The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18

living.
Lastly, the riches of harmony y ith
God. AS in the familiar workinI of
the force we cal gravity there is IN
failing aid when working in harm my
with its laws. and the interposi ION
of insuperable obstacles when ose
laws are defed, so with Gods ,ws
for man: One way leads to peace md
joy-the other to an admantine wall
against which the souls wings may
beat with vain bruisings. Genuine
religion is good for days of prosper
ity. 1t adds to ones friends, enlarges
the heart, brings into harmonious re-
lations with the unseen powers of the
universe and makes even the angels
ministering spirits. Comfort in adj
versity, joy is prosperity, and in old
age the priceless memory of we'll
spent life are in part the rewards of
constant seeking after the riches de-
scribed. A brief petition that these
be granted, especially to those adj
dressed, completed discourse of abb
sorbing interest, graphically illus.
trated by anecdote and word pictures
which cannot here be reproduced.
Music and the benediction pro-
nounced by the pastor closed the
service.
MONTPELIER HIGH SCHOOL.
Commencement week began most
auspiciously for the graduating class
of the Montpelier high school with the
baccalaureate service at Bethany
church on Sunday morning. After
several days of almost constant,
though very welcome rain, there
came few hours of fair weather as
though in special Difference to the
wishes of soon-to he graduates and
their friends. Everything about the
service - the splendid music, the
strong and inspiring address and the
large attendance-combine to make
the occasion one that will long be re-
membered by all who were present.
The church was prettily decoated.
Red and white bunting, the class
colors, was draped from the organ to
the sides of the cbancel and on the
organ were the figures "03'. The
choir rail was similarly draped and
in the center was mass of white dai.
sizes. while the front of the pulpit
platform was banked with ferns re-
lieved with daisies. Each of the
pews occupied by the pupils and
teachers was decorated with punches
of syringas and peonies. The gradu-
ating class occupied the front seats on
each side of the center aisle, Princi-
pal Ham and Misses Griswold. Ferrin,
Bowers and Hazen, the high school
teachers, sat just in the rear Of the
class, while the junior class, follow
ing long established custom, occu.
pied the pews just behind the in
structors. The classes entered the
church during the prelude.
The music by the Wilder orchestra
and Bethany boy choir was as usual
sung were in perfect keeping with
the spirit of the occasion. The pas
tor, Rev. l., f Reed, spoke from the
text If there be any virtue and if
there be any praise, think on these
things - Philippians 1913. Mr..
Reeds subject was Leadership
Through Admiration. - He said in
substance:
From childhood our lives are
shaped by our admiration for men.
We aspire to lead men by fascinating
them. Such aspiration is laudable
but the one who seeks such leadership
is in danger of running his own
character and becoming a false leader
through vanity. In the words of
Paul. IF there be any virtue and if
there be any praise take account of
these things" there is suggested a
leadership in which there is no such
danger. Through our admiration of
virtue and praiseworthy things we
lead others to admire. Evil is osten-
tations, but good is modest, so men
are deceived into admiration for the
snowy evil, AS Vlle arUlsu anu pOeU
through their admiration of the
beautiful, the good and the true lead
men to admire the same things 50 we
all may lead men away from evil to
fix their attention upon the good.
Men are tempted to bring to the sur
face of their lives what is admired by
others, This gives us power AS
Jesus called forth the good in men by
admiring the best in them we can
help men by stimulating what j. good.
We need to learn to see the beauty in
SCARED and incomplete lives, The
educated man is not merely the one
with knowledge or intellectual power,
but the one who also can discern the
beautiful the good, and the true, and
who delights in them. To him is
given the possibility of true leader.
ship through admiration. His educa-
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