Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-03

goes he will carry the Influence 90 -;
education with him, for il Is n-r, :
himself. To utilize those treasures =
knowledge and wisdom which vo,, he :,
garnered from tie harvest aeIds q
thought and truth, you mus, contirn
to be earnest workers. No man "a :
any great value to the world who "a no
In the trsest sense a WORKING ,nas,
There - no such thing a. peuins md.
pendent Of honest work. Indeed. oenin,
has been defined as the eapac,ty o.
severe and continued labor.
III you have not already done so. this |;
a COED time TO decide upon the worI -
your life. Beware of attem ntine 10.
many things. One thing well done /,
better than thousand failures.
As merchant, manufacturer. tnAcban;.
agrleu'turist, or in any honorahI.
career, you will find Yourself a b..,Is,
and more successful man becsus~ =,
what yeu have undergone dnr,no an.
last few years. This applies with donhis
force to any of what are term A ~
iesrned Professions.
III. The language already mad b.s
been chosen so as ~ leave roo,n 10, az
proposition that the studies pnrsnsI
with view to the development OF man.
tai powers alone, produce oulv a half
educated man. He NAV stand AZ ths
bead OF the whole arny of mere nhys,-
Cal scientists. and yet be the yeries,
know nothing tan a2nosticl in rsoard
TO that great God who stands hack az
all science, as the formulator ana en-.
forcer Of all physioal law, and the ere.
ator of the subjects which il controls
such man il really less than half edu.
Gated, inasmuch as he is an ignoranus
In regard to the facts and prinleplss
which underlie the best portion of his
being and has failed to discipline HE
higher manhood. Mankind possesses a
religious nature, more divine than the
mere animal and intellectual portions
| of his being. II this best part of him
be uneducatej, his lite on earth will he
miserable failure, no matter how su
cessful he may be AS short sighted NOR
tails court success. vouId
urge you to think well of this part of
yourself, your real immortal self, with
tue glory everlasting which such think
ing ought tn result In securing. .
thus only may you become thoroughly
educated, build up a fully rounded man
hood, capable of living the very highest
form OF human life, now and forever.
IL you have never thought Sc
ilousiy over this matter, now ID a good
time TO institute such thought. What
You shall be in the future must be built
upon what your past has been and your
present il. IL is very unxiss
Co live the first half of yonr earthly life
In such a manner that yen will be COM
PEELED To spend the last half fighting IL,
and alas, not always oOnquering it. We
are largely the servants of habit. and
habit grows into character. Cultivate a
religious, Il high moral and spiritual
habit of thought and life IN early man
or wonanhood, and you will secure such
a noble character as will result in a most
glorious destiny. Goodness ia profita-
bic, having tho promise of the life that
now u, ~ we'll as of that which is to
come. Gods hand IL in the history of
individuals. no less than in that of na-
tons. No man, not even an rch-
angel, can wage successful warfare
against the Almighty. Sometimes sue
cess has seemed to perch upon the bau-
ner of Gods snemies-but they all 20
down into the dust of dlshonor, to be
lost III the dark night of death, in the
eud. The intoxioation of passion, the
love of wrong doing, and hatred of the
right, may bear them up for time; bat
At the last,-in the terrible at lsst-it
bite.h like a serpent asd stlngeth like
an adder. Never forget
that there isa power above ali human
knowledge, the power of eternal right
eousness; that there Is an arm stronger
than that of the mightiest giant upon
this eHrih-the arnI of the Lord Al
| mighty. Many of the worlds greatest
a. A "A Al
ness of eternal night, having failed To
attain even that power among their fel
low men. which they III tdc their chief
end ia life, because they left the Lord
Almighty and his laws out of their GAL
culations. warn you, my
young friends. not to go out into the
battle field of life, under the vain delu
sion that you can, with your poor hu-
man power, fight against God; or that
there Ii anything manly in attempting
to- Contend against, or even in leaving
out of vour life plan the power of the
Great Original of all good. The world
needs true men. IL you would exert
mighty power for good; II YOU would
grow into grand, strong, Christ-like
man, place yourself in most perfect
harmony with the God Of all righteous
ness. Draw the inspiration of your
thoughts and purposes from His holy
spirit, and ali aiong the pathway of
noble life, walk with Jesus AS your
teacher and gnide. Thus you will find
yourself laborine in unison with all the
elev ,tiug forces of the world. Your
power and iDtiusnce among your fellow
men will be multiplied many fold, be-
cause there will DO In you "the great
power OF God"
IL ia no sign Of intelligent culture to
doubt Nil superhumsn power.
There Is no conflict between real physi-
cal science aud the most noble of all
sciences theology by which | mean
Christianity az taught aud lived by its
great founder. The vast majority of
tho worlds greatest philosophers are
members of the Christian church. and
maay of them are active lsborers IN
direct religious work. There
Is such a thing ss honest doubt. but no
intelligent man has any excuse for pro
claiming himself AN agnostic, and then
calmly resting 10 such ignorance, as the
term implies, concerning the most im
portant matter that can engage the "a
tention of human thought. God Al
mighty is or He il sot. There il an
other life for as to live beyond the
grave, or there " not. Jesus Onflst - 4
tremendous fact in the worlds history,
or He is not. Our veal or woe through
out all eternity depends upon our rela-
tionship TO Him, or u does not. How
any sane man can find rest for his
soul short Of deoided aud salts
factory solution of the essential
problems which pertain TO our eternal
life. passes INV ability tn understand.
How any Intelligent man can feel proud
of such a combination OF ignorance
aud indifference is stiif less understand
able. The consideration of this matter
will repay all the attention which YOU
can devote thereunto. Your highest
manhood, your Supreme happiness, your
glory everlasting, are involved in the
outcome of your thinking aud acting
about IL. All this and much more can
be said from the standpoint Of an in
telligent and honorable self love. More
over, yoar friends aud the public who
have established, equipped and in part
sustained the institution which puts her
University seal upon you. have q right
TO expect that the power and influence
which you shall WELD, because of the
liberal education which they have fur
..s.haA 1. nm Aha .,s,frortunftx ~ sacuriuo