The log cabin Democrat., 1910-06-13
STRONG SERMON
 BY NEW BISHOP
HENDRIX COMMENCEMENT
BISHOP M'COY AND REV. J. D. HAMMONS PREACH TO HEN
 DRIX STUDENTS.

DelOIc all duultllCt JllciJ lcNtd lO llS fullest capacity the Methodist church, Bishop J. H. Mccoy of Birmingham, Ala, delivered the annual commence ment sermon for Hendrix college yes terday morning at II o'clock.
 Bishop Mccoy is one of the recent additions to the college of bishops, having been elected at the recent Gen eral Conference at Asheville, N. C., and this is one of the first sermons that he has preached since his epsco- pal ordination. He chose as his text portion of Paul's sermon delivered to the Athenians on Mars Hill, found in IF Acts, 18th verse: "For in Him We live, and move, and have our be- ing"
 The keynote of Bishop McCoy's ser creation, and he urged the recogni- tion of the relationship which man bears to all the universe, and which all creation bears to God. He illustrated his proposition by drawing a beauti- ful and striking comparison between pebble, a song bird, a dog, and a man, showing that they each stood for radius that marked off the ever widening circle of the relationships of the universe, and he argued that any system of reasoning or philosophy that might be adopted would inevitably drive us to realize the necessity for a God or first cause in the universe. This fact-this realization on the part of man of necessity for a Supreme Being-he urged as most cogent proof of the existence of God In the same way he pointed out the human mind and the human soul had by di- vinely planted instinct been made to wish and hope for immortality, and this he stated was the strongest proof, aside from revelation, that man has that he will live another life beyond the grave.
 Addressing himself to the graduat- ing class the bishop urged that they start upon their life work with a proper conception of their relation ship to God-that they do not make the fatal mistake of emitting spiritu- ally and Christianity from the found ations of their careers.
 Bishop Mccoy was listened to with rapt attention by the large congrega- ton and his sermon was the subject of great deal of favorable comment.
 At the beginning of the services President Anderson made the usual announcement as to the commence ment program, which has been here tofore published.
 Another crowded congregation greeted Rev. J. D. Hammons of Pine Bluff, an alumnus of Hendrix, who delivered the annual sermon before the Y. M. c. A. at the Methodist church last night. Rev. Hammons took his text from II Corinthians, 3:1S, But we all, with open face be- holding as in glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the spirit of the Lord" The two proposi- tons discussed were: First, wherein we behold the glory of the Lord re- hected in the world, in nature, in the progress of the church, in the doc trines of the gospel, and, in fact, in everything ahoUt us. - Back of all laws in Christian lands" said Rev. Hammons, may be seen the lawgiver of the Siniahatic desert. Take out of Shakespeare all that pertains to the Bible and you leave him an unrobed and uncrowned king Milton tuned his majestic harp ] in heaven. All the great musicians have but translated the music of heav- en into language of earth"
 Rev. Hammons, in his second prop } osition, showed how by beholding this glory we are transformed into the image of God.
 The Western Methodist oration con test, in which five students participat- } ed, constituted this mornings pro- gram of the Hendrix college com mencement exercises. The contest was attended by good audience and each of the contestants acquitted himself admirably. The program follows: Eternal Progress w. Bolin. } "The Federation of the World"- Claud Nelson.
 Greater Hendrix 70. D. Lang