MOTHER CHURCH,

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 9, 1 July 1898, Page 6

MOTHER CHURCH.

and to feel proud of the part which she has had through the course of the nineteenth centuries in the promotion of true progress, happiness, virtue, and freedom (applause). You are all freeborn citizens, m bondage to no man ; be in bondage only to God, wnose service is above all sovereignty. Be manly, be independent, farm, and unbending, but let your faith purify and ennoble your sentiment of manliness. Remember that man's end is not material progress, but a higher one, as we know by the words of one whose wisdom has no equal on earth, the Incarnate Wisdom of God • ' Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His justice, and all things else shall be added unto you.' There is your divine charter. Be men, be true men, but be Christians and saints. For mind is above matter, the spirit above the flesh, virtue above wealth, and heaven above earth. But I have detained you too long. I have been carried away on a congenial theme. I terminate by wishing you happy holidays, and a return to your Alma Mat it p with renewed determination to aoquit yourselves well of your duties as students so that you may one day discharge your duties as men and citizens lor the good of your fellowmen and your own eternal welfare (prolonged applause). XV