Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-24
CLASS OF is
IBACCALAuREATE
sermon SUNDAY

MkMUN SUNDAY
| The Baccalaurcate sermon Of the
! class of IS, G. H. S. was delivered
| Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum bv
! Prof. Henry w. Brown of Colby col
| lcse. Though the day was rainy the
| auditorium was well filled by parents
and friends of the class and school.
| There were ~ members of the grad
uatinS class present and were usi-
cred to their seats by Leon Moore as
marshal The school orchestra fur
nished music and Miss Beatrice
! Spinney sang. The classes were sea-
/ cd in the balconies which were drap-
| Cd in the class cOlOrs. Seated or the
! stage ~'ith the speaker were the
members of the school committee. tie
super endent Of schools, the higl
school principal and members of the
| clergy. Rev. H. s. Dow offered pray
er and Rev. NJ. G. Folsom read the
Sth Psalm.
Prof. Brown has spoken in Gardincr
before and gave very pleasing an
instructive discourse. He opened b.
quoting the following passage from
! Nipling: If | myself could talk TO
myself as | was u year ago. I'd tell
him Il lot that would help him a To-
Of thing he ought to know" AS this
is impossible we should consider II
duty to tell the young folks that
which would help them. He referred
to the fact that we have dual ma
lures and it was Of The Superior
Self that he spoke. We do not nee"
to 60 10 poetry, fiction or plastic ~
for illustrations. for We each have
I consciousness of them. The lower
SELF is akin to the brute and thinks
of food. drink and comforts. The Sd
I nc!ipr self has to do with the
thoughts we think and the deeds W
do. II has taken millions of years to
bring the physical self under con-
troll Of the spiritual self. and the
spiritual self Of today owes its pcs
ton u three great victories, tor man
Of today is the survival of the fit
test Prof Brown said that the thlt 2
victories We're conscious self-discoV-
icry. voluntary self-enrichment and
purposcfu1 self-cxp1cssion and it is
through! these that we differ divinelN
from lie beasts of the field.
Toward all inc above mentioned
three victories las the class be2n
struggling for the past four years ana
the career Of each for tne rest of liIc
VIII follow out these lines. We naVl
become aware that we are primarily
srijts and our physical bodies are
secondary. God" said he, never du-
rloicatcs Every soul is Il Divine NJ
racle The word never saw your IKE
before and never will again 1oH
can do something that nobody els"
can DO, in n way that nobody else can
and If you Go not do it it wilin ever
be done"
Prof Brown then pointed out that
not only are we different. but we are
alone Doubtless lasting friendships
have been formed Nut these are not
spiritual. for souls never touch. Il ne
vital problems of life must be soiN-
cd alone Take all tie advice Eol
can get and tncn do just what you
believe 60 he right. always roailzn-S
lie responsibility that rests upon yo"
az clean hearted bays and girls
The speaker then said that change
was the most important word III
the English language for change oc-
ours in everything each instant and
,tagnation is impossible. Our
whole world is one OF constant
change and this is equally true OF
the mind. He gave illustrations OF
the power Of man on the world and
said that the books one reads. the
pictures one sees and the friendships
one forms have much to do with
what the change will be.
we speak OF the Soul as power.
1t is such. 4 power of powers. In
some respects it seems analogous to
electricity. You have learned Ohm 5
law: current strength is equal to
clectromotive force divided by re
. siStance There arc two ways IN
which to increase the amperage OF
any current: one is to increase the
voltage; the other to increase the
resistance There are ways OF IN
creasing the soul power, as by
study. reflection. contact with God;
but all depends on reducing the re-
sistance. Sin is the chief resistance
element offered to the current OF
God as potential i'll the human soul.
Many weakly endowed soul has
become strong working force tor
good through the elimination OF
ignorance, Incidence. greed or vice.
Life is made more earnest by Away
living III the present, yet in con-
scious preparation of the future
Good men will tell you to prepare
for eternity: do SO, but remember
that you are already in eternity.
They warn you to prepare for the
Judgement Day; do so, but remem
Der that every day is a judgement
day. They will urge you to pre-
pare to meet God: do so. but re-
member that You are in Gods pres
cncc all the time They will coun
sci you to prepare for Heaven; do
so. but remember that it is more i'm
portant to get heaven into your
your heart than it is to get you into
heaven
Sell expression consists not only
in action but in soul attitude. Be
all optimist; be All altruist; be an
idealist."