The morning call., 1894-03-10

and to OFF limited observation, il is largely
true. Ot course, no good lie ends at
death, but he nerves and threads OF u
nuence that they have stated extend over
limited space, touch a few hearts, anu
are undiscovered to the common eve.
Ihere is not time in human
lie to complete a great work. Ihere
must be succession. Perpetuity Is essen
llai 10 such works. ana DO one more lu,Iy
realized this than Governor Stanford. lie
was an organizer. His thoughts were
large, and he understood the philosophy
OF bringing other men into partnership
WIN his designs, of eDlargiDg the lndi-
Vidual touch by cooperation. Iake the
TWO great enterprises with wnicn ne was
associated. The OntineDtal railway
what wide and strong organization was
necessary to its accomplishment. Not one
man. What could one pick, one shower or
one engineer do in the construction oil tnaV
great enterprise? 1t was scheme that
needed TO have brought into IL many men
OF diverse mental attachments and the
muscle OF many laboters, and all these into
system that worked like perfected ma
chlne-aI this be did. And this great
highway of commerce. which IN the future
years TO come shall bear an increasing
irafflc between the East and the West, and
snail carry, with increasing comfort,
speed and safety, generations yet TO De
porn, is one of the great works that VIII
perpetually praise him. This is one OF his
0lOgraphers, and it has written on the
rocky faces of the Sierra's canyons the
story OF his participation in one Of the
great achievements of the century.
This university is bis other and better
Dlographer, OF a highway of commerce,
but highway of the soul. upon which
the aspiring feet may perpetually be
borne TO the height of truth and learning.
And here. how perfectly can we see this
me faculty of design. of organization. of
bringing In that which is neediul, of using
the element of perpetuity. For, when
these learned men who now instruct. and
thls generation of students. have passed
away, there Will be new instructors stand
Ing yet nearer To the SUBMITS of truth TO
instruct regeneration of students full of
nobler enthusiasm for learning and for the
elevation of the race.
1T Is as men associate themselves with
such institutions that their memory is per
petuated. Why is Washington freshly
ana ever in our hearts? Why is his natal
day perpelually kept Ia remembrance :?
Because be associated himself with de-
llverance of the colonies from foreign
domination and oppression, and with the
institution of a system of government
that has brought liberty, happiness and
freedom 10 this great continent. and
Will carry them on 10 generations to come.
Napoleon we read of; we analyZe his
ch aTacter and study his military genius.
little more reverence-might examine and
explain 10 a class the arIiculated skeleton
OF some unknown man. He did not asSO-
ciate himself with any great thing IL the
interest Of man; with any great state or
institution that had perpetuity.
but l will not detain you longer Our
sorrow for the loss of friend is greatly
mitigated when we can assemble as we dO
to-day, surrounded by evidences that not
only in the family circle but tn Oughout
all this coast, throughout all these States,
and indeed throughout the world. he will
be held in perpetual veneration and re-
spect.
''One loved child was lost; but the
promise-ihe Abrahamic promise-shall be
fulfilled 10 him. His children shall be
more than the sands OF the sea and all the
stars in heaven for multitude"
President Jordan took the platform TO
make a brief statement. II first met
Governor Stanford three years ago." said
he HE told me of the dark days of 1884
after the death of his son bow at night at
The darkest hour the thought came To him !:
The children of California shall be my
children | asked him if l might not use
the motto. He said:
"'When the State of California says
these words are true-not in my lifetime
and not Till then
81 have placed these words on the pro-
gramme of exercises to-day, for l know
that the time has come that California
recognizes the true force of those woads,
The last time that / saw Governor
Stanford his parting words we're: Mans
physical needs are slight, his intellectual
ooundless."
dent Jordan retired the Glee Club chanted
Our Days on Earth" and DR.. Ste bbins
win simple benediction dismissed the
audience.