The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, June 20, 1894, Image 2

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- WOES AGAIN. CONTIUED FROM SECOND PAGE. Is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. . . . 0 that I were made judge ir. the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!" The remedy is not with the profes sional politicians and place-seekers and office-holders, but with the people. Water does not rise above its souice. The government will not be better than the voters who make it. If you would raise the social or political fab ric to a higher plane, you must not take hold of the top of the edifice; you must get down to the foundation, to the mudsill, and put your lever under that and Jack it up When Cromwell bad felt the edge of English chivalry at Edgehill, he said to John Hampden, "It is plain that men of religion are wanted to with stand these gentlemen of honor." With that sentiment tae forged his Ironsides into an engine of war with which he shivered the power of theAery Rupert. And that tells the secret of Naseby and Marston Moor. Do you ask me whether I expect to improve the situation by carrying re liio into politice? I say, No! You might as well expect to impro-e the odor of a gutter by flushing It with rosewater. But carry religion into the politicians, and into the citizen. The Puritan soldiers went to battle with the songs of Zion on their lips. We need a generation of voters who can go to the battle of the ballots with the light of the truth in their hearts; who order their dealings with their neigh bor by the golden rule;, who feel that righteousness exalts a nation; who be lieve that the only safeguard against corruption and oppression in office, is incorruptible virtue in the citizen. When I counsel the formation of ro bust Christian character as the great duty of life, I do not forget that temp tation with Its many tongues is wait ing to seduce you f-om your high pur pose. Vice can tie kept out of th heart only by putting something into the heart with which vice will not fellow ship. We read that the commander of a certain Greek exrnedition, when he ap proached the Siren Islands, found it necessary to plug the ears of his sailors with wax, and lash himself to the mast of his vessel, to avdid being lured to de struction by the songs of the Sirens. But we read that the commander of a subsequent expedition carried Orpheus, the divine musician, on board his ves sel; and that, as he approached the Siren Islands, Orpheus filed the ears of the sailors with such entrancing and sweeter music, that the Sirens, over whelmed with envy and despair, flung themselves into the sea. There is onestandard bearer who can restore peace in the home and confi dence in the State. Let the people, and especially the young men, but open their hearts to the voice that was breathed upon storm-swept Tiberias, and out of "this nettle danger we shall pluck this flower, Safety." "A bark slept on the sea, and in the bark Slept Mary's son The only one whose face is light, where all, all else, is dark. "His brow was heavenward turned, His face was * fair; He dreamed of me On that still sea The stars be made were gleming through his hair. "And, lo! a moan moved o'er the mighty deep; The sky grew dark; The little bark Felt all the waves awaking from their sleep. "The winds wailed wild, and wilder billows beat; The bark was tossed: Shall all be lost? -But Mary's son slept on, serene and sweet. "The tempest agdir, all its mighty wrath, The wind howled on All hope seemed goe. And darker waves sugdround the bark's lone -path. " The sleeper woke! He gazed upon the deep: He whispre: 'Peace! Wid..idwaves, cease! Be still!' The tempest fled-the ocean fell asleep. "And.ah! when human hearts by storms are tossed, When life's lone bark Drifts through the dark, And 'mid the wildest waves where all seems lost, "He, now, as then, with words of power and peace, Murmurs: 'Somdep Be still-etill-andsep. And, 1o! a great calm comes-th tempest's perils cease"' THE UNIOB MEDAL cONTEST. Ant exercise that always draws a large audience, whether it rains or the weather is swelteringly warm, is the contest for the medal in oratory by the members of - the junior class. This contest is Dot vol untary but is made part of the duty of every member of the junior class On Monday night the largest array of spakrs, that has yet appeared on the restrumn at a commencemnentin Newberry, formed a half-moon on the stage. The programme called for eighteen secs, but, Mr. Beebuhbeing sik only seventeen spoke. D.Holland announced -that the programme would be carried out and, 'without 'any introductions, the thing moved along like clock-work. First music and then aspeech, and so on to the end of the chapter. -And it did not take long to get through. The speeches 'were all good, but, in such a number, we can only give the names and subjects. ~ The committee to award the medal con sisted of Rev. F. V. N. Painter. Rev. W. W. Daniel, Rev. M. M. Kinard, Rev. W. L. Wait and Capt. Geo. D. Bast. SThe presentation was made by Prof. Painter. He said the committee