St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-04
BACCALAUREAT SERVICE.
An Eloquent and Interesting Ad
dress nv President NOrthpnn

dress by President Northrop.
The baccalaureate praise service of
the University of Minnesota, held at
the Coliseum yesterday afternoon, was
attended by as large an audience as
ever gathered in the building on
similar occasion. The stage was occu-
pied by President Cyrus Northrop,
Prof. Kiehle, DR.. futile and others.
The service opened with the singing
of ''As Pants the Heart" by the Gounod
club. This was followed with the
hymn, 1.-The Lord Is King" by the as
sembled congregation. The invocation
was pronounced by Rev. DIR. Morris. of
the Open Door church. The Benedictus
from st. Cecilia was next given by the
Gounod club. This embraced a pleas
ing solo by Mrs. Grosskoff. The Bible
lesson followed, after which the forty
second Psalm was sung by the audience.
After prayer, and solo by Mrs. Gross
kOff. came the baccalaureate address by
President Northrop.
He opened the address by quoting
the passage in the Scripture, ''Be We
ready" | know this applied to being
ready to die, said he, but | intend to
use it to-day in much broader since.
Death is not to really die, for we all
live after death. Wisdom teaches us to
prepare ourselves for what we are going
to do. But the present age is opposed
to preparation in anything. This is es-
pecially true in regard to mechanical
pursuits. Men and boys who should be
serving their apprenticeship go out as
jOurneymen and get their education and
experience at the expense of their en-
plOyerS. One cause of this is that young
and inexperienced men are put in places
where old men of experience should be,
and there is great danger to the rising
generation from that source. 1t has
now come to pass that many claim sit
does not pay to take long courses, and
thoroughly prepare themselves. Now
against this the college protests, and
the college holds that man can do bet
ter work if his faculties are developed
than if they are not. 1t is the mission
own students, but to preach to the whole
world the gospel of preparation.
Our whole lives are made up
of preparations, and therefore we
should prepare ourselves perfectly.
Human life is subject to many changes.
and must be prepared for by every one
who would secure his own success. We
do not live i'll world of chances. but in
a world of law, and many times when
we seem to be but the waits of fortune.
we really are the subjects of law. Wit
ness Saul of TarSuS. who started out on
one mission and ended up as the servant
Of God. Why was David made a king
instead of Paul? Why, because he was
better man and had not allowed himself
to become degraded by his degrading oc-
cupation. 1t seems to me that the
thought that they were ready must be
a refreshing one to people who can look
back and recall their past lives and
their work. The proper way is not to
pay less attention to the small things
than to big things. All should be given
the same attention. Great men never
become great without preparation.
Even Jesus did not enter the world
fitted to do His work. He had to pre-
pare Himself. am to-day fighting not
a straw man, but great mon
and this monster is the disbelief
in the culture of the present.
which calls for training upon the part
of every one. OF course there is such a
thing as entertaining, but that is sci
dom. Because we have concluded
course of studies in a college. that does
not signify that our training is over.
We must keep training: it must go on
forever. We can develop indefinitely
If we desire 1t, and 1t is understood by
all thinking men and women that we
really never. leave school. The disci-
pline of life is intended to fit US for
what is before us.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Gradu-
ating Class: congratulate you upon
the completion of your college course.
We shall soon see your faces here no
more, and | will say now that you have
been q faithful class and n class labor
ing for the good of the college. For the
good you have done l thank you, and [
rejoice with you at the good you have
received. The future has in store for
you what you can never do without
the most complete preparation, so YOU
will see that your work is not yet done.
In closing, let me say to you that there
is no more complete preparation on
your belief than to believe in God and
endeavor to do His bidding. We shall
meet in the other world with our char
acters and what we really are, I'M
changed. So live that when you are