The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-06
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fofCeMeai OF the lss. Three
Classes Of Voters.


mencement Grafton delivered yes
| terday morning TO the graduating
class OF Trinity University by Rev
Arthur Fem Bishop, pastor OF the
FIRST Baptist church at Austin. the
subject OF the address being "The
Majesty OF the Law"
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentle
men OF the Graduating Glass. Ladies'
and Gentlemen:
| appreciate very keenly the res
possibility Of addressing you upon
this occasion. Each circumstance of
our lives has its infleunce upon our
characters and lives and destinies.
When you drop pebble into lake
the ripples OF the water are trans
mitted in ever widening circles un
til they reach the remotest banks.
Each influence for good or evil cast
into our lives is felt throughout the
whole This is especially true with
regard to youth, the receptive time
of life, the formative period when
impressions made have a greater ten
dency to become permanent influen-
| ces in the life. This is still more es-
pecially true OF the incidents con-
nected with graduation day. This
day is fifty called commencement
day, the commencement OF the battle
OF life, transition from college walls
to the serious business OF life. You
are better prepared for life because
of your. course in college, In fac
4 vour course in college was designed
to accomplish this very purpose. fo,
are to go out as college graduates
to exercise untold Influence upor
lyour fellow men 1t has been esti
mated that each college graduate
influences for veal or for woe not
less than one thousand persons.
You are to do this not only through
the force of a symmetrically devel-
oped character, true. brave, ana
strong. and through the influence or
your example always to be found
upon the side of the right, but also
through your influence actively ana
laggressively thrown upon the side OF
Righteousness. And you are to IN
fluence your fellow men not only as
|
capacity as members of society. An
important part of your mission III
| life is to help shape public opinion
| You are to use your influence not
/ merely in trying to uplitt and help
/ and encourage the individual, but
| Won are to throw the whole dynamic
! of the educated mans influence IN
to the scale in favor of the lorna
ton of public opinion such as VIII
create an atmosphere in which the
individual will have a better oppor-
unity to rise TO high ideals and 10
attain unto noble achievements.
Our subject is The Majesty OF
the Law" 1t is suggested by the
phrase "I.ese Majesty" These words
designate a crime committed or al
tempted to be commtVed against
THE sovereign of "a state. Among the
Romans. "crimeu loesae malestatls
was charge of treason. rebellion.
or usurpatiou OF office which was
considered as uu offru-y against ~"
majesty of the Roman people. In
Germany all criticisms of the EN-
perors official acts are regarded as
i"I.ese Majesty. In m, United states
of America this form nt treason l-
without constitutional recognition
hint the crime exists iu this country
.ncyerth.less. Under muuaFch'ca.
form OF government fhy sovereign
power uf the state i- impe5s'na'"'
hs the king or emperor. and a crime