The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-24
HUDSON GIRLS
 HEAR SERMON 'Dr. White Breaches At Marion. STRESSES RELIGIOUS LIFE Commencement Exercises Are in
 Progress. senior Class is Commended for Excel lenee of a Comedy Preductios.
 The Art Exhibit Takes
 Place Today.
BY CHARLES .. HAROLD.

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 Marion, May 2s.--(special)--In the middle of the most successful com mencement that Judson College ever had, the student body and the biz crowd of visitors today listened to the magnificent sermon preached by the Rev. John E. White. of Atlanta, Ga.
 Not since the exercises opened last week has the main auditorium pre- sented such inspiring scenes. The col lege girls were bedecked In bewild- erIng array of white, and almost filled the auditorium, while back of the speaker, on the large rostrum. stood the splendid chorus of the student body. whose voices united to produce an impressive program of music. In- deed, the Singing as well as the instru- mental music, has been one of the most attractive features of the com mencement offering. And the excel lent standard of work displayed at the end of the seasons study speaks well of those departments of Judson's cir rfculum.
 The Rev. Mr White selected his text this morning from Luke x. q, t2. being those memorable lines which Jesus spoke to MarthR. warning her to re- frain from the cares for his entertain ment which bespoke the material side of human nature. adding that only one thing is needed. It was a forceful apostrophe to the spirit of the world as distinguished from the things of the earth. He drew the lesspn with in- teresting metaphor from the visit of Christ to Mary and Martha and made use of ths difference between Marys and Marthas conception Of what was most suitable for that entsrtainment.
 pr. White declared that the proper worship and love of God cannot come to man until he shali have adjusted himself with God. When that posture has been attained all things og material Birth subordinate themselves thereto straightway and all is includAd in the spirit. Mary offered and carried her sair to Jesus, Martha was concerned with the details of false hospitality, tf,oee things which would have made for the comfort Of the senses. The spirit should be exAiteds and man should be ashaned to think of the spirit other than superior to the ma terial Many men do not see how " they can be tpterested In Gods Kingdom, be- cause they have never looked at Him through the right avenues. They have pever liked the study of the Bible be- cause they do not know the divine and have never had the right posture with the Almighty.
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 The distinguished speaker referred to recent sermon preached by Will liam Jennings Bryan in Atlanta. where in he quoted Socrates in the point of mans decay, for caring for riches and being careless for wisdom. He told also of an incident in Rockefelier's Sunday School class in CleveIand, when he waw present. That richest fellow iu America told of the great satisfac- ton of earthly possessions. told of the eradication in winning a fortune, of the recreation of pronts, and of the exhiliration of income. but at last preached to his hearers. that man is poor without Christ in his heart.
 I do not mean, said pr. White, that the kitchen should be set up against the parlor, that the practical should be measured against the aesthetic, but mean that the spiritual life, the only true life would include and subordinate the material things of this world. When that has been reached one has gotten the correct adjustment with God.
 The simplicity and the unity of re-, ligious life received some instructive comment from the eloquent speaker, and many illustrations were cited. Numberless problems can he reduced to single rule or principal.
 There was time when all the world was confounded to know the reason of the planets. the science that holds them fin accurate revolution. continued the speaker. Then along came Sir Isaac Newton with his discovery of gravitation One rule of his formed the basis of the knowledge concerning the Heavens. Apd SO In the west there were vast stretches of arid lands which the world believed would never be worth anything. They could be bought for little or nothing. But with the magic word of irrigation the one thing the poets philosophy->was changed to read Little drops of water on the grains of sand make 8 mighty differ. ence In the price of land"
 , Concluding, Dr. White declared that Heaven is but glorious climate where the Divine potentialities that are in us blossom out in their great spiendor and usefulness for we are not on earth half what we ought to be- There we will get the supreme adjustment with Him who gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believed on Him should not perish but have everlast- ing life.
 By the giving of His Son to man for the redemption of those potential that He was cHsiming our love. not for the things which He set on earth. but for the great personal sacrifice Martha carried things to Christ. Mary carried herself God gave us Christ and expects in return our lives.
 Senior Class Play.
 The Senior Class is receiving con- sratulations for their very creditabia production last night of She Stoona to Conquer" The play was run of without a hitch and displayed soma cornmendable talent in the cast of the graduating class.
 It was no easy task to master the rather tedious lines of this comedy of coldsmith's, but the finish and clever ness which characterized the perform. ance demonstrated that the girls stu died their parts industriousIy. The class had a departure in presenting the comedy, believing that a tragedy would be less welcome than a light classic of the Goldsmith type
 The people of the play were Ariss Mary Purifoy. Miss Lula Durham, Miss Reeste Miles, Mss Annie Judkins Bui- lock. Miss Claire Hili. Miss Ruth Lacy, Miss Mary Mcbride. Miss Lucille HowIs. MiEe Julia Watt, Miss Daisy Bruce AIdridRe Miss Alice Sharp.
 The Interpretation of these roles showed an all round literary apprecfa- tion on the part of those undertaking the difacuit work. The costumes and