The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-05-24

the annual Baccalaureate sermon to
the graduating class of the Caldwell
High school.
The churches of the city, following
their custom. united for the evening,
the choirs joining under the leadershi p
of Prof. Beale. I
The edifce was packed, scarcely a
seat remaining vacant when the class
and teachers filed in and took their
places in the front row.
Rev. Mr.. Booth has manner of
delivery that is striking, an intense
earnestness pervading his remarks
which carries conviction to the hearts
of his hearers. All through the SER
mon he held the closest attention of
the audience and it is with real pleas
ure that The Tribune is enabled to
present the sermon in its entirety to
those of our readers who did not have
an opportunity to hear him, as we'll as
those who may wish to again follow
the thread of thought.
The Sermon.
Finally, Brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoev-
er things are lovely, whatsoever things
are of good report, if there be any vir-
tue, if there be any praise. think on
these things. ""-Phil. 4-8.
The complete education includes
things moral and spiritual. The fact
that religion should run into every de-
partment of life makes it logically nee
essary that religion permeate our edu-
cation. But the fact that education
runs up to the very. threshold of our
religion makes it especially important
that we add to our intellectual devel-
opment moral development and that
we add to our morality faith which is
the basis of religion. Education
blends into religion as the atmosphere
around US blends into the sky over us
We cannot tell where the one begins
and the other ends. So it is with true
education and with true religion. II
is fitting therefore that the different
courses of learning in our land should
have some religious service at Their
completion. This service points the
way to higher use and understanding
of what has gone before. This service
is dedication of our reason and oul
knowledge of God-it is a recognition
on the part of everyone that the true
education is not complete till it make.
strong moral men and women.
St. Pauls System of Moral Education
This evening / want you to be deep
ly impressed by these beautiful ant
simple words of St. Paul. They arr
the summary of his system of mora
education. Here St. Paul refers in /;
definite and practical way to the u.s.
of our faculties that leads US from tn
purely secular to the moral; and from
the moral we naturally pass to the re
ligious. Will you then stop with m
for minute at each of these six sta
tons so that after this service AM
throughout all your lives they may re
turn to you-guiding your thought
upward, and making you ever NOR
and more mindful of things moral an
religious.
Whatsoever Things are True.
Whatsoever things aretrue-whata ar
the things that are true? From tn
earliest days truth has been the ques
of the philosopher. When then S
Paul tells us to think on things tina
are true he tells us to be practice
philosophers. When he transfers tn
center of our thoughts from the at
stract to the concrete he changes tn
problem of philosophy from one thu
we cannot ever ultimately solve to on
that we can all solve every day. Fo
while we are not coming in contat
with the whole of truth at any on
time, while none of US has learned tn
relation of all the sciences and tt
arts one to the other, yet we have a
learned what true things are. We al
all having opportunity every day
our lives to think on things that Al
true.
First of all, the facts of our dali
life are true. We are so likely to owe
look the immediate truths about
and to think that truth is>far ava
But he beginning Of all truth is in Of
experience. Until we learn how
face the facts of life-to repeat Il
facts of life as they are-to learn fro
the facts of our own experience '
have not started on the road OF pra
teal or moral philosophy. =.
There is a famous saying that Is D
ing used now . great deal amo'
some of the professional and busine
men of the east that we might lea
to apply for ourselves to life here
the west. Things are as they n
Think for a minute what this simr
sentence means. How many . you
man has gone into life and failed
cause he has. not had this truth IN
mikeup. He supposes that things q
as he wants them to be-they alwa
were when he was at home and so
thinks that his life will always be p'
tected and that things are as ne Wal
them, but the fact is that thin
are not always as we want then
they are as they are; and we have
learn that this Is one of the things q
Is true. Think on these things Il