good name, but the spirit which keeps us in harmony
with God and linked to him shall fill our souls with a
peace which nothing can destroy. "If God be for us,
who can be against us?" Such a life, though discrowned
of all earthly honors, is crowned by the hand of God
himself with an unfading wreath.
I cannot part with you this evening without saying
how sadly we miss from this presence the familiar faces
of three of your teachers who have so long been accus-
tomed to share with us in the farewell gatherings of the
graduating classes. During this academic year death
has removed from us Professors Greene, Taft and Pettee.
Never before in the history of the University have so
many members of our Senate been taken from us in a
single year. Professors Taft and Pettee have each been
in the continuous service of the institution for twenty-
nine years, and Professor Greene for thirty-one years.
They were very widely different in gifts and in temper-
ament, but they were alike in their high sense of duty to
God and to man, and especially in their deep and abid-
ing interest in their pupils. They were men both of
knowledge and wisdom. The memory of their high
character, of their long and faithful services, of their
absolute devotion to the interests of this University will
ever remain as one of our most precious treasures. Let
us also strive to live so that as our earthly lives one after
another are quenched we may hope that they will be
rekindled again to shine forever with a brighter radiance
and a diviner light, where the depth of the riches both of
the wisdom and knowledge of God shall be more and
more open to our unclouded vision.
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