had some difficulty in arriving at-a conclu sion and was notunnanimous at last, for several young men had given the succ 'as ful one ashot pursuit, but the award had been made to Mr. A. F. Lever. In reaching a decision the committee had taken into consideration the articula tion, voice, gesture, matter, and fcrce of the speaker. The following gives the names and subjects of the speakers: - J. L Bedenbaugh, of Prosperity, The Golden Mean, E. S. Blease, of Newberry, "K.nowledge is R. C. Counts, of Prosperity, Every Action has Its Reaction. H. W. Hesse, of Savannah, Ga., The Potency of Experience. R. H. Hi , of Pomaria, Our Responsibility.' H. C. H 1oway, of Pomaria, Essentials to Suc-, cess. A. F. Lever, of Wallaceville, The True Citizen. G. W. L. Loadholt, of Jennys, Failure's victory. J. J. Long, of Newberry, Truly Great Men. R. P. Luther, of Prosperity, Ich Dien. 0. A. Matthews, of Jalapa, Higher Education of Woman. J. McFall, of Nev.berry, A Woman's De F.. E. Obenauf, of Melrose, Fla., The Power of Home Infiuence. Luther A. Riser, of Newberry, Time Brings Changes.4 w. L. H. Riser, of Orangeburg, Elev'ation of the Masses. Y. v. A. Riser, of Etheridge, Ignis Fatuus. 3. w. Swittenberg, of Newberry, A Phantom. H. E; Unger, Mt. Willing, Individuality'. THE ALUMNI ADDRESS. The annual address before thei Alumni Association was delivered yes terday m'orning by Rev. WV. W. Daniel, of Flore'i:, a member of the class of 4 1879. Mr. Daniel has a host of friendsj and admirers in Nev:berry, and be was greeted by the largest audience we have ever seen on these occasions.1 They were well repaid for having gone out, for his address was scholarly and well delivered. We are fortunate to I present it in full to our readers this week. It will well repay a careful reading. It is replete with wholesome truths at,d they are put in strong En glish. Prof. E. 0. Counts, president, I introduced the speaker, and prayer was offered by Rev. M. J. Epting.C Immediately after the address the j annual meeting of the association was i held and the following officers elected: Itev. W. K. Sligh, president; Dr. I W. (*. Houseal, vice-president; R. L. i1 Tarrant, secretary; Arthur Kibler, t treasurer., C Upon the motion of Mr. (G. B. Cro- a moer It was decided to hold a banquet i: or symposium at wbich several short c speeches would be mnade, the same to take the place of the annual oration. s The officers of the association, with Mr. a Cromer, were appointed a committee ti to make the necessary arrangement and to select a programme. This will b be a novel feature, and no doubt will c: ntract a lna crowdA'. Upon motion the thanks of the asso ciation were voted Mr. Daniel for the able and masterly address delivered and the association adjourned. Prof. Bowers stated that the faculty had arranged for four re-unions in the State and Georgia during the summer in the interest of the college, and be spoke the interest of the association. There were forty-three members pres ent. The following is the ADDRESS OF REV. W. W. DANIEL. I have looked to this occasion with varied feelings. I state a fact, whieb doubtless, admits of an easy explana tion when I declare that I have felt a deeper interest and a graver responsi bility personally in the exercises of this hour than I ever experienced before in coming up to our annual convocation. It is a privilege, fraught usually with great possibilities, both for true pleasure and real profit, toattend the commence mentsof our Ama Mater. Itisencourag ing, indeed it is an inspiration-to re ceive positive assurances and have both ocular and auricular demonstrations of her growing prosperity, her increas ing usefulness, her ever-widening and ever deepening influence, and her steady advancement along the lines of true progress. Such exhibitions of vitality are exceedingly gratifying to every alumnus of the college and to every true friend of Christian educa tion. Apart from these considerations, which are helpful and which shed forth influence of a truly elevating and ennobling charaeter, it is an additional source of no litde delight to me per sonally, that I am permitted again to meet and mingle with those for whose real good and true prosperity I have had a special concern; with those en deared to me by many a consideration, and with those to whom I am bound by the strong ties of friendship. It is always refreshing to me to look into the faces of Newberrians. Another ground of joy is that, I have been highly honored by honorable men. This is always pleasisg,-always,pro ductive of very agreeable seusat ions always touches a responsive chord and catses it to vibrate throughout oise's . being and bring him under a charming ibfluence which is akin to that exerted by the strains of sweetest music. There are other considerations, how ever, which call forth widely different reflections and awaken diverse emo tions well calculated to Interfere very materially with this rythmic flow of the soul, and to disturb very sensibly this pleasing spell of musical harmony. It should never be forgotten that an honor conferred is an obligation im posed; and, hence, that