The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-28
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U Nor have / time to speak in the
nurth Mace of the masters CROWN peo
must hasten to say f1nai wora 10 esss
-, ,anv of youth Just quitting the acade-
r;c shades. or else passing from lower 20
4. higher stage of student life.
NM youug friends you are TO he con-
rrotulnted that your period of mastery
. frivinv Is in a century which recognises
he divine right of every man to be King
md every woman to be queen, even
houph be be the ragged urchin of the
ow-nath, "striving GU through poverty's
rlooInv woodland" till, ere mid-life, he
fnod on the summit of this worlds fame
~the itloiised head Of the foremost nation
,n Earth: or, the helpless girl, Mary Lyon,
ettersd by poverty and untoward cireom-
tance, climbing up, by her own exerIons;
= a snhere of usefulness and honor second
d none. the fame of whose educational
vstem is ptrdling the earth in the multi,
,5ication of Holyoke seminarles "a a!
auds.
realize that address class OF persons
.iven to dreaming. The dreams OF yontsh
re often laughed at, but, MAYER lntau'
hose dreams are the prophecies OF ths ~
nre Granted to YOU rs a morning gift, u
3 good that you should be drawn onwaFtis
,y bright visions; only let them be limitea
% the ideal of God-like perfection that
ave suggested. You cannot hops too
nuch, for the possibilities OF human lie
re elastic, and no man or wo.
nan, in their most ssaguine, cary
nticipations, If only thePa be directed to
be one real good, has ever exhausted or
ttaiped the possibilities open to every
oul. But there Is danger even here, For
nany a youth Is charmed into utter par
lvsis bv the splendor of his imagination
all the time dreaming without ever YAK
ing one proper step toward accomplthIn
ha NJ -
*ancy
Again, I address a class of per-
Ions who are pirded with independ-
nce and self-reliauce. 1--WE ali fancy IN
ur early days, that we are going to build
owns that will reach to Heaven. we see
10 towers reaching there yet, but thai
because the past generations have failed IN
heir tower-buiiding, but now we have
ONE and we will show people how to
build towers. To Us middle-aged men,
here is something touching, almost trag1-
al in the unbounded self-confidence OF the
Eoung life that we see rushing to the front
II around us; because we know 80 well
he disillusion that is going to come, the
disappointment that Will cloud the morn
ng sky. | would not carry one shadow
rom the darkened experience OF midday
nto the roseate tints Of the morning, Tor
he vision will fade away into light OF
Common day." soon enough. On the other
and I would say, cherish that self reliant
onfidenoe. 1t Is one OF the blessings OF
our early days. Only remember, danger
urks there too. 1t is apt TO develop Into
Eant of reverence, which is ruinous. he
aemher what a college president once
aid to one Of the lower class students who
ad gravelv informed the old DOCTOR that
his opinion, the doctor WAS mistaken.
Well" said the president, nobody about
his college il infallible,-not even the
1llndpStV
18th confidence, and yet be boyant and
trong, and trust in the Power
Whence all strength comes" l have
oughly sketched a phase or two OF the pic
lre of life at it's early stage. Now, let me
briefly present. you glimpse of another
icture. The bright visions that dance
efore your youthful mind will fade away.
Ne begin by thinking we are going to
uild towers that shall reach to heaven.
nd when we get into middle life we are
ompelled to say TO ourselves well, l find
haven't material enough 10 carry out SO
arge design. l think that l will content
byself with building little howell that l
bay live in-perhaps 1t will keep the
FEATHER off. Earthly hopes diminish,
reams vanish; limited realities take their
lace Physical WEAKNESS, weakness, the
bngfng for rest, the consciousness of ever
arrowing power, will come to you, and,
you live to be old men and women, as
pine of you will probably do, you will
ave to sit and wa CHI the tide of life ebb,
bio, ebbing away moment by moment
he difference between these two portraits
only the difference that marks the two
Dives, which are one self-the impetuous,
Afreliant, self-willed, buoyant Youth,
hd the weary, feeble, broken old age.
he first portrait | see today as look into
pur faces. The other some one else shall
fe, Is you hive, so sure as / am speaking
you and you are listening to me. In
lew OF all this, then, what about the
astery and the crown? Well, it was
Rst these two pictures that Jesus saw in
eter when he said to him: when
pou vast young thou girdest thyself,
pd walkest whittier thou wouldest; but
hen thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch
nth thine hands, and another shall grid
bee, and carry thee whittier thou
ouldest not" And in view of both these
pnditions, what did He tell Peter? And
hen he had spoken this, He saith unto
m, follow me-" No matter about the
lneers of youth; no matter about the
eakness of age, follow Him who is the
aster, and you shall be a master of the
hole situation from first to last. Follow
i'm by choosing Him. Follow Him by
eeping close to Him. Follow Him as
pmmanGer. Follow HIM as companion
pillow Him as leader and Lord in the
esh morning OF youth in the midday OF
AZURE power, in the mellow glow of
eaceful sunset; so shall you become
asters, rs He subjects you TO the educa-
pnal pick and Grip-hammer, and to life's
ucial heat and assayer's tester Then
and by the growing day, when He,
HON you have followed, shall come
gain, and say 10 each: Because thou
ts been faithful over Il few things, | will
axe thee master over many things
THE heavens SHAH slow with splendor,
But hr ghter Tar than they
The saints shall shine la glory
AS Christ shall them array;
Tho beauty OF the SAILOR
Shall dazzle every eye,
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