Telegram-herald., 1890-06-28
SCHOOL DAYS OVER
COMMENCEMENT Exercises Of the
Class OF 30 Yesterday.
VERY ELADORA ne FLORAL TOEEyS
forty-aiRs Gsadhatss-P0Fti0n OF the
SPtsadid Adar4ss 0F Judge Bareh oa
.ights and Msasurss"-
The Reception


yesterday with the usual beautiful
commencement exercises. which were
held at the Rountal n-street Baptist
Church. The pulpit and choir loft
were tastefully decorated with flowers,
plants, etc, conspicuous above the pull
pit being the motto Of the twenty.
eighth annual graduating class, ''On
the Threshold
In the front seats sat the forty-nine
graduates, all bat seventeen of them
beng handsome young ladies, most of
whon were arrayed IN white. The
great auditorium OF the church was
crowded With happy parents and spec
tatOrs.
The High school choir sang Gamer
lea, Ny Noble Home" after order had
been called for and the rustic OF getting
settled had sutsided, and then Rev. j.
1. Hustled offered up prayer.
Judge Marsden &. Burch was INTRO
duced % deliver the address OF the day.
He commenced.
There is a sea bird known TO the
sailors as Mother Carv's chicken, it Is
small, swift OF wing and shrill of voice,
and IS believed TO herald the approach
ing tempest. II YOU who are mere IN
the benign shblter of this temple OF
worship, were on bOard some spacious
steamer, andkf there should be sud
denly projected into your June-day ex-
perlence the sight and sound of the
stormy petrol, YOU would scarcely BID
hlm welcome. The prophets OF old and
the agitatoTs of modern times were the
stormy petrels of their periods, heralds
OF the tempests that have enveloped
and shaken humanity 10 its pro-
tOundest depths, until the atmOs-
phere could be cleared and the
more enduring calm beyond could
be reached and enjoyed. VIII you
pardon me my young friends, If being
neither teacher, prophet or agitator, | yet
presume 20 break IN upon your holiday
pleasure with the monition that your
sails are all set for voyage upon sea
whereon a storm seems imminent.
From the earlies history, there has been
a necessity for weighing and measuring.
As many methods and systems as can be
imagined almost have been tired; vari-
Gus nations have enacted laws with re-
ference TO them and yet uniformity of
standard OF weight and measure has
proven unattalnable. IL Is the standard
therefore which battles the ingenuity of
man and leaves Us rs a universal peO-
pie still III great uncertainty as TO weight
or measure. lt is the standard which
embaTrasses us and leaves US in some
degree continually liable 10 fraud, ac-
Cldent and mistake. IL we could ONLY
make sure a standard of value accurate
at all times and places how many
doubts IN commerce and science
would be solved into certalnties,
But II such standard cannot be attained
IN the material and business world.
how may We gauge the value of hu-
man llfe-by wAat means measure the
onward march or retreat of civiliza-
ton? But as IN material things, GER
tam elements are more commonly con-
sldered as standard than others, so in
the moral world the trend of popular
estimate has been turned toward what
IS termed success as the proper STAN
dard. While all about us seems calm
and seren4, there are undoubted signs
OF unrest IN the moral world. All
sorts OF combinations are formed to
advance the interests of trades, classes
and CallIngs, and most of them are IN
dicative OF some degree OF selfishness.
Gong back nineteen centuries, we find
the Jews the persOnIficatIOn of selfish
ness, barterIng IN the synagogue and
killing Jesus who gave them the new
commandment. Thou shalt love thv
ne ghbOr as thyself.' When we allow tor
the difference IN time and conditions. II
there were a second advent substantially
Ike the first, wherein should we find
our conditions of heart and mind diff
fereut from those of the jews7 We of
the Caucasian race combine good and
bad elements lutermngled. which, with
natural progress and constant educa.
ton. have come tO DC almost bevOnd
limit. These intellectual and moral
forces, guided and directed by right
spirit, might make an elysium on earth,
but misguided and perverted. who shall
measure the appalling misery which
may result The philosophy of this
period i tersely stated in the vulgar
term "get there" and 10 Is customary
T. endeavOr 20 attain an end regardless
of the means. As q natural result, 10
follows that modest worth IS at dis
count, and unDlushIng self
seeking obtains the premium.
especially when accompanied by
tricks and artifces soon learned.
Look around you. my'friends, cast your
eyes over the limits of their vision upon
many Young men and womenyo know
and see the persons who are bound to
get on at whatever cost regardless Of
the bruises and broken shoulders they
have recklessly climbed over. But how
shall 10 oe when the great host of hosts
-fr a af
Of the archangel the vast multitudes of
all ages and generations come forth
seeking 90 pass the portals of the Great
Gates Oh. well. that - quite different.
May not the teachings be reversed
Can We not emulate some of those VINO
have been known upon occasions 70
prefer others 10 themselves Fol-
low those who would rather walk
than ride Il the carriage must
Zee purchased at tbe cost Of m serv and
sorrow 20 others one VINO starts out
with She intention If Weighing the
actions cf others and himself being
weighed in that manner vii for a time
= least be laughed nc. ols ideas viii be
drrrdcd IS toUa1 From the Old Get
there standard Re WILL be considered
hfrhiv unsuccessful. even looked unon
a. a crank and NAV have much trouble
sDl QerDlexty bat after alb tne chances
sTe tl8t time viii bring its compensa-
ton in bis own hears and spirit. We
have known many who understand this
st-frza philosophy snt their lives are
conceded 90 have heen beautiful
snd their death glorious. Have
y0u ever fels thrift Of pleas
ure as Won have seen 4 true
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some rno pass before OF take tie pre-
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