New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-22
pACCALAURATE SERMONS.
,pys,pyNT pw1GHT's ADDRESS TO THE
SENIORS AT YALE.
-vn GRADUATING CLASS IN CAPS AND GOWNS
-pp1vs1EGBs AND DUTY OF MEN AS
TIE CHILDREN OF GOD THE
THpME OF THE DISCOURSE.

THEME OF THE DISCOURSE.
x.x.Hayen. June 81 especially. -Battell Chapel pre-
r,ea a novel appearance this morning. For the
o.. time in the history of Yale the entire graduating
,es marched into the chapel clad in caps and gowns.
TN chapel was crowded with students and their friends
came to listen to the farewell message OF President
-, 10 tho class Of '0l. DR.. Dwight announced his
text from Ephcsians y, i: BE We therefore lmi
.a,ors Of God, beloved children In the course
saf his sermon he said
~ You are assembled this morning my young friends
Al me graduating class, TO listen TO the mai message
"a aEhotatiOn and suggestion which CHRISTIAN ieschhs
10 for YOU before you pass beyond the gateway Oi
soar college life. ] ma the message In TINS Dnei
Sentence OF the apostle, and ask you TO think oil H.
Children beloved, imitatOrs God, are all OF them
suggestive words appropriate 70 the ho ot &c mns,
impressive forms. II is message ior the Whole OF
Impressive than at bhe moment when youth turns
toward maturity, and the work OF pleparaaol ems III
nS ionf Of the lie nom youth TO manhood and from
the season OF the more general preparation 10 ndt ~
the more special permanent work Is often thought
of As the point 0i turning from dependence 10 lhde
pendenoe.. 1t is 50 In reality as we voice Tie nase
IN some Of its aspects Inc youth has been sH@V t
ana guided In The past years. lie has Deen III INC
process Of educaiCn lie has moved Slons r ,ioo
70 res when the necessity the carrier has imposed
upon his HE lie las lived as , SlalG III and MD
m' M things more or less. OF the subordnation OF
childhood lie mas Oes and fPedG a the years have
passed onward, but he has not realized the end or
lpostne FULLY master OF NlHlNth. lhC AOu' H"o NJ"
sorne Its meaning is independence. lie is 10 DO
for the future thinker for himself ana worker loi
3s mon them lie Ia to force in the world
sciety and tive state are 10 look tO nm Tor enetky
and wisoOm aud guidance and Inspiration Leadership
Is 10 be his in ever increasing measure; victory also
The Joy Of responsibility is 70 tighten all labor ana
snred success. into this joyful hour there
oomes-strangely and unexpected 1t may be- 50 Ia! as
Thought Of a different kind, which reminds ma that
the new life is 70 be nke the ola me- ater yS TM9
In his mind and heart. 1t Is the thought tat the m
depe.dent life is after air dcOdident and that the
man in the fnless and glory OF his manhood is, after
sio j. LOOKING backward but the picture is look
ina faward-a child not limited by The hst years or
resting on an earthly power or WISDOM uut NIUE
sss estaI and d. imperfect ne all needing continuous
HELM and light from higher source beyond himself.
Tie signifcance Of his thoughts Is seen IN your own
experience my friends al the ending Of yOni course
OF preparation YOU have. MISUNDERSTANDING YOU con
Shrinking al times the struggle that before YOU
ay friend. You may look backward TO INC Tune, winch
seems far away In the past ana lorMaru 70 SoI vA
perience then YOU look at the pre- SENT the eHdlhs
Of the preparatory season. ao Vnnh Vl SoII up %
now. II your Ia tler Was ana Is 70 NVu III an! in+
IRE What The IDEAL world makes him. The OnlS uOushl
dcpendence attended ever by loving tenderness
Ss part; full OF watcl1ul, thoughtful care, ever NOV
de55.rpdence on your part and It's gradual realization
carry ing IN itself blessing and the blessing only 1o
Tor YOU and Tor him. II has never been more tdH OF
ioy than 1t is at this hour when. you 60 forth mo
he new season and the You bear with You
and manly inspiration Of his Thoughts and MS ex
ample You will be IN some sense in this cl.ld re
jocc in it the glory Of lie in the last days even
more than you Know how to 90 IN the INST DAYS ia,
what 0 the Divine Father He takes AS As II were, III
particular and measure under Ills own CO..
