Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08

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may learn again our old time lessons,
and call up out of our mernories-out
of our inner selves-the high ideals and
the generous resolutions once made OF
high and noble living, of unselfish
devotion to the interests of our super
natural destiny.
IN the order of education school does
not close with the last serrn OF the
scholastic year There lies beyond for
those who may avail themselves the
higher study and grayer discipline OF
the college. and beyond that agaln-in
the sombed distance-the majestic por-
TIA! of the university. And when all
have been brought into contribution,
there looms up the holy mountain,
where the Great Teacher sits amid the
/ splendors and terrors of his creation to
unfold to our humanity the lessons of
i life-to point the path of virtue that
leads to him and to disclose the re-
wards prepared for every human effort
and every human travail. Education
| ceases only where begin fhe boundaries
/ OF death.
| Education is the drawing out of the
| powers of the mind the exercise of the
will in the achievement of virtue and
the wise-the easonahle-knowledge
and care of these bodies of ours which
are the temples of the Holy Ghost.
Anything less is an imperfect a mutt
lated education.
Ii is not pouring into the mind the
results of the observations and of the
labors of others that education is given,
but by teaching us the use of our senses
and by developing the faculties of the
soul. All our ideas come to us thru the
senses. and 1t is an education to teach
men to pass thru life with their eyes.
and ears open, to make them observant,
reflective upon what they see and hear
and to square their conduct by the
knowledge of duty commended to their
reason and their faith. Such was the
education of the nations before the
Facilities of books, and there were men
of high mental culture, such as they
who treasured in their memories the
sayings of the wise before their day,
the poems OF the gifted as they fel'
from their lips. and whore hearts were
full of admiration and love of all that
was beautiful In nature.
The speaker dwelt upon the devel
opnent of the mind of the child, and
passed on to consider the moral educa
ton, the education of the human will.
AS the intellect finds its food on truth.
so is the will itself attracted to the
good The real good must be indicated
and the apparent good unmasked by
religious education. AS we can not pour
education into the mind by data and the |
results OF others labors. so we can not
POUR virtue into the heart. 1t is not in |
fused-it is achieved by strenuous eff
fort. The meaning Of the word is man
Illness. Virtue is the sum of all that |
makes the man. the gentleman, and the |
model gentleman is Christ the Lord.
To initiate him Is to aim at perfec-
ton. To know whence we are and |
whittier bound-how to find and Use the |
means to achieve that d. stiny--to rec
ogni2e the obstacles and difficulties and |
how to surmount them or put them |
aside; TO know that success Is money |
getting, place Gnding-to be sure that |
cur happiness is not in pleasures of |
the senses alone. not in the satisfac-
ton of possession, but In learning to
govern ourselves, to labor patiently, to
bear the SORROWS of life and trust in the
coming of q better,-this is moral edu-
cation, this the education of the Chris
tan school. To make this practical,
said the speaker. let me ask you to
summarize your studies and your ambi-
tons in the presence of these three vir-
tGes: Trtuhfulness, Justice, Purity.
To hate a lie. to be ashamed to live a
lie. Never to fear to speak the truth
to love 1t with your whole heart. Allow
no human respect to make you s5verve
to make you hesitate. Fear not the
face of the day. Fear only God the In
finite Truth.
e"Owe no man anything" said the
apostle. do not live beyond your means
not for show--not for bread-and still
ess for raiment. and learn to use all
these things wisely and as il you used
them not.
Avoid debt--degrading paralyzing,
sitting the soul There is no pease for
he upright man loaded with debt, even
Incurred for noble purpose, in spirit
II self-sacrifice. God does not want
anything that is not our own to give.
There is a purity for woman and a
purity for man. The virtue Is alike
or both Of speech, of word of thought
wen. Purity is demanded by our
Maker and by our nature which he
ormed. 1t is the work of the rea-
onable beng-more than speech even
and they who forget even are worthy
If condemnation. who forget to try >
or 1t.
This last hour is one worthy OF your /
memory. 1t will be a bright place In
our life. Make your resolutions as we
enew ours with you, ami ask the bless
ng of our Lord upon them.
The regular commencement exercises L
# st. Mary's Institute will take place
n the Odeon next Thursday afternoon
nd evening. Father b. c. Lehman will
onfer the honors on the graduating
lass.
MARRIED.
Loree-Lydick.
AT the home of Hon. Henry Anson