The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-23
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things from Him. They see that all
things working together under His guild
ance, give path through all difficulties
to good.
There is discipline in all things in life.
Those are doubly benefited who can say
when they stand before the mysteries Of
life that they are with Christ. 1t is only
those who are so situated who can bring
about through their efforts lasting
peace. There is discipline in school,
which is more thoroughly appreciated as
one gets farther away from it, There
is the most rigid discipline in the army
and it'and other things have brought tho
boys who went into the army to do
things that can be emuated by others
with all benefit to themselves. Two of
the most important things that they
can show us is their loyalty and their
new faith. As the question lies with the
soldier not whether he should come back
from the war but whether he should go,
so the question faces us, not whether we
shall come back from the tasks set by
God but shall we face them There
were many boys, two in the Spanish
war and many in this war who went
out to the supreme sacrifice with a true
Goddard spirit, with a true American
spirit, with the spirit of Christ
Although there is much uncertainty in
life, the thing to strive for is to rise
above it through love and service of God.
The secret of Calvary was to show to
the world the spirit of God that men
might know it. Such service makes life
with its trials blessed
Speaking directly to the graduating
class, he told them that they were pass
ing out into a very different world than
the one that had been known up to this
time. The war has changed American
life as well as European life. The new
responsibilities rest very heavily on the
young people of the country. The new
democracy is not democracy of ideals
but one of facts and deeds Democracy
as it is being used now is really only
another term for world brotherhood. The
success of such democracy is to rest
on the spirit that the people bring to its
fulfllment 1t must be a human brother
hood, not in word, but in deed.
Bernard Shaw says that if you don't
do Gods work ii won't be done II is,
therefore, necessary that the young peo-
pie shall not slight the Christian church,
an institution well fitted to serve the
world, an institution that may redeem
the world There stands on a crag in
the Argonne battlefield a tree, little
scathed by the battles that have gone
on there, standing because its roots were
sunk deep in the earth The life of
Christ has taken such root in the world
His leadership, through the church,
points as a living beacon. Following
such precepts, all things work out at
last for eternal good.
Following the sermon Elizabeth Bling
ham sang very sweetly, Jesus Only
(Rotol)i. The services closed after the
graduates, juniors and faculty had filed
out.
The Events of the Week.
Monday June % Business meeting
and banquet at p. m, Commercial
Alumni association.
Tuesday, june "a -Graduating exer-
cises of commercial class at $50 p m,
address by Rev. John B. Reardon. Barre.
Wednesday June % Concert by mu-
steal department at $3.50 p. m.
lHufsudNs uuHt Ab--G liilttu dlluINtI-
sary day. Anniversary exercises at 1890
a. m. address by DIR. John Ridlon, ~,
Chicago, H., DR.. Arthur w. Peiree,
Franklin, Mass; poem, Eva Skinner
Blake, 10, Meredith, n. H.. banquet at
1890 p. m, toastmaster David l.. Mon
tague, 's5, Boston; pageant on school
lawn at p. M, six episodes, giving the
history of the school during the so years,
including 400 people; prize speaking at
$3.50.
Friday, June q Business meeting of
the alumni association at o a. m. grad
uation exercises at 10 a. M; Barre Board
of Trade at 1880 p. m. will take all visit
ors TO the world.famous granite quar-
ries; ball game with the alumni at 4:30
p. M; reception by teachers and class of
1919 at s p m. Admission to the com
mencement dance by ticket only, which
may be obtained at the seminary Office.