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Show AT THE A. C. of U. Baccalaureate Sermon Delivered Sunday Before Be-fore Large Audience. Fine Address. The baccalaureate service at the A. O. of U. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock was one of real pleasure. President Hrlmhall, of the llrlgham Young University, Uni-versity, delivered the sermon and Ills was an exceptionally able address In which he oHcrcd a sane philosophy calculated to enable and enrich any who might absorb tho truths lie unfolded. un-folded. All things were In harmony with the excellence of tho address, so that nothing was left to bo desired. The chapel rostrum was made beautiful beauti-ful by tho draping of the college colors, blue and white, a display of college pendants and class banners, and the use of six magnlllccnt specimens of "Old Glory." Other ornaments besides be-sides the faculty were II. Ilullcn Jr , Rev. Norllcct, M. .1. Ballard, Senator McKay, Trustees Smart and McAllister, McAllist-er, Presidents Parkinson and Merrill and President Llnford, of tho H. Y. C. The choir under tho direction of Mr. Thatcher sang "Consider the Lilies" most elfectlvcly, after which Senator McKay delivered prayer. James Jardlnc rendered a solo, and President Kerr introduced President Hrlmhall. The Sermon. The speaker quoted that part of scripture relating to truth making its possessor free, and from this lie evolved many splendid thoughts. He said in part: "What Is truth' Is trutli know-legeV know-legeV It Is and more. There is much knowledge that lias and Is passing away. Knowledge is a state of mental certitude truth is harmony between ul I nil and matter, correspondence between be-tween idea and actuality; knowledge of things that are not as they seem to be, but as they are, as they were and arc to be. Truth Is acltadel in which liberty tinds refuge, a throne on which freedom sits and dispenses justice, tempered with mercy." In touching upon the object of life, President Hrlmhall said that one man had said that it was "that we might have enjoyment," and in his opinion "the object of man And the universe Is to enjoy." As for another he desired de-sired It said of him that "he lived that he might have more joy than sorrow, sor-row, and builded moro than he destroyed." de-stroyed." Must Have Truth. "Hut before wo can live to enjoy, or build more than we destroy It Is necessary to know truth. First of all we must understand our place as dependents, de-pendents, as receivers and givers. Independence In-dependence is not freedom, it is dependence de-pendence that is tho very essence of freedom. One fount of happiness Is dependence, for knowledge of our dcpcudcnco Is the source of gratitude and gratitude is the antecedent of helpfulness. Wo must feel conscious of desiring something we can not get without assistance before wo can have a feeling of gratitude. We must have knowledge of our dependence In God, and our dependence on our fellow fel-low beings." "None arc so bound In chains as the tyrant," said the speaker, and "Ignorance "Ignor-ance Is tho greatest tyranny. We must understand our relation to society soci-ety as a giver before we can be either free or happy. It Is by serving that we live. I would like It said of me; "He served his generation." By serving serv-ing I open other fountains of happiness. happi-ness. 1 become a sourco of gratitude to those below me. Itut for tho weakness weak-ness of those below me I should never feel tho throb of sympathy. Many pcoplo arc developed only in one side of their natures, they arc like an undeveloped un-developed apple; withered on one side." An Illustration. The speaker here told a little stoiy of heart Interest, Illustrating tho difference dif-ference between one who lived In truth and others who had failed to read life aright. A child of poverty, an Italian girl suffering with a diseased Jaw, was brought Into a hospital. Students there piled her upon the operating table with little ceremony, felt of her swollen faco roughly und wehft (tbdlit rip open the ulceration with a lance. At this juncture an elderly surgeon came in, noted the girl's misfortune, gently touched the swelling and then said to the students about hlra: "He gentle with tho lady. Put away that lance and get the proper Instrument to draw the puss from this swelling. See that her face Is not scarred." Dr. Hrlmhall continued: "The men who possessed but a fragment of truth would have mistreated the girl and scarred her for life. She was but a child a poverty, why should they care. They did not stand on that eminence from which they could sec that all truth Is united; they could not sec that the girl was a child of society; they could not sec that by their heart-lessness, heart-lessness, their lack of sympathy, they would liavo sown the seeds of cruelty. Speaking of growth the speaker said "tho way In which a man gives Is the way in which ho grows. Tho way In which he grows Is manifest in the way he loves. The man who whips his horse and enjoys it Is Intrinsically bad; tho man who does wrong and feels It keenly, Is not Intrinsically but accidentally bad. It all depends on how much wo love or hato a thing, for by our likes and dislikes are we measured. This is a Truth." To those who occasionally speak of or have a desire to attain "the higher walks of life," President Brlrahall said "there arc no walks higher than the common walks of life. These arc the walks trod by Christ, ho loved the common things. 1 would have the farmer boy walk In the common walks of life, but I would have him walk them as a Prince; the girl who bakes bread is walking the common walks of life, but she can walk them In an uncommon un-common way." "The Higher Walk." "Truth Is not all on the surface, there Is much truth yet in obscurity. There Is much truth In captivity, also, to superstition, and In golden chains, as well. Truth is bought up by syndicates, syn-dicates, placed In the tomb of materialism materi-alism and a seal pu; upon the door. If truth ever enters the heart, treat It as your child, do not barter It away. It Is your duty to glvo the world the benefit of It," said tho speaker, this whole thought Illustrating tho disposition dispo-sition on the part of great syndicates to purchase great discoveries and inventions in-ventions to use for their financial bcnctlt. In Searching. "In searching for truth, there arc two general methods historic and experimentation. ex-perimentation. Observation is the Intermediate point between tho two. It requires faith to seek truth, faith In fellow men and faith in God. Wo must take history of tho past, for every seeicer does not need to begin at the beginning. Ho takes up the sjarch where progenitors left oil. The seeker today can climb up on the shoulders of the giants of clvlllzat Ion, and the searcher's eyes can see further than tho giant. The searcher must have faith In his history Just as the experimenter must have scientific faith. In the search for truth the Held of Investigation should Include spiritual truth, for tins Is as tangible as any form of truth. History tells us of the spiritual, and we havo It demonstrated dem-onstrated In our lives. In searching for tho spiritual wo must follow tho law of spiritual Investigation just as accurately as wo follow tho law In sclcntlllc Investglatlou. There is a great day coming, a day when navies will be converted Into floating universities, uni-versities, when millions will be spent for education and not one cent for war, when every man will seek the truth and learn to live It." The choir rendered a very excellent selection and tho nudlence was dismissed dis-missed by M. J. Hallard. |