The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-06
In Inspiring Address Before
Goddard Graduates
BY REV. ]. HARRY HOLDEN
Nothing Is Too MeniaI If the Work Il
Well Done, Declared the Speaker.
Another Baccalaureate Address
by Rev. z. 0. Thayer.


The baccalaureate sermon before the
graduating class Of Goddard seminary
was delivered at the universalist church
Sunday morning by Rev. }, Harry Hold
en-, Goddard 'sl, Of Roxbury, Mass, be-
fore an audience that taxed the seating
capacity Of the chnrch. Besides the
members Of the senior and junior classes
and the faculty, who marched ia aud
took seats reserved for them in front
Of the altar, the audience included many
alumni, who nave already arrived from
out Of town to attend the exercises Of
commencement week. -Four members Of
the junior class-Leon Titus, Lawrence
Tinkham, William Richardson and Henr,
Priest acted a. ushers and seated the
people
The altar was beautifully decorated
with flowers and the motto, &c s., lolo,s
| in gold letters, was placed on the front
Of the pulpit stand The service through
out was one Of the best and most enjoy
able that the seminary mas ever held On
class Sunday. Splendid music was
rende3d by the regular quartet Of the
church, which comprises Dr.. D. G. Jarvis,
Mrs. G. r. Scott, Miss Maude E. Harris
and Frederick Edwards. Miss Gladys
Gale presided at the organ and LyIe
Perry played very beautiful cello solo
during the service.
The program Of the service was a
follows: Prelude, Church Air, Stradslla,
BY Mr.. Perry and Miss Gale; anthem,
Gloria in Excelss Dec, from Farmers
mass. quartet; invocation; responsive
reading; anthem, Lovely Appear. from
fiounod's Redemption, quartet; scrip
ture reading BY the Rev. Edward G
Downey; cello solo, Calatena, from z
minor Concerto, Ciolternan, Mr.. Perry;
prayer BY the Rey Mr, HoIdens re.
sponset sermon by Rev. Mr. Holdeng sole,
The Lord II nv Light. Allitsen, By Dr..
Jarvis hymn; bensdictioni organ post
lude, Fantasy, Miss Gale
The sermon BY the Rev Mr. Holden
was a strong and masterful exhortstiou
on the subject, eThe Controlling Pur-
pose 81 Life and his personal words to
the class we're the most inspiring and
helpful ever spoken to a graduating class
Of Goddard.
His text was Luke 7:25. "But what
went We out for to seeY# He said in part
Zone Of the characteristics Of Jesus Of
Nazareth was His interest IN the indiyid
ual children Of God and His desire to
know their controlling purpose in life. His
purpose in revealing Himself to the peo-
pie was to show them the way Of life.
You will see that Jesus always advanced
from the arbitrary to the fundamental,
from the unimportant to the abolutely
essential and eternal things of life The
interest OF Jesus In the universal things
Of life. rather than the specific was re-
vealed when, after having dismissed His
disciples, he turned to the people and
inquired why they had responded to the
cry Of John the Baptist What did We
&c forth to see3' he asked.
Did they 10 forth because Of their
interest in the great prophet and desire
To learn Of him, on did they 20 forth
simply because they were curiousl was
what Jesus wanted to find out He
wanted to know what was their con
trolling purpose in life. He had sought
to reveal Himself to these people, but
they would not understand that He was
4 man whose business it was to food
The world with sunshine They could
not understand that He was not there
to do them harm but to reveal to them
the hidden realities Of life
like as Jesus questioned these people,
/ wish to question you young pponle.
who are about to take a new step IN life.
When you started out on your school
life ii this institution, which Won are
shout To leave, what went va out for to
zee Let me say to YOU that your CON
trolling purpose in life win determine
inst what trophies the world win lay
it your feet You will get just what
gou seek after. If You are looking for
! bad man, you win find him or #
ron are looking for a noble and upright
man. you viii find him
How have you looked upon the oppor
,unities afforded you in schools Have
ron caught the idea that education is
process and not finaIitys Education IS
lever finished Education is a process
W which power is harnessed and by
which man is made dynamic. Remember
hat YOU are in the world to make things
ID. that you are here for d definite pur
,ose. An adequate controlling purpose
i life requires that YOU have compre
lensive knowledge Of self A poise and
pirit that prompts US to the best aud
.reatest things in life and leads US in
owe, truth and sympathy.
"Another element Of an adequate con-
rolling purpose involves 4 knowledge of
Elf ii respect to relations Do you
now that these wonderful problems Of
ooietY nave relations with one anotherY
What the world needs to-day is a vide
vpe Of altruism. Always, the integrity
f the whole depends on the integrity Of
he individual The world does not need
be kind of men who corner the market
i wheat simply because they can, Or =
aan who amasses great fortune