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...William Lawrence, Bishop of Massachusetts, preached the Baccalaureate Sermon to the members of the class of Ninety-five in Appleton Chapel yesterday afternoon. The sermon is given in full below...
...Harvard in the background, your thoughts will be intent on the future. I might try to strike the several notes of the prophet: I could tell you from the lives of some of my own college mates of how God's judgments fall upon those that seek unrighteousness, - the sermon caught from a few unhappy and cursed lives would speak stronger words than any prophetic warnings. You would respond with eagerness to an appeal to the future and to the rewards that come to them that seek the right. But my sole appeal today is to the past. I want...
...Another characteristic stands out from the legend with which I began this sermon and from the history of the college. 'Founded by act of the people,' The college was the creation of the whole community. From the General Court she received her charter and financial aid; through it she was governed. The college never has been nor can be separate and distinct from the people and their dearest interests. Public spirit moves through her as the winds from the surrounding country sweep through her elms. The pulse of the people can be felt and the movements of the nation anticipated...
After the sermon the Baccalaureate hymn, by H. H. Yeames, '95, was sung. The choir sang during the service the following selections: "Awake, put on thy strength," Stainer; "Sing Alleluia forth," Buck; "Peace and Light," Chadwick...
Appleton Chapel, 4 p.m. Baccalaureate Sermon to the Senior Class. Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, D. D. (Seats will be reserved for members of the Faculty until...