Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-08

and part ipste in them. A question was then
raised rs 20 the governing principle fife, opinion
and conduct, which he should determine at the
start, for his guidance, that he NAV he grded for
duty with truth and y sense of grave responsible.
tiles.
1t was insisted thai the disorders of the times
may he "set to right" and any nation be put IN
the way of truth, honor ard prosperity, if a sin
gle maxim OF life be the guide in private. social
and public life, and that is ioyaify 10 pTihGpts,
winch was pressed unon the earnest attention oi
every yonng graduate The true idea of loyalty
was pointed ont, aud Discrimination male be
tween that and what is caled allegiance; the
former embracing the moral element, sentiment
relating more to a principle than person or a
party, a. such. Partnership may cherish resolute
alleg rance with little of true loyalty. The late
war awakened the people TO a sense of obligation
citizens, not of the state, merely. but more a.
citizens of a Republic of States. And the word
ioyal had significance for us it had well nigh
lost. The nature and origin oi government were
stated, and how much Is implied in assuming the
duties of free man and citizen, and the infer
ence drawn that there is a sacred0ess in the rca
ton. raising il aheve mere human appointment
ard contrvance, aud claiming, in this land espec-
ally rarcst and truest LOYALTY.
This sentiment of LOYALTY is not confined to our
relations with State. II embraces all the activi
ties of man. When truths venerable for their
antiquity and origin the basis of common morali-
tv, well a. puhlic faith, honor and welfare, not
to say of religion and its institutions, are out
ragged; when marriage Is degraded to the level Of
brute instinct when, as has heen said, with great
force, woman's club has opened tie doors to an
association formed for the express purpose of ey
tirpating from the constitution, laws and usages
of state and nation, the few rOotlets Of religious
faith that remain in them undi,tuib bed and even
women consent tn such plots, If they would open
their ewes to see the direct issues against their
own purity and honor, it i, time for those enter
ng on the stage of action to he persuaded in their
own minds OF what they owe, not to political rela
tons, merely. but to social life and order. Let
noisy haranguers declsim as they may, "A moral
order is maintained by Him who hath established
il, and hath implanted in us that which prouounc-
rs for it, and which reckless andaci'v cannot ef
fectually disturb, and which every good citizen
should stand bv.
Berger. in the early part Of this century an ad-
vocate anil politician of France, is said to have
wavered whether to decide for atheism and
publicsnism, or for religion and egititism His
worldly su ccess, he thought, depended on being
settled one way or the other. He took a coin
from hi. pocket and tossed il up. exclaimng -
"Ilesds, king; tails repnbc" Il turned heads
aud he became political Bourbon, and gained
success. The result may have been a sort of al
egiance bu, fell far short of the dignity and e
walton of LOYALTY.
We need thai law of life which Bacon wrote of
az the "wrong Of truth" and hearty loyalty to ii.
Victor Emanuel, late King Of Italy. wa. referred
10 a atfording distinguished example of such
loyalty to principle in patriotic life and action.
IN MS lnutNlhle purpose 10 III CT tne fAtlOn
of Italy against the persistent wles and energy of
the Pspacv in-,gatcd hv Jesuit councillors"
The graduate of these DAYS goes out into the
world when the gtounds and even the reality Of
what we know g. Christian faith are questioned;
and 1t was asserted that pure, high toned principle
cannot be sustained in him who holds 10 suspend
ed doubt the existence and attributes ola sur rene
personal Intelligence, and who docs not recognize
hrs provideniial government and adpnstls
ton.
Speculations are preached wi ich tend to unset
lie faith IN the unseen. ursearchable One 10 lli>
agency, providence and grace.
The assumption that science has only to do
with phenomena, was commented : far a il
pretends to exclude ON phlosoph,c thought the
subjective, and the immortal within us. and the
infinite, eternal spirit subjects not to he invcs-
tigated or recOguy d.
II was urged that it is law Of thought that
when we see Indications Of plan. we nevi'a
hlv infer the existence of an intelligence that
plans.
In conclusion, the gia mating class were ad
dre sed. Reference was made 20 two who began
their course with them, and the lesson taught v
their own exper ieuce of the uncertainty of all
things earthly. They were reminded that there
are -tl some things that never change-God,
Christ and His gospel. the laws of life The con
dition and prom ses of eternal life, are as at the
first. They were urged to order then lives by the
everlasting truths which have been revealed in
the divine word.