily.

somely decorated. The pulpit was a mass
of pionies, roses and other bright flow
ers relieved by back of ferns and palms.
The color scheme was red and white
the class colors. The large ampithea-
tire, annex and galleries of the church
were taxed to their utmost capacity and
many were unable to find seats. AS the
tones of the organ filled the church,
the graduating class filed in and took
the seats reserved for them.
The organ voluntary was rendered by
Miss Cheshire in manner evincing vast
study and feeling. Following this a
hymn was joined in by all after which
President Cooper led the Psalmster, Sc
lection Sc, psalm l45. The Gloria sung
by the choir was very prettily handled
indeed. The scripture was read by Rev. G.
W. Davis and was followed by very
forceful and earnest prayer by the Rev.
Z. L. Heermance.
The sacred duet with the violin obi
cato by Mr.. Ambrosch, was rendered in
the well known and always always-ap
rreciated style by Mrs. Parry and Mrs.
Patterson.
The preacher of the evening was Rev.
f. p Herrick of Minneapolis who was in
PRODUCED by President Cooper and who
made a short but very instructive and
forceful address. He took his text
from the last portion of the tenth verse
of the tenth chapter of the gospel of st.
John. II am come that they might have
life and that they might have it more
abundantly."
The first picture that DR.. Herrick drew
| from the scripture was that in which the
Lord likened Himself to shepherd en-
tering into the fold and finding many
sheep belonging to many shepherds, and
or leaving the fold finding his own sheep
separating from the other ffocks and fol-
lowing him. Even so the church, upon
his advent, left the heather fold and fol-
lowed their master never to return.
His second picture was that of the
door of the sheep-fold. He is now the
door. That too is full of meaning. He
is the door, That through which the
sheep shall pass to find refuge and safe
ty-the saving, caring, keeping power of
the dear master for his sheep. But the
sheep go in and out also-out to find new
pastures. They pass in through the door
to find safety and out to obtain susten-
ance. The good shepherd is always
ready to 60 even unto death for the saw
ing and redeeming his realm. He MAY be
both the shelter and the sllsrenance of
life.
Il am come that they might have life
and that they might have it more abun-
dainty" The Lord states here why He
came down to earth-why He left the
glories of Heaven and came down to
earth to be born in stable-to be laid in
a manger. Why for about thirty years
he was peasant and carpenter in
Nazareth? Why did He do all that
Why 60 onto the cross and why 90 down
into the shade of death? Why hang upon
the cross at Calvary? 1t was to bring
life to us and salvation to us and to
ali the world.
| want you to notice how true this
has been in the history of the earth
Where was the dividing point in the his
tory of the earth? Every time we set
down the number of the year, we chroni-
Gle the dividing point in the history of
the world. How, poor and unworthy
then was the lot of the average man.
How. easily sentenced to death. Willing
to see his tender women and children
torn to death for the amusement of the
Roman world. And then the coming of
Jesus Christ into the Roman world-tLe
Roman emperor because out of the fol-
lowers of Jesus Christ and the leader of
the Christian hosts That was the his
tory of the world into which JESUS Christ
came giving life abundant. 1 should
like to follow this point to present years
how this age is finding life full of in
ventions and discoveries -life's abound
ing as no age has ever witnessed. But we
just pass on.
The coming of Jesus Christ to single
soul or to a nation is the quickeniug
of intellectual and mental life of that in |
dividual or nation. The mental condi-
ton of the Chinese is little if any ad- |
vanced from that of the time of Jesus
Christ but we are beginning to lead them
to the feet of Jesus Christ and their |
by no means mean intellectual powers |
are Frightening in accordance. For the
last week I have been associated with |
an old school teacher before whom 1 |
sat twenty years ago in the school room.
For these twenty years he has been
studying the old testament scriptures, |
teaching biblical theology and 1 could
not but notice the breadth of his know
ledge. You who are to become teachers,
if you want to go into the great things
OF life before you, become yourselves
pupils of the great teacher Jesus Christ