Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-06-19
THE BACCALAUREATE
Sermon Preached Before The ST.
Johns Graduates.
ABLE DISCOURSE BY THE REV.
DR.. TALBOT.

The hacealaureate sermon TO the
| graduating class of st Johns College,
was preached at st Anne's Church
yesterday morning by the Rt Rev
Ethelbert Talbot, ID ID. LII ID.
bishop of Central PENNSYLVANIA DIR
Talbot is most interesting and
effective talker, aud his sermon WAS
listened to with the greatest interest
by the whole congregation DIR Tai.
bot ehoseshis text from the Send verse
OF the ninth chapter of the Gospel
according to st LIKE: "When they
were awake they saw His glory"
DIR. Talbot said that it seems hard
TO realize that such men as ST. Peter.
81 James and st. John should have
fallen asleep on the Mount of the Rev.
citation. The Lord had bestowed upon
them great honor by taking them
there, and it seems odd that rhev
should have been so Indifferent To
their environment as 60 fall asleep and
not TO come TO themselves until thew
had been aroused. This shows il TO be
possible TO live so sleepily as TO be
unconscious of spiritual environment.
The great difference between men is
not that God mnnifeSts himself TO one
man and not TO another. but that
while God appears TO us all. One man
responds aud obeys TO the heavenly
vision, while another fails TO awaken
The peTquisites of all visions is that
a man should be awake. Bishop Tai.
bott said that science has recently in.
vented an instrument called the micro.
phone, which is similar TO the micro
scope, except that it magniies sounds
Of objects. BY this instrument YOU
can hear fly walk across your table,
and il sounds like the beating Of n
drum or the roar of cannon.
This reminds us that the great 81 cen
of the middle ages is no exageration.
Men were then unconscious of their
spiritual environment. Soon after.
ward came the Renaissance, tho sreat
spiritual awakening. This, too, was
no exaggeration. Today IL religion is
no longer a mere theory, but sweet
spiritual power, il may all be inter.
preted in the language of tho text:
when they were awake they saw
His glory. Dr. Talbot said that not
until the Bible speaks to you as a
friend speaks TO a friend. Do YOU un.
derstand its hidden glory ? Then the
Bible is a word of Peace and of Power.
Bishop Talbot then spoke of MIR.
Dickins' work, BLEAK House." and
said that by the genius of the authors
imagination you were made to feel
us II the characters in the book we're
your brothers, and therefore, you felt
the same emotions as If the story was
an experience in real life. He then
addressed few remarks to the gradu-
ating class. Take these young men,
about to go out into the world. They
are about to measure themselves with
other men, but more probably to con-
quer. They must work, even If they
have plenty Of money. Mans money
is not his own, solemn trust when
he is called upon to administer. The
| Bishop then argued for some minutes
about trusts, saying that old methods
/ OF work and production cannot be used
now, aud the concentration OF wealth
| is the best way TO overcome the disad
vantages. 'You are about to enlist
in glorious war. We need young
strength, aud new efforts. On election
day do not go fishing, but go to the
| polls, and help rescue your country
from the sordid crime Of bribery. Do
not wait for opportunity; make your
own opportunities. These two words
America and Twentieth Century"
are enough to arouse the enthusiasm
OF every man. Posterity will call our
age the 'spring time of invention. :"
What shame 1t would have lived in
such an age and to have done no work.
Go forth today with noble hope and
courageous resolve; awaken to your
splendid opportunity. Thus will you
realize the best hope of st. Johns COL
lege, and satisfy those who have labor
ed here to help you and thus you will
be best enabled to fight the fights and
win the battles which are surely in
store for you"