New-York tribune., 1874-06-22

course OF instruction In the Blhe, ana mees 9ay o
send up our petitions that the grace q wsra Mesyea
DO on the grass and r. Srn,D ts to kv"p wGpldly vs.
We thus seek to mold the character after
higher type and to send forth from us BODY ave
mere y-nakng and pleasure-seckng anu Ia aI" th
dass Of onorsbe a% sithy and hones
and spread around them refining lnnuence as euu
Of the rare n All that is lovely or OF good report
Alas do not succeed in thus eleyating the ts.os anu
aims all there still some among us VINO are ever
looking 70 the EARTH ike the brntes instead
Of looking like men, onward aud upward Slt We kooP
@ emu bs eo u m af some and the opposition Of soe
aud do believe that We this week seEd OUT goQy Q
OF their parents in sending them here, OF their
nstructors In laboring for tIem of tue puOnc anu VI
derl1ndng that Princeton College do a great work
GcnUemsn Of The Graduating Class: You are the sixtn
ms fhs ,"I1ge Wth No. class have had pleasant
reatious personal and collegiate 40 not remop IL,
gle unpleasant circumstance In nv cOhnec'On MN MN
YOU You are the largest class IA a ny aDos a, ~
graduated at this college In Tue lH years oi ,' &
stand as sn AS any like number nave done in any age
Of the institution. have discerncd IN nor ie" a..
feIIowships aud otherwise we seeking to promote.
Upward OF seventy Of the class are proleislng hca
brrs OF the church, and SO far rs know nave oeea
living worthy of the profession they make. Many or
them been Instant IN prayer Ior iheinse'ses ~,
have brought blessings, believe and may bring more
Altogether there has been good tone ~ tho esS, & ~
Intercourse one with another We look forward " your
future career with much hope and expcctauo1n: ,s
with mingled feelings that your Aiia aater puia
with YOU She much the same way as the mother
does when her daughter forms new connection anu
goes forth to establish new household Ihat inother
may be pleased with tho new relationship formed, may
rejoice that her daughter mas one 10 love ana Ploec
her But she rciOces for the daughters SAKE rather
tnan her own; ami a sigh heaves her bosom as sne
thinks that TINS loved one IS now to eave her
ana In spite all efforts to rcpress them, tears VIII
run down the furrows That nave been made Dy Smiles
tpve upi Sueiy
are prepared enter your professional careers ana
90 on 70 Sc ettIement for life But cannot escape
feeling OF sadness when reflect that we are NO longer
to meet you IN daily intercourse. . .o,on,o-
MS ami TO visit from time time and to promote our
nest wherever you CO. On the Other manu-. Wp
ackuowIedge that under obligations to cherish
tne remembrance OF you and inquire after you In the
several places and spheres 10 which you DetaKe your
selves ram tn e Io time and we will rejoice to
near OF being well and doing we'll Olrnqulry VIII
not be whether you rising to wealth or eDnence-
though when you are 50 Will rejoicebut 1t Will be.
you walking In the path OF lhteerity' adornihg ny
your lives the lessons received by you IN this College,
and rs educated gentlemen and Christians withstandlng
the evil around you aud spreading refining ana hai-
lowed influence. -,
You have come to a turning point In your lives. From
this spot you will be looking back on the past anu ior
ward to the future. From the past you may gather
much instruction. suppose you this quiet Sabbath
to such survey: You Will be able taereoy To- ts
cover wherein you have fallen short OF your duty
wherein you have fallen beneath your own standard
aud expectation Of yourself imperfect though tnat may
tion In perseverance. or consistency, or what else
what sins OF omission OF III
respect to yourselves to your fellow men, or 10 u9u
Aud you TINS you Will form purposes, Tor the
preS 5eses al your day thus may be
profitable any you have passed within these walls
more especially yS@ dedea1n ada crow" a" %
selves TO God for this life aud the life to come
rapd 70 the Country lying before you You viii see but
very little way through these thick forests and over
hanging clouds But you may see g ana sa seg
straight gate that you enter it, Some OF you may
have to choose profession ask guidance walt Tor
eye and aim. Some OF you may be entering on proies
fixed avoid all the meannesses and triekery OF
the profession. and do the Work manfully, humbly
From this sabbath mount some may be picturing an
ideal OF their future lives. am not sure that there Is
were gwen to lift from the earth OF clay into
more ETHEREAL region But that you set before you
what is truly high ideal DO not mean by thls pic, c,
ture wealth. OF succession OF pleasures OF
high fame coming from thousand tongues. Ii this Is
not your end. You may hasten to be rich, aud
nd yourself poor to pluck the rose only To De scratched
blasted. How wretched the man who has toed all his
| life for wealth. only to find himself IN poverty; for
and exposed to unjust reproach But Tiers
may be still wretcheu: tbat Is the man VINO
easpot eaS give happiness that il cannot buy of
| pain Dribe DEATH that 1t caunot give peace
10 soul O'efor formed e'Y in the @ lmass % Of God and
still with immortal desires. About the most wretched
sort they count their money and their wealth,
again and again. only to nd that it cannot ill the void
have known some such envying the poorest OF their
dependents who has food and raiment aud is Herewith
content and crying that they are ready to give up all
their money to purchasae what they have not These
need above all to learn that there are some things
which money cannot purchase aud these things are
after all the best, for II the world cannot give them,
neither can II take them away In the same hapless
condition those votares of pleasure who have
round to taste OF every maddened joy to find the
| issue disappointment ennui, and disgust. Equally
wretcbed the condition OF those who have set their
IN find hat N nd he shnufn M
the rabble only rritaes them, that the whispered
pllnent breathes only insincerlty. have known such
say, would part with all this fame for only one genu-
friend" VANITY, vanity all Is vanity and ve1aon
Would set you out from this place this day with your
heart set something which cannot be taken from
YOU Independent Of time place. and circum-
stance, something descending from above, but abiding
within you, and which will stay with you. You the
entrance: 40 in at while the door is open and
march with diligence and perseverance, Remember
that failures have been so great as those OF the
who have set high aim before them but who have been
as "unstabe water and left behind only wrecked
reputation like the children OF Israel who set out from
Egypt to enter Canaan but left their bones to strew
the wilderness. You the entrance, but you may
also the cnd high above these intervening forests
| and miss. Keep your eye fixed on IL and It will
seadfasness to all your course. as the pole star
does the mariner. All who In the OF this
world do not gain All who have striven in these
know deserving young men In our institution who have
wrought diligently and eonscientiously, but have
reached hOnors, though they have gained the good
opinion OF their Instructors and have acquired habits OF
application and laid up stores Of knowledge. But all
who set out and continue in the course am now recon-
mending will gain the prize and able to say in the
end, Henceforth there Is laid up for OF
righteousness which the Lord the righteous judge shall
give that day. and not TO only but TO all them
also that love His appearing"
DEVOTION TO DUTY.
The Rev. Dr. Porter at Yale College.