The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-06-02

were very happy and helpful features
of the worship.
DR.. Woods, of St. Louis, offered
prayer, and the responsive scripture
reading was led by Rev. e. p.
Ryland, Of Los Angeles, after which
Pres. Smith introduced DR.. Woods,
''a close friend Of the two schools
and former patron of Central
College"
After expressing his appreciation
at the position he occupied in
conducting the first religious service
in the new auditorium, the preacher
announced his text, taken from Phil.
4. 49," l can do all things through
Christ, which strengtheneth me; -
and as context he quoted Ohrists
saying as recorded by John, "Without
me, ye can do nothing" The speaker
began by expressing the hope that
The divine words would so enter the
warp and woof Of their being, that
the future of these young people
would be happier, better and
stronger.
As be was notaddresslng uncultured
hearers, but those who had early
learned to recognize the seriousness
of life, he stated his arguments in
syllogistic form, taking for his majo
promise-That which accomplishes
the best results is manifestly true,
and for the minor premise,
Christianity, or religion has always
superinduced the best results. then
drew bis conclusion, that, Christianity
or, religion, must be true. In
following out this course Of reasoning
all doubts may be removed, and great
results will follow.
He reminded the audience that In
all ages, that which man has
accomplished worthy Of the ideal
has been the religious though not
necessarily the Christian principle at
work,
The tombs and inscriptions in old
Egypt giving evidence Of the belief in
immortality, express this religious
thought, even tho the objects OF
worship be Isis and Osiris the idea is
the same.
DR.. Woods then called the atte1.
tlon Of his hearers to the fact that
each of the seven ages Of man was
religious in character; that art In It's
highest expression, the worlds great
pictures, the work Of immortal sculp
tors, all speak of the dOminence Of
this religious instinct Everywher
and everywhere, art In It's highest de,
gree has been found, this same love
for something beyond staods out
prominently. As illustrative of thi.
truth In the realm Of architecture the
speaker recalled St Peters at Rome
an edifice SO wonderful that no mat
can understand 1t, structure even
beyond the concept Of the architect
st. Pau's in London, winch no maj
can enter without being better; tn,
Milao Cathedral, seven hundred year.
in building, testi6es to the human
love and longing for Immortality
Solomon's temple, in all of these th
God idea entered and dominated.
Proceeding step higher DR.. Wood,
said that God stood pre.eminent II
the realm Of letters and declared tina
all literature that deserved to liv
had IN it the divine life. He directe,
! attention to Milton, whose theme a
we'll as thought made his poem Que 0
the greatest in the world, to Dante
"Vision," to SHAKESPEARE, and to tn
J lnnumerable divine melodies befor
which all the songs Of the world ar
absolutely puerIle
Lastly he appealed directly to tn
students, assuring them that tn
dlvlnest womanhood was the Chris
: womanheod, the diyinest manhoo
} the Christ manhood, aud emphasizes
} the fact that, In spite Of outward cir
J cumstances, If the divine name
written on the soul the future VII
} be happy here and glorious hereafter
With a beautiful tribute to tn
) many who had gone out from Centra
! to help make the world brighter an
) better, and to the young men, VIII
] like Abraham, will stand boldly 70
Q God and the right, the sermon wa
finished
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