Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-26
DWIGHT ENDSA LONG CAREER
Retiring President of Yale Bids Farewell to
Old Associations.
FIFTIETR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS GRADUATION
Bnccnlnureate Sermon IL Followed by
Nalcdiction. in which Venerable
Educator speaks Kindly
Words TO CoilcEians.

NEW HAVEN, June 25.-Presdent Tim
othy Dwight. the venerable retiring president
OF Yale university, today preached his last
baccalaureate sermon before the graduating
classes Of the Academic and Scientific de-
partments. The occasion was also the fftieth
university of President Dwight's own grad
uation. Many Of his old classmates were in
the chapel The graduating class occupied
the greater part OF the body OF the Battel
chapel All Of them wore the academic robe
and with them were many visitors from out
OF town.
President Dwight's address was largely of
a retrospective and personal nature.
AT the close OF the sermon President
Dwight addressed valedicton in the most
solemn and impressive manner, his voice
often choking with emotion. His words
were:
And now, my fellow students and may
! not almost say, my classmates of the class
OF 1893, let me ask you to rise. The words
which have spoken to you have had very
personal meaning. So much of the personal
was there in them that they may have
seemed more adapted to friendly conyer-
saton than to be presented to you in
large public gathering. But the occasion
must be the reason for giving them to you
here. l can scarcely find 1t possible to speak
to you In any other way You are. with me-
leaving the university You and i go forth
together, you the youngers and l an Older
But we are all Of us going forth into great
and glorious brotherhood.
Fifty years separate us in point OF grad
uation. but in this brotherhood there is no
separation, for we are all members OF a
great college home. You stand indeed at the
end of your college careers with much faith
full spirit, much of energy and with many
pleasant anticipations But for me the sum-
mer day has passed into the late afternoon
For you 1t is still morning.
Road Is Not Easy.
81 have tried to speak to you Of what life
teaches, and Of that loving Father who or
ders our life's movements for us. l have
not told you anything OF sorrow and OF dis
appointment They will meet many OF you,
and some Of you possibly many times. Ths
costs and results Of them you alone VIII
know. But you will find as the years go by.
that they are helpful to the upbuilding
and to the glorifying OF the soul within you,
and that the divine Father II you trust
thus to His undying care, is ever leading
you out of darkness into the sunshine OF HIS
love. When the clouds Of the summer day
pass away they leave the sky the brighter
II wish for each of you life's greatest
blessings, its greatest happiness and the
best that it can give you. / wish you Joy
and that your sorrows may be scanty. May
they as for Gods children work out your
entire good and give you evidence that you
are under His care and keeping.
II wish for you that faith In Christ, the
expression and the sign OF the Fathers love.
wish for you to lose every doubt, every
questioning fear, every weakness and sin
and that your love may be full and abound
ing, and so l bid you farewell.
MAY the long summer day and the Gun
! set hour at the end OF 1t be filled with beau
tiful light and may the closing twilight sea-
son bear thoughts and hopes Of the better
and the happier life beyond. May your tes-
timony and mine unite together as it comes
from our personal experience in the words
of the psalmists song about our loving God
and Father who 'maketh the outgoings OF
| the morning and evening to rejoice.