Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-06-15
ADDRESS OF BISHOP KAN.
delivered to the Class, Pupils and Aud
ience at the Close OF the Programme.

I
ates and to respond to the touching and
beautiful references TO him contained
In Miss Rhodes paper, he was evident
( " affected by the thought that IL was
his last appearance in his presen:
capacity at Mt. De Chantal Commence
ment. lie said:>
II am very much impressed by the
address which you have just delivered,
and especially with the simple illusions
il expresses of the fliel affection which
has ever been shown me by the pupils
Of this school. If l have felt and
ALWAYS manifested deep interest in
] the up-buildlng OF this school, and have
| strlyen TO advance the pupils contded
TO tho care of the teachers OF this insti-
tuition, intellectually and morally. MY
efforts have been generously seconded
both by the pupils and teachers; and II
| I have tried to cast ray or sun
! shine over your school days, you,
my dear children. have been TO me
| ioy and a comfort. Perhaps, ottener than
You know, your bright faces and merry
| voices have helped TO chase away the
! black clouds of care and worry. The
dear ties cemented by so many years
of bappy intercourse will soon be sew
cred. For the last time, probably, l
| great YOU amid the scenes OF Commence
| season. To me, my dear children, as to
YOU, there is discorded note, sad
! ness 10 your rejoicing to-day-a sadness
which my heart gives back in re-
sponslvs farewell. But / shall ever re-
tain my dear children, the same inter-
In
which I have ever held. The present
solicitude l feel for you shall not DC
! eliminated from my mind; nor shall l
forget the many who have gone before
YOU from the walls of this institution OF
! learning. pray that your Alma Mater
may continue on the course 1t has so far
followed, and pray that Gods blessing
| may rest upon the institution and upon
all present pupils, as well as those who
are TO come. l give thanks for the ut
terances in the address to which you
have just listened, and appreciate most
heartily the sentiments therein con-
tanned. pray that the years 10 come
may be as light and radiant with hap
pinesS as the years which have gone,
and l hope that in those coming years,
in the little chapel in which you wor-
ship, you may remember him who fond
lr called you his children, and whom
you called by the dear name OF father.
81 share the regret which l am sure
you feel, that your worthy class-mate
has been prevented by impaired health
! from prosecuting her studies to the
| happy contamination which to-day
crowns your many years Of unremitting
| toll within these classic halls. When
together at the commencement OF this
academic year, you chose the motto for
the graduating class of 1928, you en-
| bodied therein sentiments worthy OF the
! AllrnnG Of Mt. de Chantal.
These noble sentiments ara ever
| here inculcated as the guiding princi-
pies OF Christian womanhOod. Engrav-
! en- on your heart as well as on your coat
OF arms, this motto should be the inspi-
ration of a life Of unselfsh devotion to
God and to Country; for such is the
meaning of your beautiful class-motto-
"PrO Dec ct PGtria, for God and
| Country"
Highly as you prize the golden treas
ure with which your mind has been so
richly stored in these years OF your
| school life, there is still richer treas
ure on which you have been taught to
set your heart. Precious as are the
\ gifts which, through unwearied appli-
! cation, now grace your mind, there are
other gifts incomparably more precious,
which you have learned TO cOyet and to
/ gain. Under the tutorship Of these
! consecrated spouses OF Christ, your spir-
! itual nature has also been cultivated
and developed, and the moral faculties
! have been trained to apprehend, and
appreciate, and love the true, the good,
/ the beautiful as reflex Of Gods own
adorable projections.
There is given TO every man power
TO see everywhere the face Of God, and
everywhere TO recognize His holy will.
TITS the light which ENLIGHTENMENT every
man who cometh into this world But
that light may be clouded by the mists
/ OF human passlons;-that power, like
every impulse of our nature, needs TO
be wisely developed. Now, 1t is the
province of Christian education to dis
perse those clouds, and to bring that
hidden power to fullest perfection.
For years, you, my child, have
happily been under the elevating
and Sanctlfying influences a tru-
| ly Christian education The
| light which everywhere reveals to you
the blessed presence of God, and the
power, which ever bids you bow in low
| inc submission 10 His holy will, are gifts
| far superior to the most attractive
/ graces OF body or mind. AS the sun
! flower bends in reyerent homage to the
/ orb OF day, so does your heart, trained
| in this school o. Christian ethics, turn
ever TO its God. Your first principle is
all for God. Your chiefest happiness is
ia the love OF God. Your highest aspira-
ton is the possession Of God. Your life
| in all its details must be, and / am
sure. will be so shaped as to please God
! and do His blessed will. This and much
more than l can now tell you is en-
bodied in your Pro Dec.
| For God and Country The second
sentiment of your short but Significant
motto is the one which, in the heart OF
/ every true American, holds the next
place after love OF God-namely, love OF
our Country. None cherish that senti-
ment with warmer affection than the
pupils OF Mt. de Chantal. Whilst their
curriculum Of studies must necessarily
embrace the geography and history OF
other lands and nations, the greatest
! stress is laid on the acquisition Of all
| that bears on their own country, and
its fllustrious children, and glorious in
| situations.
You are witness, my child, to the
| love of our dear country here so zeal
ously iuculcated as a cardinal principle
| in the education impaired to the pupils
| Of Mt. de Chantal. 1t was indeed a
specially happy thought to engraft that
! snn tinant In 70 rnnr schnnl- nntfn last fall