The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-10
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charlottesville. Va. juno 9.--Thc final
exercises OF the eighty-sevsnth ses-
sion of tho University Of Virginia be-
gan this morning with tho baccalau-
reate sermon in tho chapel. The
weather was perfect and the service
sinBularly impressive. The university
community and hundreds of visitors
gathered TO attend tho opening of what
promises TO be the university's biggest
commencement.
Tho sermon was delivered by Dean
George Hodges. OF tho Episcopal Theo-
logical Seminary, Cambridge, Mass. II
was a scholarly discourse and fitted the
occasion admirably. Dean Hodges is
an author of note as well as great
pulpit orator. Among his published
WORKS Is a volume of Old Testament
stories called The Garden of Eden.
10 which he has just completed a com
panion volume called THE Castle OF
Zion" He has also written Saints and
Heroes to which a companion volume
VIII be added at Christmas. He IS the
author of many other books and is d
frequent contributor 70 the magazines.
THIS Is his second visit to the univer-
sity. He preached IN the chapel on
one occasion about five years ago.
Shortly before II O'Clock tho faculty
and graduates assembled at the ro-
gown. marched with disnifed step TO
the chapel
Dean uodSes's Addrcas.
Dean Hodges took for his subject
The Larger Loyalty" based on this
text; while the children OF Israel were
In the Wilderness they found a man
that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath
Day. And they that found him gath
cring sticks brought him unto Moses
"a M .ar a
cation. XIV. 32-33. He said
in part:
They believed that the man had en-
dangered the welfare of the comniu-
nifty. The law was plain and the DISC
bedience was plain. The man had de-
fled the law. In full knowledge that
tho Sabbath had been made a holiday,
he had gone TO work. The men who
found him thus menacing the welfare
of the community had to choose be-
tween two courses of action. On the
one side was what we may call the
lesser loyalty. This involved only their
relationship to the man. But on the
other side was what We may call tho
larger loyalty. This involved the re-
!ationsh!p of the mon. not only to the
man, but 10 the community. They were
concerned not only with Isaac. who haJ
broken the law, but with all Israel
against whose reign of law ne mad re-
belled. The right TO rest. which the
law had established and which the law
breaker had attacked. depended for It's
enforcement upon them. The interests
OF all the people were in peril"
Speaks TO Students.
Dr.. Hodges developed his text elo-
quently and then spoke directly to the
students as follows:
Some of you Will enter presently
into the practice of The law, and you
Will be loyal TO your clients. That is
your business. man who is accused
Of gathering sticks on tho Sabbath
Day will ask YOU TO take his case. and
YOU VIII take it, You Will take It be-
cause YOU believe that the man is in
nocent. or, finding that the man is
guilty. YOU find that there are extenu-
atinE circumstances. The law did not
make it plain that 1t forbadc tho
gathering OF sticks for kindling; 1t
seemed TO apply only TO building oper-
atoms. The man did not offend against
the law. The Fourth Comma ndment
ana unconstitutional construction of
the law The Fourth commandment
was never intended to restrain n man
from gathering sticks to build the
kitchen fire.
But II the man was guilty in his
own eyes, II he wantonly broke and
thereby weakened the righteous law
which protects the health. the proper
~ and the character OF the commu-