The Irish standard., 1904-11-19

sands and hundreds of thousan da
of dollars, dollars that men wors
ship today, which set in these walls,
bring in no dividends here below, but
which furnish symbol of our sacrifice
in the cause of Christian education.
l might go outside these walls and
point to the numberless institutions
which, like flowers on the prairie, deck
this broad land; wherein million chill
dren grow, under kindly tutelage, in
all useful knowledge, in all respectful
livifg.
Il might say to you that the sacri<
fees therein entailed are represented
by the cross that crowns these institu-
lions, and that they working beneath
that cross, realize that the system they
follow comes down from Nazareth,
where the shadow of the cross hung
over the shop of the carpenter, and in
that shade the Child grew in wisdom,
age and years and that it was again
in the shadow of that cross that men
learned from agonizing lips that all
higher education shall henceforth be
through Christ. When 1 shall be
lifted up, I shall draw all things to-
wards Myself and then was learned
that brotherhood of love, expressed in
the blood of sacrifice, expressed even
| in the sonship of John and the mother
hood of Mary.
THAT, therefore, Christian education
is willing to make all sacrifices, be-
cause the symbol Of it's services is the
Cross of Christ, and the purposes of
| its efforts is to teach all men how best
to serve their brothers, how best to-
serve their God. Therefore, when we
see an institution that has, without
faltering and without fear, proven true
to the work of of Christian education
during all these long years, we have
right to pause and thank God for the
success that has marked it's course.
During these long years, seventy-five
i'll number, it has passed through many
vicissitudes; it's founders toiled as did
the pioneer; toiled when toll was al.
most vain in barren ways, sowed and
scarcely garnered in the autumn
months; still hoped, and still hoped on,
when, humanity speaking, there was
little to hope for; had to face the DAYS
of civil strife, when thousands who
might be its students fought with their
fathers on this side or that, has kept
it's doors open during all these waste
of years, prepared to take advantage Of
any wind that blew in it's favor, or Of
any friends that might assist it, until
it has had the happiness Of seeing that
it's days Of struggle have been crowned
with glory, and that now, after perse.
cution and war, it lifts itself proudly
before city and world, as still pre-
pared to do the work of it's Master.
'This occasion marks the diamond
jubilee Of the university. 1t has
reached more than its golden days, it
now has it's jeweled crown to wear.
What may these jewels mean? Years.
you say. Yes, years and deeds, fore
during these years, the deeds of sacri<
flee done by the men who made this
university not only possible, but suc<
cessful, have been many and glorious.
Hearts as pure and souls as conse.
Grated as any the world has ever seen
were those of the pioneers of old. Their
struggles, their sacrifices, their devo<
ton, today rise up before us, and every
one of these deeds, and every one of
these lives forms jewel of the crown
of their queen, and Furthermore, it is
true that not only may these jewels
be drawn from the dead past and pro-
duce memories Of voices that are now
forever silent, but they may equally
apply to the living present, for this
university holds her living children as
dear to her as were the children of
the Roman matron of old. They are
the joy of her heart, and these also
she would wish to be the crown of
her years as the diamond, amongst the
precious stones is regarded as the pur<
est. And as the best diamond is that
which is of the purest water, so would
she expect that if you become the dia-
monds to decorate her crown, your
lives should be faultless and your
hearts pure; so that the lustre of your
deeds would shine amongst men as the
diamond shines amongst precious
stones, that the white light of your
lives should illuminate all around YOU,
and attract others to your presence by
the light you shed, SO would you be
fitting setting for this diamond Jubilee
of your alma mater, grouped around
her, your mother and your queen, and
she, the mother and queen, would be-
proud of such sons, proud of the
crown she bears; proud of the years
she has lived and hopeful for the
years that are yet to be-"
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