The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-22

| memorial pipe organ placed there by
 whose wife was Judson girl. About him on the stage were grouped the | members of the choir of the school all
 ladies. except the organist and members To the splendid audience of young ] girls Mir. Rossed chose to speak on "service" His text was found in these I words of the New Testament:
 For the son of Nan also came not to | be administered unto but to minister,
 and to give his life ransom for
 It was a beautiful world in which | his hearers lived. Mir. Rosser said, l There Is storm but there Is rainbow. There is blight, but there Is bloom as we'll. There is close-fisted selfishness but open-hearted and fairminded char | ity Is not a stranger to the earth l There Is sin. but righteousness has not relinquished her shining sceptre. A View of Life.
 T sec life as half shat | tered temple" said Mir. Rosser. "Tts fresco defaced and it's proudest glory dismantled. Or again see it as a great i wide spreading tree. which In its season ought to bring forth blossoms of every color and fruit of every flavor; but there are SO many worms gnawing at its vital roots. so many frosts that are blighting It's richest bloom. and so many insects that are stinging with poison its choicest clusters.
 Such in ampier scope was the vis- ion Christ Himself saw. Or out of the heavenlies he beheld 1t, and so it is re- corded that he came. The sufficient practical philosophy of the Incarna-. tion of the Son of Man was the destitu- tion of the world It was the dire need of the world that drew from the skies the Saviour of the world" Confronting his questioners at that t~- 4A l.a0 01 AkA question of what they would do with the life that was before them. He urged upon them that Christ's superla- tive need was conductors of his prow- ess to the wastes of the outside world. There were three ways, he declared, in which their lives might be spent First. their life might be an aimles one, or 1t might be a selfish life. or it might incarnate the vital spirit of the text and be a serving life.
 And in this connection. MT. Rosser | defined religion as mot bracelet to be | not a kings crown to be seen on some
 coronation day only; but 1t should be the living breath, the very atmosphere
 which baIn you live ts snd sna and
 analysis, religion Is the plain doing of Gods win among the children of men" | The Religious Life.
 The various phases in which the re- | ligious life Is made manifest to men,
 the blessings which come of the re-
 ligious life and the life of service. were
 beautifully described by Mir Rosser. | Tn closing he said:
 Lying upon the waving grass of the Western prairie and lifting her hands up towards the great sky, Frances E. Willard, the most illustrious of your
 tba haf used to Tbs Sod what yna .tsrS IS i upon the threshold of an untrled ca reer, that question comes to you pun l gently personal
 | conception of the mission of women was to make the whole world mother | like. We venture the assertion that
 mission that language holds. that the | waiting ages have heard. Enter into
 that career divine, and He who weaves
 the rainbow into a scarf and wraps 1t storm will send the angels of joy and | peace to be your daily guests. and to hold their soft plumage around your feet, and live a noble life for God and home and native land.".
 The Commencement Sermon. i Another splendid audience gathered
 In the spacious auditorium for the | mencement sermon was preached by
 Rev. B. D. Gray. D. D, of Atlanta. And | in the observance of the ancient cus- | tom, this sixty eighth commencement I
 Hasseltine and Morning Watch socie- l ties
 The fresh faced and happy students marched into the Auditorium in a body | and filled the seats of honor. Behind | them and around them were the people of Marion and the visitors who had | come in for the commencement exer- cises The members of the choir were
 grouped upon the stage in front of the
 great pipe organ.
 The name of Dr. Gray Is closely iden- | tified with the cause of education in
 Alabama. To the Baptisrs of the State he is particularly we'll known, At
 when when the fate of that institution . seem, ed to hang in the balance pr. Gray de-
 voted himself to the work of aiding and sustaining the college.
 A full measure of success rewarded his energy and his ability. His home
 is in Atlanta now, and from Atlanta
 he came to Marion to bring % his mes | |. Dr. Gray hardly looks the minister. He appears more the intelligent and
 successful business man. except that the | dome like forehead evidences an in | tel1ectual development which Is | of the student and the thinker. He
 essays no oratorical tricks, but his
 thoughts wrapped in perfect English | he sends home to his hearers in ear
 nestness and in sincerity.
 l The sermon that Dr. Gray gave to his
 ture." The relation and obligations of | the student to God, her attitude to | wards her alma mater, her relations to her fellow students.
 The chapter of the Scripture which he l selected was that which at length, de-
 scrlbed the true woman according to | Biblical standards. that woman of 1 when 1t is said. Her children shall
 rise up and call her blessed"
 | Paul gave In the beginning he paid | tribute to the great work which had
 hoen done by Dr. Patrick for Judson and which had brought her to her pres
 ont splendid success.
 | The Estimates of Paul. | He spoke of the high estimates plac. l ed upon others by Paul, who could 1 bear his own burdens in prison or out 1 of prison To others who had mented 1 if. Paul gave unstented praise. To those | who exceeded his expectations Paul | especially gave praise, Paul. whose | aim was perfection and who was con | tinualiy waging a fight or continually
 He called to mind that praise. of
 Paul for the Macedonian Christians
 who had done so much for their less | fortunate Christians, and who had | given themselves and their goods to
 Dr. Gray pointing out the pleased l surprise of Paul in finding that some l had done more than he had expected
 "Ah. what joy 1t Is to find that | a son has done more tha nwe expect l ed What delight to find that q 1 daughter has exceeded our hopes and