Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-27
DR.. CURRY'S SPLENDID
SERMON At TABERNACLE
LARGE CONGREGATIONS PREs.
EMIT AT BOTH SERVICES.
wisdom Hath euilded Her House.
She Has HeWn Out Seven
Pillars" Was subIes;.


vited Dr. Curry. Of Memphis. to
preach the Bacoalaureate Sermon.
and the members Of the Student Y.
NJ. &. A., learning that Dr. Curry wa
one Of the most popular Clergymen
that had ever officiateC in Gainesville.
also extended to him an invitation to
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 obligato
was by Prof. WOltz. The invocation
was by Dr. Sledd. after which the
quartet and chorus choir, with Miss
Fennen at 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 Epistle 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 ~
the other commencement exercises
were then made by DT. Sledd. after
which he introduced Dr. A. b. Curry.
DIR. Curry. after expressing his
pleasure al seeing so many OF his old
friends. took as his text the first
verse from the ninth chapter OF
Iroyerbs Wisdom hath builded heI
1use, she has heWn out her seven
liars" He drew a clear and cpl.
,-lmatic distinction between wisdom
and knowledge. A man may be- full
a knowledge and yet have no wis
com: he may be learned, and ~
wise. knowledge Is Of man. wisdom
,.mes from God. knowledge Is but
TIE acquisition OF facts. wisdom Is the
ability TO apply facts. Wisdom Is
t1o power 90 discern the best ends
and apply the best means % attain
them. Il Is one Of the most precious
md valuable gifts OF God; It's force
A. above riches. and its gain above
slyer and gold. n men rightly un
derstOOd the value Of wisdom, they
would make greater efforts 10 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 It's supporting pillars
and interior court This building to
De. perfect and ft for the use Of
mankind must be- strong and beauti-
fuL In the hguratiye language Of
che East. seven is a perfect number,
and the seven pillars Of the building
show that Il Is perfect
Then, with apt scriptural quota
tlons, he drew a likeness between
men and a building: Know ye not
ye are the temple Of God" when
man Is right. when his character Is
rightly constructed, he f. the noblest
building an creation. far surprising
solomon's temple and the Temple Of
Dana Of Ephesus And Il b. true Of
some men that wisdom has built 10
them want you 90 study the
characters OF the good man, the sew
en.pIlard man
The first Of these pillars Is Physi
cal Perfection No man Is indeprnd
ant Of his body and although many
great men have been weak physically,
their greatness Was Ia spite OF this.
With many illustrations the preacher
showed what influence an engaging
physical appearance had had in the
careers Of many OF the worlds lead
ers. Strong. comely, graceful beauti-
fuI bodies are a GOdgiyen source Of
power This d warrant enough for
college athletics As FAR az athletics