Telegram-herald., 1891-06-29
AKELEY COMMENCEMENT
Address Delivered TO the 0radu-
atss by Rev. JeAn kgsr. D. D.
GLANCE AT TIE ISSTITUTES FUTURE
Ths Firss oiass- Wh0s BassAskSo ls--
Physical asa nsasAi Trainsag
ths Institute nas Dsas-spss-
tssai TsAiaing.

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To bs called upen 70 make the Grst
| eonmencsment address for an lnstltu-
ton like tnls, 10 an honor not lightly 10 b
esteemed. Ts congratulate the author
itles upon . fair measure of success
already achieved, 70 point onwsrs TO
| the growth which the future promises,
and tae reward 1t hsids out for faith
fulness IN the great trust. and 10 speak
. word Of greeting - the young people
who are about to leave these sheltering
halls and TO take their part in the great
| world beyond IL. 10 surely pleasant
task, and one which invites perform-
Ance with no consirainlng hand. To-
day Is day winch may we'll relolce
your heart, my Right Reverend fstner.
and the hearts Of all Others Who IN their
various places and functions have gwen
and prayed and iabored and helped,
each IN his own way. - reach this con-
ummation-knoNing as you do. that
the first milestone Is set up on the
| course OF usefulness which please
Ood,l Akeley Institute ls 10 punue
through the years that are 10 come.
Standing a. We do st the threshold Of
q career the forecast Of what may be
ls more fascinating than the brief retro
spect OF what has been. Al oxferi or
Cambridge. as one fingers beneath tie
gray turrels, or PAGES the shaded walks,
tnere IS great past 10 snchant nim.
| On this spot, Crsumcn, lstlner and
| Lidley ''lit q candle that day which by
Gods grace shall never he put out
Here wickhfie learned the love winch
gave an English Bible 10 tile Engilsh
people. There Roger Bacon Eat in has
lonely room, and thought apart on
problems which the nineteenth century
mas solved. That was NeNlnaa's col
lege. and this MAS kehie's room, and
TINS MAS where Lldoon burned the md
night lamp. Here Milton iieoged ms
| muse, tEere Newton deeply mealtated;
here Bootiey's mighty scholarship was
| etorea mp; that was the scene of Light
foots labors; behind yonasr window
Aacaulay sat; within that door Glad
stone read ms beioyes Homer You
pass from point 10 point. and all around
you are memories OF = time gone by,
and OF lliustilous men who gained their
inspiration here; you yield 10 the spell;
II never occurred 10 you TO ask what
Cambridge or oxford will be; you are
impressed with what they have been
and what they are. And yet there Was
time when all that past was hidden
IN the futnre-wben Oxford or Cam
bridge began TO be-ano perchxnce that
beginning was no greater than tins be-
ginning, THE commencement mere To-
day. Well. my friends, may we not ia
dulge the hope that by Gods pleasing,
humbly and sincerely sought. tire WORK
here begun may be permanent and m
L x~V aasv ND l<wl
sand years hence, you have expanded
TO be for women what oxford and
Cambridge are for men, that there
may stand on this site. for as long as
We can look INTO the future,
school and College for women.
which will win increasing regard and
reverence because of work well done.
Though II will not be lts vocation 70
train the Statesmen. the divincs, the sol
dIers, the men of action whose names
are 70 gid the pages OF public history,
II may be the happy lot of Akeley In
stltute TO shelter and teach and tram
those who are 10 be the wives, the
mothers, the sisters, the daughters of
the great men a. welt as the lesser men
of your state aud nation, and 30 make
them their tat companions, their lnspi-
"A
at tins, your bret commencement. 1
can hold no lower ideal. NO lower sinbi-
ton than thus before YOU. Ii needs
only faiihIulness to the ideal implied
IN the term Christian Education, fldei-
liy TO the trust committed 10 yOu. pro-
gress IN the path that lies before YOU,
good use OF your means and oplnitn-
nIties, and the am ~ the highest attain
able excellence. and with these hum
ble faith and trust IN tsod. TO assure
that the work now begun will continue
and lncrease, and difiuse Its blessings
in eyer-wIdcnlng clfcles all around
And then, a. YOU follow the daughter.
OF Akelev Institute ont through the
concerning years, and endeavoF %
picture how one and another, faith
iul to the Christian bduoat5on here re
celved, becomes a centre Of cultured
radiance, an example OF high pfin-
ciples, OF pure life. OF womaniy virtue,
OF devotion 70 CnTist and the church -
when you think ~ hope that the mother
once scholar here will send her
daughter TO receive the benefit. which
she has learned to value. and that
please God tbst dsugnief's daughter
snall come when her time arrives, and
that each "a het turn shsil become a
4 t@Httf " ifHHtHtf 10 ttftSt HtIDh1
the good that Akeiey Institute shall
have done them. Why then. my
friends. YOU are iDduiging an erpecta-
ton and an ambition winch ~ not va
ionary. because Il may be realized. ana
u only needs the blessing Of God upon
your efforts 10 assure u 10 you and 10
tbose Who ceme after you In your
places OF trust and authority.
Bat on the occasion, ! suppose, ara
expected to.spesk chiefly to these young
| people, the advance guard Of that long
| processIon which we behold IN magma
lion gong forth year by year from
thesr wslls, the bret rradustss Of Akeley
Institute. who, having well and truie
done what was set them to co, and
learned what was set them % learn.
sDd have prefited 90 the satisfaction ~
| Their teachers and examiners hy what
they have done and learned. are here
4 60 receive words 81 announcement ard
blessing 40 they stand cn tiss threshold.
with the schooiroom behind them. and
the untrodcsn pathway Of
Their o~n ystnres Refer. Tb.-u.
If.s bright and t~sptful picture.
this besy ei sweet eifl efsdustes .
| With ali tbs glow upon thsr of sue-
| csssful acbss~ernert, snd tb. ~ssfful.
rs~ss ~ bUoysDt hope. bsadiny farewell
With passing regret 81 tise ssfs snd
! farBiiSs routine 0f fss class. sri look
ne forward ~ Fssii1.. ga far ss frav b.
the fdesi of an lua riduai ilfs. srrit 81
| thss bs~e the skiii 70 forscast for
| themseiwss There - not ofse of 80
| who 81 stfCn r4fsfr@nt. AID rtfn sort.