Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-05-31
III GREAT TEACHER
Bsecalaureate Sermon at Hardin Col
Iege Nay ~, 1906. By J. 7. n.
Johnston, D D. Delmzr Church,
ST. Louis.
Matthew Ii: p. Learn Of Ne

commencement will ever be a memoir
able event in your lives Your yezS
at Hardin have mate immense depG-
It's 10 your minds and hearts You
have finished your college course, and
soon your proud hands will grasp the
well earned diploma.
The shifting genes Of this CON-
nencsment will hang a picture On the
wall Of your memory, TO which, In al
ter years you will often revert with
pleasure.
Ii is the commencement days OF
colleges that stand up like monuments
in their history. 10 other days OF the
college year interest Is seemingly
passive, bit on account the fact that
a class OF young ladies have prepared
themselves to play their parts credit
ably on the stage OF life, and are to
receive diplomas which preface a
bright future, stirs the entire cpm-
munity, and attention is drawn 10 the
college where the interest ceuters in
the graduating class
You are fortunate in your alma
mater. Hardin Is the peer Of any
school for the higher education OF
women In this favored stats Of except
.ional colleges. The founder, Charles
Hardin, l bold in high esteem, not
only for his splendid personal worth
and noble benefactionS but be was a
dear and loyal friend Of my father.
There is a scripture that says: Thine
|onwn friend and thy fathers friend
forsake not" Ny appreciation OF
Charles Hardin is a double debt, for
his own sake and for my fathers
sake.
l am proud to note the distinct
progress OF this institution. Especi-
ally the standard Of excellence at
tained under President Million. His
schola rship and masterful conception
Of what a college for the higher edu'
cation OF women should be, and bis
determined purpose to reach bis ideal
has made Hardin TO rank high In
every branch Of culture embraced 10
a collegiate education. Hardin is moi
only fortunate in her president and
faculty, well appointed buildings and
campus OF exquisite beauty, but | see
from this great throng and the eager
interest expressed In your faces that
Hardin College is entrenched in the
affections OF Mexico's big heart. Thi:
thrifty city is noted for its culture
and hospitality. The good name Of
Mexico is an incalculable advantage
TO Hardin, and Hardin adds lustre tc
the good name OF Mexico. My subject
this morning, 'The Great Teacher
Scripture a message from the teacher
Learn Of Ne"
This is an age Of remarkable prog
ress, and that which has worked
deepest in It's advance, is the genera
diff usion Of knowledge. 1t has beer
but a few centuries since the mean o.
education were available only TO ;
favored few. What a change has beer
wrought. LEST we forget" l woulC
paint on your hearts a portrait Of th'
one who made possible the triumph
Of this era.
It was Christ who set forth tn
cardinal principals OF education. Iii
germinal teachings developed tn
schools Of to-day, and His follower
have founded virtually all the grea
colleges OF the world.
Ii was the teachings Of Christ tina
gave permanent elevation 10 woman
The prejudices that dishonored be
yielded 10 the influence OF Jesu;
There is no longer dread lest cultur
and kno Wedge should foster masculir
ity in woman Jesus the King o
teachers has demonstrated tina
knowledge is favorable to the virtue
and graces; that refinement and lite
, AZURE add luSter TO devotion an
. pIeUY;that true learning like true tast
is modest and ostentatiOus; that grac
!. Of manner receives a higher polls
from the discipline Of the school; tina
; culture sheds a cheering light owe
: every duty,itt very sparkle like tia
, of the diamond atsests its purity an
: value.
. Through the influence Of Christ Il
. daughter enjoys such advantages
learning that the heart Of the parer
: may glow with the thought that b
, happiness is largely in her own hand
whether she moves ia the environe
the quiet home or walks the paths
: the busy world.
II The feminine mind has keener i
buttons, and feels more deeply tina
a that Of man. The wealth Of q soul
i, measured by how much it can fee
} Its poverty by how little.
!. Life is a continuous ad rance %
lectivelV this is literally true ]
! make this advance Individual, eac
I must have before the mind is an idea
I and a purposeful plan 70 attain tia
! ideal.
!. Whatever the the mind is set upO
Z whatever 1t keeps must In view, wha
: ever it most admires, that, II beloDI
to itself. C~Jntinued thought mu
take form 10 the life This fact max
! ones ideal the basis Of happiness
J misery. Oar thought is the unset
magnet ever attracting its correspot
dent. The more clearly we realii
J this the more careful we will be
keep our minds In the right direction
: and on right things. We become VIII
we cultivate 10 thought. LAS a ma
I thinketh In his heart so Is be-" I
insistently mediate on Jesus, and pc
! sistently learn OF Him is TO beeou
I come like Him.
III Life Is fuller Of possibilities tha
! We have dreamed. the Christ II
. induces a perpetual and ever increa
: Ing Happiness. 1t means the develo
ment within ourselves, powers az
pleasures that fiction In its higheI
flights has never reached. 1t meaI
an ever increasing perception and rea
i~zation Of all that is rapturous 10 Ii
universe. 1t means q constantly II
8 increasing discovery OF the true an
& the beautiful. IL means a clnstantl