The native American., 1837-12-02
ELOQUENCE AND PIETY.

| The following gem is the closing part of an
address by the Rev. (Professor) Ware, Jr., to
the students of Harvard College on the last
Sunday of the Academica year.
/" We look on your departure, young friends,
with affectionate and anxious interest. Never
again snail we meet you in all these sacred
lserylces. The ties which have bound us to-
gether SO long, in the daily offerings to God and
the weekly sympathies of the Sabbath, are now
Ito be severed, to be united again, may we
hope,-or must we fear?-in the perfect enjoy
ment of that eternal Sabbath, in which the tolls
of earth are to be ended, and the perfected spirit
to be bIest.
Meantime, for you, and for us, the work Of
life goes on; may it be our daily and uninter-
rupted growth in knowledge and virtue, till we
reach the completeness of our mortal and spir-
ituaI being! We commend you to your labors
and trials. We pray for your success and hap
piness. We charge you to be faithful to your
great trusts Do not be satisfied with the edu-
cation you have received, nor live in the midst
of infnitive knowledge as if you had already
attained. Do not propose yourselves any mere
ly earthly object of pursuit, as il any thing NOR
tai was worthy to content the immortal. Live
for usefulness and society Society is crying out
for the aid of perfectly developed men, for the
service OI minus, well pIoPoilloHSu anu WCii
principled. Answer its call. Uphold It's nsti
tutions. Stand fast for its rights. Plead for its
laws Arm yourselves stoutly against all tyran-
nv of one or of many, against life, or liberty or
right. Do something, do all you can, to be true
counsellors to that sovereign power, public
opinion, and to save the land from being ruined
by the vice of the ignorant or the knavery OF
the knowing. Wherever you co. carry the
upright front of the true scholar, the frankness
and fairness of the true philosopher the bodness
and meekness of the holy apostle, the self
sacrificing devotion of the sainted martyr. Then
you shall be the terror of the ill-doing, and stay,
for time at least, the perils Of the people.
Last Of all, and above all, consecrate your"
selves to Cod You are not your own; you have
no strength of yourselves; consecrate yourselves
to Cod Work for Him. Ally yourselves to
his counsels and his purposes, and secure the
cooperation Of his will. In the deep life of the
spirit, commune with Him, and thus nourish
yourselves IL all goodness. In the affectiunate
imitation Of Jesus Christ, commend yourselves
to his blessing, and SO find strength and peace.
In the hope and prospect of Eternity, toll on,
rejoicing and persevering, through good report
and evil report: knowing that your witness is in
Heaven, your record on high. And then, when
the day of life shall be done, its discipline
ceased, its preparation ended, then may your
|ripened spirits pass to the final award OF the
coed and faithful; then may you find, one and
all, that you have indeed attained, are at length
perfect, and among the glorifed immortals OF
/ Heaven, are partakers of the prise of the high
calling Christ Jesus.
eve part from you at the altar here, let ue
meet you at the throne hereafter"