and into intimate relation 10 Iiimsen, Wen te eaaty
the world is compelled to leave us TO ourselves Inc
work Of the year IS now more tena T1on a, to be
beyond any thoughts Of tie former time. Life Is 10
become continually larger in every way, ana We are 10
larr9r IA
But there Is yet more Important word IN the sen
tence as related to the exhOration, and one which as
snrts for itself GREATER emphasis than the others 1t
is the word imiators The thoughts ana SUGGESTIONS
on which We have been dwelling thus far have pre-
sented 10 the whole of life aud not merely IT, ne
ginning period season OF e0ncdtlol, anu ho1 UnS
this. but Of eduCtOn III the MANY years a. % ~
with certain lgierninslng OF aSpGn aiog God
which Is not found elsewhere IN tle APosgnc
is peculiarly suggestive Of just THIS educailOi. te GU
thing and as cannot but think, OF the iappiest
thLSs in the plan and movement Oh our nle ehSt ~;
tiIe aspect i'm which we now view it, rs we pass on
rom childhood 10 manhood The child's e0ucatioh rs
Ind posltive teaching and the authority Of love largely
What the child gains he gains II rom t'sI It i,S
must rne while because lie l. dealing WIN
one whose development is vet III us earliest
But a. time passes forward all TINS qeooes giau' ~
les and less and something quite different comes IL u
1ake its place. which Increases winle II dilmIlsFs
The child reaching HE natnty Initiates e t ho ,Ie
pecepts lie takes all that there Is OF nopenc1s u
soul in the father and gives it place ms seed III ms
srpost self As he suffers the To grow, OF care
imitates what has been manifested TO him. lie grows
into the likeness of the whom he has learned III
IN IN With the Divine Father be an inspiration for
growth into life like his Let IL be 81 in the conscious
and ever let the Of that nmost living turn into
forces for acton in all that is worthy OF you as
In word lei the transforming and ennOblng power Oh
the Divine presence enter into your soul I'D ls every
part and 5ng us every Part 1 10 c6Iden This
is the message from the beginning ana 'he message u
And now. NV fellow students of the younger years
gentlemen of the graduating class Raw ING HeeSag5
Sns a no i a. give Won my farewell word These
four years college life have been hdppS years:
They have taken h2d upon te ceepest e @ rch 70
your hearts ana minds ana have proved very iIcm ~
you in blessing they have moved along their way
You have gained from them mental development ana
growth in knowledge ana pure iehuSniis, ai1 en-
largement Of personal lie, aud The uDuiMing ana OUT
have fingered you, foundations OF your sue
cess and usefulness as educated NEIL You nave re-
ceiVed into yourselves strength, and manly pur-
pose that courage for the future and Inspiration Tor
duty and service in the world. il was indeed a
privilege " YOU and gift of good dvinely given, that
you came 10 this place. and became united with the
brotherhood whose Inheritance is here AS these years
the coming Time all That has been made your own, and
to be IN your living and working manly men WorhnS
living within yourselves in the light that shines forth
The evening Of the youthful day has come to YOU.
has sOrrowfuiness in ii. because the DAY Is passed
But let not Your mind resi- upon the sU Dd ii rs
morning of manhood. Rejoice you think of this.
Gods thought Of life is different from our human
thought. We wont 70 speak OF the day as
the IeDrning and the evening", and We prone
10 dwell the ending. and the dark hours Is that to
which all Is moving. Life ends. and the seasons which
make up its completeness end, a. W. beyond them
such is Thought But Gods thought is the opposite
OF this II /, that Of the words which have come
down 10 nom the earliest time, and which belong
the story Of his working at the beginning; Tue
evening and the morning were the day" When we
rise into His thought may, there Is no dark
hour shutting out the past day. but ony a dark,
rstful hour preparing for the future day. That
which S 10 follow not that which IS behind. is the time
% which the fading light Of the older time belongs The
dawn Of tie coming mOsuin2-ths is the thought appro
pirate every evening II is the thought for the end
Ing Of each part and season Of our hives, ana tht
thought alsO-aitcr tie years have passed away-fOI
The ending Of the earthly life itself The morning Ot
manhood Is last before yOu. 1t ha6 more OF promise
and more Of achievement in II than the DAYS OF ehih
hood and youtl had. II c1mee TO You as ne Time %
the full crown sons communion with his father-th'
time OF Lle continuing thOnghtfnl ieIl0Wslp WIN