The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-06-01

AS a whole, the program was one OF
the best Of its kind ever givenin Lex
~ingtou. 1t showed thorough, intelii-
GENT, conscientious work aud IN every
way reflected credit upon the depart
nent ii expression in Central College
BAccALAUREATE SERMON
The baccalaureate ery'ces wers held
in Murrell Auditorium Sunday morn
ing. A double Quartet consisting OF
the combined Quartets Of the Metho-
dist add Presbyterian churches With
Mr.. Conrad as accOmpanlst sang
SchnecSer's TIE Denm. Mrs. Alfred
franklin Smith gave GOunod's
adore and Be Still" with violin
oullgato by MISS Pitcher.
DR.. Palmore made the principal
PRAYER aud Pres. Smith led the res
poasive reading.
Rev. Theodore Copeland, pastor OF
st. Pauls Church in st. Louis, deiiV-
cred an eloquent baccalaureat sermon
He took as his text Hebrews 18th
chapter, 9th verse. "By faith he.
forsook EgJpt, not fearing the wrath
OF the king; for he endured, as see
ing him who is Invisible
"Wnenever sod wants to impress
some abstract statement upon the
world" declared Mr.. Copeland, "he
gives it a concrete expression in some
great soul. So when He desired to
impress upon mankind the necessity
Of seeing the invisible he embodied
the principle in the life Of Moses.
Unless we had the history of such
lives as that of Moses as examples the
great proposition OF seeing the invisi
BILE would be meaningless.
ssIt is the Biographical matter
that makes the entire scriptures Con-
vincing. 10 every portion of the
Bible the life of some great mar
stands out. Thus the predominatinC
feature 10 the Pentateuch IS the biog
raphy Of Moses"
Mr.. Copeland stated that IN th'
lite of Moses there we're three dlstlnc
periods Of forty years eacn. Ta'
first was that embracing bis birth
: his adoption by the daughter 0
Pharaoh and his education,
The speaker drew a graphic plct
i, ure of the mother OF Moses shown
, uer devotion to her boy and loyalit
to her God. He also spoke impress
lively of the responsibility of mother
hood,
He then passed to the school trail
!, ing Of Moses 10 the college at HelioI
=. oils and showed what an essenti
. thing it was to his destined care
that Moses should receive colleG
education.
The second forty years Of Mos
no life were spent in the land
ell indian where he was learning !
4
ed topography and geography of t
is country and undergoing the trar
formation from scholar tophilosph'
OF This was necessary for his later lea
me ership Of the children of Israel.
1t was at the close of this seco
,ry period that Moses gave the great
to evidence Of seeing the inVisio
ltt Phraoh recognized the ability OF =
of foreigner aud desired to put him
a position OF highest authority II o.
ne he would fOrsake bis own people
liss call himself the son of Pharao
in daughter. But Moses saw the inv
BILE. He saw that he was destiI
inc for a position much greater than :
DRY of an Egyptian ruler,
wv SIT is this ability to see the unS
INC that makes the man" said Mr.. &c
10 land. 81 once knew an attract
ling young lady who was receiving
attentions Of two young men.
aine was verv wealthy. He had b
nro. stock, stores aud a large quantity
cas- land; but he was an atheist.
an other was only a clerk on a mode
, it salary, bat he had faith in God
young woman very wisely chose
was clerk and her married life has
tage very happy.'l
The last period Of Moses life
that devoted TO the bringing the Chill
of Israel out of the land Of Egypt
! was faith that caused Moses TO DO
oond and it was faith that caused him
I, the last ect OF his life-go up