New-York tribune., 1905-06-26

been sufficiently valued to make Il worth while to
put counterfets IN circulation. .a.
rules and observances like that Of the Pharisees
Partly because the practice of relying upon rules
ard conventions, however good. lessons a man
crises of life. Next TO the boy vino comes TO col
lege with bad habits, the one who is in NEST dan dan
habits that infraction of a single one OF them
lied, and leaves him without system OF inner
defences. There are two kinds of degeneraey; one
another which comes from, too much The maj, man
whom we commonly call degenerate snders & Ise.a @
that law whole ceases to have authority over
from any quarter. But there are and always haye
been degenerates of the opposite typeLmen en- VINO VINO
have kept the laws that they We're taught TO 9peg
until such laws BECOME the only apfhorty "heR men
recognize. and they poWeress to feel the slim
ulus of anything better, There is point beyond
which drill ceases to be help and becomes a
hindTance; there is set OF circunstahGes I Mme.6 ]
oIE 80 nIries az the one who has been sub
jected to too little -
4 man of bad antecedents and surroundings ,f Who
recognizes that they bad has higher posi- PHI
ment. For him whose Ideals are & ahead d ,,54 81 ms rs
hone For him who has sunk his ideals to the level
of his practice if that practice is high there
Two men went up into the temple TO pray; the
one Pharisee and the other publican.
'SThe Pharisee stood and prayed thus with him.
self. God, thank thee that am not as other men men
publican. I fast twice in the week, give tithes OF
And the publican standing afar off. would not
lift Up much as his eyes unto heaven nut sInete
sIPaer aP9e his breast saying eloo Os ns'G.u, ~.
Are We going to rest content with being Pharisees
or are we really trying TO be Christians? Let eaeh
of US look into his heart to-day and find , the
Is it to become reputable member of good society
and achieve substantial results in the way o.
with increasing complacency? Or is II to try to
and l7iGta
;Ses ana In which to the very end of life YOU are
bkgg 10 bd4d In l the Former @ case You are Phar
see. no matter how much You may try 70 g dlsgnlSe
no matter what doubts may hold you back from
Every college man, as he goes cut into the world,
is exposed 10 a change Of atmosphere not unlike
sehooI e to College If during his college life he has
coT 1 ~ eet f niles and observances he is in great
danger 1t is almost inevitable that under the new
Conditions which he meets he will disobey some of
these rules or disregard some of these observances
If he has placed his trust IN keeping the letter m OF
lowed by the breaking of great many Others;
verv race which relies for protection on the text
of the law rather than on its spirit is menaced by
Gentlemen Of the graduating class . To 9 the olv col
of Christian duty should appeal He of all man
Kind has least occasion for Pharsac conlplacency.
I5en 5e from the Bottom Of the ladder may have
certain amount Of excuse & for awelns m ON ms NJ esst ewn
claim them for his own. You can make no such
to i've has been made possible for you by the ef-
forts of your fathers What you do represents, Tor
The most part not achievement. but an indebted
ness-an Indebtedness which. with Gods help, you
are going to repay by transmitting in turn to your
sons possibilities Of wider life and more intei
This debt to the past and this duty to the future
is something which have tried to keep IN view
during all your education here. Not by the class
room alone and by the teaching force alone,
but by the whole atmosphere of the place and the
inspiration of its graduates, dead and living, we
have striven to take you outside OF yourselves ana
make your life q part Of the life of ages. You
have not come here solely primarily 10 learn
how to make what the world calls success. Many
of you in the years ts come will be reproached
with the fact that your power of getting money
or office has been increased in proportion TO
the time that you have spent in this place So far
as this repFoach is based upon any actual waste or
our time in idleness must take it severely 20
make public service instead of self-service the
measure Of success, We may well glory IN the re-
In science the pursuit Of truth important
than the pursuit of gain. In the history OF every
nation the f-sacriice Of its members counts for
more than their elf-aggrandizenet- The worth
of mans life is TO be measured not by the things
which he has done for himself but by the things
which he has done for the world around him and
after him Every who has consecrated his
/ has the kind of faith which moves the world,
whether he calls It faith in God or faith In duty:
or shrinks from calling ii by any name at all and
goes living for his fellow men. without ever
being able to formulate the reason why. Each man
finds his highest spiritual DEVELOPMENT, not by
working out his own salvation alone and for him
self but by losing the thought Of self in the
Thought of others This is the Christian life; this
IS the faith by which men saved.