The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-06-08
Dunbar Jones both of Newberry.

/ were u6lQ Ill Lut oPe1d uouoe, anu
were attended by an audience which
taxed the capacity of the building.
Music was furnish by select
choir. The exercises were in charge
of President Harms.
Scripture lesson was read by tie
Rev. J. E. James, pastor Of Avele!gh
Presbyterian church, and prayer was
offered cy the Rev. Edward Fulen-
wider, pastor of the Luthera1 Church
of the Redeemer.
DR.. Stahler, who preached the lac
calaureate sermon Sunday morning
occupies one of the most important
pulpits in the Northern Lutheran
Church. He is a poular speaker, and
is always in demand at large and I'M
;;portant assemblies. He is a gentle
man of scholarly attainments, and he
stands high in the councils Of the
church, holding positions on several
boards Of the church.
DR.. Stahler's sermon Sunday morn
ing was eloquent and forcible, show
ing deep study and research, and his
thoughts being couched in beautiful
Language. With his strong voice and
his pure diction, he was distinctly
heard by every one in the large aud
ience. And not only was the SER
mon eloquent, but it was intensely
practical, and helpful.
DR.. Stahler said in part:
"I take it, young ladies and gen.
tlemen, that what is chiefly desired
there, at this time, is message empha-
sizing some phase or other OF the
life that is truest, strongest and no.
,blest. .. :. For the shaping OF your
future and the issues Of the coming
years, in character and conduct, IN
achievement and destiny, Will be IN
fluenced not a little by the ideals you
lift to the throne in these crisis days
by the spirit to which you
now give dominant place-by
the controlling and moulding
|life-purpose of which You here and
now make choice-by the final and
supreme goal toward which. at this
time, you set your expectant faces and
turn your eager, young hearts,
T Continuing these Introductory re-
! marks, DR.. Stahler led up to three
words Of St. Paul, as "Watchwords
for the noble ife:' l. Cor 6:l9 and
20; 1921; Coll. SIT. "To seek first
and chiefly the glory Of God, in the
name and for the sake of Jesus
Christ, and that because, purchased
with his own priceless blood, we belong
to God and are not our oWn-could
any man excel that, as a plan tor
right and noble living? No, as man
did not conceive it, so no human mind
could surpass it. It stands peerless
and alone, a matchless rule for guild
ING US into likeness to the matches
life. -
| AS essential to the realization OF
such a life, DR.. Stahler then laid
down these two principles:
l. The supremacy Of Christ IN the
life-plan.
2. The supremacy Of service in
the ife-work.
The argument and illustration OF
these two points constituted the body
of the sermon And the whole deveI-
opment, after the well-known man.
ner Of this preacher. avoided the abb
stract and the so-ealled "seholarly"
and was continuously and intensely
practical. designed at every point to
be stimulating and helpful to the
young men and women to whom 1t
was addressed.
"The ;college presidents and other
becalaureate orators,' said the
preacher, "tea ,h nonsense when they
bid young men and women to look
with Indifference on wealth. Instead
Of belittling the pursuit of it, they
should encourage it-always insist
ing, Of course, that the Lordship of
Christ be kept in view in all their
making Of money; and the Service Of
Man in all their handling and spend
ing Of the money made. To be rich
involves no shadow of reproach, if the
money be made by hands Of unsoiled
honor and dispensed by hands OF
Christian love. In such hands, the
more money man has, the
. more and better service he III
be able to render-not only