Evening journal., 1907-06-17
DR.. TOMKINS
breaches TO
GRADUATES
Commencement Week Begins
Under Pleasing Conditions
at Delaware College
EXERCISES OF CLOSING WEEK
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal
NEWARK, Del, June i7-with ideal
weather and many visitors. commence
ment week was opened at Delaware
College yesterday Following the
dreary weather of the past week, the
sunshine brought with it many per-
sons to attend the services Of the Col
lege Y. M. c. A. in the morning and
to hear the baccalaureate sermon de-
livered in thee vening by the Rev. DR..
Floyd W. Tomlkins OF Holy Trinity
Church. Philadelphia. OldR Delaware
assumed it's commencement week air
yesterday, and with a large class to
be graduated and an interesting pro-
gram arranged the anlv requisite now
is a continuance Of the good weather.
The College Y. NJ c. a. held its SER
vices in the morning. when the Rev.
DR.. Wilbur T. Corkran, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, preached
on Heart Culture" choosing as his
txet Proverbs 4, %: Keep thy heart
with all diligence, for out of it are the
issues of life"
In the evening the oratory was
thronged when the baccalaureate SER
mon was preached by DR.. Tomkins'
who is one of the foremost Episcopal
clergymen in this section of the coun-
try. Members of the graduating class
marched into the hall and took seats
on the platform. Members of the
faculty. some of the trustees Of the
college, and a few. others also occupied
seats on the stage. The invocation
was made by the Rev DIR. Corkran,
and the hymns Coward Christian
Soldiers" and "The Son Of God goes
forth to war" were sung.
Needs Of the Day"
DR.. Tomkins was introduced by DIT
George A. Harter. president of the coll
lege. He took as his subject "rhe
Needs Of To-day" AMI his text was
Ecclcsiastes 3, .. "A time to be born
and a time to die" To some, he said,
these words might imply that there
was nothing in life worth living
"Rrt." he continued. there is joy in
living. and the man who does not en-
iov life may be sure that either his
physical or mentad system is out OF
order. perhaps both. He may be cer-
tain that his spiritual system is in bad
shape Life is given us to carry out
Gods plans. Remember this and re-
peat it day after day under all conds-
tions until you are able to say 1T IS
good to live
Tho Reasona
"why is It good to live? There are
two reasons the first is because that
God has given us to live The rea-
son that many men are idle and dis
contented is because they fail TO real
ize that life is given them by God for
some definite purpose God creates
life and human life is His greatest
gift.
Life is made to enjoy because of
its magnificent opportunities. Every
care that comes to man demands an
answer. Drive away that feeling that
life is a burden. Religion, or at least
some forms of It must admit is re-
sponsible in part for this feeling as
some Of those sickly hymns that were
sung years ago in churches had a
tendency to depress mankind. Come
We disconsolate. weary OF rest for in
stance, is not very cheering I hone
that some one will find a remedy for
that habit of looking on life gloomily
When you deny your life you need q
medicine.
mo man can separate himself from
his fellows" continued d. Tomkins
''but he must care for himself first Of
all It is a sombre thought that ne
one can help you very much, no one
can bear the burdens Of another. But
stiI this very thought ought to fill a
mans ambitions when he knows he is
alone. N is the coward that runs, the
hero that stands his ground. No mar
likes to have his life moulded by the
hands of another. Don't try to hide
yourself away among your fellow be-
ings, but stand forth alone. There is
a time for you to live. All great mer
had their time. Washington, the
father of our country, lived in his
time You are made to live now and
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