Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-05-30
Two Excellent Sermons Were De-
Iivered Iur4ng Sunday.
INTERFERING pRooRAM MONDAY

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AfternoOn-oratorIeaI Contest IN
the Evening, All Well Attended.
FROM Tuesdays Daily Sun.
The Baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class Of the University OF
fhs State Of Florida was delivered on
Sunday morning, May 20, BY Reverend
s. Y. Jameson, d. D., President Of
Mercer University. The services were
held in the Tabernacle, and the build
ing was completely filed, indicating
an audience OF about one thousand
people The pastor Of the Methodist
church, Reverend T. }. Nixon, opened
the service with prayer, after which
the congregation sang the Italian
hymn. "Come, Though Almighty
King The music was lead by a
male choir from the University, as
sisted by the orchestra.
President sedd introduced the
speaker who read a portion of the
Third Chapter Of the Acts Of the
Apostles and chose for HIS. text the
words OF Peter such as I Have
Given Thee" Dr. Jameson is pleas
ing and forcible speaker and as he
nnfolded and developed his theme the
audience realized that Il was listening
to sermon OF great power. The fol-
lowing are some Of the, leading
tnoughts presented
All young people indulge in fond
dreams Of what they would do II they
possessed great riches and the
dreams provide for great benehciencies
10 the world. We imagine we speak
the truth when we say what we would
do were we as rich as Carnegie, but
the real test OF what we will do in
the future Is the use we make Of
orr present possessions. II we are
not faithful IN what we now have we
WIN not be faithful in our possess
hions in the future,
What, then, does a young man
without wealth possess that he may
give to the world and by which he
may Judge OF the sincerity Of his de-
sire to benefit HIS FELLOW men? There
are certain things which We all pos
aess in common, and which 1t Is our
duty to give to the world
LIST, The God given capacity to
think. While all possess this capac.
1ty, few really use It. and the expires
sion Il did not think" Is common
excuse for failure in life. The ma
5ority OF people are content TO follow
ia the paths made by others, accept
lug the results Of their thinking and
adopting their customs, thus falling
TO use the God given power to blaze
out path OF their own Let all young
men form life plan for the purpose
OF developing the power to the service
OF the world.
end. The capacity to work All
peoples are endowed With the native
ability to direct energy along wisely
laid plans but few use this ability
ualeas forced to do so BY dire neces-
slty. Let young men early adopt the
habit OF discharging fixed daily tasks
in order to raln themselves for in
telligent service III we cannot give
the world libraries, we can give It
q life filled with pains@king efforts"
Sd. The power to love and sympa,
thize. Mans greatest need is sympa-
eng. but too often. we allow the foun
tains o. love and good will to dry
np. Affection unbestowed always
dlmlnishos, Numerous instances We're
cited where sympathy bestowed at
the right time had saved young men
ffom life Of despair to a life OF use
falness aud power sympathy is the
teacher's greatest asset In his work
~ building men and women, Garfield
was lead into the halls Of college
when young man by the sympathetic
statement OF les president I'VE will
b glad 10 have YOU"
0s. jameson closed his address with
4 strong appeal to the young men OF
she graduating class TO so out into
the world and use these God given
possessions IN the spirit OF the words
81 81. Peter "Such as l Have Give"
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