The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-08
SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED IN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
LAST NIGHT.
Class Appeared Dressed In Regulation
Graduation Costumes - Large
Number Present.

Rev. w ~. Fields. pastor ~ the FRS,
Christian church. delivered the annual.
b~accalaureate sermon to the graduates
of Wheeling High School in his church
last night. This class. which marks
the seventeenth 10 graduate under the
new regime. numbers sixty persons
n Were quite imposing last night in
tn'lr caps and gowns. emblematical OF
me TACT mat they have finished their
course ~ are how ready to enter into
br1Hder more complex fields.
The church was beautifully dccorat
ed In the school colon old gold and
bhe while pots OF the class nuwcrs.
BroWh Eyed Susans'. were clustered
around the platform. Palms and
buquets were also In evidence giving
the church q brilliantly spring effect.
Every seat IN the large auditorium
was taken long before the hour for the
service arrived. The center part nf
the main floor was reserved Tor the
graduates their friends.
Special music by the First Chris
tan church choir was a noticeable
feature Of the evenings entertain
ment. Rev. Fields delivered a very
characteristic prayer In which he
asked for divine help for the gradu
ates in their journey through the life.
He k that they be kept true I'm
their purpose and that they might be
ready al all times 10 serve the world
and not to be served.
Excellent Subject.
He @ as q scripture lesson the
twenty ninth chapter OF Proverbs. \
very recognizable portion Of this
chapter was n OF Benjamin Frank
Inns guides "Seeth a man diligent IN
his business, otc" The choir render
ed two anthem. 80 Gallilee" and
"Hark. Hark My Soul"
Rev. Fields. In his address. a
Vision" emphasized the many things
that the young people OF today are
brought face tn face with and told
them TO take as their guide. the God
Man" and never lose sight Of him. He
also pointed out many things Of pres
ent lmportanc" such As the liquor
question. the labor question and the
woman suffrage question. He em-
phasized b fact that while the men
might search for power in the bust
ness world and politics. yet the Wpe
man. who organized and maintainSi
a home. had done more than an
these.
He took As his test Proverbs. TWEEN
~ ninth chapter and the eighteenth
verse. His sermon follows
A vision Prov. 2s;ls.
IL b. related or Caesar. that. on that
ever memorable night when DE had re-
fNAH'A wv |N"f NNf NNfHN ENf|H WHICH NNN|HNI
him In arms against the state. 30 hap
U'ucd that his headquarters were some
distance from the little river Euhi.pn.
which formed the boundary ~ ris pro-
vince.
with his usual caution. that uu news
OF hiN motions might rum hefor" hIu-
self 600 this night Caesar gave au en-.
tcrtIinwauf Co his friends. Boo tho midst
OF which ho slipped away uunh-crE,I.
through the woods at the point of tho
river at which h. desired 20 cross T..
nlsht was stormy and hN the violence
"i the wind their torches were brown
out, gu that the whole party lost their
way and wandered around through do.
woods tne whole night.
The light was HtfI gray and uursr-
tain as Caesar and bis COMPANY rode
down upon Tho banks uf tho fatal river.
o. cross which. with arms In his hands.
territory OF the Republic. prrtIaimei
ahN t.Wlu 20 traitor ANA 90 rebel THE
nravest NJ men could not help nIt ba
deeply arItatsI uhrr I11kirg down UNION
this little brook aH insignificant within
itself but invested with law aud saurtItv
history. and me tate az over. nation.
would necessarily Boz. determined It fr.
ifretriev"h'e acc of fhs rssf half hour
his mind ~ o.. Impressed fe ,rs ..r.-
nIfN OF The early dawn. exhausted with
hi. niFht's Wandering made hin nsr..
lie Wa yct lingering or che r',he-
BANK. when suddenly no "a point mot frr
DISTANT if'w himself m arrnrifur was
.nE in hia hands what seemed o. te a
i Ni "' NHHHI1. ely.. and of
beauty more Than human What d. ..r.
others saw 90 veil ne Caesar a.
they advanced toward No. from ono n
blowing through ~ p tf,at
human .fr'rE'. plunged into fHa ErH|.
,'n '' me- other bank .HH woe
..Nt UFhi ~ f1s dawn Upon