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Ghe NrGe Dress.
THE UNIVERSITY.
Exercises Connected With the
Eightieth Annual Commence
ment.
President Buckham's Baocalaureate
Gov. Chamberlain's Phi Beta
Kappa 0ration-0ther Adj
dresses.
Hull Report OF 81 Pleasant and Inter
cstiug commencement.


csuug commencement.
The exercises of the Eightieth Com
mencemcnt of the University of Vernon
opened, Sunday, with the baccaaurcat
discourse by President Buckham, delivered
in the College street church, at 3 o'clock, p
m. The pleasant weather and comparative
GOODNESS of the atmosphere were particularly
grateful at this season, and very large ai
dience was present The platform wa
handsomely decorated with flowers A ira,
of panses surrounded with evergreen stoo,
in front of the pulpit, and on either sid
were large vases of peonies. A basket o
beautiful roses stood beside the desk. Ex
ccllcnt music was furnished by Il doub
quarlettc choir, composed of the followin,
singers Miss Nellie Castle Miss Fannie
Lemon, sopranos Miss l.. A. MAYO, Mis-
ELLA McGailey altos Mr.. u. F. Hatch
Mr.. |. NanBuskirll tcuors Mr.. NJ. ID. Ful
Ter, MIR. X. NJ. Livermorc, BASES. The choi
was under the charge of Mr. NJ. d. Fuller
Mr.. {. i. Tracy presided at the organ. Rev
Mr., Putnam and Rev. Mr.. Jump otliciate(
with President Buckham. The bacCalaurcat,
discourse was a fine presentation of th,
characteristics Of the life which Chris
brought into the world, and impaired t,
men. We present our readers with an alb
straCt
Baccaiaurcatc Discourse.
am come that they might have ufc. and ,ba
lNeY might have It more dhInianily. John X 10
Inc most conspicuous and the most sllnincau
TACT IN The Universe is tnat o. lie. Even in il,
loves, forms life Is interesting What nm amouni
81 research the learned world has expended upOu
the mondd. As lltc ascendS, "a, il becomes organ
lzed, sentien' active. intelligent, this Interest
Incomes more and more profound we NAV say
ma G0i himself seems 10 find his occupation ami
ms JOY Ia creating. sustaining and cuuObirr life
now does nls inverse teen within How could
men nave believed for so many ages that a Creator
VINO 50 reloices IN lilc had created IN all the ntlnity
iClll gent life?
But ME mas its enemy. a persistent. relentless.
ever present enemy. Wheeler evil pursucs NE
al! through me inverse, so that wherever life l..
'hrre IS sure 10 he lis foe mcnacing IT. we cannot
tcll. NO reason Is rrcsCuted 10 us for thinking
tna' me conditions OF life are or can be different
any NHcit nom Mhdl lhcN are here. We know
That here, al least. cvi thrrl'cns ana ass1ls iifo
wherever and IN whatever form It exists clinrs to
IL like a parasite, d-VOurs It, DESTROYS IT,
When an Impartial student of history Traces tho
actual-nol the assumed-course Of ihe human
race rom the earliest ages inst al of nndlng that
constant progress which Is thought 10 be an IN.
lcrent potency OF human nature. ne finds thnt
uuWh 10 certain lont he advantage seems to be
vi VII o4t SUI OF eNil. Not only htu he race, as
WIN, uul accumulated, II seemed 10 have LOST
vital force. There appear, from limo tn tin,e
uutourSts OF vigorous national life. which for a
Whue, nrOlnS to produce "A nObpr AMI 5ran'tor
humanity 'hln any tl,t 10, .i'",' anu ETdhleT
event soon shows that it was hut thar snasmolic
uaIiE Whlch ends IL lethargy Hal il moi been
! Hal IN one small and obscure province the Gle.
nentS OF a new life were being urenara1 ma
oriental philosopher might have had rnns M .nr
rphJcttUfng mat Ahrlman was getting a serions
II not decisive and final, alvanfnge ovnr
ornn>d. Bu Just as the last and in some resnnrts
! ne mos hrLHant ana promising struggle was
.uaPslls mo ueleat ana failure, there came unon
,He scene one VINO made the startling n1uour,r
inent mat he came directly from God, that NO
Drought from the original source of all lifn n com
nv i ~ ,e-cieac humanity. to endow 1t with
new ana abundant vitality, wherewth il shouid ha
dole 10 conquer evil and to 20 forward and atfoin
S ynG cohsuhnauon OF itself from which if bad
lilher'O been Kept back. am come he saw tr"t
lhey may nave life, and that they NAV 'have =,
more apuhjantly. Ard as the presence of me
~ ca.uI Is marked everywhere IN the universe NV
,,EI. upspllhglhg OF life wherever his breath is
ief, SO wherever Jesus Went life f9vej ont n,
nm. Inc advent OF Christ was like mat of Snrng
~ ne uedlshe'i earth. The Christian era Is thr
petual spring. 10 "u era VI pei
LEI us ne mss the application of our Lords
nrovieon eT ~ IySLcat NE Many OF our Lords
S Hu! necus, anu nave their fulHHmcnr moi M one"
bies ~ d sII'es, perhaps an infinite series of
olessihg II, Tor example. his pIomise 10 tI,sa
VINO labor ana heavy laden has lis c0mn, ose
Imminent only to those whose rJnscienras orc
uTt~uueo WIN sh and whose souls with fear and
nylIIow, II mas a primary message 10 hos"
wIo near leaVy physical burdens Of ,v,rl ana
PUN, WHGh Chrlsls Gospel is gradualiv removmg
our moicrn r NJ pl9yelhents i is introducing into
~ ~ itiuci ~, me. so here also we may INA tho
promise mat Christs Gospel shall entr hane ~
,inI ma M uuI natural life; and in history we
a nroon, t',a ls influence has h. en- to preserve
~ I,U'DE, - enlarge, 70 enrich the physical liz
VI man, Christianity If II could have ,ininnoi,ad
Smss oi our pysica! life, would immensely in
physiolo%is,. tnal J.. Is thought by eminent
,ha, a hundred years II may he much more
im '"" Ina,i hul a'ld the other ana cOrrespond.
