The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-14

grow. wider. deeper, broader. You ale now
to take the pilgrims staR and 20 your
way. to the Father. Having honorably
and creditably completed your college
course. have faith in yourselves. with an
ever increasing faith In God the Father.
Philosophers have spent much time
and energy to discover the origin of evil:
but a wiser effort on the part of the
class OF 20 would be the origin Of good
I'm the world. You only need look around
you in any direction any day to see visi-
BILE tokens. evidences of the presence and
power of good I'm the lives of men. Why,
goodness holds this world In it's controll-
ing power. You are living on the virtues
that came out OF the hem of Christ's
robe. Goodness Is all about you. like the
air you breathe. and II goodness and faith
were decaying and dead there would new
ermore be a graduating class to receive
diplomas for work well done.
you will not find q life of perennial
ease under June skies. with June roses
and blossoms. The divinity within you
rises in majesty. declaring the servant is
not greater than his master. Your beliefs
will in great measure determine your
practical lives. Freedom, God and immor-
tally are conceptions which have ruled
and made the best products in our civili-
cation. 1t must still rule the individual IL
you grow and enlarge as the Father has
a right to expect of you. A mere ~intellec-
tual faith will not touch the heart and
brighten the life. You have power of
growth and possibilities for success be-
yond your present conceptions, 1t has
been the aim of the college to educate
the heart as well as the mind. and this
forms the main object in Christian schools
for higher education. 1t has been the aim
of those most interested in your future to
lead you in paths hat are true and good
and beautiful. Now you go out from us
to live honorable and useful lives, loving
~ a-A h.wa He - ~
the sterner duties of lffe's call. For my
self and all the members of the faculty.
We give you a hearty Godspeed on your
way to the Father. In the pride of your
life, in the strength of your and
~womanhood. bring your best physical
vigor and your fullest mental activity; let
the flower of faith n trust sprout. bios
som and bloom to cheer your life. '''
Respect you own personality: God has
use for 1t. You are made as you are. and
called as you are. Your voice, your man
ner and expression are your own: use
them for the Father. Jesus Christ is the
very soul of all that is liberal and gen.
erous as well as just and good. ,>nristian-
ity takes In the whole life, the pleasure
giving. bright, glad. charming side. as
well as the sad. bitter and painful. Relig-
ion is infinitely better now than 1t was
when Christ was here and made this call
in person. The world grows. unfolding a
higher schedule of thought. Theology has
to be reconstructed for the sake of Civ
ing expression to those truths that God
is constantly developing through expe-
rience. 1t is to the service of the Father
l call you. not to the monarch that sub
dues you; but to your Father. lover,
friend, guide. physician; to Him who has
all power and wisdom and faithfulness
to meet you in every want. This is our
hope for your future.
ut is only common gratitude to ac-
knowledge at this time and place our OBJ
legation to you who love the college. 1t
stands there upon the hill, an enduring