The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-05
AS ON THE THRESHOLD
YOUTH OF TWO COLLEGES LISTEN
TO THE BACCALAURATE
EXHORTATIONS
MANCHESTER AND HAMLINE

Bishop Joyce and President
Bridgman Spoke to the Ham
line CIass-Earnest Words Are
Spoken.
Friends and relatives of the graduating
class of fourteen members of Manchester
college gathered in such numbers at the
Manchester Presbyterian church yester-
day afternoon to listen to the baccalaure-
ate sermon delivered by Rev. NJ. ID. Ed
wards, of the Dayton Avenue Presby-
terrain church. as to completely I'LL the
e0ifice. The exercises were presided
over by Dean Wallace. of the college.
while members Of the faculty occupied
positions upon the platform. The gradu-
ateS formed a Sen.i-circle about the pull
pit. The church was prettily decorated
with palms and pOtted plants. Special
music was rendered for the occasion.
Rev. w. r. lakewood. of Emporia col
lege, Kansas, delivered the Invocation.
The baccalaureate sermon was delivered
in mastery Mariner by DR.. VI. D. Ed
wards He took his text from Luke ill.,,
%, And Jesus Himself, when he began
to teach was about thirty years of age"
He said in part:
THE words to teach are not In the
original but have been supplied by Tie re-
visers to complete the thought Began
what? The years before had been years
of preparation. He Is to graduate from
Nazareth into the larger school of the
world. His position is not unlike your
own, my young friends of the class Of
SO. You also have completed a prepara-
tory process of education. For four years
i'll college and many more in school and
academy you nave been qualifying your
self for the active duties of life. You
have been laying the foundation; now the
superstructure is to rise.
What that superstructure shall be- IT'S
fitness for high purposes, It's stability,
beauty and finish. depend in a large de-
gree on the foundation. His was a foun-
dation resting upon the rock of absolute
obedience to God. Upon it was reared
a superstructure of character and
achievement which for beauty, complete
ness and worth stands peerless in his
tory. While you have not laid so perfect
a foundation as Jesus, you have, I trust,
laid a similar one. If there has not been
equality of result, there has been some
sameness Of material and form. We
have this confidence, therefore, that what
lie behind of study, of work, of ideals
and of faith furnish a fitting support
for career which shall honor God, bless
the world and enrich yourselves.
AS vital to all true and lasting sue
cess, I want to place before you your
model and inspiration Jesus Christ. My
hope and prayer is that you may build
as He built. But at the outset we are
met with the apparent impracticability
If initiating one so unlike ourselves. He
was divine as we'll as human; his re-
sources were infinite; his insight and
knowledge illimitable. But this diff
Guilty is more apparent that real. If we
cannot reproduce his acts, we can re-
produce the motives and principles upon
which he acted. 1t will help us in this
matter to distinguish between the man
and the Messiah. Every person of high
rank and position leads in u sense a.
double life. One is purely personal; in
the other they possess powers and exer-
else functions that do not belong to
them personally.&sIt is chiefly in the
personal life of our Lord so siike our
own in its essential nature and condi-
TONS that we find that which we can
initiate, and, in measure, reproduce
We can endeaVor to live and act as we
know He would in our place and circum-
stances This is the high call of duty.
The first and fundamental characters
w " -lLSl 4llS-W vas q III <Z-tdffQ molly pur-
pose. have no doubt you have all made
good and brave resolutions as you are
about to be launched out into the world
but the impulse of a good resolution
will not carry you far nor last long
There is need Of resolution as we'll as
resolutions; determined spirit of con-
secration to God and duty, which will
advance you when conditions are I'M
favorable, and when the tide Of secret
hos IL,
way. SO many begin we'll and then fail.
They do not lack high aims and resolves,
but they lack motive power. The trouble
is an original lack of real conservation
and surrender to their high purposes. Let
not such a mistake be yours. You have
life before you. Avenues of opportunity
open on every hand. Push forward to
high attainment. Improve every moment.
for moments are golden. Each hour
brings its own opportunity, and no hour
comes twice. An opportunity once lost
is lost forever.
But whatever comes do the will of
God. Walk thus side by side with the
Christ. Keep heaven and the eternal in
view. Live for that.
Last evening Rev. Pleasant Hunter. of
Minneapolis, delivered the annual adj
dress before the Y. M. and Y. w. C. A.
Today will be devoted to field day
sports.
The class day exercises will be held
this evening at o'clock in the college
auditorium.
Tuesday evening is set apart for the
alumni banquet.
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock will
occur the annual commencement or grad
uating exercises. The following young
men have been chosen by the faculty
to deliver orations: Hugh Alexander will
have the honor of giving the valedictory,
as to him has been assigned the first
place in his class. c.. A. Clark. having.
the second honor, will give the salutatory
George Edison, Bert Travis and Paul
Doeltz complete the list. The other mem
bers of the class are George Stanley.
Thomas Jameson, w. B. Augur, r. M.
Lutz, J. E. Smits. Ralph E. Clark James
Murray S. M. Pinney and Miss Almira
Lewis
A large fagpole has arrived from the
Pacific coast, and will be presented by
the Sons of the American Revolution.
and raised with appropriate ceremony
on commencement day. From 1t will float
the flag recently presented by the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
AT HAMLINE, TOO.