New-York tribune., 1883-06-18
pACCALAUREATE S RMONS.
np MocosH AT PRINCETON.

,-,o,, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.l
pn,,,crroN. N. j., June 17.-President Nc
- n,sached the annual baccaaureate sermon this
100 before large audience At 10 O'Clock the SUI
80. and faculty formed in line near the Old Chapei
"a marched into the Marquand Chapel The graduating
,.ss oceupied seats Immediately In front oil the pulpit
NJ Net,osh was q little than an hour In dehVerihs
his address. he took Tor his text ROMAN 'ii'' 40 -
smoke in part as follows: ,.s
wh., ia ouy vor,d4 What view we to take OF IL
v ara We to expect of tq This IL uestion 'tor 'ne
0lesticas are one) which every rehecuhg ih'"u A a.,
putttng In tie days when science "a making so n@"'
coyerles; and which may suppose 10 De e'AseS -
nv those closing their studies and about 70 Purou
" ..,,o tne world What report does common eN-
,,er,ence give What does science teaeh "neu %
dorfnl dlseoyeries In the starry heavens IA 'i0 - -
ulants and animals are sI"i'uls .,oco
nnestionsY Does Scripture go 'salis' -
~ o,o,nst exuerieucef Or does II cohhrm po'h
o s'lD ~ t.Ii,o on the world, TO regard it as pre-
tn, no,b,n, hut beauty and benignity ls ne 10 OK
90. =, oooa ood prosperityi Is there nothmg III ~
-. aIT, and sunshine love and smiles an "o'
,,orized 10 let these young men BEFORE me eeV O O
49,. voxace of life thinking they VIII meet VIII o 'IpC
,or with no storms bufetings Is every ''u'"
certain 10 have long uuhroken health ana Dappne
ourious circumstance that later science seems 10
hoovbib.pp our world under the same douoie aspec"
II is now shown that the worins h"'' 80
formed as they now are in the course 49,. Va ioe
a~os in which have hesn warning cleiacH's'
Srerle for Existence Is the charaeteristlc o. am
"a 49, oIisS Iis Srat tGe beginning Nowhere do ma
,rssr aneonnt OF Cur world than that slYen III ts @
rI 10 We cho en- as my text Itl dlmcI' P,sT;s. ;
1Set 20 nnvsr heard sermon preached uponit glyes
I7s gltmpses of oojecCs more glorious i tan go nay
80. @ rissrols thau tue 0. nebu@, Whlcn We MY
at ne able to resolve, but which shine across ou' sAS
IKE the r Ss t6a in creation there grosnng and
t,avsilmg bat with the hope OF dehyerahoe "pcn q ~
was student was not sstea aOd g hooks S of science
tSn1e6t il not IN unison with scripture, s. Psey
assisS aaa edantation OF one thing to another
IN every part OF the animal Taie isp p's iooL
notsSa @ We ali feel that there IS evil as Well as
good in the world pleasure as Wen as n%u snTv ,e II
rher o fe it ends every where IN aeatC
There is worse eVii lAah p'"'h ard We
sec sna order @ and wisdom in the unyese Creation s
strong against the tendency 70 Svi n T ~ Tan in
e season The tendency OF man Is howard from a lOs
70 an upright position, nom wkicn he may oes above 70
Sod Sat,re s groaning bat size Is 20 be delivered Oi
load she Is Travelling, but for 0lrth' ,
IN tba second place observe tbatinan Is grOauS anu
travaiitng bnt With q hope OF delivegance snal not
enter into the subject OF the origin OF s tli2A VA.
no man hss cleared UP this mystery which IS the only
0sr Toaa IeibniiH asserted that this The bcsJ pos
si9g mSD3 T8ra prevnied in our literature han
CENTURY But now thinkers nave oeen opssI h ~ em @
sssured that the good God cannot be the autl9f ot
ey This passage gives mani 5he Man H0 has desrSs
many and strong, aud is ever thereby pronptea
m action
e thiS as uroving that this world is miserable one
Msrt ~ he is wrong Desires for what is good have
waters with them, and turn the curse into blessing
In Ehort We are saved by hope" once hlngO ParK'
Rnt sHddeply he saw 'forgetIne-Eot," the emblem OF
his country The sight hm courage to rise mp.
he djecovered the lost path aad was soon safe Ihus
the Christian saved; he is driven through storms to
I'm The eTbeence of the Christian there is groanng
and trsvaing with the hope OF deIyeranec Ihe LoId
commands us to eHtermin"'e our shs & pn5 S we se
nf 0ur Y.
As regards delverance nothing can give Beace OF
life ana assurance Carlyle whom ali persons OF Literary
taste are talking abou used TO talk OF the eternity the
realities and the moritles younger set OF men nave
sprng up and have scattered and dlssated the empty
truth contained in these generalies Those WhO give
up Christ must give up God ANA those who give up Goa
have no sustaining morality let-ho peace 10 nope no
some Years ago was called at my home in ireland
az friend, SSL"N Lord Ashburion,.. known in
United States and Canaaa. Ashburton took me aside
ana said: have lately lost my dear wiIe, VINO was
sbGnd do 10 have peace and make what should be-
He simply bade me read GOethe's Wilhelm Meister'
and asked what lesson he wanted me 70 learn
from that book Ills answer was, Lead wlieIm elster
have done so but lind nothing 70 meet my necessity
Can you explain what Carlyle meant Isad
Twas not the man 70 explain Mr Caryies M sShng hl u,
neither Goethe nor Carlyle could supply the palm
and tLe deiiyerance promised in the Gospel
do not know the issue, but had an cage hstener'
Carlyle wished to persuade his mother woman OF s-
Yle but devoted piety that his advanced fan was the
same as that which she held. Oniy IN different form
Bnt tho fife of the mother was crushed IN the form
in which the son put Ia when It became
skeetOn as different from the life which heF as
the bones Ia our museum from living animals We must
come back 90 the gospel which the child can understand
but which selfsuhcent inteleStuallty Is unwhiihg 70
submit To- In conclusion Dr. MeCosh turned 70 the
graduating class and said Remember that man is not
line Of strict integrity and honesty. Check the hIst
tendencies which viii carry you down TO Heli You
must be preoccupied with love for God; ana your
strength TO resist viii be firm against temptation 1Oi
now nave an education whlch wan heip you
10 gain livelihood aud at least Sc
cure the respect Of the world. You rave
a work 20 DO, a TO wage. You must laDor On1 ana
the ssa aooner or will some measure oil success
il you neglect opportunities, remember that Coo onee1
them them 10 you. Those who have been Chr1stiaLs
here should now unite themselves with Gods people
and the caSe OF Christianity. Pray that you may be
true 10 God aud TO yourselves -. A., W, o4.
In the EVENING DR. William Taylor, OF NewYork CITY,
delivered memorial address III honor OF tie Late FRO
lessor Lyman IL. Atwater, d. d.