The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-06
OVEWAS THEME
Of SERMON 10
.FSN GRADUATES
Interesting Baccalaureatt
Exercises Held Yester-
day Morning

Love was the theme Of both the
lessons received BY Mrs.
N. r. g. Morrow and the bacca:
laureate sermon delivered yester-
day morning to the graduating
class at the Falrmont State Normal
school by DR.. Thomas H. Lewis Of
Washington, D. @. DR.. Lewis Is
o fthe general conference
OF the Methodist Protestant church.
At the beginning of the service
Mrs. Morrow explained that she
had been requested by DR.. Lewis
to read the 18th chapter OF the first
book of Co.knthians and she recIt.
ed the chapter with fine effect.
DR.. Lewis took for his text, the
tenth verse of the sixth chapter OF
the Song Of Solomon, "who is she
that looketh forth as the morning,
fair as the moon, clear as the sun
and terrible as an army with ban
ners?"
The Song Of Solomon said Dr..
LewiR is a kreatise on love, 5000
years old. Comparatively few peo-
pie have read 1t. Passing up the
theory set forth in the chapter
headlines that the poem is an allie
CORY depicting the love OF Christ
for his church, the preacher began
by stating that the story on the
is that Of the rivalry Of
two suitors, one Of royal blood, the
other an obscure shepherd, for the
hand Of a beautiful maiden. Find.
ing his efforts to win her affections
the king sends her.
back 10 her mountain home and
her shepherd lover, recognizing the
fact that the heart of woman Is
higher than throne and mightier
than the scepter OF the greatest
for he who could COM
mand the mightiest armies could
not command the heart OF this wo-
man. Such, in brief, he declared, is
the story of'thls Oriental love song.
Woman's mission is built on this
theme. he said. Woman's mission Is
love. Woman shows the world how
70 love her BY the largeness OF her
own love. .s ....i, - =, y, 4
y No apology Is necessary, he do
clared, for discussing this subject.
Love is not only the master passion
Of the human heart, but the part
love plays in human affairs makes
It's study a fundamental matter
since it is the supreme means for
the betterment Of the human race
With wealth OF poetic imag-
cry, the preacher gave solomon's
reasons for likenlng women to the
dawn, the sun, ana the moon and
said that the antithesis, terrible
asian army with banners" was
meant to'typlfy the effects OF illict
love. An army with banners, he
explained. means confusion, tumult
and desolation. Any one who
knows the power OF love, and
plays with It is a silly fool.
There is nothing more beautiful
than pure girl. sin maiden medi-
tation; fancy free" but too many
cases It matters not whether a
man be IS or 80,if he can give
them position and ease. they are
prone to sell themselves to the
highest bidder. The result Of this
Is. he said, ttSt we have married
tlirts. both men and women who
recognize no finality In the we'd
ding ceremony. The whole criminal
history. can be summed up in the
question Of the perversion OF this,
the noblest of all passions. Last
year, he said, $4,000 young women
disappeared completely in the Unit.
ed States. He cited the case of
Florence Crittenton, who gave up
her life in the effort to save fallen
women as one Of the noblest ex-
amples of'loye Of the right sort in
a.! history.
The speaker assured the class
Of which only a few were young
men that he. did not warn them
against the terrible result Of per-
verted love from the fear that they
mcdttated such things. but rather
to show them that sue things can
be and will be1f the holy spirit OF !
love is betrayed.
The exercises opened with, the
singing OF the flynn Of Light:
sung to the air "Ancient, Of Days;
by a double quartet composed OF
May Magdalene sturm, Mary Mar. |
iorie sturm, Villa Collins. Edith
Hfte, Pauline Boggess, Josephine
Mapel, Daisy Cross and Virginia
Lough. Miss Frances Dowd played |
the accompaniment.
Beyond the Dawn" by Sander
son was sung by Miss Boggess
with fine expression. Miss Boggess
possesses a very sweet voice which
she knows how to use.
Father in Heaven sung to the
alr OF Handel's Largo, by theI
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