St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-11
TIE AGE FOR YOUNG MEN,
As DEPICTED, nv or. RLHcLAND' s
BAccALAUREATE SERMON
AT MAcALEsTER YESTERDAY

Progress and Developments
The Great Fold Which LiSse
Open to Those Upon THAI
Threshoid of Understanding s5
s>>-<'of Purpose Urged-specia1 A1
dress 70 the Seniors. -s
DIR. Ringland, presidential Macalester
college, preached his baccalaureate SER
mon at that institution yesterday after
noon: ~,
He toeka for HIS text John iv., -SSs |;
"Other men labored, ana We are entered
into their labors." 4
After exposing the setting of the text;
DR.. Ringland said: 1.-The text is a
striking generalizatieH-as conspicuous
: for its brevfty as for its immense his
torical reach. These simple minded
fishermen and taxgathererS were sud-
denly advanced to responsible positions
in a Kingdom which was centuries old,
and which had been forwarded bv all
the heroic efforts of the patriarchs; all
sthe constructive force of the -lawgivers;
all the sublime utterances of the
prophets; all the nameless sacfi-
fees of the martyrs; all the
prayerful service, expectation and
holy waiting of the Old Testament
saints; all the powerful preaching Of
+: that shaggy man of the desert, John
Baptist. Hence our Lords words. Ep-
. itomize all the agents. agencies and
efforts in the kingdom of God, down
! through the fulness of times to that very
hour when they stood upon the alien
soil of Samaria to witness a revival of
! religion breaking cut among the de-
spised members of this mongrel race.
With an equal precision these words
express the history of all secular devel-
Opment From the time that the Cainlte
race founded their fated civilization
and introduced in rude form the arts Of
peace, to the present mighty, stirring
age ''other men have labofed and their
descendants have entered into their
lahors." - LIZ
This is tremendous age. When
one stands aside to hear the silrieks: of
hewlmstle and the thunder Of the en-
gines upon the rail; when one sees this
/ fash Of electricity from the wire, the
: hurried step'of the fOotnan. and the
heavy grind of trucks and vans upon
the pavement; when one looks upon the
resolute faces of men of affairs, reads
/ the newspapers and magazines; when
rapid aecumulation Of wealth. tire towns
and cities rising as if by magic; the
steady march of immigration: the arm
of labor strengthening itself, and the eye
of capital growing more and more k5eil /
the steady growth of speculation III
every department Of activity, we haata
a vision of some of the elements of the
greatness and the growth of this pc
cuiiar age. -. -Iiv,
A YOUNG MANS AGE.
Moreover, this is by way OF emineiiees
a young mans age. The young men
are the greatest burden bearers Of aHe
times. Young men are the princfpaf
promoters of the great schemes Of tie
day. YOun men are the sponsors ..t9r
/. the success and gupd order ut this vast
and growing West. .YenHg. men nave
made cur Western cities, developed .utlr
+ agEjeultlr;tl and mining Industries tprr;a
very lRrgHs ;exteht,a. Youlfgs ,meil h9m
very many of THE, res pansi bic positions
in our banksD and railroads. D Young
| men run CHI trains, oversee the multi
tude4 our INDUSTRIES. anu perform the
/ skilled labor of THESE, industries.
/ Like IA mighty army they
march :, y in the foremost vail
|. of, our national conquest under the
sages of finance and the old men of re-
I nown who give: the commands.
i 1t is something of immense signifi.-
canoe to hta young mail, just: ready to
step into. the lime of struggle as tue
! twentieth century begins to dawn upon
this Young empire OF prodigiouS- prom
/ Use. 1t is something immense by way
of stimulation along the; lines of
worthy ambition to read the prophecy
of the times and expect to be factor
| in that splehdid development which is
set for the next fifty years. The young
man, passing out into such an aye,
expecting TO cope with the stupendeus
energy and quiekened perception, which
he must meet on every hand, had bet
ter stay at home unless he can go we'll
clad in the arIuor of his tinfes. .Hes.wiu
be given opportunity to test his adapta-
bilitv and utility to this age. but he
must be equipped. I'D
With an equal precision these words
epitoIllze the history Of educatiolb
Progress in this department of human
Development has been second to none.
The conqneStS Ut the truman mind have
T been wonderful in both variety aid
NUN berS. Our: educational work eofi-
stantly seeks to utilize everything in
our halls of learning that can benefit
| the rising generation. 'Fhe universal
/ curriculum. if L may SO speak, offered
/ to the classes of today, presents things
both new and. eid-treasures OF the
| heavens, treasures Of the earth. treas
| ures of the sea, treasures OF the human
mind. treasures of the heavenly world.
! It is, therefore. a sublime opportunity
| that is offered to.our youth for the study
of these wide and varied fields of learn
/ ing, and he is wise who turns away from
| all other. WooerS to- become winner in
| the realms of knowledge. sis
1t is not my aim today to show you
| bydetailed statement how very true the
| text is in it's application. to every de-
| partment of knowledge. Every class
room exercise, every volume read or
| studied by you, every stage in your
! later professional career will verify the
| text as stating your exaet.relatiop to
| all the seed sewers and harveSters. Of
| the past; all the founders and promoters
of sound learning in all the departments
| of science, philosophy, literature and
| art. These years past of observation
have relieved me of this burden and
have burned the sentiment of the text
imperishably into your very marrow
| a better aim.a take it, is to inqaHe
| what manner of men you ought to tie,
who have been lifted to such sublime
| mount Of privilege, where the vast ere
alton has come before you in review:
| from which you have heard the Greek
bards sing, and the stately Romans FIN
| the categories of eloquent speech; where
! you have heard the subtle philosophers
and the nimble dialectitians in THEM
! discussions. where you have followed
the grave mathematicianS through their
profound and. : accurate movements!
What ought to be- expected eiUf
| men-young men-who have Ire
before them; who have acquired MiSi
| guages and literatures, ancient AID
modern; who have studied the foundat
tons of government, and acquainted
| themselves with the economy OF church