The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-06-03

| 10y e"SuoJ -HLoU ocSSlOu OI GrendO
College were begun on last Sunda
morning with the commencement sci
mon at the Methodist church. an
ended Tuesday at noon with the bac
calaureate address by Rev. J. II. Felts
OF Corinth, and the delivery Of diplc
mas by the president in the collee
chapel.
The rounding out of another year.
work finds the school better establish
ed, more in the confidence and tn,
heart Of methodism; reaching NOR,
points and larger number of families
and being recognized as an institution
second TO none, where the mind vii
be trained and the heart life directed
by all interested in collegiate work
and higher education than ever before
The program for each day Of the com.
mencement showed that great care
had been exercised and thorough prem
aration had been made by the presi-
dent and faculty for the occasion.
Indeed, the work but reflected the dill
gence and painstaking effort, of every
preceptor the entire year. Large au.
dienceS enjoyed every feature of each
program. The increased number of
visitors showed the thoughts that are
oeirg directed towards the school
from distance.
before the hour of eleven O'Clock
on Sunday morning. the spacious hall
OF the Methodist church was filled.
scarcely standing room could be
found, SO eager were the people to
hear the great divine, Bishop E. r.
Hendrix. of Kansas City, deliver the
commencement sermon. The music
by the choir, preceding the sermon.
was beautiful and appropriate indeed.
lie Bishop held the rapt attention
of the large congregation from the be.
ginning to the close of his discourse.
fhe scholarly and able divine chose as
us text. III Cor. 4th chapter and last
'erse. while we should not look AT |
he things which are seen, but at the
hingS which are not seen: for the
hlngS which are seen are tenn.
oral, but The things which are not
cen are eternal.
His theme was, 'Vision and
1ought of the invisible. !" The
ishop is pleasing speaker and
andled his subject in a most con-
nclng way: every sentence and eyery
ioughG almost carrying the mind to
SlOnS that God has prepared in the
aims beyond. He dwelt most happily
'on the benefcence of God prepared I
r mans temporal existence: the u
auty OF nature and the pOnderous !,
DIX or creation. But he said man :.
d enjoyed these and beheld all these q
vain il they did not cause him to Y
deavor to lift the curtain of futuri- II
and to enjoy now and know now Ie
at these tut partially mirrored VI
eater, grander and more beautiful
lngS Ia heavenly regions. Man, he IL
q, was the only animal that en- pi
lvored to enlarge the atmosphere of 10
surroundings, to break the bonds OI
1t clrcumScribed his life and to IL
nch out upon the unknown sea su
ere discovery had not yet lighted a ~
ch and where science had not vet re
nted its flag. The lower animals. II
said, were satisfied to abide where or
ure had cast their lot. And the III
y fact that man was not satisfied III
Oam around the foot of the noun pu
l, but wished to ascend TO the SUI
INIT; that he was not content to 10
Sc along tho shore hut u,,s ,,,.o,. bes
ross the deep and behold the beau vel
or tile sunset on the other side, "ii
evidence OF the divinity i'm him VIII
his desire to know his Creator. OH
was the natural bent of his Mi'
IRE. To do otherwise was to In
ngle his holy asuirations and ctoor anG
bark from the channel upon which OF
1ity desired it TO run. All
said the higher the station to
n man bad beel exalted by his r
wers the more necessary that he porl
It things temporal and fix his nigl
and mind on things not seen. of
losed with beautiful tribute to deer
life of England's great queen. witt
oria. Her womanly, modesty. her pair
lcrly virtue, her Christly love for Few
,ual Inese were held up as Serv
is for the young ladies he was ty.
'ssing. Notwithstanding, he said, rang
she wore the crown of the great in Il
,ingdom in the world, she was how
ay seen to shed tears and weep mint
Upon being asked why she the /
she answered, she was sorry she Nina
ioo take the crown she wore the a
y ~ at Jesus Ieet. A noble cellel
nent indeedl hrnsl
s O'Clock p. M, Rev. w. G.. Mr.
=, VI uunnison, held the atten- repre-
crowded house for about one made
His text was from Mark, the state,
epCer ana Soth verse. Subject: only
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