The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-26
SOME SPECIAL POINTS
IN BACCALAUREATE SERMON

IN BACCALACREATE SERMON
To its report of the baccalaureate
sermon delivered by Rev. Bunyan
Stevens at the Methodist church
Sunday morning, the Star will add
the following, which it had not time
TO publish Monday:
The Choice of a Life Work
Ckings 8: led
When Angelo was ninety he wrote
on one of his productions: Still
learning" Seneca said: 90 If / had
one foot in the grave, / should still
wish to learn The attitude of all
boys and girls, men and women
ought to be that of learners. We
may finish the study periods Of
school life, but the time never comes
when the mind is thru with learning.
There is no limit to the realm of
knowledge and one is constantly
called upon to decide between two
courses of study. So with the voca-
tons and avocations of life there is
practically no limit. Because of this
condition there must be a choice of
one phase of work to the exclusion of
others.
Vision Necessary to Choice
First Our dreams visualize our
ideals.
1t has been said that the man
who never builds a castle in the air
seldom builds a cottage on earth.
One Of the greatest of Old Tesla
ment writer's was called a star-gaZer.
Solomon dreamed an impressive,
awe-inspiring dream and then went
out to do Gods will in his life. So
Joseph dreamed of the sheaves bow
ing to his sheaf and became the ruler
of men. John on the Isle of Patmos
square, which prepared him and
countless thousands of others for the
glories of that home not made with
hands, eternal in the heavenes.
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cision and opportunity.
Second Our dreams present
our possibilities.
Solomon was dreaming of his OPP
portunities and possibilities. ASK
what / shall give thee" was the re-
quest of God. This question or
rather opportunity comes to all
alike This is the turning point, the
crisis. the tide in the affairs of a
man which must be taken at it's flood.
God is saying to every graduate, not
by dream, but by his Holy Spirit:
ASK what 1 shall give thee" So this
is a day of opportunity, a day of
choice
Third. We show our wisdom in
the choice we make
Happy is the man who findeth
wisdom.
s'And the profit thereof than fine
the gaining of silver,
For the gaining of it is better
than gold. Prov. 8: 1914.
Whence then cometh wisdom?"
And where is the place of under
standing. God UNDERSTANDABLE the
way thereof. And He knoweth the
place thereof. And unto man He
said:
Behold, the fear of the Lord is
wisdom:
"And to depart from evil is un-
derstanding." job $500, 1928.
Youth is the Time of Choice
First. Because of the opportuni-
ties presented to youth.
Opportunities with ability makes
responsibility. Bishop Hunt.
Opportunities to choose decreases
as We grow older.
We are on the hilltop of oppor-
tunity today. We must choose and go
on, or get out of the way to let an
other pass on.
Second. Because the work is for
life and the choice ought to be early.
If the work of life be started early
in youth and continued properly, it
ought to enable us to be more eff1c-
lent. This efficiency will make the
after years joy because of the ease
with which the work can be done.
The longer the decision is delayed
the harder it is to mako and the
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