The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-18
CALL
FOR SERVICE
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covery of the inner life. Back thous-
ands and thousands Of years ago prime
val man was content to bask in the sun
! SO long rs he was assured of shelter and
food. And then there came the awaken
ing. He came forth in search OF the UNI
known and was rewarded by the diseoy-
cry that man is an eternal spirit. 1T
was the greatest discovery in the history
OF the world. To you, young men ana
young women, comes the call for new
discoveries. Amid perils and temptations
you are to realize the deeper meaning OF
life. You are the sailors who must fol-
low along uncharted highways and by
ways until you have discovered the spir-
ritual significance of life, the significance
that is higher and more blessed than
anything material
Success is measured not alone by
ones physical estate in life. The passion
for altruism and love that Others may
know the larger life is the real hall
mark.
1.-THE spiritual life cannot be impaired
by one to another. 1t is the one great
discovery that we must make individual
ly for ourselves. Napoleon, feeling with
IN him something that drove him to
great attainments, came to know the
significance OF power and lived to show
his capabilty for molding human des-
tiny. And yet power must be sweetened
by love and the exercise of power that
has not spirituality for its aim cannot
be contemplated with satisfaction. Pow
er within the meaning that / have in
mind is exhibited by Jane Addams, and
visit at Hull House in Chicago is con
vincing proof of the love which one WON
an holds for her fellow beings. Like
many other great leaders she has discov-
cred that there is a capacity for love in
every human heart Ii is a marvellous
discovery.
"Power, love and knowledge, then, are
among the spiritual discoveries that you
are to make. Socrates and Plato delved |
down into the deeper meaning of things |
about them; they discovered some of the |
fundamentals OF life and their searching |
examinations have served to push back |
the intellectual horizons of life. 1t is for |
you 10 emulate the achievements of these
great teachers by setting up an ideal |
that will demand exertion OF the best |
that is in you. Everyone of you is called |
upon to make the discovery that Christ
made, that passion and greed are not the
of life, that the human soul is
made for progress upward and onward,
not fer the lower levels of life
1t is for YOU to discover the divinity
OF human nature. There never was
time in the history OF the world when
men and women were so necessary in the
higher levels OF life. The world is wait
ing for you Believe it and the world
will believe. You are to be set down
in an unmapped territory. which is the
broad expanse of life. You are to launch
out and map its possibilities. The un
lssailable peak and the unplumbed sea
are yours and wherever life's currents
may carry you there awaits the discoy
Try that challenges the spiritual and not
he material within you"
During the ofertory Prof. Wheaton
played "Barcarole from Tales Of Hof,
nan" fOfenbach) and then Miss Natalie
Jameson and Mr.. MacNab sang Love
Divine" (Stainer), and just before the
the entire congregation arose
% join the students in singing Amer
ca the services closing with the recess
Iional march (Bohm) by the organist.
The Program of the Week.
The remainder Of Goddard's commence
nent week program has been arranged
Is follows: +
Tuesday, June l9-Graduating exer-
Uses Of the commercial class at 8 p. M,
ollowed by reunion of commercial de-
'artment alumni
Wednesday. June 20-Concert by the
musical department in Goddard chapel at
p, m.
Thursday, June 2l-Alumni literary
xercises in the chapel at II a. M; ora
ion by Dr. Rollin C. Blackmer of ST.
,ouis, Mo-; alumni association business
Meeting al 80 p. m; class day exer-
ises on the campus at 3 p. m. prize
peaking in the chapel at p. m.
Friday June % Graduating exercises S
{ 10 a. m; commencement dinner, fol |
owed by speaking al 1890 in the alum 4
i building; baseball game, ST. Peters J
/. c. vs.. Goddard at p. m; reception ]
Y teachers and class at s p. m. in the ]
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