Nevada County picayune., 1890-07-09

and feel assured that have for each of you like commiseration. Let us cover with the broad mantle of charity the weaknesses and short comings of each other, remembering it is human to err, but 'tis noble and Christ-like to forgive.
 l have no other words with which to express to you the pride and pleasure that have felt. and do now feel over the exercises and develop ments of this occasion. In all of your examinations which have been thorough, not to say rigid, you have proven yourselves worthy of the honors conferred you. And now in the joy and gladness of a final suc- cess you join each other in the mutual pleasures of final gathering. From the profoundest depths of my heart l say to you in the language of the Holy One, "Well done, thou good and faithful servants ;' and then add that q consciousness of having done your duty will be your greatest reward
 l next call your attention to the last point. The hopes and prospects of the future.
 Now let Us turn from the past and present and try in some suitable way to forecast the probable result of our work. Certainly all of this vast out lay of money, labor, time and talent, is not for nothing but mere show and parade. Surely all of these precious children, these beautiful young ladies and these gallant young gentlemen are not to become the victims of an empty and misspent life. No, no! forever no. You are too noble in heart and life, too ambitious to do and be something in your day and generation. to be thus sacrificed. And so l take it that each of you has q purpose m life to he carried out, an end to be gained, goal of infinite value upon which your heart is set, and which to you k the guide star of hope and the construction of all your aspiration. And that in the months and years of your school life you have been preparing for this lofty mission.
 We have now reached the point at which our path in life must become divergent, each taking the nearest possible route that leads to the ob- jcct he has in view. Keeping this thought in mind you will have no diff ticvliy in realizing that you are now standing in the very gateway of fu- turc life with your feet trembling as upon the treshhOld of some great un- der;aking. Already you feel yoar- self drawn as by some irresistible impulse into the duties and activities of the various pursuits of the life you are now about to enter. beg you, therefore, be true 10 the pre- monitions of future usefulness, and accept the golden opportunities now afforded you of accomplishing some thing in life worth living for.
 But you may think that l should be more specific as to the difficult pur- suits m which you should develop your future usefulness. My reply is: The field is too broad and the various occupations too numerous to admit of more than generalization in an address like this, but suffice it, therefore to say, there is plenty of room for each of you to work, and that too in the most advantageous and successful way. Only use a lit- adaptation and the moral fitness of things and the problem will be one easy of solution.
 All cannot hope to succeed as law yers, nor doctors, nor preachers, yet these in connection with many other high and responsible places must be filled. They may be as the stars of the heaven in multitude, but how ever numerous they may be there will always be found talents suited to their occupancy. So after all, it lies with you to determine each for him or herself as to the particular occupation to he followed.
 But there is one thing you should never forget and that is you can never succeed in any occupation without consecration and sacrifice. As eternal vigilcncc is tn" prlcc of liberty, so must ceasclcss and un- tiring devotion become the antece- dent of every success in life. Re-