Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-26
A Stirring Appeal.

"'''N' ''SE Nh'9h W 'Ahh hh'i'hhs
I have now finished vouno gentleman
the nresent course of lecturas I bava ;n'
vited vonr attention to the cartons denort
ments of vour great xyorl have nresepted
Won gl;mnses of NV own exnar;enca bsva
Set before Won the dut;ee of tho sacred oII;ce
in some measure az thav arosa hefora NV
mind Before hid Won farewell NAV add
a word nersonal 70 yourseives9 Yc,r 90,
from tbis institution and vour entrance into
the ministry will marx a oreat ero i, tbo
period of your lives. Yon mass from tbe
leisure of the school into the activity of tbe
busv world. from communion with (indrad
and cnltnred minds to become servants of n
lost and ruined humanity Yon go IN l;ft
ont of the nit Of DEGRADATION the most de.
nraved and v;cions IN draw tbe drnnL ard
from his cups and the vonng man from
haunts of revelrv and crime You need
moral conraqe. You heed Christian beroism
Abo,e all. Won need mower from on bigb
We are told that the Roman vontb Of
noble family. annroacbino vears of maturity
entered alone into A private anartment
amid the statutes of the GODS and of em;'
nent men. In that august and solemn nres.
ence he divested himself of tbe raimant of
his bovbood and nut n, tbe manly toaa
Tben and tbe,e ba nada b;s you, 70 80
the virtues of the great 70 rival tban In
deeds of nowar and to mske for b;msaif a
name worthy of his k;ndred and anoas,r,
So as Won go forth to enter On ,o,r I;fa.s
dut;es ,naPe tboronrh oorsonra,;o,, y s. ali
vour novars 10 tha sar,;oa ~ ca caii
sronpd Won tbe Tuscan Summon to vo',r
tbongbts tbe oreat mon of the ,nln;t ,sho
have shaken and noved tba uplorid pd anJ
there With a cloud of bolu amro,s ahn,,, ,a. ,n1
and in tho ;n,n,ad;ata ,yasasoa os 10 e. @
of God ybose aves ara ILL., q A. IS sua
nrav to ha clotbed With d;v;na ,,ouar 70 hs
encased in Christian arnor to bava .. .,o,,r
loins n;rt .ho,t ,';th tr,,th ~ ha', 'tL, ~
breast5iate of r;ah,aou.nas, a'd ,onr faa,
sbod ,r;th ,ha ror,ar,t;a,, IS tI1 ~. y',,i ~
naace. ahove III tsha tha sb;ald aL sT't os tsn;.b
wberew;th va shall he alba 10 nmauoh al iIi" ths
6er,, Jar,s of ,ha ,,,;ol,ad Ia .ai'a a' .ha .he
haImat of s.Iv,t;o, al tha s,,,orJ os ~
Sn;r;t which 10 tba Word ~ ia rua,,;,, ~
alyavs with oil ,ravor ana s,n,i;,art;cy, r~y rs
in tba Snir;t :" TGsra rasoira tI,a. aIi No.,
are and ali Won have sbalI ha dsvotad :, ;;h;s
one work that With ali vour enar,v anJ
With all vour ,,ou,er yon ,,;iI s,r;,,a ssg,.;nst
the noye.s Of darL1ess and 70 adu.neaa a ,he
Kingdom of Uaavan ,ba Cbrrah of tha
Living Cod Rasolvs Cod hal,;,1 Won
that tie posnel snoken from vonr I;ns sbaIi
never be spoken in vain. and that Won will
realize the utmost nossihilit;es al divine
power and grace in vonr ministry among ,nan
Nv thoughts GLANCE bevond This assembly
and wonld neer far info tbe future
know not what is before Won. Cod only
knows whether Won shall have wears of lahnr
and toll and danger and trinmnb or wbetber
Won shall early he called into his own nres.
ence. AZ Tlook nnon Won I scam m habold
a halo ahove your haa3s and rano of G,,ht
to come down from on b;gb n tongue of
fire that nronhesias vorr ,,;ss;on W.
among Won shall shine With the Greatest
radiance who shall wear the hr;gbtest
crown. who shall he nearest 70 tbe tSrone
know not II will he he who according
to his talents and his onnortnnities does tbs
most for his blessed Master, There are de-.
grees in giory for as 7" Star di,fsreti' fron,
Star in giory 50 also is the rasurrsction"
" The wise sbon shine as the br;abtness Of
the armament and thev that tnr5 many to
righteousness as the stars forever and evsr
In that great dav how insignifcant shall