The morning call., 1894-05-28
SEEK THE IDEALS.
BaCCaIaureate Services at
PalO Alto.
Bishop GoodselI Delivers an Eio-
quent Sermon to the Gradu-
ateS and Their Friends.

The chapel at PalO Alto was completely filled
yesterday morning with undergraduates and
visitors TO hear The baccdlau eate services.
Bishop GeOdsell Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church delivered the sermon to the graduating
class. His text was: And he said unto him,
behold now. there is in this city a man OF God,
and he is an honorable man, and that he saith,
cOmeth surely 10 pass; now let Us 90 thiiher,
persdventure he Can shew us our way that we
should CO." I Samuel, chapter ks.
In substance be said: From an aborig-
inaI race in Palestine has come a religion
which has permeated the world. The message
OF this religion Is that all men are the children
of God. Through all the races in the teach.
ings OF the Brahmin in the theology of China
and Japan, IN the philosophy of Greece and
Rome. runs the ethical element that there is q
Supreme Being. The influence of the Christian
religion is lmitless tor IL is truth and COM
prises all truth. M fail because they sub
NIT the supreme tor the lower Men Of crime
listen only to the dictates of a single passion
the entlcement OF their lower natures.
The place for our humanity is not along the
lines Of SelfsIness, but 10 discipline our ma
lures against all that is low by what Is high and
lofty.
Humanity advances. not by one mans
genius, but by the efforts of the aggregate
mass. 1t is your god-glylng duty TO climb up,
broaden in vsioD, be upDuilded in character
aud 10 have sympathy Tor the good and bate for
the bad. If you surrender The higher instincts
you have cultivated here in college you yield 10
tie lower and pass out of life 'unWepI, I'M
honored and unSung." Strive after truth, seek
the ideals OF Christ and your life Will not be
failure.
'Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall
make you free" This should be tile watch
word of every young man and every young
woman.
In conclusion Bishop Goodseu said:
Neither the president nor ! can ever attempt
TO say what yOur career shall be. That will be
determined patty by accident, partly by the
influence Of friends and partly by special apli-
tude. How singular that pa!hs which have
been divergent and IN nOu-paralIel lines
should meet here to-day. Tomorrow they will
dyerge again. Whittier they 90 ] know
not; you know not - Goa only knows
Amid all the uncertainty and dsappOintmenIs
aud strugglings that are before you. this is
true: No mater how these patqs dlverge he
who carries within him the guidance OF lofty
ana inspired conscience, enSmOTed of truth,
that soul goes toward that higher service in
Which l believe with all my heart. ] know
that he completion OF your career cannot be
here ] know that some OF us are TO move for
ward with hope and courage aud be smtJen
and pass away just as the bud Is about To
blossom. Once again let NE say that he who
allies himself with the eternal forces OF
righteousness and truth has not Only message
for mankind, but has the eternal security in
himself. For where can a soul 20 that is allied
10 God but where God would have IL 90. Not
To be lost IN Inconsistencies. but to acquire
knowledge. development aud power to b come
a higher minister OF all high things-of truth in
tultOTbed radiance"