The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-09-03

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be weak vessel. Others with many
times the endowment which YOU pos
s,ss, have waged losing fight. Trust
n,t alone to this, beseech You. Your
shield, staff and buckler, if victor in
the contest, must be the teachings and
daily help ofthe lowly Nazarene. God
grant that you may have it.
And, now, young gentlemen of the
junior class, what shall | say to you?
| will detain YOU only for u very few
mom>nts. The words, yes. the words
you have heard from the present senior
class with your outward ears, convey
sentiments and suggest lines of conduct
which, if taken up by you and incor-
porated into the structure ofyour daily
lives for the next year, will produce an
effect which will pass into history as
one of the brightest pages among the
chronicles of the institution you hope
to have as your Alma Mater The OPP
Perfumes for an immense work is be-
fore you. Is there on earth Il sadder
picture than Il Young man. just from
home, where every obstacle is placed
between him and the temptations to
wrong; whose whole tendency is to
right-doing, as the result of such 4
training-I say, is there sadler pic
ture, anywhere in the world, than that
of this young man meeting on the
threshold Of his College life influences
which, like the deadly ctiluvia of the
upas tree. poisons the whole atmos-
phere of his moral being Do you
know of such cases.
In the experience of your college
career, have you seen the impress upon
the face of Il fellow student of purity,
honesty, piety, gentleness, replaced by
the traces of the serpent trail oftemp-
tation. The guilcless young man has
become the satiated devotee of the low
est instincts ofthc human race What
transformation. Heaven is not more
remote from hell than are these two
pictures. Such cases. if such there
be, You can help. You can turn the
Of TO- h. II,
If no such experience has ever oc-
Cured in your college career then hap
py are you. 1t now becomes your duty
to set the pace for the ensuing year Of
student life. Your responsibilities are
very great. | would that could burn
into your minds the feeling | entertain
for YOU. as | earnestly yearn to see
your class set the example of living on
high plane to the remainder Of Your
fellows. The watchword | would
leave with you is duty" Accept no
obi CATION that you cannot live up to-.
Remember that the conceptions you
are forming of the sacrcdness Of the
obligations you assume, will follow you
for the remainder of your lives.
God grant, that you may have tie
strength to do your duty well.
AMI now, for both of you, with 4
heart full of the best wishes for you in
your separate and distinct careers, for
here the streams of your lives divide.
| wish to add these two thoughts f. ON
the writings of two of the worlds great
est men. They may help you. When
from Il friend, out of his own bitter ex-
periencc he penned, among other things,
these golden words, which | commend
to Your attention.
The fear o. hells hangman's whip,
To haud the wretch in order,
But where you feel your honor grip
Let that aye be your border;
| Its slightest touches, instant pause,
| Debar all side pretenses,
| And resolutely keep its laws,
Uncaring consequences.
The great Creator to revere,
| Must sure become the creature,
But still this preaching can forbear,
And cen the Iigd feature;
Yet neer with wits profane to range,
Be comp.aisancc extended,
An Atheist laughs poor exchange.
For Deity offended.
| When rantng round i'll pleasures ring,
! Religion may be blended,
| Or if she gle random sting,
| 1t may be little minded;
But when on life we're tempest driven,
A conscience but a canker,
| A correspondence fixed wi Heaven,
| Is sure noble anchor.
When Shakespeare, i'll his greatest
creation, | speak ofthe play Of Hamlet
was about to launch forth Il young man
upon the untried sea of life, he sum
moned the child of his brain, the aged
Polonius, and his son, Laertcs, and
caused the former to address the latter
in these words:-
sTheSe few preceps in thy memory. my SOL:
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
| Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel,
| But dull not thy palm with entertainment,
| OF each new Matched, uniedged comrade.
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| This above all. To thine own self be true,
| And it must follow the night the day,
| Thou canst not then bc false to any man,
Yes, Young gentlemen. be true te
Yourselves. This means duty fully
performed. to yonr fellow man, youl
country and your God. This is the
trinity of your lives-one i'll three and
three in one. No separation, no divis
ion. When Cardinal Woolsey was
about ending an cventiul career, anC
was standing in the presence OF Crom
well, the coming man, the full tide o
his neglect of one OF these triunc obi
| cations rr 4 pl M N him an the I>c