The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-16
BACeALAURFATE SERMON
To the Graduating Class of the High
school Delivered by DR.. William M.
Hudsbn-was Mastery Effort.


DR.. William NJ. Hudson delivered the
baccalaureate sermon at the Sunday
morning services at the First Presby
terian church TO the graduates OF the
High school the class and a large con.
gregation being present, There wa,
special music by the choir under the
direction Of PROF. Johns. The sermon
was pronounced a mastery effort and
al were well edited by it. DR.. Hudson
took for his text, eHow much then il
a man better than Sheep ST. Matthew
XII: l2. His theme was The Question
Of Manhood" DR., Hudson said in part:
The value Of nanhood-the worth Of
womanboodi There can be no ques
tion Of greater Importance to you who arc
passing from one school to another or
from school life to life school, There
are two standards of measurement
that set up by the world and that given
BY the Lord Jesus.
"lEe world judges men and sheep by
the amount required to buy them. The
highest price on record every paid fol
sheep is $4,000. There is no record
Of the highest price ever paid for man
ut they tell Us that you can buy a
woman in Africa for little salt and z
man in clarlSsburg for dollar ball, and
.akirg these figures we are led to ask
! mani Again the world judges the
How much better then is sheep than
value Of men and sheep by their rela
Tive estimate of the purpose of life.
so far as we can determine the onl,
,bjeei the sheep has in life is to eat
lIink and lie down in green pasture.
na beside still waters, to sleep, ano
sssin 10 eat and drink, and lie down t.
s'cep till the butcher leads him away
70 the slaughter. How many men thers
are who seem TO have no other object
in lie, save TO eat and drink in the
ear that te-morrow they die.
.Bdtde Christ did not So measur,
zen. In fact this never was a question
:ih him, but an exclamation. for we
md tie text More correctly translated
9f how mneh more value then is man
han a slI,ep3'
- man is of Infinitely more valu,
han siseep because he has mind and
! i living soul.
"i'ye seen some wonderfully trained
logs, and horses, and even trained pig
1nt I've yct to see trained sheep, al
bat he sceins to know is to follow &
tnpid leader. One great reascal why {
nan is Of such infinite value lies in his
power Of thought. Other things being
aaal, i man rises in the scale OF wortl,
70 the world in proportion to his mint
development, and no man can bc gieat
ucsess in any work save he have
allied trained to do that work. The past
IA brought TO you great opportunitis
or, training your minds For the worl
iefore yois remember then that your
-alae TO the world will depend in 1
arge measure on how well you have
rade use Of the privileges that have
been yours.
Then a man is Of infinitely more
worth than sheep because he is i'm
mortal-the son Of God. Yon have ia
many good teachers WHO have taught
rou many valuable lessons, but il ]
an only impress upon you the wortl
I nsinhood viii have done a double
-eryice; FIRST to you. FOR the man ans
women who know their real worth IL
the world must do their work well; ane
Chen to our fellows. in that al wh
know the great value Of human iifs
must love their fellows, and one great
afel to-day is the need Of traiDet
mind. guided by love for their fellow
men. The call Is to You to suppl,
taat need"