Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-15
PASADENA
Office I6 w. Colorado st.
Phones, Sunset 10, Home ~.
TALKS TO GRADUATES
ON CONQUERING SELF
BACCALAUREATE SERMON TO
PASADENA STUDENTS
Lessons Are Drawn from Greek and
Roman History and True slgnlfl-
canoe of Chrlst's Coming Into
World Is Explained
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA. June 14.-Rev. Albert
Hatcher Smith delivered the baccalau-
reate sermon this evening in the First
Baptist church to the seventy grad
ates of Pasadena high school. Taking
as his subject "Conquering the Con-
queror," DR.. Smith gave his text as
Hebrews 2:10, which he paraphrased as
follows: For it was becoming in him to
bring many sons to glory, and in so doing
he made the captain of their salvation
perfect through suffering" and Revela-
ton 1921, ITO him that overcometh
1 will give to sit with me on my throne,
even as / overcame and sat down with
my Father on his throne" The sermon
was in part as follows:
."You are all familiar with that most
obvious fact In Roman history, namely,
the effect her conquestS had upon her.
self Rome mastered Greece with the
weapons of war; Greece mastered Rome
with the weapons of the mind. The
sensuousness of the Greek Slapped the
native sturdiness of the Roman charac-
ter. planting the fatal seeds of decay
and precipitating overthrow. In the
experience of proud Rome the con-
Querors were conquered.
I'm very real sense Jesus Christ
came into the world, bringing redemp-
tive and recreative forces which he
placed at the disposal of believers, by
which man may conquer his conquerors
and rise into fullness of life and fellow
ship with God. Infidelity is conquered
by knowledge; philosophical doubt is
conquered by faith; the pride of station
is conquered by discipleship In Jesus;
prejudice Is conquered by love; sin is
conquered by the Christ OF Calvary.
God may call upon some of you to let
in the light upon some shadowy problem
- o. la. ly ~ hs,
heather world. If so, we bid you go
forth to conquer.
Many of you will doubtless continue
your studies through college and uni
versity grades, and we shall follow you
with our love and interest, with right
full and pardonable pride In your at
tainments. We shall expect to hear
that our Pasadena boys, while indulg-
ing in manly athletics for recreation at
college, put up as fierce game as was
ever seen on the gridiron, and yet keep
the language and temper of gentlemen
and return to their classrooms to shift
the basis of fame for our fair city OF
Pasadena from that of climate and
wealth TO the more enduring basis OF
scholarship and character.
"It is probably true that some o.
your class will find 1t impossible,
consequence of the duty to others c
pendent upon them, to go to college cr
battle of life In closing I crave -te
privilege of saying word to ther nc
of telling them the story of or be-
conquered the conqueror of pow
"Tom F. McBeath was bor in fna
mountains of Wayne county, ntucAN
and passed his boyhood year sever IS
five miles from a railroad ace +lila
only a common school educs cion At q
years of age he found himself on the
first railroad train he ev saw, WI
$34 in his pocket bound f1r college. 1-
ternined to find a way or mako ore
He rerted a quarter of room Ter i-7s
cents per week, and TO two Nea-s iEea
at a cost of So cents q week. r. ttres
years he graduated, fAiedict 9tian fi .-la
class. and today is Jne at tho most aca
Somplished scholar OF America
A feature dist ,tiFe n the service
was the music. and partiepiarly .ae
singing of Mrs. ~. Doobs for 5ua
who has lust coue mere from
York city. TIL high school faculty ana
school board we're I'D attendance.