The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-06-29

, crimiaailng words fiitnds, which | ~l,l
!. ~e might long remember, for true homo
!. Ard real greatness 10 not something thrus
!. upon ", but 1t springs from within us and
/. you, dear young friends, students 10 Bur-
and Bar,oa seminary, are every day add
. Ing TO or subsuaeting from the sum to,sl
!, OF all the little things that unite TO form
! the character, tha, determine the true ori.
. ,erion by whish your real worth to the
world shsll be measured.
ave live 10 desds, not years, In thoughts,
not breaths,
la feelings, not in figures on a dial
We should eoun, time by heart.throbs,
He most lives who thinks most, feels the
nobles,, acts the best"
These liaes from Philip Bailey lead ma
turally to the second line OF thought We
are following today. The world needs Men
ard Women OF sterling Character. No one
vi ! question this statement, but with this
there must be deep and fervent sympathy
for men.
Character 10 beautiful In itself and the
more highly wrought, the more perfect the
dellniatIons, the more beautiful 1t 10 to
look upon. But II 10 not beauty so much
1 It Ia utility that we are considering to-
day. We want no cold marble set before
men on which they can gaze most oompla
Gently. Men need the living soul. the sym.
pathetic touch, the kindly word that
springs from heart that throbs with life
ard feeling, that appreciates conditions,
and that can adapt itself to circumstances
and prove itself friend At oil times. We
want, united with sterling character, al
spirit Of comrad,sbip, genial, winsome,
loyal and true. Aud herein Is one Of the
greatest problems that the 2Oth century
places upon those who are to be the real
bsnefsctors Of men; and the young men |
and women who are In our schools and col
leges today must solve 1t, or hand 1t down
more complicated than ever to the 2lst cen.
tury.
II 10 too often true that the most loyal
friends that the man who is down-to use
well understoot expressior-has about
him are the friends who have not 10 them
selves the power to lit him. They'll
stand by him, they'll defend him at the
cost Of truth and honor, they'll epjoy their
revels with him, but when II comes to real
ly helping bin, crippled as heis with sinful
lndulgences Of one hind and another, they
are utterly powerless; they can share their
money with him and give to him little por-
tions of silver and gold, but that is all they
have to give. What the man or woman
wants who i, thus crippled Is a friend, es.
tablished in character, who will reach down
with clean hand that follows the bidding
Of loving heart, and grasp the hand that
may perchsrce be held out to him and say,
70 he gives the friendly grasp; Silver and
gold have none, but what have that give
| thee, In the name OF Jesus Christ Of Naz-
srett-Walk !" In the glory Of your redeem
ID manhood and .womanhood. Now, how
to do this without the patron'zlng air and
without compromising ia any way your
,wn manhood; how to be In sympathetic
ouch with all men, and yet be free from
very contaminatipg Influence that would
asten itself upon you, this Is study to
which would summon all the young life
u our land who are looking into the future 9
md who are earnestly asking, "How can :
make my lie count for the mosts' And |
would ask them to study this problem not a
n or with reference to, the great masses .
hat swarm IN the slums Of our cities, for - =
arnest men a1d women 10 increasing num- -
'ers are devotIng themselves already with !, =
eroic courage and self.sacrHce to this, but = :.
would urge them to study the problem as
! 10 found 10 our small country towns, on
he hill-tops and 10 the valleys Of our own
lew England, for we will fud more com
locations and Just as sore needs here AZ D D
ou find there. o
And would not be true to the spirit Of =
biz hour and toi the spirit that animated 81
he founders OF this Seminary, nor would ~
be true to the kindlier, broader, deeper, %
lore practical spirit Of the age II did not u
* you to ponder these words we'll. !"
The great need Of today is Men and Wo- u
zen with sterling Character that Is per-
leated with deep and broad and Christ. ~
ke sympathy for their fellow men.
But there IL one thing more II the equip -
ent 10 to be complete, and our boys and o'
iris are to 20 out from our schools and
,leges prepared for the largest service VI
icy can render to men.
To = sterling Character and sympathe- -
c Nature there must he added strong and D.
1oyant Faith. The world needs men and
omen who have real faith In God and 10 n'
er fellow men. Oae must have faith else
lie fountains Of sympathy that are within =
= heart will surely dry up and enthus- "
sm for humanity will sooner or later g
ane.
The great heroes Of the world, the men re
ho have left their impress on everything
at counts for truth and Righteousness oP
we been men OF faith. Time fails US to ~
unit the list OF these WORTHLESS to whom
G entire world 10 greatly In debt for 10
erything thst we most priz, today. Who
ere the founders Of our great schools and q.
leges and unversitiesy who proposed our o.
'spitals and suggested our ssylims' who
We been the most prominent in prison re- IA
rm ard 10 everything that tends to allie n
,te the sorrow, the scfsrings and even =.
Q punishment Of mens Wbof With D.
idly sn exception they have been men Of
slti,r, ou.-,p p'ken uas1erving faith y
rlstian men who csught their iplrit Of o.
vo.iop and q service 10 men from The
ri.t whom they tvsr sought TO follow d
TO slorify. o.
And the men and women today Who
Ild mos. saeu,alv vhn Aa mat for that H.