Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-06-30

homes that they t1ay teach and Int tine lgno-
men and women of the religious estimate OF
! fe, how it makes them capable of great re-
fuSals and noble sacri fees; how 1t .reines ana
elevates and spiritualzes their whole Lille ,
4. This prepares us to say, finally that the
religious estimation of life teaches us how to
devote all things TO their highest uses. II may
be said to be the business of life to transform
tho lower into the higher forms OF being.
From the mineral to the vegetable. from tho
vegetable to the animal, from the animal to
the spiritual, all the forces OF the universe
seem to he employed in refining the crude,
celebrating the essential, and passing up inner
ana finer products to be wrought into think
ing. All ,ctiOn and voltion. The noblest of all
activities within the power of man IL to trans
mute physical and Intellectual into spiritual
forces and results. The shekei t OF
in the gross hut in tho essence:
1t is measure not of material volume but of
spiritual dynamics. As science calculates the
force which is lodged in an amount OF coal SO
the sanctuary valuation upon an act, or an IN
stitution, man, is in terms of spiritual vital
ity. What is young man worth = Inc I'M
migration bureau, estimating him by his mus
cular productivity, with brutal franknc de-
clares him worth to the country q thousand
dollars. The employment agency looking him
through more carefully, canvasses ms hblli-
ties, his education, his promise of growth with
experience, and rates him at so many dollars
month now and 30 many hundreds or
thousands year, ten years from now.
Religion makes n larger and n truer es'
innate of him. He has so much body
physical basis, so much brain, 50 1nuCn
capacity of affection, so much power Of will.
Multiply all these by religious purpose, ny
devotion 10 some high, noble and holy end
which will bring up to its ma aXimum efficiency,
without misdirec iion or waste, every power
and faculty he has, and tho result i'll goodness
in spiritual attainment, in service TO mnn-
kind, is what the man is worth. lime seems
to be a comparatively unimportant clement
Divine provide &c, which has an eternity of
leisure for working ont its designs, seems to
delight in making short lives. and even sing.e
n nnlt!n n
over and over. as it were, through memory and
transmitted influences, ages after thor natural
duration has ceased. Let this suggest Il
thought with reference to young man $
choice of Il calling. While it is not true that
al Caiiings are cquni sacred; IL Is true may
an caiiinPS are sacrea' potehtlaLly sacreu, aua
.'tuai!! 30 III prop.flio 10 Iho ueNot'oh NilICH
Is ut llto lIeIi; \ C1NsccIatt put /, so IUm o
socrates the calIlng' Whatever IL may pe' bu'
the truer VIEW Is 10 Coisluer ne !t9o.l "7 piio
GAZING, ana tne rtilHlOus. tSlllnNle OF me la
iuthlshlhS inc purpose "hic1 GohAec ate9 II :
lie lie mus Cohsluettu ceases 70 pc u ih.hs Oh
IrhEinehts ana pauRfs' puIceIlei out oeI"eeH
n NIUE relSloh III tillS part anu u E"od u"aI
OF uull JuSglnG, colhhohplaCe GUY IN tNeIy
other part, hut become, rathrr a unit IN us
scope anu ann under one hDiutnS 3i"t con
staht INSPIRATION, every part coulrIbutlhB 70
the worNlhg eilciency oi every other part, ana
a 10 the colnSllhess ana JOY ana ElorS oI inc
Mno'e' -Not tnlt VIC Win OUT lIiill eu t,'' rum m
VISION can Always see now tue Hlhpie ana
NUN huinu!e ucls Oh ~ ucEotcG nc alS ma sc SUI "
scrvlent to me higher ends to which they are
coNScrfateu IL Is uf llo merit OIL l'ilth 10
trust thut the divine order OF things VIII BRING
thS about, TO sing God Is in his heaven. ali .
rlgAt with the world II a man MAKES re-
ll2lous estimate OF MS me, thnt Ia II he ue-
srcs that God VIII direct ana control Il 20 as tu
bring out of it the highest uses of which 1t Is
capable. be assured that in Coz own way
and IN GODS own estimate, 1t Will he success
tul LIE; that whether long or short, whether
splendid or obscure, whether IN mems eyes, oI
in ones own eyes, IL be a triumph or n faiIur"
it will be acceptable to God. which IL all one
can ask, and looked back upon from the future
life. with its clarified vision ana its sanctlileo
cstimatiors, II Will be seen to be the only ilfi
W OrtA living, tho iitc which to have iyeu VII
be the cause OF never ceasng JOY and thank
fulness. God grant Us al grace 80 TO live.
G,utlsuCn Of me ,uIluifiuj cIdS,:
There Is no more iuterpsti iu,r moment in 1I,
man life than that which is nj once the END o
uuui ago and the beriuuinp of respouEill /,
iunnho1l the moment which receives all tnI
| cuuulntcd torces of the wears of trcneratioI
| and projects them into tile life of ac,i1u Tli
| interest centres rartIv uuon this force itself
upou its amount and dunlty What makes ;
| college commencement 40 interesting 10 al
| tIou4htul pcrsonsy 1t IS the fa,Cinat ioI
| Wnirl attends tuc thought and the snrrtac.
! of Youthful energy, of the y,tuiity stored ~
| in Young mon and potential in achievement
| which pr,, ms vast as thought or hone Ant q
stiU yrcnter interest is lie ru.siIla lirrrt ioi
| which tLis force may TAX. ri ~ .nirif ,yhirn +
| to dntrrrtine and rn1trni mi rhi- notantiaIity e
on such an occGsion we ero ali rptir,i.t.
| lnagirntion loves fn forecast t,r ~ o.. ,,,I,,