Semi-weekly herald., 1910-06-02
CLASS OF 1910

the churches united in paying tribute
to the young men and women who
will receive their diplomas Thursday
evening of this week. The decora,
lion were appropriate. Suspended
above the pulpit and choir railing were
the figures 1870 The various pas
tors of the city occupied seats on the
platform and choir OF twenty-five
trained voices rendered choice music
Miss SENEGAL singing n solo.
Seats were reserved In the center of
the church for the parents. second,
third and fourth rows being for the
graduating class which marched down
the aisle in body 10 a march played
by Miss Hunt. The young ladies', just
budding into noble womanhood, along
with the young men about to step into
active life, presented very fine pie
ture. The preliminary exercises We're
participated In by the different min
listers, the sermon TO the class being
by Rev. w. e. Bennett of the NJ. H.,
church. MIR. Bennett delivered very
able address and one that viii be well
for the class to remember as it con
tained truths that cannot be disputed
and If followed will be of great bene,
fit through life. In part Mr.. Ben
nett said:
Acts 26:19. II WAS not disobedient
10 the heavenly vision"
/ believe that II we could have been
near enough TO have looked into the
eyes of ST. Paul as he made this dec
laration we would have seen in them
TRANSPORTATION almost as wonderful
as the disciples saw when they gazed
upon the shining garments and radiant
face of the Christ on the mountain
top.
1t was n pinnacle hour in his life's
experience: an hour like that in the
experience Of Stephen. when, locking
Death in the face. he was yet bold TO
declare the truth as he had learned II
In Christ Jesus to the ruling tyrants
of the Jewish hierarchy. and was re-
warded by vision of Christ Himself
sitting at the right hand of the throne
of God awaiting his coming to receive
his well-earned reward; an hour like
that in the experience of Lord Nelson,
when dying at the moment of victory
IN that wonderful battle of Trafalgar,
he was able to exclaim with his dying
breath. Thank God | have done my
duty" an hour like that in the ex;
perience of our signing the Declara-
ton of independence with the thought
OF Damascan sword hanging over
each head, as he wrote; an hour like
that when Patrick Henry shouted to
the throbbing hearts of his sympatbet-
ic co-patriots. Give me liberty or give
in his experience because it was the
hour when not merely the good, nor
the better, but the best was clearly
recognized as king, and he felt the su-
preme Joy and majesty of life on its
highest plane.
II is that life--the life on the high
est pane-that l would speak OF TO-
night l rejoice In the privilege OF
addressing class of high school grad
yates. You have been preparing In
one of the wisest ways TO win sue
cess in life's battle No one can exag-
gerate the value of a liberal educa'
tion. DIR. Newell Dwight Hills has
given us a unique demonstration OF
its value: "Pig-iron," says he, lis
worth $40 per ton; made into main
springs for watches its valne increases
to 81 900; therefore we have the plain
mathematical deduction: pig-iron
equals $50. brains equal $3.50" Sta
tisticians tell us that so per cent OF
our presidents have been college mem
so per cent of our United States SEN
ate and house of representatives have
been college bred men and 96 per
cent of our judges of the supreme
court have been university men. You
see then the commercial value of an
educated mind.
George VIM. Curtis has said: "The
worlds leaders always lNave been
trained men from the day when Them
istocles led the educated AtheDians
at Salamis to the day when Won
Moltke led the educated Germans
against France The sure foundations
Of states are laid in knowledge. not
ignorance; and every sneer at edu'
cation is an invitation to national de
generation and ruin"
Therefore it Is not in my mind TO
belittle the work that you have done,
but to urge you to go farther along
the same line. Yet an educated brain
Is, after all, not the best product OF
life's endeayors The brain may be
enlarged to It's fullest capacity and
the heart shrunk until the man be
come a selfish misanthropist; the
brain may be lighted with the high
est truths of science and philosophy
while the conscience Us befogged by
sin and selfisnness: the brain may be
keyed to its best endeavors and the
viii power unstrung and weakened by
vice and low ideals.