The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-06
LIFE is LAID BARE
BEFORE GRADUATES
Manchester College Students
Listen to Parting Words
of Advice

The baccalaureate sermon delivered an
nually before the graduating class and
other students of Manchester college was
preached yesterday afternoon at the
Manchester Presbyterian church by Dr.
John e. Bushnell. pastor of Westminster
Presbyterian church, Minneapolis. The
congregation was large
As text DR.. Bushnell quoted Timothy
/. IL, Now unto the king eternal immor-
tai. invisible, the only wise God, be honor
and glory for ever and ever. Amen
Every life, said the preacher, has it's
own pitch. The text, itself doxology,
showed to what pitch the life of Paul was
attuned.
Every life has its characteristic note
with some sigh or a groan, with others
a song of praise
Considering the different conceptions of
life, DIR. Bushnell showed how certain ia
nous philosophers and spiritual leaders
such as Buddha-pitched their lives to
lament; human existence, they sighed,
was not worth living. The same gloomy
note of depression characterized the
So Works OF many modern authors. Including
Schopenhauer, George Eliot, Goethe.
Thomas Hardy, and, very often, Carlisle
and Matthew Arnold
On the other hand, the Christian con-
ception of life was joyful. 1t was attuned
Paul
The sermon next discussed the three
principal thoughts leading up to the text.
In interpreting human life Paul was con-
vlnced. first, that this life is a privilege;
that if accepted in the right spirit, life
should fill every Christian with enthuSi-
asm. Hence, second, the Christian life
should be attuned, as was Pauls, to a
Joyful note of praise. Third, the Chris
tian should be thankful for his life in that
1t afforded him an opportunity for serving
as a medium through which God might
beneht other Christians. For these rea-
shoald live with a high purpose and
should hope and endeavor to make their
lives each a glorious success.
Human Side Predominates
The danger today maintained DR..
Bushnell, was that there was too%much Of
the human, too little of the divine, in our
lives. Education had been too much con-
fined to the mere material side. Educa-
ton should impart, instead, a sense of
the presence of a loving and friendly God
This essential inspiration had been made
too little Of by the commercial world Of
the present day. For no education was
their source in the heart of living low
ing God.
The graduates were urged to consider
the example of Paul; how, when he had
found God and felt himself redeemed
from sin, he was filed with the desire to
give praise and attune his live to joy.
He was then convinced that God could
use him for the good Of others. - Sin this
conviction lies in the glory of your life-the
Coo, needs you to aid in uplifting the
"Take God with YOU. then, into your
life; make that life life of service,
life Of praise, a life of joy.''
The chorus choir Of 100 voices sang BE
Not Afraid and "TI1e Lost Chord"
| Yesterday morning the alumni sermon
was preached before the same students at
Macalester church by Rev. w. J. Mitchell,
of Minnea polls.
His text was Romans l. Pr beseech
you. therefore, brethren, by the mercies
of God, that you present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service
| Considering first the conservation. Mr.
| Mitchell declared that by bodies Paul
| meant spiritual bodies. The sacrifice en-
| Joined was not sacrifice of expiation.
| but sacrifice of obedience.
The sacrifice, moreover, would be holy,
because all the common duties of life, if
| came themselves holy. 1t was also an
/ acceptable sacrifice because 1t was a sac
| rlflce offered in accordance with the apos-
ties behestIa holy sacrifice, living sac
| rif1ce, sacrifice of obedience,
| The prevailing motive of PauPs in
| junction was 1.-The mercieS of God" This
manifestly referred to the atonement.
| Only on the ground of the atonement could
such sacrifice be requested or offered
| this was the only motive strong enough
to prevail upon men to sacrifice their
a reasonable service
| Last evening, at the church. Rev. A. D.
| Marshall, of Minneapolis, preached the
| annual sermon to the college Y NJ c. A.
| Tonight the senior class day exercises
will be held. Tomorrow night will be
| given the annual recital of the music de-
| Wednesday afternoon the graduating ex-
| erclSeS viii take place. President James
| Wallace will present the diplomas At 6
| o'clock Wednesday. evening the alumni
dinner Will close the exercises Of COM
mencement week.
/
OF which has been to make you literally
educated men and women. closes with this
| service. With great credit to yourselves
you have come to the end of your college
! course, and I congratulate you. 1t is a
/ great thing to accomplish what you un-
| dertake. You now go into life, not to see
| what you may grab from the world with
| greedy hands, but rather to see what you
may give to the world with open palms.
| You go to the world that needs you, but
| to a world that does not want you It
| is not waiting to receive you with open
arms. 1t will not rise at your coming
and offer you its best places. You will
| have to struggle. for your place in life.
But remember that you are to do this
not for yourselves, but for others not
| that you may get, but that you may give.
True Philosophy
''The Great Teacher has given you the
| true philosophy of human life in these
words: HE that would be greatest
among you, let him be the servant of all"
| You go out to a life of service All men
| are the servants of their fellow men, but
| some serve in the spirit of drudgery and
| some in the spirit Of love. Some know
| that they serve and serve gladly and will
] ingly and find thus their highest joy,
| while others come short Of this Your
| greatest joy in life will come in doing
| your daily duties In the ChristIy spirit
| in the spirit of Him who came into this
world not to do His own will but the will
| of His Father-not to be miniStered unto
but to minister
| iAnd who shall tell which calling fur
| nishes the best opportunity for this low
| ing service? The old idea that the Chris
| tian minister or the Christian missionary
has the best opportunity may not be cor
/ rect after ALL The godly physician, the
| honest lawyer. the faithful teacher, the
conscientious business man, may do as
| much to bless humanity and to eXemplify
| in their lives the teachings of Jesus
| Christ as may any others. And perhaps
| the best opportunity of all viii come to
! those Of you whose lives will be spent
| largely i'm your own homes. The question
/ Is not one of calling, it is not one Of To-
/ cation it is one of spirit
'sThe question do you go forth from
| here seeking to know how much you may
! Get out of this life for yourselves or
~ Iy,xCxv how much Yourselves