The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-06-18
Thank Heaven that it is SO. God be


praised that we live In world that
crowns not the cringing coward but
the valiant herol.
That no one of You shall ever play
the coward in presence of the foe, but
that you may be noble, brave and
true in whatever struggle it may
please God to place upon you, ia both
the reasonable hope and the earnest
prayer of your Alma Mater.
That you may SO act, i
charge you to remember that
your future lives are in your own
hands. What you shall be to-mor
row depends upon what you are and
what you do to-day. What you are
and what you do to-day depends up
on the motives that you recognize,
the feelings, hopes and aspirations
that you cherish; the resolves that
you form. Let these be manly, gen
erous and good. Go not forth into
life as craven sycopha:1ts, desiring
the place and destiny Of another.
Make your own place. Carve your
own destiny. Think not that the world
is tremendously in your debt and is
anxiously waiting to liquidate the
obligation. The world owes you
nothing, unless it be few feet Of
earth to cover your lifeless forms.
Make her your debtor the rather by
the deeds you shall perform, by the
examples you shall set, by the lives
|Hyou shall live.
Again | charge you to remember
that your lives are in large measure
in the hands Of your fellow men. Ne
man liveth to himself. Every man
is his brothers keeper, and the char
acter of his fife depends upon the fl
deity with which he executes the sa-
cred trust. Misanthropy and cyni-
cism are no badges Of victory. They
are rather infallible and. hdeous.
signs of ignominioYs defeat. They
wither the freshest heart, they blast
the faifest- life. Cherish then the
noblest sentiments toward al man
kind. BE considerable of those be-
meath you, he manly to those above
You, be generous to those beside you.
Harm no man, and then you will
hate no man. Do good to all, and
then you will love and trust all. You
may indeed be disappointed. Your
best friend may betray you. But re-
member that it is better to trust,
though you be sometimes betrayed
titan not to trust at all; it is better
to believe though you be sometimes
deceived than not to believe at all.
Faith, hope and love are beauteous
children of the sky. Doubt, hate
and despair; are the ihis.shapen off
spring of the pit. 4
BE as valiant Hercules to the
helpless and the oppressed; be not
as a relentless Hercules to the fallen
foe. Hate oppression, but not the
oppressor. Check not the generous
impulses of your fresh, young hearts.
Give them place and scope, till they
extend in kindly sympathy and be-
neyolent regard. to every struggling
human BROTHER of whatever age or
race or cline. Then will every foe
be subdhed before you, every day
will record it's victories, and life it
self will be one mighty coronation in
loyal human hearts,
Once more l bid you remember
that your future lives are in the
hands of. an Almighty God. From
Him they came, Of Him they are, to
Him they belong. Rob him not of
the fair possession. For l warn you
that in fact or possibility there is not
in all the wide universe, sadder
failure than q human life divorced
from God.
Submit yourselves to His Divine
behest- Follow where He leads you.
Enter the field he opens foryou. BE
willing to do the work He lays upon
you. Discharge with strict fidelity
the humblest and meanest duties of
human life. Be industrious, be hon
est, be earnest, be patient, be faith
full. Toll on, toll ever, whether it be
under clear and cloudless sky, or
whether it be in the very midst of
the gathering tempest. Fight on,
fight ever, whether it be on the field
of political prowess, or of martial
glory amid the clangor of arms, the
shock of battallions, and. the shouts
of victory, where all eyes are
turned upon, the struggling he
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