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"TRUTH THE BASIC PRINCIPLE."
Address Before Alumni Association
By Rer. J J. Loner.?Election of
Officers. >:
The annual address before the j
Alumni association of Newberry col-1
lege was made in Holland hall on
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. The
address was delivered by Rev. Jno.
J Long, pastor of the Lutheran conorT.oor?a+inn
of T.ittlp Mountain. Thft
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Herald and News takes pleasure in
presenting herewith the address in
full. _ !
Following the annual address, the
meeting of the association was held,
and the following officers elected for
Ithe ensuing year: president, W. A.
Rast, class of 1899, Cameron, S. C.;
vice president, Jno. B. Setzler, M. D.,
class of 1901, Newberry, S. C.; secretary,
Professor Virgil B. Sease, class
of 1908, dewberry, S. C.; treasurer,
Prof "R. R Setzler. class of 1892, New
berry, S. C.
Mrs. President, Ladies, Genelemen
and Fellow Alumni: I am keenly sensible
of, and profoundly appreciative
of, the honor that ynu have conferred
upon me in that you have chosen me
speaker of this occasion. However
there is one regret wmcn I desire to
express, and that is the disappointment
that shall coire to you "because
of my inability to measure up to the
high standard that has been set by
those who have addressed you on other
occasions similar to this. I am
today reminded of the Irishman who
had the reputation ^f being a hard
man, to whom sentiment and emotion
did not appeal, and who was never
known to give his approval to anything
that pertained to public good.
Pat eventually grew weary of his
reputation and decided to undergo
some reformation; so early one Sunday
morning, to the great surprise and
astonishment of his entire family, he
got himself ready for church. While
service was being devoutly engaged
in, Pat arose, clapped his hands together
and said: "Hellebbubelulah."
Some one touched him on the shoulder
and said: "It isn't Hallebelulah,
it's Halleluiah." Pat quickly replied
by saying, "I don't know what it is,
but I'll just make a pass at it and
go o**" So my friends, knowing what
is usually expected of one on occasion
like this, and feeling my inability to
measure up to that which you have a
right tto expect, I'll just be like aPt,
I'll make a pass at it and go on.
That there are many questions of
vital importance confronting the human
mind today, and causing th-e same
no little degree of anxiety and trou-'
ble to bring about toe desired solution,
is a fact which all of us must"
admit. There are political, legal,
econotnic and financial qu-estions that
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are engaging uie anciiuuu ui wc
mind and heart of the great nation to
which we belong ( and to these questions
must be given serious thought
and careful consideration.
Not being a politician, no one would
expect a discussion of some political
Question at my hand. Not being a
lawyer, I would not be expected to
expatiate on some Question pertaining
to that profession. Not having had
any experience with those things that
constitute finance, a discussion of
somt; financial quesHon would be altogether
out of place, and any effort
on my part in that direction would
cause you to subject me to censure
and reproof.
But, being a minister of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ, a discussion of
some moral questior would not be inappropriate,
especially the one I hare
chosen for my subject, namely,
"Truth, the Basic Principle."
Truth is eternal, because God is its
author; it is he who has brought it
into existence and hts revealed it to
man. The revelation of it has come |
to us in such a way that impressions j
have been formed which are deep and
lasting. Herodotus tells us, in the'
first bock of his history, that from the I
age of five years to that of twenty,1
the ancient Persians instructed their j
children only in three things, namely, j
to manage a horse, to shoot dexterously
with the bow, and to speak the
+-?*n+>> clmwc t"hp imnrpssinn
that truth makes and of how much '
importance they thought it to fix this 1
virtuous habit on the minds of the I
youth betimes. The smallest dew 1
drop on the meadow at night has a 1
star sleeping in its bosom, and the '<
most insignificent passage of Scrip- iture
has in it a shining truth. Truth
bears the impress of her own divinity, j
and though reason may not be able :
to take cognizance of -the fact, she ;
may be filling the chambers of the ]
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born of earth. - ;Truth
is the foundation of all ;
knowledge and the cement of society, <
and hence must he regarded as the ;
hasic principle of the same. Upon
this principle have been founded all
our laws, moral, criminal and civil.
