Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-05
Bishop Whltuey's Eloquent Bac
calaurcau Sermon at the Az
ricuIlural College
THE GREAT SECRET or GROWTH.
Lefty oad Comprehensive View OF a
vital and Universal Thsme--Two
Kinds Of Education
sreelal Correspondence,

sreelal Correspondence,
Logon, June a,-Therc was nolobl'
gelhonng here today on the occasion oi
lho delivery Of the bacc0laursaie ser.
mon 10 the students Of The Agricultural
college, The speaker was Bishop o.
y whitney OF salt Lake, His address
was extremely interesting and nslruc'
tive and In tho Bishops happlcsl VEIN
The mos, eloquent passages elected ,hc
htortIcst applause and on III oomplo.
lion the gentleman was warmly and
sincerely congratulated.
Tho main auditorium wHs nltd and
biz overflow found accommodation
in the gallery The decorations were
very prcltily and artIalically done
Among those on the platform were
President Kerr, and tho members Of the
faculty excepting DR., Widtsoe and
prof Merrill who have rendered tholr
losIgnalions Congressman Howell,
lion. Moses Thatcher Trustees Me-
AlstcE Lorenzo Hansen, Rev Mr.,
llomehson, Rev. MIR, Nornool Joseph
y carbon The college choir sang the
optnlng selection ana the Invocation
.
Bhhop Whlnoy's able and eloquent
t,rmon follows N IT'S entirety,
II IA lust 10 years since | delivered
my first baouAlOurea,o sermon ana |
d,lhcrod II from this platform IN the
presence OF some OF the professors
whom now zee though not Of course,
before the same student body that l
hero behold. II was The year ~ the
constitutional convention, ana Utah,
for N years u territorial dependency,
was preparing to enter The Union IN u
sovereign state
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
The Agricultural college, IN 1895, had
been In existence about seven years,
reckoning from the time when the law
creating II was enacted, well re-.
member ~ inception, for | was then
connected with the Legislature, mar.
roWly escaped land M did che college
being a teacher IN this institution at 10
later period ana | have always taken
pride IN no history, IN its achievements,
which have done much ana are dos'
tined TO do moro toward making the
BEAUTIFUL city Of Logan one OF the main
educational oonters of the intor.moun.
tain region, Tho city Of Edinburgh
In Scotland has been named 'ihc Attn
Ems Of the north" Who Knows but that
Logan IN future time win be referred
10 M the Edmburgh Of tho wcsiP
This " not flattery II II not eS-
nggor1tion with two great colleges,
d sacred Temple and splendid puhs
Nc school system nv n basis, where is
The town, In Utah or In amy Of the SUR
rounding commemorative, that has "A
better prospect IN this classic dhcc.
loyo this town I love Ia people,
among whom ! once resided and II ls
llko coming homo, 60 return II only
for q day ana meet old friends, OBJ.
serve the steady and healthy growth Of
tho community and note the CONF
lnondabo progress Of lis schools
Conspicuous among them towers this
nountnInsbaeod, mountaIn.girt college,
thH noble group OF educational odItlcps,
vet like "a city upon hilL' sooming
10 say like the Angel Of The Apoca.
lypsc Come M hithor and ! VIII show
thee things which must be hereafter"
II IL the mission ~ such inetItul Ions
10 IN men 20 loftler planes, to make
NON better and brighter ana to oquIp
Nom for the experiences that await
hem, Herbert spencer wns right when
WING IN the function which cducA lion
has to discharge What IN Complete
lNlngr' Perhaps this win develop ~
proceed,
THE PERFECT MAN,
Mark the perfect man." The phrase
soflptural, and has been applied TO
me Goldman, Jesus Christ the Savior
ot NE world, lie, indeed, from u
christian point ~ view, II the perfect
'NalnpIo ot what q man ought 10 be,
wa Oh Nn0t u man may be, " he VIII
mat divine example Influence him,
" no VIII take the Holy Spirit for hlB
guide, ana allow II 10 persuade, con.
Ncll develop, ana lead him on TO his
eternal destiny Tho very fact that
IOtlsl X our oScmplan shows what
uod Intended man 10 become, ana gives
wv llo right 10 apply the phrase,
MAIN me perfect man" not only
NO INN, the Ilodoomcr ~ the race, but
NO rIely man who makes Christ his
,louel ana follows Him 10 perfection,
lr Fo perfect oven ns your Father
wnl'n " ~ heaven II perfect" was
NOT spoken IN vain 10 the ancient dis.
oIples OF our Lord, II IN possible for
man 10 be perfect, Had il not boon,
luoh. II thing would nover have been
REQUIRED OF morlalg, II IN contrary
10 ne nature Of Divinity 10 deal IN su.
l,rlluons words ana ueNgos When
hrlht said, "lio yo perfect" he meant
w. Perfection " the object OF human
Divine
True. II N n relative perfection ~
when speak Absolute perfection would
uOplS stagnnuon.-wonld put an end 20
plosroes eternal progress, which 10
cWonllal 10 everlasting lie. Tho pcr-
nual onward now Of the river or ocean
nt existence, N necessary not only for
~ pull0catlon, but for ~ very be.
ing y oweVor perfect man may be.
,ome, he can SIN go IN 90 porfoo.
Won Ae he progresses, "Alps on Alps
Mlso' ana The summit OF one ut.
JNinmcnt proves but the point lookout
70 heights still ungurmountod Never.
llclQfH. we should aim at perfection
absolute perfection II cannot hurt Ms,
,or We cannot reach II and we need
'lolhi they nre necessary 10 progress
nm M tho stars and You may strike
we mountain tops aim lower, and tho
results VIII correspond,
a desire to grow, 90 "gOl ON IN tho
World N not inconsistent with tho
llut spirit OF oontCntmont ono need
noi DO dlnconiented, misnnthroplc, DO.
1--WE he wishes 10 advance, but he
mould be satisfied with his rate Of
tpoed, with the ways and means Of his
lQNanoement and even with his SUR
Ionndlngs II he cannot improve them
NhAt humorous philosopher was II