ADDRESSES 315 



Be honest! Be true, and eschew the hollow shams and 

 pretences by which you will be surrounded ! 



Fight well, and thou shalt see after these wars 

 Thy head wear sunbeams and thy head touch stars. 



Use your talents on the side of morality and justice. 

 Never prostitute them to a cause you disbelieve in. Re- 

 member that they are a special gift of God, and are not 

 objects of barter and trade to be knocked down to the 

 highest bidder. If you but have his seal upon them, you 

 will wear the livery of the Deity. Wherever you may settle, 

 remember that the community has a right to expect in- 

 finitely more of you than of the clever young mechanic, 

 who may chance to live next door. It has a right to demand 

 that you shall be a cultured gentleman. Genius and learn- 

 ing must go hand in hand with character. The man who 

 can stand forth with uplifted brow in the conscious sense 

 of a pure body and an unsoiled mind is a power which none 

 can withstand. For the angels of light are on his side, and 

 the powers of darkness cannot harm him. 



And now, as we bid you farewell, we wish you success 

 in every good and honorable undertaking. We pray that 

 every blessing may attend you, and that the riches of that 

 mercy we ask for ourselves may rest upon you. Perplexi- 

 ties and trials will come. The world will seem dark and the 

 way dreary. There will be times when you will not know 

 which way to turn. But rest assured that the darkness 

 comes before the day, and if you but have faith the light 

 will surely break. Be yours the prayer of the poor Breton 

 fisherman as he puts to sea in his wretched skiff : " Oh, God, 

 thy ocean is so large and my boat so small." 



