The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-04
NURSES CLASS
ADDRESSEDBY
BISHOP SEAGER
Goods Plan of Life Is Sub.
ject of Address to Grad.
uating Class
GRADUATION TONIGHT

Gods plan of life" was the
subject of the address delivered NV
Bishop l.. II. Seager of lie Mars. Ia,
pe1ore the eleven nurses of the
Bismarck Evangelical Hospital grad
uating class and a large conprerot;or
last night at the Evangelical church
In developing this subject Bishor
seager pointed out that the life of
'hriSt was the one perfect life of
winch humanity knew and upon
which it modelled
lie said that when Jesus had fin
ished mis- llfe he had "no corrections
10 make, no unkind thrusts to rub
out, no love words to write in" his
NE was finished, flawless, COM
plete and perfect life.
There is seldom u person who can
say that his life is finished when
ne dies. the Bishop stated, but wa
40 have the power to will what onr
lives shall be- he said Because of
thls power, ones life can be made to
correspond to ones ideals, if Gods
will is being done.
The speaker emphasized the state
ment that God planned the lives of
ms people, that everyone's work was
IN accordance with his plan, but he
never compels anyone to accent his
life.
The speaker emphasized the inn
.portance of everybody seeking Gods
will in determining their life's work
and in then carrying it out. He said
that he thought that everybody was
called to perform his particular
work. The minister, the missionary
and the rcformers are not the onlv
ones who are called to work, as
was thought in the past, he declared.
The new idea, he said, was that
each individual is prepared to do q
certain kind of work for which he
is best equipped. If he responds to
this liking to do this work, he ans
wers his call and is doing in this
life what the Master intend4d for
him to do.
Bishop Seager said that in ones
life career the young people meet
with dangers against which they
must guard: THAT We forget, that we
cease to watch, that We become in
toxicated with our success, that we
come down from the mountain of
idealism, that We drift out into the
zone of selfishness, extravagance,
and luxury, that we become sub
sidized by the commercial spirit Of
the times"
Bishop Seager said that he felt
that the young women who were
entering the profession of nursing
must have felt strong call, for
they had dedicated their lives to
humanity and would have
an unusually wide opportunity for ser
vice to humanity. by their contact
with the sick and suffering, they
had the chance to tighten the buri-
ems Of others.
The speaker developed his subject
with many illustrations drawn from
wide observation of life and expert:
ence gained through travelling in
this country and abroad.
He said that the nurses of the
graduating class had concluded their
years of preparation and were now
ready for the doing" of what they
had been taught and had read. He
urged upon them the. remembrance
of their maker as guide and pat
tern in their life.
During the evening the nurses
chorus gave several beautiful selec-
tions, and Miss Luella Bremen and
Miss Elizabeth Peterson sang duet.
Graduation exercises for the nurs-
es. will be held this evening at 81
O'Clock at the City Auditorium. Bish-
op Seager and DR.. NJ O. Ramstad
are the main speakers of the even
ing. An interesting musical pro-
gram has been prepared for the oc-
casion.