The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-25
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
BAccALAUREArE ADDRESS By PRESIDENT BART
LOWERS.


BAccALAUREArE ADDRESS By PRESIDENT BART
LErr-cHRIsT's DEMANDS UPON uIs FOL-
LOWERS.
HANOVER June "a, 1877
The first baccaisurcats address was preached this
morning by President Bartlett in the college hurch TO
crowded and highly apprscistivs audience consisting
OF many alumni who have become distinguished IN
science and literature together with the trustees
and friends OF tho college. The church prettiy
decorated for the The following is an alb
stract oil President Bartlet's sermon He seoced his
text from Matthew, xvi, s5-26-"For whosoeyer will
life shall lose IT, and whosoever will lose his
lie for sake shall find t. For what 10 q man prof
tied II he shall gain The whole world and lose his own
soui what shall q man give In exchange for his
sous This Is OF the hard sayings OF Jesus. Tho
men Of this world have always been offended by IT,
SeiEabnegation conflicts alike with their theory and
their practice 1t seems 10 them absurdty, and
they pronounce it inspossiby. scif.preservation
and scli-seeking have been the maxim OF the world.
and IN the spirit OF that maxim even It's rei-
gious moods and efforts proceed. Many
would pay something perhaps much, for heaven
VINO Will give nothing 10 God, much less
surrender the control OF his heart and life TO Christ
Here comes the nfct and the deadlock. For Christ
says, let him deny himself take up His cross and fol-
low HIM. and DC wiling TO lose his lie Tor HIS sake
The demand OF Christ ~ thus not merely Tor certain
occasional acts OF restraint upon our int ui0hs but
ior a seil-reuunciaon, which involves the uncondi-
other words consists IN the absolute enforcement
Of obedience OF duty this lie and all its pur
poses interest, schemes, hopes and loves. Such a
hes the foundation the highest
well,being alike OF besscdness and holiness.
INDICATIONS LAW.
Tho indications OF THIS law OF happiness lie along
the whole shore OF human lfe from tho bottom 10 the
top of the realm. Beginning first far below the line
religion, find that not sef-indugence but self
control is the great settled Law OF natureof human
We on every side conditioned and limited
and compelled hold ourselves pcrpetuay in check.
becomes
Even qualification Of the senses, the happiness of
our social relations all tho pleasures OF mind
in sound body and all the prizes that life holds out
gained and held on the tenure or perpetual vgi
lance and restraint Rising to higher point, though
still below the level OF religion, We ind
Second - That seorgetiuness is III general the
condition OF the higher emotion ofjov All the nober
which arc farthest removed from every selfish refer.
ence Inc periods Of our lives most delightful In
t0n ana recollection are those in which We have most
wholly gone Of ourselves and lived for others 1t
what have tor their welfare, II may be
Their ives at our cost and our peril There are deeds
We never forget. There the friends whom II Is
greater Joy please than TO crafty ourselves. In social
Intercourse and,iamiy life the happy man he who
forgets himself and is interested in others. The
highest his pursuits is he who seeks excel
lency itself and not reputation, and the OF
a low and many miserable iiic Is the absorption OF
the man IN his wants, trials, and prospects
But, thirdly, we find by all experiences. well
from inc Known laws Of our being that 1t is impos-
sbe to i've in permanent grace and yet to live
in conflict with the great Inv OF duty, and God has
made that lust be at unrest with ourselves,
long as the pleasures and the evils contend
ing with the law OF reason and conscience aud
the unperishabe claims OF the eternal God. "There
no peace Tor the wicked No more IS the outward
world adjusted 10 the attempt TO 1--we for ourselves.
Life then, must become OF growing conflicts
with men and events TIL the very elements 70
fight against us. Caesar and Napoleon must be
stranded last thoroughly self-seekng, selfish
life must inevitably BIO filled brimiul with chatngs,
Observation-Disclosures, struggles collisions, bitterness
and disapponIments. whereas some OF the most
blessed lives record were carried under circum-
or seltdenia which, to tho man OF this world,
would seem TO be the grave OF all JOY
RELIGIOUS
But the theme rises to a still greater height Tho
spirit seifrenunciaon lies At the foundation Of
true holiness Not my will but thine be done, Is the
language OF child Of God. We are Christians only
so TO be seli-wiled ana sel1sh and no
who rightly takes upon him the VOWS OF God ners
himself without reserve, bargaining and conciaton
10 the will o! the Master SO u has been IRON that
first call by tho Sea oil Galee, "se and follow me, "
when the disciples Immediately lett all TO fslsw HIM.
Profoundly searching and radical as IL the claim who
viii bis life shall lose it. yet human souls
have sounded that depth Not alone Paul
could declare, 'Neithcr count l my lie doar
unto me,n but many weaker soul
has been enabled to say, ''rhe way before me seems
dark and thorny; cannot see through But hear
the Of my Shepherd will arse aud go whittier
socver He eadeth." Aud this the token that the
mind which was IN Christ was also IN them Duty will
suffer rival Even lot the dead bury the dead.
Sce then, the fatal loy well rs the guilt Of supreme
scfsceking. II is the sly child that grasps all and
gets II chases from nower 10 Hover the beau
winged heavenly creature and forever frgh
IT away brushes II with eager CLUTCH The sublime
and unique record of Christ himself this, THAT
he pleased not himself" Ask not Tor the path of
but for the way OF obedience.
The sermon concluded with an earnest address TO tho
graduating class, urging them to entor and pursue
their several paths OF lite under the guidance OF this
divine maxm-ro live In the we'll bong or their fei-
lows, to work on IN the spirit OF unselsh love and
thoughtful kindness, take up their and follow
the Master and thus to didso lar and wide brightness
and blessing aud JOY