Also the government of many nations,
the civilizations, society and the
three great sacred and divine institutions?the
home, the church and the
State. Those great sations that arose,
flourished and decayed; whose governnment
in a large measure has been
forgotten; whose civilization no longer
exists, and the traces of which only
serve to furnish information to the
lovers of history; whose society was
once characterized by purity, chastity
and virtue but has long since been
dragged in the dust and thrust in the
grave of oblivion; allowed tnemseives
to be placed upon principles other
than the truth, and hence went down
in utter shame and defeat, rather
fthan stand upon the glorious and eternal
truth, wield their Dower and ex
! ert their influence upon all the nations
of the world unt^l Father Eterjnity
shall declare with regs.rd to the
things that pertain to tthis mundane
sphere all is over. This great principle
as has already been indmated is
the foundation of all knowledge. When
'men in ithe dark ages were endeavloring
to throw off the galling yoke
| of superstition and ignorance; to
j bring about a revival of learning; to
'open the windows that eternal truth
might penetrate all within, and that
the youth of the land?the future
home, the future State and the future
church may be prepared for life's
duties?they (turned to the great
source of all knowledge. Yes, they
knew that truth aloT>? offered the balm
so sadly needed, and to obtain that
which she offered would repair the
i DroKen unKs in tne cnam, urwg oruex'out
of chaos, convert darkness into
1 light, transform the old in'to the new
I and bring to pass that which is essential
to good government, pure. society
'and a prosperous and happy nation.
| When real serious and solemn
j thoughts come into the minds of men,
thoughts that pertain, not only to tnis
life but also that which is to come,
then they turn to the eternal source of
all truth, namely, the word of God.
There they learned the cost of sin,
the love of God and the salvation of
men, and the knowledge that they obtained
from this source is both correct
and beyond question, because the
foundation is true?the revealed will
of God to man.
' Men in fthe past ages of the world
labored under great disadvantages in
seeking knowledge both for themselves
and to be in^fkd to ot-ners,
because the great IjB^principle was
[not known and understood as nowaidays.
Because revelations concerning
| God to man were not studied and
comprehended. Because the light,
power and influence of the truth were
not felt and recognized as today. But
that some of them were not far from
this great principle is a fact which no
reasonable and conservative mind
would for one momenlt attempt to
Question. In this connection I gladly
refer to the greatest philosopher of
his day, namely: Socrates. When he
came upon the scene and began to
exercisees his strong mental faculties
upon questions of g^eat moment he
soon realized that "The Ethical elemant
in philosophy, the higher na'ture
in man as he designated, the very
foundations of truth, of all certainty,
and science, had been denied.
Scepticism had b^m enthroned and
was reigning triumphantly. He also
saw that the only way to save science
1
itself frcm destruction "was to lay
hold of ':his strong eternal element
of truth, this hitherto neglected element,
the moral nature of man; that
in him which was higher and nobler
than the mere physical fadts and laws
of his being and of the material existences
around him. It was thus
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height of Wisdom and true science,
while he secured the integrity of
itruth and the possibility of human
knowledge from being utterly swept
away by the flood of scepticism.
Protagoras confidently affirmed that
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man is the measure of all things and
men differ. Things are only what
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vary; hence there is no such thing
as absolute truth. It was Socrates,
who said: "Man is rfhe measure of all
things; but descend deeper into his
personality and you will find that
underneath all varieties there is a
ground of steady tnith. Men differ
but men also agree, they differ as to
what is fleeting and transitory; they
igree as <to what is abiding and eteraal."
This great philosopher was not far
from the truth when he clearly and
strongly taught that "Virtue and happiness
are inseparably united; that
be only is happy who se \s the good
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or iamny, irxeuus ai'u iamcnauu auu
cvho learns to govern body and soul."
