Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-06-12
BRECKENRIDGE COMMENCE
MENT WEEK.

commencement week for the
Breckenridge high school will open
with the Baccalaureate address to the
graduating class by Rev. William
Forbes Emery, Phi. d., d. D., in the
Methodist church on Sunday even
ing, June 18th.
The Class day exercises of the
class of 1913 will be held in the Con-
gregational church Thursday after
noon, June 10th, at two o'clock, when
the following program will be given.
Class Day Program.
March INSTRUMENTATION. Orchestra
Invocation ....... Rev. @. II. Conan
Selection OF an Occupation. ......
MISREPRESENTATION. Fern Bailey
Value OF Physical Development.
Observation-Disclosures. Fred V. Tryon
Vocal Solo-"The Scent of the
Rose ........... Hazel |. Kitchen
Midnight Oil, Mabelle A. Zimmerman
Perils OF Success, Elsie +. Burlingame
Instrumental Solo-"Idilio" .......
...................Eva NJ. Merrill
True Nobility......Ol Olive NJ. Sawvel
Our Noblest Birthright. ..........
...............Clifford r. Kline
Male Quartette ...........M essrs.
Walker, Colthorp, Fea, Watson
Selection ................ Orchestra
The Commencement exercises will
be held in the congregational church
Thursday evening, June 10Th, when
the following program will be pre-
sented:
Commencement Program.
March Observation-Disclosures. Orchestra
Invocation Rev Emery
Male Quartette Messrs.
Chisholm, Lawrence, Hodge, Drake
Address ..............Ch as. +. Pike
Vocal solo-selected. .............
.......... Mrs. Walter Zimmerman
Presentation OF Diplomas. $1,000.
.................. H. Russell
selection ................ Orchestra
Benediction Rev. Conan
Rev. w. +. Emery, pastor of the
Breckenridge NJ. T. church, delivered
a Missionary address in the NJ. E.
church last Sunday morning. His
address was thoughtful his manner
deliberate, and the audience atten-
tive. Among the thoughts presented
were these: The great message OF
Christ was, Go we into all the world
and preach the gospel" Emerson's
sentence on the grandeur of ends
accomplished by paltry or insignifi-
cant means is peculiarly descriptive
of the work OF the Christian church
Gods loving kindness was never re-
stricted to one section or people OF
the earth any more than is his sun
shine and showers, and he so loved
the world that whatsoever believeth
on him should not perish but have
everlasting life. Christianity has
everywhere been an uplifting force
and the advance agent of civilization.
Living in the atmosphere of Christ
ian institutions will not regenerate a
man though it may improve his
ideals. The power of Gods spirit
in the soul can alone regenerate. The
church of Christ grew rapidly dur
ing the first few centuries, but in the
fifth, doctrinal controversies began
to absorb attention In the time of
Constantine the church grew proud
and self-reliant and forgot their in
ward piety. Then came the dark ages
with only here and there remnant
who held the truth, until the reform
alton broke forth in the sixteenth
Gentry; but it remained for the dawn
of the nineteenth century to teach
the baptism of the Holy Ghost and
personal righteousness. Wonderful
things have been accomplished in the
past one hundred years. We now
have $50 we'll organized societies for
missionary endeavor, over $4,000
Christian missionaries and $4,000 ma
tive Christian workers in the foreign
field The Bible is now printed in
400 languages and converts were
made last year of over 100000 heather.
Gods purpose was to save dying
world and the annals of the church
are full of the names of heroes and
heroines who are standing in the
front rank for Jesus Christ. We owe
to these debt we can never pay and
the church should be profoundly
thankful for the progress made.