tH5g, t3hH',lohs OF physical wcll-belnp ana
nlnh OF human life freed from tha Ii soa nl,,
49, - IAN PAN WliIch SIN has Cntailcd rrownG in
OAK ree ann an Peauly FOR hundred years ike an
Le, Chrsts gospel have lis pcriccf worE AMI ,,
- " ',al some iuiure generation Will attain
me inirIIe,S uP"aru 10 Inc higher planes of life
ma That "'+" ''' spiritual, we
renres lHe true Christian lie is expansive, not
rather HAN !, IL lie ac'uateG from within.
sInyIv h"h itEuIdtel from without. But now
c;Dmiy mas me Christian mind come 10 his ri,ht
me IJa ,h mow long ana persiscntly II clung 10
liz iIea 'lat religion is Restraint ana thaf ,bo
neal life is one that not mcraIg "n,r ,'a, 5e
oni atu nIt invites IT, aggravatcs it ana gets
natures " heh'iiul supererogatlon Pu one Of
nr,ss, lViHIdllphS under some abnOrmaI
pressure, crystal. for example or n NAM n ini
II comes for,h ~ tstI 10 ne PRESSURE and though
HcantitIi IN Imperfect 1t is sometimes strangely
NO. 'uii % ihc Christianity of the monastery
u iler me Pressure of ascefic V0vl "f ia
ng p'ian unaer me pressure of poverty. of the
nusuehot ana COvenauter under The Sroscnra "a,
hristia,O nave, because each Is genuinely
istal, features that are attractive and io some
idna ~ ID ,,cinatlng as TO seem the compete ana
nf ~ ic VI christianity. Bus iu the Chilsttanity
W, Luilst ana the New Testament, is mo rharania
'eIu up 10 us one of which the main nrinrinIG ~
sh6uId ' Gnl,r IS inc spirit OF Christ which we
aoi, utsi'e one Of caution, and mo Ieration and
rear OF excess know that this ia eyarii5, " th
49, Se,tpu "Ilch some have of our Lord hir1ieIt
1uiStist in vi nm always a. nln-resistant a
IL gtll.. :
Hugucme'' Strange and false misconoppIion 81
o oHs rs Ihe world looks IN - such n SAVIOR
Lyon as IN M setS Us inspiration from such a re-
of Tho US su Iohg viii il miss the inspiration
~ 1a ume large and full life which is in Chrisi
c0wed AMI ~ Umgrcu 10 rs 80 long vii, It shrink
is a ncss lhg Or the poor in spirit il thsre No,
,'r,,,, q tossing, anu more than a blessing etnn
spiri AMI %'i' rhroIes Tor those who are valiant in
rnrrno " ~ WIZ VIII not yicd but resist and over
oonie NJ the one thing which more than ali eisc
,,horac,ar t III me progressive and energetic
; la ,ti Whrh chris idnity is taxing on in Gnr
Lhes Is me abandonment hy inc ChIirch ~ V IE
nf conception Of Christianity as religion
Gp, and modification, for a religion Of
'So"U III, anu expansion, and enthusiasm ~
n .. me true Cnrstin life is prosn"ctIva NOV
naet Ils gaze is on the future, not on inc
from ELI lis aspiration form hope rather than
,nou i cineIhoTahce. The life Of Christ within
man Keeps MIN always young ana TO he vnunn t.;
~ llVc III the future. When one begins 10 Iiv, 10
l,rancps' WIN ne hourlshes himself on remem-
,,ast ~, mntu ne seeks an his standards IN the
i,dsl, ana estimates changes by their denaIt,re
LIN lle atartlng-place rather than by their
ntathesss 10 the goal that is a sign that youthC,I
V ', mas eliminated ana decay has SET in. Thjs
a stage tllat Is unknown to the true Chrlsrisn
ne save as that life Is hampered by its nresemi
Pny slcdI CONDITIONS The true Christian life has
re prophetic spirit; ana it is always propheiic
Iea eo tS de lrne Christian temper is optimistic
omnar s &c espSuiaiiy IN Christian hymnoogy.
ollpare lts exutant and triumphant strains win
ne IuDerea walls Of pagan lyrics ana with the
,espalr OF lnuch modern poetry. II there is less
sehins, there Is more Of real Inspiration, snch
nsplfatlon as quickens the pulses Of life and
Increases us glow aud force in one hymn
u WAITS or Wesley than in all that Byron
,ld ShelIey nave written. The Christian nTnm
SEES AFFECT the Christian heart as The birds are |
, ,ro' by me sunshine and Ihe morning When
ropnecy partly unveiled the glory of the future 70
ne hebrew his response was "Lsnsdi. dnjotG
lea, When Christ opened the Kingdom OF |
eayen to all believers the church burst forth in
e Deum. ''' J." III
.. The true Christian life is life Of accunuIa-
'oh not OF exhaustion. All animal life, Including
uI own. goes through cycle, rises. eliminated
INKS. season Of growth is followed by a Stallion |
TYP period, then by decay. But the life which
nIlst came TO bring, apart from the physical
ondilions to which 1t Is temporarily subiecteJ'
an accumulatlve life. Those who have this life
| I Is NJ