The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-06-08
The sermon in part follows:

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The sermon in part follows:
The parable of the ten virgins is one
of group that teach the Importance
of being ready for the personal return
of our Lord. Underlying and equally
permeating this parable is the general
truth or principle, viz: The prepara-
tion of the heart for life's duties and
emergencies and faithful education to
the end.
Multitudes of men and women the
world over merely exist, or rather
vegetate, and are content. It is the
sum of living in the case of thousands
whose pearl of life is dissolved in the
cup of mere selfish and fieshly indul-
gence, who live merely for the graft
fication of the senses. A strong
healthy body is good. and if beautiful
too, well; a sound, we'll disciplined
mind is better, is necessary.
Edmund Burke, the great English
statesman, was peculiarly happy in
his married life. His description of
his wife in her youth is probably one
of the finest word portraits in the
language: "She is handsome, but it
is a beauty not arising from features,
from complexion or from shape She
has all three in high degree but it is
not by these that she touches the
heart. 1t is all that sweetness of tenn
per, benevolence, innocence and sensi-
bility, which face can express, that
forms her beauty She has all the
firmness that does not exclude
delicacy. She has all the softness that
does not imply weakness. Her voice
is soft, low music, not formed to rule
in public assemblies but to charm
those who can distinguish company
from crowd. To describe her body
describes her mind, one is the trans
cript of the other Her understanding
is not shown in the variety of matters
it exerts itself on but in the goodness
of the choice she makes. She does not
display it so much in saying or doing
striking things as in avoiding such as
she ought not to do. No person of so
few years can know the world better,
no person was ever less corrupt by it.
She has a steady and firm mind which
takes no more from the solidity of the
female character than the solidity of
marble does from its lustre and polish.
She has such virtues as make us value
the truly great of our own sex. :"
Let me pray you to guard carefully
and watch jealousy the moral in
stincts of the soul. To have clear and
settled convictions of right and wrong,
to have an infiexible regard for moral
distinctions, is the secret of an honor
able and upright life, and these are the
fruits of Christian faith and the in
dwelling spirit. Do not be content to
do simply as others do. above all do
not be afraid of being considered
-scrupulous and singular. Fear
to do wrong, shrink from making any
moral compromises, not because any
one will see or know it, but because
you know it and God knows it.
In these days there is no let or him
drance to a true Christian woman's
usefulness. There is no need, then,
to spend days in idleness and nights
in useless regrets. The young lady
has but mean estimate of woman
hood who fritters away her time in
idleness and pleasure, careless of her
good name and indifferent to her
future.
GLASS DAY EXERCISES.
The lawn at Miss Dana's school had
a truly festal appearance Monday
1t was the occasion of
class day exercises. The green be-
tween the main building and the east
wing was filed with chairs. Against
the former had been erected q stage
and on this the exercises of the after
noon were held.
At an early hour the guests and
friends arrived and soon every chair
was filed with handsomely gowned
women, all bubbling with vivacity
and aglow with the excitement of the
occasion. At 4.30 group of young
women appeared on the veranda. All
at once there was an expectant hush
in the audience as the tones of piano
far in the distance could be heard.
Then peal of melody burst on the
air and the exercises had begun.
The opening chorus, Scharwenka's
Sing on, sing on,'' was a very cred
liable performance. This was followed
by an address of welcome by Miss
Olive Penniman Williams, the class
president. Miss Williams made de-
parture from the regular address.
She said:
II once read of an old German the
ologian who lectured for twenty -four
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