Evening star., 1909-05-31
Faith the Index of True Sue
): cess in Life.
SERMONS TO GRADUATES
Gospel of Gain Alone Likened to
:. Paganism by Father Conway.
BISHOP HARDING ADVISES GIRL
breaches at National Cathedral
! School on the Four Laws OF Life.
: Trinity College Sermon.

= With emphasis placed on the Christ
Spirit as the pilot of the truly successlai
-aife baccalaureate sermons were preachea
10 the graduating classes of several local
sducational institutions yesterday
Before the students Of Georgetown Unl-
Sersity yesterday morning in DahiSreh
chapel Rev John a. Conway. 5. j., de-
uounced the gospel of success as paGaniSm
-snd asked the students to be guided In
their life work by the spirit of God
! During these days." he said i'll the
.stourse of his sermon. speakers are ad-
dressing graduates in all the colleges OF
,the United States, and if you follow them
in the daily papers you Will hnd ire
.auently the perncous doctrine Oh the
gospel of success proposed the object
..of all human endeavor. The man VINO
Crises to eminence in his profession, or
who amasses wealth in business, or wins
ithe respect of his negnDor, or gains the
good will and votes of his fellow-citiZens,
rsuch as these have attained the end OF
human life and have fulfilled all the hopes
.-of alma mater. And Yet l read of one
who might be classed with these that ne
was buried In hell. This gospel of success
lis paganisIn, pure and simple.
J. Springs From Commercialism.
:. mo, 1 do not preach to you the gospel
of success Ill would 1t become any man
10 teach that gospel who processes the
faith of the twelve whose mission was an
.ignominious failure in the eyes of their
contemporaries. ending in the cross, the
sword. the gibbet. the boiling caldron
and exile. The doctrine of success Is
founded in commercialiSm, which springs
from materialism, the deadly fumes of
which for well nigh 400 years nave Deen
poisoning the very atmosphere OF phll-
psophy and ethics.
fJ,a hona a1ulry to
al Georgetown University a solemn votive
mass of thanksgiving for the blessings
of the scholastic year was celebrated.
Rev. Charles B. Macksey, prefect of
studies in the university, was the cele-
brant. with Rev. Aloysius Donlond of
Woodstock College and Rev. Charles Ar
mold as deacons. The music, in plain
-Eregorian was sung by the students of
the university.
/ Present at the mass were the members
of the faculties of the law and medical
schools. of the graduating classes from
the several departments and the senior
class of Georgetown Convent. In the
sanctuary were Rev. Joseph Himmel S.
J.. president of the Georgetown Univer
city: Rev. John J. Neary, S. j.; Rev.
Peter Archer. S. j.: Rev. Francis Ton
.dorf. S. j.; Rev Michael Dewitt S. j.;
rev. Charles Martin. S. J.; Rev. John
Hart, S. j.: Rev. Joseph Lancaster, S. j.;
Rev. Timothy Brosnan. S. J.; Rev. James
Lamb. S. j.; Rev. John Brosnan, s. j.
and Rev. William Brosnan, S. J.
:; Faith the Only Remedy.
:. To the members of the graduating class
of Trinity College Rev. Dr. William Tur-
her. professor of logic and history of
philosophy in the Catholic University,
preached the baccalaureate sermon in
.o'connor Hall yesterday morning. He
declared that Christianity Is no longer
understood as living and vital faith in
the world, and that moral principles
which should guide public life. are being
uprooted
"A simple faith is the only remedy"
lie declared. UNLESS have that we
have nothing. God as the Father must
be realized TO make any life success.
The mind of a child. full of confidence
and entirely without guile, is the attitude
for the Christian TO take.
AS part of the baccalaureate services
pontifcal high mass was celebrated by
Rt. Rev. Philip J. Garrigan, Bishop of
by Rev. ]. W. Melody. Rev. DR.. Thomas
L. Shields and Rev. DIR. John w. Spens
ley were the deacons of honors Rev. DR..
Charles +. Aiken and Rev. DR.. John l..
Mcguire were deacons of the mass, and
Rev. George A. Dougherty and Rev. VIII
liam j. Kerby were masters of cere-
monies.
Vice President Sherman will speak at
the commencement exercises to be held
tomorrow morning.
Sermon by Bishop Harding.
Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop of
Washington, preached the ccalaureate
sermon to the graduating class of the
National Cathedral School for Girls in
the chapel of st. Adams last night. The
students of the school, headed by the
white-gowned seniors, marched from the
dormitory hall to the chapel singing
church hymns. and the chapel was filled
with the friends of the students.
There are four laws of life | would
advise you TO well consider" declared the
Bishop of Washington. They are the
law of charity, the law of proportion, the
law of witness. and the law of service.
Solomon possessed these qualities. and his
life was blessed by them. All through
life he did credit to the training he
ceived. and yet, when he became king, his
plea 10 God was for understanding
heart. Let US apply this question to our
selves"