Evening star., 1897-06-09

Licentiates in. ..TheolQgy-Rev. Charles p.
Aiken Aiken et Boston. n Mass Rsv: Yohn ": Cum &
York: N. Y: Rev. Maurice NJ Hassett.
Harrisburg, Pa; Rev. John ]. Loughran,
Scranton. Pa: Rev. IElphege J. Hebert.
oNe e. Psi1sGe1S;a SGede ReX oss0h John
sorley. c. 8. p, New York
Bachelor of Philosophy-fvar Tidestrom
of this city.
Carr. Philadelphia.
Bachelor in Social sclence-charles O.
Bachelors of LawJshes i. Kenealy, Los
William L. Clark. jr..<Df this city.
Masters Of Laws-William T. eastman,
Boston Mass; John G. Mott, Los Angeles.
Master of Civil Law-Frederick M. Perley
OF Brookland
Doctor of Civil Law-James c. Bourke,
Kansas City, Mo-; Edmund B. Briggs and
Laurence o. Murray, both Of this city.
Candidates for degrees In theology were
pre esented oy Rev. DR.. Grandman, the dean
OF the faculty, and an acknowledgment of
the degrees was made in the course of an
Candidates for degrees In philosophy by
rev; Dr. Pace. the dean of the faculty, who
maze appropriate remarks, and acknowl-
edgment OF the degrees was made in a
speech by Rev. Simon J. Carr PhD
Candidates for degrees in law and social
science were presented by Professor W. B.
Robinson, dean Of the school of law, in a
suitable speech and appropriate words Of
acknowledgment were said by Lawrence c.
Murray, D. c. L.
Cardinal Gibbons' Counsel.
The exercises Of the day were brought 20
who spoke as follows:
Among the many institutions existing in
tnis diocese, there is none that has given
me more concern and anxiety than the
Catholic University.
from the day Of its foundation to the
present hour 1t has been to me an object
OF 1atherly solicitude. I have rejoiced in
vicissitude Of adversity through which +
mas passed. And now, when I contemplate
around me 50 many evidences of its healthy
srow5h iarns1; an ana progress. my heart is en-
tude to Almighty God
congratulate you, gentlemen of the Law
department., on the merited honors which
nave been conferred upon you today. The
upright men: men of character: men who
nave the courage of their convictions.
we need men who are guided by con-
SCIENCE s rather than by expediency; men
than by popularity; men that walk in the
patn OF duty rather than of self-interest.
put men, above all, of Christian faith. and
VINO VINO are ready to profess their faith and
obloquy and derision. But this force of
character requires no small degree of moral
courage and heroism. Many a man who
~cuio run up to the canon's mouth has
qualied hefore the shafts of sneers and
rfdicule. I hope, young gentlemen, that
you will be always guided by such prin-
clples. and remember that your success in
NE Is not to be gauged by the accumula-
ton OF wealth and hcnors that may be
poured upon you, but by faithful attach
ment to conscience and duty.
Word to the Fathers,
ALLOW me, reverend fathers, to con-
graduate you also on the dignities bestow-
ed upon you today. The success of your
ministry will largely depend upon your
thorough appreciation. of the dignity and
respo1 slbility of YOUR sacred office. How
sublime Is the message YOU have to com
municate to the people! How far-reaching
It's applicability, how aMe-ipspiring is your
authority! You will not discuss from your
pulpits subjects of transitory or political
nature. unless moral issue is involved in
them. The same decalogue that Moses
proclaimed on Mount Sinai Is the decalogue
that you will preach to the people. The
same prophetic warnings which the
prophets. uttered on the mountains and
valleys Of Judea: the So me gospel of peace
which Christ preached upon the mount;
the same lessons Of MOI Iality. that the apos-
ties proclaimed throughout the Roman en-
pire-this is the gospel that you will preach
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You will speak of God and His attri-
butes; Of a God who created all things by
His power, who governs all things by His
wisdom. whose experimenting providence
watches over the affairs Of this world.
from the greatest to the smallest. You will
speak only those great eternal truths which
have engrossed the attention Of philos-
ophers in every age. These were indeed
problems which they could not solve with
out the light of revelation.
'"They were always learning, and never
attaining to the knowledge Of the truth
Another feature Of the message. which you
applicability. There Is a vast difference
between a political discourse and a sermon
of a Catholic priest.
THE influence Of a political harangue
depends on circumstances of time and
place and on the political bias of the hear
ers. The memorable discourse of Mr.. Bry-
IN at the Chicago convention, which was
hailed by his audience with shouts OF ap-
New York and London as sedtious and in
cendiary. But the gospel which you will
preach is not affected by circumstances of
time or place or person. 1t has the same
intrinsic force in Toxic and Pekin which it
possesses in New York or in Paris. 1t ap-
peals as forcibly TO the conscience Of the
Mneteeth century as 1t did to the con-
science of the first century, because the
the eternal and Interchangeable law of God
Then reflect how great is your authority.
As One Having Authority.
Like your Divine Master, you will speak
as one having authority, and not as the
scribes and pharisees. But you carry this
power and grace in earthen vessels, that
the excellence may he of God and not Of
yourselves. You will stand before the al
tar in Gods sanctuary, clothed with gor-
geous vestments-pray that these robes
may never be soiled or tarnished by your
sins and delinqucncles-but that the splen-
dor Of the external ornaments may be the
reflection of your private life The Lord
puts into your hands the sword of the
spirit. which Is the word Of God; but this
sword will be blunted II 1t is not sharpened
and tempered In the fire of the Holy Ghost
pray that you may be clothed with all
the panopoly of Christian warrior wear
ing the helmet of salvation, having on the
breastplate Of justice. bearing on your arm
the shield Of faith. having your loins girt
with truth and your. feet shod with the
preparation Of the Gospel Of peace"
Before dismissing the audience the rec
tor said that he wished to say a word to
the one who represented the highest au-
thority of the Catholic Church in this coun-
try, and referring to the presence OF Mgr
Martinelli. he went on to speak of the In
terest that the pope had taken in the Cath
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