Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-13
WOODBRIDGE
GRADUATES
HEARSERMON
special to the RYENrNc NnRs.

| epecto1 20 rhe EVENING NEWS.
Woodbridge, June 1S:-The Con-
gregational church was comfortably
filled last evening to listen to the
annual sermon to the graduates OF
school No. l, by Rev. DR.. p. j. Kahn.
Miss Miller a teacher In school No.
1, rendered a solo, "These Are They
| Which Have Come out of Great
Tribulation. Miss MiiIer's solo was
we'll chosen and rendered In "a most
acceptable manner.
DR.. Kain took for his text, "By the
Grace OF God. Am What Am"
! LIST. Cor. 1910. The graduates
were reminded that they had sim
ply passed the first lap In the race,
and been pronounced intellectual
athletes in the towns educational
| sphere, and must press on to larger
victories. Highwaymen and gibbets
were mentioned, showing that il it
were not for the gibbets as a warn
ing We would have more highway
men. This crude philosophy in con-
nection with wicked men is the phi
losophy of the world.
We must not let difficulties utter
ly discourage us, for when there is
no difficulty there will follow no sue
cess The wizard, Edison, was once
asked II genius was inspiration and
he replied most emphatically that 1t
was not so in his case, but that
genius was perspiration. Geniuses
who have trusted solely to inspira-
tion are the shipwrecks on the shores
of time.
The school teachers present were
much pleased with the doctors re-
marks to the effect that teachers
were still too poorly paid. He said
commercialism should disappear and
the best material sought for such po-
sitions, even to making a woman of
sixty-three years superintendent of
schools at a salary of $4,000 per
year, If she could do the work
Goldsmith said, "Our greatest
glory is not in never falling, but in
rising every time we fall" and he
fiunked at school, so far those who
failed to reach the goal this year
there should be encouragement to
| try again.
To get on in the world, remem-
Der your God and have grit. Grit
commands respect every time. Back
bone, the determination to conquer,
l
when everything looks dark. Wait
awhile. then you will wonder how
you could have ever been discour-
aged.
Seek first the kingdom OF God
and all these things sholl be added
unto you" When God wants to ed
ucate man be sends him to the
school Of necessity. Examples of
such as Livingstone. Bunyan and
Tyndall were cited to prove the eff
cacy Of this method. They may have
thought themselves failures, but
their names live in history
He appealed to the young people
to honor and respect their teachers,
who had helped them. Teachers
and preachers were placed in the
same category being public
servants and subject to harsh and
often unjust criticism, and to this
should not be added disrespect from
pupils. Nopoleon, the little corporal,
was referred to in one of his great
battles where his generalship was
put to a severe test Graduates have
battles to win and perehance will be
put to a seyerer test, and should
learn to meet these tests with the
quiet determination and grit that
marked Napoleon. We can make
our own future bright If we will.
Such should be our aim. Let moth
ing daunt us.
A poor student at Dartmouth
walked fifteen miles to a library
where dictionary could be OBJ
tanned and copied small edition
of WeDster as he hadn't any money
to purchase one. How many have
that much grit in these days?
i SO the battle is not won. only
commenced. Crush difficulties by
honest. thorough going American
pluck. and some day be able to say.
by the grace of God l am what /
am
There are but six graduates this
year, the Misses Kern, Freeman.
Farrell, Brown and Messrs. Finne-
gan and Simonson. Prof. l. H. Love
accompanied the graduates.
/ The following members of the
Board of Education were present and
occupied the pew behind the gradu-
ates: President William Edgar, d.
ClerkA E. c. Ensign. H. R. Valentine
and H. A. Tappen.