St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-08
THE STATE UNEVERSVTY.


ident NOrthrOp'S Address.
The spacious auditorium of the First
Congregational church was filed to its ut
most capacity last evening upon the occa-
sion of the baccalaureate praise service of
the Minnesota university. The exercises
opened with All organ voluntary by Prof.
S. c. Gilbert, followed by the singing of
1.-THE Stars in Heaven by quartet. After
the invocation by Prof. Geosge E. Mclean
the glee club, consisting of MeSsrs. j. Paul
Goode, E. Z. White, E. II. Emery and w.
F. Webster, sang the TIE Deum in c.
Prof. John F. Downey gave a short in
troductory address, in which he
EXPLAINED THE ORIGIN
and nature of the praise service, stating that
this was the first baccalaureate song service
of the college, and he hoped that hereafter
the annual praise services at the end of the
college years will prove of sufficient interest
to warrant their being held in the coliseum.
A chorus of eighteen voices next sang
Judge Me, Oh, God" Rev. j. L. Scud-
der then read the 14Sth Psalm, followed by
congregational singing. After prayer by
Rev. Jabez Brooks, D. d., singing by the
quartet, and solo by Miss Mabel Chase,
collection was taken up to be turned over to
the fund which is being raised by the Stu
dents Christian association, for the erection
of building. The glee club then sang
''Tenting Oh the Old College Ground"
THE BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS
was delivered by President Cyrus Northrop.
By way of introduction, President Northrop
said he had often spoken at praise meetings.
but had never delivered baccalaureate ad-
dress. He had consented to give five-min-
ute address, which he said had been dignified
into ''baccalaureate address," He would
keep his word, but this would be the shortest
baccalaureate address ever delivered upon
the continent. After referring feelingly to
the memories revived by the singing of the
song ''Tenting on the Old College Ground"
the speaker addressed his remarks to the
graduating class. Life, he said, is very
much as we make it. and it all depends
upon the earnestneSS with which you do
Gods will.
This has been year for thanlfulness,
not only to the university but to all present.
More than once the angel of death has en-
tered the families of those represented at
the university, yet this is time for us all
to praise God. for the kind father has taken
our dear ones i'll love, and these Affections
were not sent in anger. Let us be thankful
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been done and the harmony that has pre-
vailed, and that this class is
now ready to go out in the world
to do battle for the right. For four Or five
years the members of this class have been
climbing the hill Difficulty, and now stand
on it's top. This climbing is developing
and we want it should be hard climbing,
too. We want our students when they
are frehmen to ''come running" but when
they become sophom0res to be on their
hands and knees, and when they are juniors
and seniors to be exceedingly thankful if by
any means of human locomOtion they can
struggle to the top. Now these students
are at the top of the hill Difficulty, I want
them to go to the house Beautiful. and like
Christian in Pilgrims Progress take counsel
with prudence, charity and purity, for be-
yond lies the valley of the shadow of death,
and in this valley of the shadow of death
I want them to
BEWARE OF THE MONSTER
which l will call materialiSm-which will
destroy the light of their intellect and their
love for culture and purity. One year ago
l came here a stranger to you and my posi-
ton has not been such as to allow an init
mate acquaintance. l hope you feel be-
coming gratitude to the Instructors who
have endeavored to guide you Alright, and 1
want you to leave the university and to be
glad to come back to it. AS far as l am
concerned, personally, want you to think
of me as the least, but to remember me as
one why has and will wish for you to attain
the highest and modest things in life, the
things that are highest being those that can
not be seen, and the noblest those that are
nearest to Christ.
The services then closed with chorus
and obligato by Miss Chase, followed by
hymn and benediction from Rev. I. l..
Scudder