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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL
YEAR DRAWS TO CLOSE
(Continua1 from page Alne.)
things away from us. as though they
had no worthy place in the noble life.
It means the gaining and using of
these things in the name of Christ
and for the glory of God, as stewards
of the manifold gifts of God for the
good of men"....
"Feelings, words, deeds," as Bab
cock said, t*e must simply be
golden beads strung on the silver
strand of duty. Let the world tell
you in a hundred ways what your
life here is for. Say you ever and
only, 'Lo, I come to do thy will, 0
God.' Out of that root dutiful grows
the life beautiful-the life radically
and ediantly. true to God-the only
.,Ie that can be lived in both worlds."
The exercises were closed with the
benediction by Dr. Stahler.
SUNDAY NIGT ADDRESS.
Rev. Jno. C. Seegers Delivers a Strong
Discourse Giving the Essentials
For the Soul.
The address on Sunday night was
to the Younng Men's Christian asso
ciation and was delivered by the Rev.
J. C. Seegers, of Easton, Penn., to a
large and appreciative audience.
Since the return of the college to
Newberry thirty-two years ago all
denominations in the city have closed
their churhes on these commence
ment Sundays and joined with the col
lege in the Sunday services.
The Rev. Mr. Seegers is no stranger
in Newberry, having spent several
years here as a college student and
having visited here on many occasions
since graduation. Mr. Seegers was a
members of the class of 1888 and af
ter graduation spent a year in the
seminary which was at that time lo
eated in Newberry. He afterwards
attended the seminary in Philadelphia
from which institution he graduated.
He filled several important pastorates
in the south, but several years ago ao
cepted work in the north where he
has labored most successfully. He is
a native of Columbia and a son of the
Hon. John C. Seegers, a member of
the board of trustees of the college.
Dr. Seegers spoke as follows:
Text: John 6, 68: "And Simon Pet
er answered him, Lord, to whom shall
we go?~ Thou hast the words of eter
nal life.''
It was a critical moment. Ration
alism had infected some of the fol
lowers of Christ. Faith had gone
down before reason- The very words
of Christ had produced problems
,which, with all of their rationalizing,'
they could not solve. The more they
tho~ught and the more they reasoned,
the greater the difficulty. And the
consequence was that there were
many defections from the cause of
Chri~st. John says, "Many left Him
and followed Him no more."' And
Christ lets them go. He does not at
tempt to placate them by modifying
his discourse, nor by even attempt
ing to tell them how he could give
them his flesh- to eat and his blood
to drink, which would have solved
the problem for them. On the contra.
ry, he turns his eye upon the twelve,
and with a straight-forward, heart
searching, penetrating look, asks the
question: "Will ye also go away ''
It is not the question of one weeping
over irremed-iable losses, nor the pa
thetic lamentation of possible losses
yet -to come: it is not prompted by
weak sentimentalism, but it is rather
a sifting question. It is a straight
forward, manly, direct question, de
manding a straight-forward answer.
and the answer is forthcoming. Peter
im.medately replied: "Lord, to whom
shall w~e goc? Thou hast the words of
eternal life."'
Though but beginne s in faith, and
children in understanding, the words
of Christ did not cause them to waver.
They staggered not at his saying. To
them life without Christ would be
~barren and empty. They found no
substitute for him. He was absolute
ly indispensible to them. And a fur
ther analysis of the answer will reveal
the thouzht that .there are some
things absolutely indispensible for the
welfare and peace of theC soul. There:
are some things for which a satisfac
torv sub'stitute can not be found.
Some things essential for the soul.
And it is to this subject which I
wish to direct your attention this
evening: Essentials for the Soul.
First, Religion.
Secondly, The Church.
Thirdly, Jesus christ.
First, Religion. A definition of the
term and a statement of the purpose
will be necessary. When we say re
ligion we do not mean a system of
proof which requires a mental or in
Atellectual assent. nor a correct state
ment of objective principles, nor the
mental apprehension of historical and
well-authenticated facts. For a mani
may accept every principle, and every
fact growing out of and emanating
frm the teaching and life of Christ;
he may be enit renched behind the most
Scriptural system, and yet essentially
be irreligious. Religion primarily is
not a sVstem. but a life: a life of man
in God. and a life of God in man.'
It is a vital, living union, and com
munion between man and God. It
lifts the soul to up God. and brings
God to the soul. And this is the in
ner tendency, both in man and in
God. God has ever been going out af
ter man. Man is God's first and last
thoiought. And when the separation
beVee Cod and n,;1 t k zlace
God's interest in and his seeking af
ter man was demonstrated in the full
ness of time when the Virgin Mary
gave birth to the Son of God and
when God linked himself with the hu
man race. Th-e incarnation of Jesus
Christ, therefore, stands forth in his
tory, not only as an indisputable evi
dence of God's love, but a divine
guarantee that man and God should
not be separated forever. And God is
the greatest thought of man. Man
seeks after God, and although he may
fasten his thought and offer his de
votion to the most hideous caricatur
ers, he can not abolish or destroy the
longing for fellowship with and the
attraction towards God. This is the
inner craving of the heart of man as
the actions of mankind the world ov
er prove and confirm. Religion satis
fies this inner craving by unitng man
to the one and only true God, and,
therefore, it becomes an absolute es
sential for the soul. Philosophy and
science and education and even ethics
are not a substitute for it.
