The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-08
INTERESTING TALK DELIVERED
IN ST. IUkE'S p. E. CHURCH.
Many Friends and Relatives Of Ctass
Were Present at Morning
Service Sunday.

were present al mOrnlnQ
Service Sunday.
Commencement week al IAnslv In.
stirute was i-naugurated yesterday
morning at St Luke, Protestant Eds
Copal church by DR.. Jacob BrittinEham
who delivered the annua ba~ccalaure-
ate sermon 10 the graduates Of the
school. The services were held al
1880 O'Clock and a large crowd was
present consisting Of the relatives and
friends Of the graduates as well as a
number OF the trustees Of the school
The special music in connection with
the event, was furnished by the choir
or the church. and was very much ap-
preciated. Or. Birmingham at the be-
ginning or his address said. con
slider n a privilege and an honor TO
nave IN" opportunity to deliver the
annual sermon To the graduating class
Of Linsly Institute ion the centennial
year Of the schools history.
Career or Mission.
Dr. Birmingham took for his sub
1ect. Life, q Career or a Mission 90.
taking his text from Daniel 60. An
excellent spirit was In him In part.
he said
Life. a Career or a Mission. The
answer TO this question Is evident az
first thought. or ought 10 be for II
you call life a career and make 81
such. You will hin supremacy n not
WIDELY Of Yourself. OF what YOU will
DO. or what will h"lP YOU In attaining
YOUR goal. n OF what yOsI can make.
These questions are not wrong of
course; for we have lives TO live ana
good to seek. but there Is a higher
view of life than this and tha is to
regard II ps e mission rather thar a
career. Thi, ought. 7 cav. to be eyi-
dent TO all. but n O. Is not. then learn
IN regard II 50 and make II such and
You Will be worthy Of whatever place
and power you may reach.
u suppose Daniel. To- whom our text
refers. must ave taken this view Of
his life when ls found himself sudden
ly transferred from the quiet hills and
valleys of Judoa INTO the active. busy.
busting CITY OF h,athcn Babylon u
was a sudden weakening when he ar
rived in This great city. no longer free.
hut In BONDAGE. and have no doubt
when this Young jew fully realized
the situation be- thanked God for the
training ne had received I'm the old
God.
Daniel would never have been wor-
thy Of the place and power ne finally
reached II he had not sufficiently rec
ognlZcd the truth that the world about
him related 10 him and in part de
pended upon him. had its interests.
which were always as important as
MS own n so a man I'm any age
VINO realizes this fact regards life. 7
repeat. as q mission rather than "a ca
recr. like Daniel Of old. and has not
only the spirit Of true excellence in
him. but no also has "a GOAL and strives
20 reach 30.
Spirit the Same.
we see row true this D. as oNcm-
pinned on the playground and in the
tchoolroom 10 becomes even more
apparent when We AXE our places i'm
tho ercat school Of life. and turn tho
playground into the battlefield Of earn
'Sl e~ndcaNor. The spirit. therefore.
that dominated YOU iu the one place
VIII dominate YOU in the other. and
YOUR success there will depend very
IfiE'lN upon tho spirit. the meaning
and The aim of your life hero.
h' best possible success is that
WhI'h lF attained hy such men as
Daniel. and l't mo remind Won that his
success vas not 10 be- rcckoned OF
~~IindLcd bF Che actions of his life.
n"l Ia.h'f hf the suirIf that controlled
b. ana tho dominant purpose ~ 10
MNl'h wa. fNt rUlriuL of character
inns was hie mission 300 life. and
hence hls was mo- endless existence In
Wni,h ln'r' was MO- Thought 81 high
me odds Of battle Tor the right ip
hahNlon as w'Ii 1a t1 Jerusalem s.
q slave dH WtII a. "a freeman f,~ DO
such had not been fH. ta.. Daniel
No"Id laf' h''H rn r.-rr. nu better
no nOhIer than IHl f..ff.r r...,-
which hold him and HI. p.lrI. ,srf.g.
ln mat eastern rIf. uHrr. luxury yI..
tnd GRIM" were r.. feature. .f ...
Gay ana fhc terror of fUl r..rf. and
Hs a natural u inevitable. ror.p
Ia.n'g 4I. IRE would have been aH
utter failure and h|. r.rl .rI s
would have gone dow into Vlf nor.
lI'd ubllFlun. a- .u "HH. H... F.r.
ana arc DOING fu.IH. I.....a fH,.
lNIa very feature of character
and arc devoid OF f.. I...r.-t
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