The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-06-22

For some months the students at Ka-
mehameha School were enabled to lis
ten to the sermons of Rev. T. d. Gar
vim at the schools. but since the de-
parture of Mr.. Romig all of Mr.. Gar
wins time has been taken up at his
own church.
In response to a request from the
faculty and students he delivered the
sermon to the graduating class yester-
day, taking his text from Cor. v:1O,
aFor we must all appear before the
Judgment seat of Christ; that every
one may receive the things done in his
body according to that He hath done,
whether it be good or bad"
Mr.. Garvin said in part:
MY Dear Young Friends:-It affords
me true JOY to meet you on this last
Lords day of the collegiate year Oh
1856. May the occasion be one OIL
profit and pleasure to all.
'Demosthenes was accustomed to say
Every speech should begin with an in
controvertabIe proposition We have
TWO such propositions in the Scripture
that is chosen as the foundation OF our
address before the students of Kane
hameha College today:
s.F'irst-We must all appear before
Christ, the Judge.
''Second-We will be rewarded as we
have done.
1--WE are here brought face to face
with the fact that our conduct in this
life will furnish the data on which the
decision of Christ, the righteous Judge,
will be based.
God has most graciously revealed
himself to us in Nature and in Revela-
ton, in order that we may have per-
feet rule for our conduct in this life.
Moreover, God has endowed us with
the ability to learn and to do his Will,
and thereby gain the matchless reward
of eternal life.
1.-The royal path of life stretches away
in a straight line before us, and our
higher and better nature bids us follow
the sure way, turning neither to the
right nor the left, for many are the d1-
Verging lines and tempting bowers that
Satan has arranged in order to allure
the youth from the Kings highway OF
holiness.
Your school days have taught you
how to learn, how to search for knowl-
stored in the living oracles and vast
libraries of earth.
Have you each one decided what
shall be the calling of your life? How,
and in what, can you best succeed? Do
not allow yourselves to drift aimlessly
on the current of time.
when a Roman youth reached the
age of IA he was clothed in the toga
Virilis. which signified that henceforth
he was to act as a man and not as boy.
A diploma marks a transition from the
boy to the man, that the receiver has
stepped upon the plane of true man
hood, to take an active and useful part
in the drama of life. Let us inquire the
full divine meaning of the terms man
hood and womanhood.
Gods design is seen in the creation
of man and his helpmeet,. the twain one.
Every man should fit himself to take
his place at the head of home, and
every woman should be equal to the
task of managing the affairs of the
home. The man and his helpmeet are
the king and queen of the kingdom.
The house that has for its inmates
family devoted to the service of Christ
is truly an earthly paradise in which
the ills of life are reduced to the mini
mum and the joys of life are increased
to the maximum.
"But few men are needed to fill all the
offices in any government, and there
are scores of applicants for each po-
sition. All ranks of professions such as
law, medicine and theology are full to
overlooking, and many are finding
very meagre support in these learned
callings. You may not be able to find
1..so nSf of
honor. There has never been surplus
of upright, Industrious men and women
that are willing to labor in the honest
and useful avocations of life.
An honest man is the noblest work
of God said Pope. A Christian is the
highest type of man, loyal to God and
just to his fellow man.
This is a grand life of probation in
which God honors us with the privilege
of being co-laborers with him and stew
ards of his gifts, both temporal and
spiritual This is a grand age in which
30 live Note some of the advantages
of the present over the past-railroads,
telegraphs, etc, etc. A man of 80 years
of age now has learned and knows more
than Methuselah, who lived 969 years.
''The law holds good that what we
SOW we shall reap. There will be COM
mencement day or day of judgment,
when the awards will be made, and we
shall enter upon a condition of joy and
peace or a state of sorrow and anguish"
Addressing the graduating class
which was standing-he said:
Young Gentlemen:-I esteem it an
honor and pleasure to address you on
the eve of your successful completion
of the course of study prescribed in
this school. \ distinguished poet has