Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-27
DIR. CURRY'S SPLENDID
SERMON At TABERNACLE
LARGE CONGREGATIONS PRES.
EMIT At BOTH SERVICES.
''Wisdom Hath Builded Her House.
She Has Hewn Out Seven
Pillars" Was Subject

Vast audiences were present Sun.
day morning and evening 10 hear the
Ops ming exercises OF the University
commencement The faculty had IN.
vited Dr. Curry. of Memphis. 20
preach the Baccalaureate Sermon.
and the members Of the Student Y.
NJ. c. A.. learning that Dr.. Curry wa
one Of the most popular clergymen
that had ever OBLIGATED In Gainesville.
also extended to him an invitation 10
deliver the annual address before
them. The enormous congregations
proved how delighted the people Of
Gainesville were TO have an oppOr.
tunity Of hearing Dr. Curry again.
Both services were held In the Tab
ernacle. In the morning the enormous
auditorium was packed; In the even
ing there were but few vacant seats.
The exercises Of the morning be-
gan with a chorus. Come Into Our
Hearts and Abide" well rendered by
the young ladies' Of the Gainesville
High School This chorus did credit
90 the teaching OF Miss Titman. Of
the High School. The violin obIlgatO
was by Prof. Woltz. The invocation
was by Dr. sledd. after which the
quartet and chorus choir. with Miss
Fennell az the piano. led the cOngre-
cation in singing Holy. Holy. Holy.
Lord God Almighty" Dr. Curry then
read selections from the eleventh
chapter OF the Eplstle 20 the He
brews. and from the third chapter Of
Proverbs. After the prayer which fol
lowed the reading OF the Scripture.
the High School chorus sang an
equisite response This was followed
by a tenor solo well rendered By
Mr. Maddox. After this the cOngre-
cation and choir sang Come. Thou
Almighty King Announcements n
che other commencement exercises
were then made by Dr. slcdd. after
which he introduced Dr. A. D. Curry.
Dr. Curry. after expressing BIZ,
pleasure az seeing so many OF bis Ole
friends. took as his text the frst
verse from the ninth chapter a.
Proverbs: Wisdom hath builded her
iouse. she has heWn out her seven
liars" He drew a clear and cpl
fanatic distinction between wisdom
and knowledge a man may be fun
II knowledge and yet have no Wis
dom: be may De learned. AMI yef
lWise. knowledge o. Of man. wisdom
mes from God. Know ledge IS bat
ite acquisition Of facts wisdom r. the
ability TO apply facts. Wisdom D.
60, power 90 discern the best ends
and apply the best means % attain
them. II is one Of the most precious
nd valuable gifts OF God; lts force
a. above riches. and Is gain above
silver and gold. n men rightly an
derstOOd the value Of wisdom. they
would make greater efforts 20 attain
a. than 20 acquire the wealth Of this
world.
Then the speaker gave a vivid de-
scriptiOn Of the structure Of an Orient
al house with its supporting pillars
and interior court. This building 20
De- perfect and DC for the use Of
mankind must BE- strong and beauti-
full In the hguratiye language Of
the East. seven IL a perfect number.
and the seven pillars o. the building
show that Il o. perfect
Then. with apt scriptural quota,
tions. be drew a likeness between
men and a building: Know Sc not
So are the temple % God. When
man is right. when biz character Do
rightly constructed. b. Do the noblrst
building in creation, FAR SURPRISING
s0l0m0n's temple aud che Temple oi
Dana Of Ephcsus And it Do true Di
some men that wisdom has huif Dob
them. want you 40 study ihf
characters of the good man. the seF
euuiliard man.
The hrst 90 these piilau H FhJsf
cal Perfection $50 man b. Iu1.lrl-
ant % BIZ b0dy and aIfbouEl manI
great men have been weak ptf..csiiI
their greatness aas Dol sp.fr of fhf
With many illustrations ths preacher
shoEed shat influence an fnEaE.nE
physical appearance bad bad Del thr
caresrs 0f many 0f thr uofdH lrai .
ere stronr oomsly. uacefal teaaii .