Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-07-06

sweat OF bis br0C and 1y ana u
is plainly evident thai p pupils
of this school have eured that
fact in the necessary pzparation
for this commencement because
they have displayed be depth
OF thought and > degrse II careful
study that i highly con- endable.
At the beginning of x career.
ia The morning q 1o i i
ven u nndersfand fh4t f}s c5ndi.
tions OF success are hard Nork and
perseverance, and the highest de-
gree of success is obtainable under
no other conditions.
eff man will not labor, neither
shall he eat" That is q divine de-
claration and you cannot Get around
it. There are. however, different
kinds of work, the hare and the
easy, the disagreeable and the agree
able work, and the great difficulty
with the world today Is that the
majority of mankind is scfambling
after the easy, endeavoring to Sc
cure for themselves the agreeable
part of the worlds work.
Everything a man does is work,
no matter what it is. II doesn't
make any difference whether it be
welding the trip-hammer or guild
ing your favorite through the diff
ferent mazes of the dance. 1t is
work, all work, and they are few
who prefer the former.
Better to delve all day
With the blessing Of peace at night.
Than 20 fritter the time away,
With fingers idle and white.
For labor is Gods good gift.
Though IL be the curse of the fall,
And the hands that struggle and lift
Are the noblest hands Of all
Struggle not, however, for pure
ly selfish purposes and unworthy
aims and ends and purposes. No
man has lived an ideal life who has
lived for self alone. Your mission
in life is unpreformed when you
fail to accomplish the gfsasest good
for the greatest number.
| remember very pretty quota
tion / heard not long since by
gentleman who is here today, and
who has SO many in stock, that /
am sure he will not object il bor-
row one for this occasion. It is
this
Seldom can heart be lonely
II 1t seek q lonelier still,
Self-forgetting, seeking only
Empty cups Of love to iill."
/ take that love spoken of here,
in the sense of universal charity,
that self-forgetting spirit that
prompts man to lend aid and
comfort to his fellow .man-that
spirit with which the old doctor
gives advice and counsel to the
young practitioner-that charitable
spirit that makes the old minister
give the benefit of his experience to
the young minister-that spirit of
fellowship that allows the old law
yer to assist the young lawyer in
the preparation of his briefs for the
Court-that spirit of universal char
ity seeking only the emptier cups
of our less fortunate brethren with
love to fill, and at the same time
filing our own lives with that peace
and happiness that only comes with
the knowledge of duty we'll done.
Set your standards high and live
up to them without reckoning the
cost. Take as examples sachmen
as have made your country and
mine what it 10 today-the delight
and pride of every Americas citi-
zen-a country that tells of trou-
bled, though honorable and noble
past. and foretells of bright aud
glorious future.
Take such men as these, and
there have lived hundreds of them
in our own land, bat l would sng.
gest, if / may, that you take the
name of him who IN all places, un-
der all circumstances and at all
times, whether in peace or in war,
was ever first and foremost in the
heart and affections Of his country
men. make this suggestion for
no reason except that the school boy
and girl is more familiar, perhaps,
with that name than with that of
any other American hero.
Washington was q man whose
early influence was good. Born
and bred in Christian home, by
Christian parents, With all the in
fluences best calculated to develop
and bring out the best attributes oi
I his rafnra he ~aa r,rasavnincuflu N .