Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-06-15
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WASHINGTON AND LEE
FINALS BESaN SUNDAY
Baccalaureate and Address Before
Y. M. c. A. by Bishop Kilgo

morning In the Lee Memo
rial chapel by Bishop John c. Kilgo,
D. D., IL. D., Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. South. The SER
mon was an exemplifcation of abid-
ing faith and the power to know
God, based 90 the 11th chapter Of
Hebrews, 9Th, 9th and 10th verses,
as illustrated in the life and char
deter oil Abraham. whom obedience
to God. iourneyed into a strange
land seeking a city whose builder
and maker was God.
Bishop Kilgo said that not all
men who have wrought nightly in
the world have belonged to the 10Th
and 10th centuries. nor have they
been men of the Anglo-Saxon race,
but that all climes and divers ma
tionalities have produced men whose
lives and characters have dominated
the world. Abraham was one Of
these world characters, and his
| life illustrates what man may be-
come under the guidance Of God.
The preacher eloquently and graph
ically and at times dramatically re-
cited many OF the heroic deeds of
mighty men and nations of the past,
and declared that the abiding faith
of strong man was greater than
accident or chance or heredity. He
commended to the young men the
/ God OF their mothers y no alone
could satisfy, and closed with a
/ touching allusion to General Lee
who. be asserted, will not be re-
membered as an author, nor politi-
clan, nor orator, nor military chief
tain, great and masterful though he
was as a skilled general, but rather
would the future generations revere
his memory foI self-sacrifce and de-
vOtion to duty in the quiet and IN
eventful position of College presi-
dent VINO sought TO lead young men
in the paths of truth AMI loyal
service TO country.
Bishop Kilgo was introduced by
President Denny who referred to
his Distinguished service in the field
OF education as oce who had
wrought nightly in constructive
work for Southern education as
president of Trinity College of North
= Carolina Special music was fur
5 nished by choir OF students.
a Rev. William S. Hammond, pastor
: of Trinity Methodist church, made
: the invocation. Seated on the ros-
trum were members of the board OF
= trustees, faculty and nguished
n alumni.
e Bishop KilgO also delivered the
l. address before the University y. NJ
IT c. A. at night, and drew lesson.
from the life of Noses.
f MIR. Thomas McP. Glasgow, presi
u dent of the Washington and Lee Y
e NJ. c. A, presided The Scriptur,
d lesson was real by Rev. William S
d Hammond, and prayer offered b!
1t Rev. G s. Strickler, DID, LID.
a. rector of the University.
s. Bishop Kilgo prefaced his address
Il with few felicitouS expressions o
is the pleasure afforded him of visitin,
III Washington and Lee, hallowed wit
Or a great history of an Industrious past
ID and of spending a day in Lexington
lie whose beautiful setting is a charm
to every beholder.
In the life of Moses, said tn
speaker. we have an illustration c
d God dealing with the individual
VI and not with the masses. The Chris
- uttered a profound thought an,
:" paid his creature a great cOmpli
u ment when he declared, My King
a' dom is within you"
y, Man was given dominion over a.
IA other creation OF God, and be stand
before the universe the creates
w miracle of the ages. Nature bows t
.. him and submits to his rule; natura
NJ forces do his bidding. He rise
10 superior to circumstances, and mas
~ ters and reforms material things q
ho his will.
" With all this power and pOssibi
ity and achievement,m man reaches hi
nd highest development when his lii