The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-06-17

cate sermon 10 the classes or lyW. men
and women OF Brown university. He en-
phasized especially what he characterized
as "the special need Of trained leaders In
the complexities OF our modern social or
der" and declared class hatred "the most
threatening spectre on our horizon to-
day" The problems which had raised that
spectre and others only less threatening
were those 20 which he directed the
thoughtful consideration OF his hearers.
with the admonition that they were not TO
be solved hastily by mass meeting or ref
erendum, by patience, vision power OF in
sight and sympathy.
The sermon was heard by congrega-
tion which taxed TO the utmost the old
First Baptist church on North Main
street. Long before half-past 4, the hour
for the beginning OF the service. the sec
tions open TO holders OF cards and the
general public were filed and many late
corners were turned away, unable 10 find
seats
The black capped and gowned files OF
seniors marched in dignified procession,
the men down Waterman street TO the
south entrance and their classmates from
the women's college down ANGEL street to
the north entrance Of the church. where,
pausing until the organ sounded the first
notes of the prelude. they entered smulta-
neously and took their seats In the front
portion OF the auditorium.
Inc SERVICES were conducted Dy fIesl-
dent Faunce and Rev Henry NJ. King.
pastor emeritus OF the church. Dr. King
conducted the responsive reading OF the
145th Psalm and read the Scripture lesson.
which was the familiar old chapter OF He
brews, beginning Faith is the substance
OF things hoped for, the evidence or things
not seem DR.. Faunce offered prayer. and
after the singing OF hymn by the choir
and congregation. delivered his sermon
from Judges vi. 3D.; Where be all HIS
miracles which our fathers told us OFF, In
part he said:
EXTRACTS FROM SERMON.
This is the cry of young man. stand
ing perplexed and irresolute, hearing on
one side the clear voice summon him to
great career, and in the other the dis
cordant voices OF oil the problems and
burdens OF his nation. Sharply the sum
mons came: Go in this thy might Swift
ly the mocking voices answered; It's OF
no use the miracles are over. the mighty
deeds are done; you are too late and too
iittlei to change the face of the world
mo wonder that the college student
the modern Gldeon-seems strange De-
ing. not always Ineligible TO his teach
ers or TO himself He IL usually the oppo-
site OF his own reputation. He Is Thought
10 be a radical in his attitude toward So
ciety really there is no other man 80 at
tached TO precedent and tradition. so
jealous OF any infringement on venerable
college custom He is thought to be
natural opumist; really he rs subject 10
those moods OF melancholy which go with
adolescence, and which produced Thana-
topsis' when Bryant was but l9.
"Often the college mans chief MN
drance is found in the disillusioned older
men. whose main occupation Is the giorl-
fication of yesterday.
HE sees all the prosaic events and
prosy personalities of the last generation
through golden haze OF memory. unui
the college student is ready. TO cry:
Where be all the miracles the fathers
have told US off,
Does any college graduate then ask.
Where be all the miracles? our answer
IS: Go out and work them.
Here, then. is the first field or action
for the college graduate-his own Soul.
Sincere reform begins at home with the
honest attempt TO change ones own lie.
I'VE emphasize today. and rightly. the
responsibilities and duties OF society; but
the chief duty OF society Is to give inc
mechanism the bigger must be the men
who control and direct II. The larger
the ocean liner. the greater must De 1 rhe
greater the railroad system, the more
far-sighted and forehanded must be the
personality at the top. Cohecuvlsa1i
leadership We cannot get away from
the individual. Nothing in the mental or
moralt world ever moves until pne man
starts. Only the individual has, strictiy
speaking, reason conscience and will, and
tbe greatest movements OF history have
their roots In a single resolve In single
soul. -,
'If that gets chance 1t will spread
like the sunrise II will gather supporters,
will harness to itself the powers OF earth
and heaven; and a suggestion whlcn
starts as a grain of mustard SEED VIII
end as the dominant conviction OF ma
tion or a race.
"But in another field, also. are we sum-
moned to achievement, and that Is IN the
ND nj n
The creation OF home Is the highest
service the average man can render 10
his generation.
THE IDEAL HOME.
"For a man TO have home where all
the adult members echo his own opin-
ions, and all the children reproduce his
own traits-that would be like walking
in a hall Of mirrors, pursued oy one
own shape. But to have those In the
home who daily prune our follies. and
refine our ideals, TO have children whose
novel points OF view continue our educa,
tion throughout the threescore years ana
ten and to offer such home as our
main contribution TO the life or our ume
this Is an achievement among the hnest
that a man can make.
But after one has wrought well In nis
own person and in his own home. then
comes the summons into a wider field. the
call TO be a leader in the cause OF human
Justice and brotherhood. All around us
today is the spirit of social and Industrial
unrest Men are vaguely conscious OF
glaring divergence between creed OF
self-sacrifce and life OF self-seeking.
There is cry for the righting OF social
wrongs. The full dinner pail does not ST.
lence 1t. The advanced wages seem only
TO make II more acute. We all feel that
some things must be changed. and our
eager Anglo-Saxon blood leaps TO the
task
But here lies the special need OF train
ed leaders In the complexities OF our mod
ern social order Right and wrong in an
advanced civilization are not the simple
black and white OF an earlier day.
ITO pronounce all commercial life bru-
tai, all political life venal. all religious
life insincere is not to advance the cause
OF morality one iota. To make all things
black is as futile as to make them all
white. That power Of insight and patient
discrimination which the college man has
gained through long days OF wrestling
with tangled facts In language. In science,
in history, is now our great need. The
conscience OF the country has beon
aroused from slumber. But II must 40