FTe tells that "Temperance and moderation
are preferable to sensual enjoyment,
since the latter is merely the
gratification of certain "wants, of
which the fewer the better, and since
it also destroys the true freedom of
the soul. The true destiny and duty
I of man is to assimilate himself to the
! divine by emancipating himself from
i the dominion cf his passion." He
I
1 believes the deity to be "The supreme
I reason, the source of all things, the
'end of all human endeavors." In his
argument with Ari^todemus concernl
iing the divine existence, he said:
"Then shalt thou, oh Aristodemus, understand
that there is a being whose
eye pierceth throughout all nature
and -ttrTincp par i<? ntiPn tn PVPTV SOlind !
I extended to all places, extending
'through all ^iine and whose bounty
iand care can know no other bound
i
| than those fixed by bis own creation."
Thus, my friends, w? see that many
men in past ages of the world sought
:with untiring perseverance and unI
rtr. tA 1-Tl ATTT f O frilfVl
I WCiW^mg uv xvuv w uuux.
Knowledge and wisdom they endeavored
to obtain and acquire. They
labored under great disadvantages,
jthat the one longing of the human
mind may be satisfied, namely: to
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:the truth the great basic principle.
Not only is truth the foundation of
all knowledge bult it is also a thing
of much power, as evidence of the
. above statement I wish to speak somei
what at length of spiritualism. The
term spiritualism is used by philoso
phical writers to denote the opposite
of materialism. In a narrow sense
it is also used Ito describe the belief
that the spiritual world manifests itself
by producing in the physical
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laws of nature. The belief in such
occasional manifestations has probably
existed as long as the belief in
the existence of spirits apart from
human bodies, and complete examination
inl:o it would involve a discusI
tiiuxi ui Liie ieiigiuiib ui an ages auu
nations. In 1848, however, a peculiar
form of it, believed to be b?.sed on
abundant experiment evidence, arose
in America and spread there with
great rapidity and thence over the
civilized world. This form which developed
into that movement which has
been called modern spiritualism be:gan
in a single family. In 1884 a
Mister and Misses Pox and Itheir two
daughters living iu Waynes county,
N. Y., were much disturbed by unexi
plained knockings. At length Kate
Fox discovered that the cause of the
i
isounds was intelligence and would
make raps as requested, and communication
being established, the rapper
professed to be the spirit of a murdered
peddler. An investigation into
the matter seemed to show that none
of the Fox family were concerned in
producing the rapping; but the evidence
that they were not concerned
in insufficient. It was, however, at
Rochester where (the two Fox girls
soon afterward went to live with a
married sister that modern spiritualism
assumed its preeent form and that
nnmmnnication was. as it was believ
ed, established with lost relatives and
deceased eminenlt men.
I
The presence of certain mediums
was required to form the link between
the worlds of the living and of
I the dead, and Kate Fox and her sister
were the first mediums. The
earliest communications were carried
on by means of raps. It was
agreed that one rap should mean no
an/1 fhr^p ves. whilp comnlieafed mes
6ages were obtained In ofther ways,
such, as calling over or pointing to
letter of the alphabet when raps occur
at the required letters. This
.modern fake became very popular and
'attractive and hence many came to
study it, to learn it and to be influenced
by it. It was not confined
j to America, but wap carried over initio
Europe in the year 1852 by Miss
Hayden who claimed to be a professional
medium. It spread like "wildfire
within a few months of her arrival.
Its first development being in
the form of mania for table turning
which seems to have prevailed all
over Europe in 1583. The phenomena
are divided into two main classes:
Besides tne raps ana oiner sounas
occurring without apparent physical
cause, were mysterious movements of
furniture and other objects; and these
were shortly followed by the ringing
of bells arid playing of musical instruments.
Then followed the apnoaran^p
nf lights: auasi human
voices; musical sounds produced with
out instruments. The mater ilization
or presence in material form of what
seemed to he human hands and faces
and ultimately of complete figures, alleged
to he not those of any person
present, and sometimes claimed by
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wunnesses its utsu~cis'7u iciau)^, pojchography
or direct writing and drawing,
asserted to be done without human
intervention; spirit photography
or photographing of human and other
forms invisible to all but specially
endowed seers; unfastening of cjrds
and hand handling of r?d hc>t ccals;
and the apparent passage of solids
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