Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-03

VINO are upon the battle me. Wdt'hhts
for the approach of the army OF the re-
serve. We need your strong help ana
support, and success viii add Ia Your
honorS as il brings strength and glory 70
the university
Last Word to Graduates.
Then. addressing the graduates. he sara:
The most important thing for every
man Is L" keep NJ proper relation ne
tween these concomiiaht eNistences We
cali body and soul. IL is not uncommon
Ia see an "ycrdeyeloned spiritual nature
living in a scrawny. anaemc body. or an
overfed. uv@rindulged body housing an
I mac.ated soul There Is Nemesis pre-
, siding over the normal and proper order
%: things. visiting With retrihuti"n any
d. cement OF the natural equilibrium.
Toe mGea wealth ana luxury and ease
incrrasn the phN steal life hut snbmerce
the spiritual. the vital ard virhe force.
essential Ia h Sh living and nome
deeds. is detlr'oned ar insidinuslN robbed
of its power hs cas-. and luNurN. ana inc
man becomes a mere npnentitN IN All
great constructive movements H. advance
and improve mankind II the number or
such ill-adjnsted beings increases and he-
( comes common in the state. woe be Ia II
! Every state III its decline has exhibited
the spectacle of selfish luxury side 10y side
/ with abjeci poverty. of wealth. Il monster
sored mid starving populations. The
1 civilization and the arm $ of Rome we're
/
Slapped her strength and power
We must have ideals. for high living
* after a pattern. But ideals. howeNe:
/ beautiful and true will not save the body
from poverty and death Sir enGth OF
character. high efficiency. depend upon
keeping proper equilibrium between tho
spiritual and the physical. the mater al
and tn. invisible the dreamland and TIE
! ia herland
Broad View of Life
Deep and abiding hope does not
come 10y the constant sratificati"n "f
one par, nf our being. nor does II
come. AS som. suppose. by belief III
few detached truths impori and
vital though they may be-. The hugh
est satisfaction IL reached lay u vision
broad. and knowledge extended ark
accurate. that many facts are brought
into harmonious relations with each other.
ignorance is weakness. partial view
of truth deceires US. while Ia know thu
causes Of things rids one of superstitions
and explains many apparent evils in So
ciety The sounds and events which the
uncivilized man does not understand he
attributes to mythical gods-creations of
| his own magination-and lives in con
slant fear. Civilized man moves away
| from these suparstitions by scientific in
vestigation. and the degree Of his de-
parture from saNagery IL measured 10y his
/ education.
i
| life which disappoint and affict us and
| cause dark shadows across our pathway.
We strive for virtue and honor and lind
that the elements within and without are
| against We live for noble causes and
see them fail. We hope and pray for Il
| universal reign of peace. hut war clouds
and darkness still obscure the throne.
! The tension is relieved when some
great public welfare comes to pass.
when some lesser qualification comes into
the life which the mind can attribute tal-
! though blindly. perhaps, to good over
ruling cause but Ii Is not safe or sound
| judgment always 10 Judge by immediate
/ results alone. The narrow minded with
no broad vision. miss the harmonies.
wherein lies the greatest JOY. To fail to
see some of the. wise and proper adjust.
ment and relation of events is like living
1 where musicians are constantly tuning
| their instruments. but where they never
play. There are only fragments of sounds,
discordant notes. each of which would bo
beautiful If brought into right relations
with other sounds In some grand symA
| phony.'
knowledge Better Than Ignorance
| Patches of color, whether they be
somber or brilliant. are not especially
interesting taken by themselves, but
when mixed and brought into harmo-
NOUS relations upon the canvas. reveal
ing landscape or a beautiful face. they
isolated events in the world distress us.
but when they are brought into right
relations with other events and We see
the relation and sequence we grow
strong In faiths an hopes and work.
The joy and strength of life is in good
perspective, in broad and accurate
knowledge. Whatever the dogmatist
may say in favor Of ignorance or blind
| belief as a means Of quoting the dis
turbed mind. knowledge is better than
ignorance-it is the beginning of WIS
| DOM
/ Faith But after all is said and
done there is much that lies beyond the
immediate vision of man. No man ar-
complishes anything in this world with
out faith. But it must be a faith upon
| subs lance: II must be evidence of the
thing not seen. True faith is no gam
| BILE on the future. no attempt to walk
/ upon water. no mere mirage.
Life Is too precious thing To risk
upon the declaration of dogmatist or
| the throw of the dice. There is no get
| rich quick method of acquiring char
acter. nor is there any particularly How
cry or speedy road To the Eternal citN.
Those who reach 1t come M through
much tribulation. and the words of greet
| ing are not that SOMEBODY Drought
! them but that they came ministerlng
to the hungry. the thirsty. the naked
and the prisoners along the way, and.
therefore the gates are open Ia th-nt.
Where knowledge is possible We must
seek knowledge Where knowledge Is
not possible we must find suitable and
SAT. grounds for faith.
Service My supreme wish for YOU this
morning is that you soon come 10 places
of service in the worlds work and that
Won do Your work npon sound principles.
with generous enthusiasm. DO not THINK
| exclusively nor too much about mate'l II
Things: continue To culture your mnds
and hearts he human. he patriotic. and
IN II all he sane Do not forget that We
live i'm ideas and aims. in faiths ana
homes. and that honor and abiding JOY
are born only of labor, that we are
builders of society and that every one IS
,asnon sihe i'm some degree for the leaith
and morality the uprightness and integ-
ritv of the community. the state anu TIE
nation in which he lives.
Society is made and modelled ny TIE
naople who compose II. and the people
are no higher than the average pnnHc
morality which prevails. our ciVlc Ire Is
the visible expression of the moral senll-
ments and standards of the whole people.
and these standards are made and mann
I, ;ped nv the constant and strenuous e.
forts of fine hest citizens. In all your civic
afforts-and I trust they may he many
in all your Strivnes after pontlcal power
and national expansion remember mat
ultimately society rests upon conscience
ana moi IIpon science. Civilization is hrst
.pd foremost a moral thing. without
honesty without respect for law. without
,be Worship of duty. without the love M
ones neighbor-in WORD. Nftue-tie