The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-05
sEorNNrNG OF WISDOM IS REVER-
ENCE OF GOD, WHEELING BAP-
rrsr TEMPLE PASTOR DE-
CI.ARES-
Annual Services Tor Graduates Aelo
Sunday nforninS-Chrtstdan Assoc
Citations Joint Meeting.

The Rev. George F.. L,ockhart. pastor
., tho wheeling Baptist Temple. preach
Cd a scholarly sermon Sunday morning
m the graduating class Of West Liberty
xo-u,l school Tho service was largely
attended. the place OF worship nc'nR
filled with tho graduates. underclass.
m.n. faculty members and friends OF
,he graduates and tho school VINO Sat"-
cred from far and near TO attend tae
service for tho class.
On Sunday evening, tho annual JOINT
meeting Of tho Young Womens anu
Young Mems Christian associations 'l
The Normal school drew another large
and Interested gathering. This service
wos addressed by Dir. ". B. Taylor OIL
Rcthanv, and tho Rev. @. A. Kelly pas
Tor NJ tho West Liberty NJ. +. Church.
Services Por Graduates.
SUNDAYS service for the graduating
o,oss ~ West Liberty Normal school
onened with the PROFESSIONAL foiio"Iu
~. IN. singing Of the hymn Holy
tio,v HOLY" After the scripture Teau-
,,g Or W. r. Taylor OF Bethany o1ter-
cd an eloquent and appropriate pray
vocal duet, yesterday and Ioh'ol
row" bv Audran-Parks, sung oy Mlse.s
Rohscca McColloch and Ethel Atkinson,
.o. nartIcuIarly good. DR.. LocKhart
sermon TO the graduates folin"eo 'NIo
s.lsct,on. and the singing Of inc ny n'''
"t o,e Divine" closed the lnsp'lH" 3
service. ,, ,or
~ ockh,rt. In selecting his teNt '"'
,,,s ..rmor 20 the graduates. read 1r"n'
-. fourth chapter Of Proverbs, the III gu
IA seventh verses:
"Get wisdom. get understan"I"H
forget Il not: either decline '''
the words OF tho mouth. hill
"Eorsake her not and she Sna"
nrescrve thee: love her ana sue
shall keep thee. .,,,
",risdom Is tho PRINCIPAL thing,
therefore. get wisdom an" W.
49,, eating. GO. understanding
Also psalms oo:l?:--
$50 teach US 70 number our o"HS
that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom"
Mastery piscus7ion-
In his Introduction I" one oil INV NV
,,astcrlv sermons ever deI'N'r'u !" @
graduating class at West lhoer'F NJ
NAL. Dr. LoCkhart traced the eN"'"t .o.'
Of creation from primal ether l" n,
tho prrfccting creation. IN Iht m'H
rhase of his discourse he 'Te"''u "I'',
the aspiring one. pr. hocKhart i',,,
"a crock civilization the most S'lhl,l-
Io,nr and intellectual grandeur IN
hrn,sn history and to the Romans
supreme In the magnihrcn'e OF
rorcantry but who failed utterly ne
80. ,b.v failed TO educate the heart;
,.rbc,. we're clever, but they were not
a,Ise They had gotten understanding
INT they had failed TO set wisdom ne
said. ,,.o
In the second phase Of his DISCOURSE
mr. Inckhart referred TO our present
world moment. contemporary society
renrcscnts the most clever age IN human
history. Man has attained the uhhe-
Iicvohle in scientific discovery. m""han-
Iral adoption and philosophir eNr'"r"-
lions. But all Of these, as stag c' !,'S
az they may secm to the mind OF me
commemorative will not save us Nv
present age Ia Il ChallcnC" I" Ica''rS"'''
,rd =. cali for wise direction. The great
conferences Of our most FORWARD 'o"N
I,p thinkers on either sid" OF the NJ
49, u.bo .rn able 10 see beyond the
nntty rrciudices aud purile antmositirS
~ = n,yorir public arc 50 asking: '"hot
10 cIeyer"' But they arc eNhaustinE
cvery resource Of their trained states
r,anship in the effort to answer the
question: What is ultimately wise?
I'm the Pagan period Of human his
tory" Dr. Iockhart said man all but
pcrished through trusting to mere
.,evernsss. although Their trained In
renuitv surpassed even the marvels OF
nur own age In some respects. Rome
with her mighty architectural triumrhs
and suprcmely magnificent pageants. So
cIarv became SO decreplt that Marcus
AurelIus was forced to stand In the
midst OF the proud imperial city and
saw. Rome never had so many people
hu, Rome never had so few mon. An
other generation OF such !nordinate per
version would have caused the moral