Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-06-02
sAccALAUREATE SERMON.
Delivered before Class of 1904, r. n.
S.. BY Rev. v. NJ. Hardy, .. ..


sembled in the Cong'l church at O'Clock
Sunday evening 10 listen TO the bacca-
laureate sermon delivered before the grad
uating class OF the Randolph High school
by former pastor OF the church, the Rev.
DR.. V. NJ. Hardy Of Foxcroft, Me.
The class colors OF red and white were
reproduced in the simple but effective dec
orations Of the church, made redolent as
well as beautiful with quantities OF white
lilacs. In the center and against the pull
pit was banked mass OF lilacs with VIVID
touches of red geraniums, while the edge
OF the platform was bOrdered with lilRcs
and maiden hair ferns. The ushers from
| the junior class, who carried wands OF red
and white, were Misses Maurine Thayer,
Geneive Lamson, and Catherine Metzger,
Eugene Morrill,, Ernest Drew and Winfred
Bagley.
Miss Abbie Clark was the orPanist, and,
after the voluntary, played the march to
which the members Of The class entered
the church, led bY their marshal, Miss
Mary Nedgwood. The music for the SER
vice was OF an exceptionally high order.
The quartet that sang Dudley Bucks Tie
Deum in b minor and klpling's Recess
sional, was composed OF A. III. Beedle, DIR.
| w. NJ. Kelly, Miss NJ. Blanche Sparhawk
and Miss G. Kate Howard. A tenor solo,
"My King" by DIR. Kelly, and the duet,
sMy Soul, There IS Country" by Miss
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/ full selections.
The scripture lesson from Luke XVI was
| read BY the pastor OF the church, Rev. q.
/ f. Laid, who also pronounced the bene-
diction. Prayer was offered by Mr..
/ Hardy, the preacher Of the evening, who
announced the subject Of his sermon as
1.-THE Making Of Man.
| His text is found in Luke AVI:l0-"He
| that is faithful in that which is least is
| faithful also in much" Human nature as
| il comes at first hand is built out OF the
same common materials. Education gives
no new faculties, religion gives no new
possibilities, they merely adjust those ma
| terials. What a man is, he becomes
through his own ability, through what he
/ digs out Of himself His fortune is not far
afeld, but nearby-in himself, and is him
self.
] He may search the world over, delve in
poetry and art. do anything he pieases
/ and, not finding the fortune he seeks,
/ blame the world for his failure, when
/ everywhere In his wanderings and search
/ ings he has borne within himself the con-
/ ditions OF success.
! The principle Of the text-fdelity in lit
! tie things-discovers the principle which
i brings achievement. The motto Of this
class-'tThey build too low who build
/ beneath the stars1-puts the same idea in
poetical form. Mans aim should be
above the stars. Fidelity in small things
i gives 70 all equal opportunities OF succeed
I ing. Something great or something small
/ comes TO all-if something small, there is
no field so limited bat that larger oppor-
/ tunities await the accomplishment OF lit
tie matters; il something large, then
there IS all the more need that we are found
masters Of the last detail.
Poor work in the making OF manhood
and womanhood, poor choice IN ideals,
will not bring the young into responsible
i positions No air-holes are tolerated IN
i the armorplate Of battleship, no wooden
rails are wanted in transcontinental rail
WAYS. Good material must enter into the
preparation OF all great undertakings.
Fidelity in small affairs includes adj
vRncement and promotion TO the large.
Step by step we mount upward by the
mastery of little details. The heads OF big
concerns, the confidential secretaries, those
in places OF trust and responsibility are
the men who have been found faithful TO
whatever was committed to their charge
and as careful in the performance of mat
tiers OF small Importance as though they
were the weightest affairs; "for he that IS
| faithful in that which is least, IS faithful
also in much.n
Rad habits are no longer winked at.
Railroads and big corporations insist up
on right principles and right living m
/ their employees; no muddled brains are
wanted. In this respect the times were
never before as they are at present. Young
men and young women who can be trust
ed are wanted, and no others. In this
connection can be cited the case OF lad
who in this very village learned telegraphy
and by his attention to business, absolute
. reliability and steady mastery OF every
branch OF his chosen calling advanced
from higher to higher positions until ne
became president and general manager OF
nj 3, ftok Ia nv
Self-enlargement, personal CROWN, -
the result OF fidelity; Tor through II man
unfolds and grows into a larger and nobler
being, He has to grow as large as the
thing he does in order to do il. 10 DC
capable OF a mighty work he must be cap
able OF a mighty thought, and his best re-
ward, greater than pecuniary gain, is the
satisfaction he has in his ability TO DO
something well. "a.
forth supreme. Such as our ideals are,
our work win be, and from perfect model
comes a perfect work. Where shall we
And our model ?-The Apostle Paul tells
US, "W Whatsoever things are true, whatso-
} ever things are honest, whatsoever Things
are Just, whatsoever things are pure, nat nat
soever things are lovely, whatsoever Things
are OF good report il there be any virtue,
! il there be any praise, think ON these
Thinking predetermines what man
shalI he. You can have no more perfect
, manhood than your ideal. Thought, and
: skill change a block OF marble TO love,
} ~ statue. and thought and skill can chisel
our rough natures into beautiful charae-
. tiers. M.
4 then said
! Members OF the class Of 19Oi:-
! The good which these years Of self dlscl-
J pline, self-acquaintance and selt-deyel.
: opment will bring you, as well as Whal
vour lives will gather up into themselves
from what is before you, VIII depend
! largely upon the degree IN when you eaIlS
! mo the future the teaching and applica-
tion Of your class motto to aspire 70 tht
1 things above stars; applied especially. Z.
4 the choice and achievement Of what il
best.