Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-01
President Thomas Draws Lesson
from the Downfall of the
Phoenicians.
SERMON TO NIDDLEBURY 'O9
Graduating Glass Charged to Find Place
to Work Hard and Not TO He De-
ccivcd by the Glamor of Great
CitieS--AIl Part Of Trcmcu-
dous Organism.

Middlebury June N-Religious services
to-day marked the opening OF the 10th
commencement of Middlebury College
This evening at eight o'clock the ami
versary of the College Christian associa-
t'on was observed with sermon by the
Roy. Daniel Hoffman Martin, d. D.
pastor Of the First Presbyterian Church
in Glens Falls. y. Y. The baccalaureate
sermon was preached in the Congrega-
tional Church this morning by the Rev.
DR. John NJ. Thomas. president of the
college, whose text was Thy wise men,
O Tyre were in thee; they were thy
pilots The speaker sketched briefly the
commercial history of the Phoenicians
and maintained that the wisdom OF Tyre
was commercial wisdom. not broadened
by tho love Of knowledge nor tempered
by the reverence Of the right Her wise
men were her pilots. not her philosophers
or statesmen. nor her priests. or prophets.
or men Of letters. Her sages men Of
trade and her talent. her genius, her
energy and toll. went for the finding of
markets and the gathering of gain"
He described the condemnation spoken
by the prophet Ezekiel against the city
whose wise men were pilots whose
genius was trade genius VINO used letters
TO keep accounts, AMI saw in tho sea only
passa Ee-way for ships. and in the stars
only a means for the safe-conduct OF
careoes
1t is n condemnation which holds good
wherever among the cities of men there
Is found ono which HIS lost the sense OF
the things by which men live. which has
no larger horizons. no hopes beyond
material advancement. It Is a condemna-
ton and a doom which hangs over any
people OF whatever blood of whatever
WISDOM. or whatever religion among
whom ideals have lost sway. and wisdom
is only unto practical ends. II makes no
u'Herence with the principles of God
"hether yon have narrow sea-coast
WIN waters mudded and Swallowed by
inc drainage OF continent, or a con-
unent itself. whose stones are iron and
OUT OF whose Mills thou mayest dig brass
good land and a large. where thou shalt
eat pread without scarceness, and not lack
anything In IT.
ne principles that held good for Tyre
no'o good Tor Paris. and London. and New
iorK' me wise men of Tyre were pilots
'he iord GOD. deceived not BY her ivory
palaces ana her far-glistering towers
pronounced her place for the spreading
oi NETS II the wise men of any land
that any body loves. that any ono count.
a great land. shall give their wisdom 70
."e ,''N'ns OF proht. and II they impart
10 nne'r community the spirit of the
tranicker as Its real. true essential sntr,,
you may choose the imagery of Ezekiel
OF even more striking metaphors IL YOU
va" hno them, 70 tell its doom. It's
terrible and lasting doom.
Did not one saw Of ,,,
""H''' 10, al our pomp Of Yesterday is
one with Nirevah and Tyre"
THE TRUE AMERICANS.
The poet spoke in warning only. and
onl. in warning has one a RICH, th,s %,
TO speak Our wise men are not orr
pilots, not Yet. thank God. The mo, ,b.,
stand out In American history. and to-
day are strong IN the love and ho,or 90
'he American people. are not the mon
who have made great corners In MAJ
"e's and run printing presses for tho
limitless issue of stock Won NAV .,,
'"e DoFs on the streets, or the workmen
IN the quarres and factories. the rich nv
'he poor in city or in country. YOU NAV
ha'd-toiling folk that make I'm tho
strength OF this nation, and for the u,is.
men among us, the names OF American
honor. you will not hear the names -,
'hosc who have gathered most gold. bur
hrst and before all and in affection
'hiefes'. You will catch the honelv
name Of Abraham Lincoln, with malice
toward none and with charity for all
who didn't know how to make more,.
VINO paused in affairs of State to write
to a mother who had lost five sons IN
the field of battle.
After Lincoln. You Will find in III.
hearts of the people men like I.onsfel-
low. who wrote OF the village blacL-
smith who could look the whole world
in the face, since he owed not any man
ard who could hear the mothers voice
In paradise when his daughter sang IN
'he church; men like Whittier. the gen
tie ana the pure. ana the lover of the
barefoot boy. and Grant. who fought
with death to pay his debts. and Of
course Washington. who knelt In the
forest when his soldiers were without
shoes' These are our wise men, our
true Americans, some of them men If
fortune and of large responsibility T.,
atiairs. but valued not for their ability
10 promote their own wealth or tina, ~
Others. but for the clearness in which
'"e9 niscerned the right. the strength
by winch they held to their duty. and
we Seh-sacr'hce In which they gave
'he'r life for the uplift of the world.
You may search through any com
MUMMY prosperous city or tiny ham
Iet ana whom will YOU find accounted
N"ra'ha' Gibbons and other prominent
'ie's!ihen VIII participate in the services
NJ '"''sourgh, Indian pageants Will be
presented daily at various places An
artihcial island has been constr,ctsa ~,
covering floating barges with sar,h an.
ooNs irees' pushes and grass will be
growing on tho island and stockades
"'s"ams' tepees and sandy beaches will
lend realistic setting to the pareants
one hundred and nifty native indian,
descendants OF the original tribes tho,
occupied portions OF the Champlain v.I
ley at the same time OF its discovery hv
Champlain will reproduce the battle ~,
Chanplain with the Iroquois, and ua,,
aieo present dramatic version OF Long.
fellows ''Hiawatha." The island win h.
towed about the lake to the places whera
the formal exercises are to be held.
Monday. July 8. will be given over 10
ceremonies at Crown Point the site OF
old Fort Crown Point, commemorative
of the part 1t played In the country's
early history. There will be a review of
the Tenth regiment which will be In cnmp
there, and the Indian pageants will fell |
low the formal exercises, which include