But with equal emphasis we assert
that the church- is an essential for
the soul. For religion is not the re
sultant of the spontaneous workings
of the human heart, nor the conse
quence of the immediate operations
of Gbd in the heart. The movement
is from God manward. T'he initia
'tive is taken by God. The whole pro
cess of religious life from its very
quickening until it is ushered into
the great beyond in a perfected state,
is the result of God -working in us.
God comes to man, and then man is
drawn to God. We work out only
what God works in, and every evi
dence of religious life, whether it be
the acknowledgement of sin, or the
confession of faith, or the offering of
prayer, or the doing of good works,
is but the human expression of the
divine impression within us. But this
life thus worked by God is a growth.
There is first a beginning, a develop
ment, and a maturity. This growth
is gradual and progressive, and it is
dependent upon the same spirit which
brought it into being. But the
spirit of God works o'nly through .
means. Divinely chosen means. The
new life is begun by the spirit through
water and the Word. It is developed
by the grace of Christ coming through
the Word and the sacrament. But
where are Word and sacraments to
be found save in the church?~ The
hurch, therefore, is no ordinary in
stitutio'n, whieh the world could be
a.s well off without as with. She is
the ark of salvation, the bride, of
Christ. She is not a social organiza
tion, although she introduces men in
to the very best society on earth, and
identifies them with the company of
eaen. She is a living, palpitating
rganism, every part filled with vital
ity. She is the repository of grace,
the sine qua non, the conditon with
out whieoh my soul would be undone.
But if the church is an essential,
t:hen certainly Jesus Christ is an es
ential, for the church has but one
foundation, viz., Jesus Christ. There
is but one churech. the Holy Chris
tian Church. A Christless church is
an impossibility. In Christ man and
God are united, and only through
Christ can man and God become unit
ed. The Christian religion, therefore,
is thme one absolute final religion. Not
a mere evolution of a species from a
like genus, but the or.ly religion. And
when we confine religion to the defi
nition given in the early part of these
remarks, it is imposs.ible to have it
without Jesus Christ. "I am come
that they might :bave life, and that
they might have it more abundant
lv."' In Him and through Him, man
has the life that comes from God. A
union between man and God, inde
pendent of Christ is beyond the realm
of human possibility or divine plan
ning.
And now, young friends of Newber
rv eollege. I have presented to you'
Him whob( alone :has the words of eter
nl life, that institution through
whilch the words oft eternal life come.
hat religion which gives you, ever
lasting life. May Jesus Christ be
your richest possession; may the
church of Christ be your ark of sal
vation upoh the turbulent waters of
life, and may the religion of Christ
bring to your souls the very peae of
God, which passeth all understandmng.
Consumption is caused by the pois
onous germs in the consumnptive4s
spit. ,T.he poisonous spit dries and
goes as dust into othrer people's lungs.
A little poisonous spit whe scattered
in dust, is enough to infect dozens
of people. That is why careless spit
ting s not niv dirty, but dangerous.
DFFERING SOUTH PROTECTIOI
Shrewd G. 0. P. Boss Trying to L
fluence Wavering Ones by Prof
fers of Tariff Favors.
Washington. June 4.--Senator Al<
rich, the big G. 0. P. boss in the sei
ate. made an earnest and somewh.
lidacious plea tonight to the Sout]
ern senators to support the cottc
zehedule in his bill. He made tI
n1;nal prediction that in a short tin
lie South would be overwhelming1
protectionist in sentiment and brougl
forward the Japanese peril of chen
labor in cotton manufacturing.
This was Aldrich's first open appe,
to the Southern senators to suppoi
bis raises in the cotton goods taril
but it is known that during the pa
month h- hastbeen making the mo
ener zetic efforts in private to go
Southern votes for this schedule. Bi
ides trying to scare the Southei
enators into voting for high dutii
>n cotton manufactures by the thre
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vItC. Searcely a Southern senator
but has been approached at one time
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anits with a proposal to put somthing
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eshedule. which Aldrich has declared
i form the "very citadel of the protec
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p Aldrich has succeeded with somE
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the high duties on cotton goods. WhilE
this assertion is being made by those
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CHOLARSHIP and -ENTRANCE
EXAMIN4.TION.
The examina.tion for the award of
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ollege and for the admission of new
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ourt House, on Friday, July 2, at
a. m. Applicants must not be
~ss than 15 years of age. When
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iey will be awarded to those mak
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