St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-28
BENNETT SEMINARY.
DIR. Burrell's BaccaIaureate Ser
mon on Girls Works."

Dr. BurrelFS Baccaiaureate Ser
mon on "GirIs' Works"
Westminster church was filled to its
utmost capacity last evening on the oc-
casion of the delivery of the baecalaure-
ate sermon of Bennett seminary by the
pastor of the church, Rev. DR.. Burrell.
The audience was a fashionable
one, being made up of mem
bers of the church, the students
o. Bennett seminary, and their friends.
seats directly in front of the pulpit, and
looked as happy and contented as young
ladies who have just completed their
education at firSt-claSs college can
look. The sermon followed the regular
evening services and was a grandly
eloquent one. 1t was well deliv-
cred and was attentively listened
to by the vast congregation. He took
his text from Genesis viii, "a. 1t was
great pleasure, he SAID, to be permitted
to address the young lady graduates,
who are now going out into the world
for themselves, SO to speak. Not to the
graduates alone do ! speak this evening,
but to all the young ladies here. i want
to speak to you of the doors of useful
ness which are open to you in these lat
were little better than dolls,
but how changed things are now.
There is the world of home open to you.
What blessings rest on the kindly
daughter, the helpful sister, and the
cheerful helper. AS an ancient queen
said, keep yourselves pure, and let God
make others great. It's little thing to
be faithful in home life, but out of this
home life come all the good things of
this life and the life hereafter.
Then there is society. l will not BELT
tie the influence of young ladies in So
ciety, for they are the mainstays of it.
High birth, however, has but little to
do with goodness in this life. Beauty
is vain, and cannot last for always.
But goodness of heart and kindness of
manner is everything to young woman.
The third world which calls you know
is Industry, 1t is very important that
you should all be able to earn your own
living, should misfortune come upon
you. The wheel Of fortune is turning
all the time and the rich man OF to-day
is liable to be poor tomorrow. There
fore would have you all
learn to reverence industry, and
know how to earn your own
living. 1t is mistake to teach
your boys how to earn their own
living, and let yonr girls grow up in
ignorance, and then have them go out
and live on the boys. The strike in
big factory here re sently demonstrated
to me that a fairly well educated girl
of to-day can earn as much in week
asia man could.in a month 100 years ago.
Then there is the Christian work for
you to do. This is all important work,
and too much attention can not be paid
to it. God has lifted up women, and
has sent them out all over the world to
do Gods work. But to do good a woman
must make up her mind to have some
one talk about her-that has always
been and always will be.
In closing, allow me to give you three
words of counsel:
First-Be sober; take serious view
of life.
Second-Have an ambition; let all
your thoughts and energy be centered
on one point; nothing can be accom-
plished unless you do.
Third-Make your life count: don't
let it be blank, which it will be unless
you set your eyes toward the cross.