The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-23

l et'SiA SiNSNS io NilCiiJ dliNottSSicu' " 'fiAli
 that exercises 1t. What is marked out
 as the characteristic of the righteous in | the day of judgment? It is not that
 they have followed ereeds; it is not that they have kept laws; it is not even that
 they have achieved mighty works. It is
 that they have done more than they knew. Then shall the righteous say, Lord, when saw We thee sick
 and in prison, and ministered unto
 thee?" With each day of your lives and with each broadening of your ex- 1 perience this truth will come home to
 you with added force; that q mans
 value to the world lies not in the things
 which he sees at the time, nor even in | those which the world sees at the time;
 but in those innumerable movements
 set at work by his character-for evel if
 this be evil, for good if this be good
 working themselves out in ways un-
 known and not to be fully revealed un- | til the last day.
 1 Gentlemen of the graduating class: We need these teachings to-day more than ever before. More than ever do we need to take to our own hearts the lessons of Chrlsts temptations in the wilderness in each of its several forms. The world to-day is full of dazzling possibilities in every direction. To him who is tempted by things material there
 is keener struggle for possession, with
 more wealth at the end and infinitely
 more possibilities of use of that wealth.
 To him who has set his heart on social
 distinction and fame there is in modern
 GnpiptU in al nplitino1
 a more highly organized activity; larger
 masses of men to be moved, and more
 inspiring lines in which to move them.
 To him who desplses the vulgar access
 sories of wealth or of power there are
 wider chances than ever before for the
 exercise of that power in scientific dis
 covery or in any of the other forms of
 achievement which shall last when the
 men and the fortunes about us have crumbled into dust. The theater of life as you view it to-day, offers on a grand
 CT scale than ever before profit to the manager, fame to the actor, and inspi- ration to the dramatist. Not since the age of Queen Elizabeth have such pos abilities of enterprise and discovery faced the strong men of the nation. It is for you to decide whether you use these opportunities for the sake of what you can gain from them in wealth or power and glory, or whether you will accept them as trusts, and put your life into the performance of the trust. What dangers await you In the former career, even if your powers be great and your ideals high, let the disgrace of Raleigh and the yet deeper disgrace of Bacon serve to testify. What unknown and unseen influences may grow out of your quiet acceptance of trust you may learn from the history of the Puritans often and rejected in high places, whose spirit nevertheless grew irresistibly stronger and whose failures, as long as they remained true to their trust, were not failures, but foundations of success. When Eliot went to the Tower it placed a Hampden in the field When Hampden rode broken-hearted to his death his work was taken up by a Cromwell with strength enough behind him and in him to shape nations his tory. It is not from personal ambition, even in it's most refined form, but from self subordination, that the Cromwells and the Lincolns cOme-men from the people, holding their power in trust and l themselves to Gods plan | as they see it, even as Jesus thus su | bordinated himself and made His life | and death alike a means of working out l a worlds salvation. If your education | Is worth anything, and if your Chris | tianity is worth anything, let it teach | you thus to live for the people; not to | go into life for the sake of what you can l get out of 1t in wealth and influence, | and the accomplishment of any of those things by which the world measures to take life for what you | can put into 1t, to be part of the world | about you and subordinate your wants | and ambitions to it's needs and pur poses. Thus can you make yourselves of the accidents of life; .hus can you have the assurance that, whether in success or in failure, in life IT in death, ye are Christs, and Christ S Gods.