Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-22

when the judgment uay reveals the
secrets of the universe, will you see
then what you missed because you
were not a Christian? What might
you have said or done at this time to
save this poor soul If you had really
had some higher standard Of life than
your cold, moral standard, that never
warmed your heart or fired your soul
to help save another soul? The Lord
open your eyes to see not only the
great opportunity you missed, but also
the great sin of daring to live always
with no better purpose than the one
that has so far ruled you.
So he let Willis 60, and 60 out of his
life, at least for the time being, with
a kindly and even self reproachful
feeling, that in time became vague
sort of hope that he might not turn out
quite so bad as he himself said he
would. And yet If the clutch Of his
grandfathers sins was on him, how Is
it that even then you do not yet re-
alize, either Of you, that there is q
power even greater than hereditary
faint in the blood and that the blood
Of Jesus Christ the Son Of God can
cleanse even that faint Of that other
blood? For he is able to save to the
uttermost those that put their trust in
him.
And now the commencement season
was on, and Edward realized that he
was through his junior year, and in a
few days, as soon as the graduating
class had received their diplomas, his
own class would be entitled to the dig
devoid of Imagination as not to be
quite deeply moved at the thought
He and Freeda were now classified to-
gether, for, although she had entered
six months earlier, Edward had ar
ranged his course so as to make up
certain studies, and Freeda had drop
ped back a part of year in order to
be with him and take special course
IN music. So they were glad to think
Of the comradeship still possible for
them another year.
AS they sat together that commence.
ment day and heard the charge to the
outgoing class they realized as never
before the value Of their college life.
The president never said very much at
commencement. Perhaps that Is one
reason why the class that graduated
remembered good many things and
carried them away with them.
1T would not be fair nor true to say
to you" continued the president after
giving the diplomas, that you had all
done the very best you knew how dur
ing your entire college course. You
yourselves know that you have neg
lected many opportunities and wasted
many important hours. You cannot
now help this, and l am not going to
Use this occasion to blame sou for not
Laving made better use OF your ad-
yantages.
1.-THE question for you to ask now is,
What can do with what have gain
ed in Hope college? AS you go out in
to the world you will find great many
temptations to use your intelligence
eelfislly. A college bred man or wo-
man always is strongly tempted to be
more or less exclusive, growing farther
and farther from a knowledge of and
sympathy for the people. Will you let
me urge every one of you to use your
powers developed here to get nearer
the people who have not had your adj
vantages? If education does not mean
q brotherhood. if it does not mean the
strong bearing the infrmities Of the
weak, then 1t is not Christian; 1t Is
pagan in its selfshness and narrow
ness.
"There is Just one other thing l want
you to feel at this time. and that is the
great first thing In all life mean the
Christian life. If every member Of
this class in the course OF the next ten
years should forget every lesson he
ever learned in mathematics or chemis-
try or astronomy, the loss might be
great. but it would not necessarily be
vital nor fatal to life Of great useful
ness. But if every one Of you ten
years from now should forget and
cease to practice all the lessons you
have been taught in Christian charac-
ter and the value of truth and purity
and self denial and usefulness the loss
would be not only terrible, but abso-
lutely irreparable. All the things you
have learned in the whole college
course are not worth knowing without
the knowledge of God. Paul said that
If man had all knowledge, but did
not have love. it Drofited nothing: II
was of no account. That is what |
mean. If the main things you are
taking out of this school into the world
Ire facts concerning languages and
science and art and music-if that Is
III you are taxing Win you, l am sorry
FOR you and for the world. But If you
Ire taking with you great desire to
make use Of all this knowledge in such
way as to make human life happier
md the kingdom Of God on earth more
'eal because you love with supreme
owe God and your fellow men, then l
I'm glad for you and the world that
you have learned here in this college
he secret Of all true education, which |
8 the fitting of men and women to
'erve God aud one another more DOW.