the acceptance of the proffered honor is the assump tion of the correspondent obligation. The duty devolvibg upon mne, at this hour, is in the light of that priacinle, almost a burden. And I am free to confess that the satisfactory manner in which my honored predecessors have hitherto defended the wisdom of your choice and justified the confidence which you have reposed in them hap made me somewhat nervous, time and again, before to-day. I take it, however, that the best possi ble and most practical assurance that one can give of his appreuiation of an honor conferred is a faithful effort to measure up to the responsibilities in volved, by performing to the best of his at,ility the task assigned. This con viction has given me some trouble. I am therefore fully persuaded that it is thoroughly evangelical. Really I more than half suspect that the greater part of my perplexity has arisen from the reflection that I have told nearly everything I know right here in Newberry, in the five hundred and sixty four sermons and talks with which I unburdenea myself and with which I probably burdened others during my three years sojourn among you. s And Newberry audiences are as a rule. so attentive that repetitions are hazard ous, and so appreciative that repetition1 would indicate cruelty on the part of the speaker. Fortunately for- me at thisi hour, but unfortuuately many thinkI for the race, events have been so nume rous and startling; disturbances have been so alarming; unrest and discontent1 have been so wide spread, that I am not shut up to the painful necessity of simply reproducing thoughts to which I gave utterance while Iwas among you. Whatever may be the truth concern ing present conditions, and whatever 4 may be my attitude toward them ordinarily, just at this particular juncture I feel some sympathy with the spirit which must have swept over 4 the greatest of the apostles when be said, "We glory in tribulations also." I Not that I aim to discuss these condi- I tions to-day but that they have been saggestive to me in the preparation ofC this address on "CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, THE SOLU TION, POSSIBLY THE ONLY SATISFAC TORY SOLUTION, OF THE GREAT AND INTRICATE PEBBLEMS NOW CONFRONTING CIVILI ZATION." How widely soever men may differ t as to the causes, whbich have produced I the unrest and evident dissatisfaction of I the present, there is perfect unanimIty I of opinion as to .the existence of ( such unhappy condItion of men and I affairs. We are all more or lesis most I painfully cognizant of the fact that the age is pregnant with pertubations, tremulous with uncertainties and I agitated with fears. Lbs world is tempest-tossed andt everywhere the wild storms are lash ing the great sea of humanity. In I country sparse and in city full dark I elnuds bover over the horizon. e Unrest and disquiet hold high t carnival throughout tbe moral, social, i political, and industrial world. Whether it be true as claimed by a I very excellent writer that the insurg ing woes of -centuries of wrong are ~ iwelling the great beart of humanity, it must be confessed that disturbing c influences have made their appearance.t [t is patent to all that this is not only at period of unrest but of experiment also. c 3r togive it a logical expression It " 21ay be said that this is an age of an ~est and therefore an age of ex-v ariment. Uncertainty is always pro- .J luctive either of cold indifferene ' >r of feverish excitement. Men are sxperimenting and making discoveries e >f greater or less importance of value ( iot only in the natural sciences, hut in ] 11l of.the important aflairs of life in the I ocial,religious,and commercialspheres. c ?rom almost every quarter come prop. S gandists of new legislative schemes, v~ iew social inventions, new political g nechanisms, new .tinancial remedies, d 3ew commercial policies, new in- v lustrial measureb, new religious pro- a ects and new socialistic dreams. v This spirit, which, to a larger orn maller degree ot,tains throughout the p vorid and either consciously or inconsciously influences nearly all hi ninds, makes this a time favorable for 8 alse prophets and teachers, and rather b onfavorable for tbe true. And it ean- wi tot be succe-ssfully denied that many t< re taking advantage of this fearful un- n: est to advance their own interests, to ti uild up their own fortunes to exalt b: hemselves and to -make merchandise cr f man's unhappy se'arch for some lu ower that may be effective in adjust oig the ills of humanity. On the other hand, it is evident that bi sany are industriously and conscient-. at usly engaged in praiseworthy efforts tt a solve the vexed problems, which tb ontinuafly become more complicated hi nd which, because of the great ti< iterests involved, demand wise and "e ireful treatment. tb The earnest portion of humanity are w< :andinglupon tiptoe, and intently, re 4d more or less hopefully, watching so ie trend of events. fo A "consummation devoutly to be TI oped for," is that out of the strife and ot 2aos and sorrow so fearfully preya tood the rude blasts of storm and empest, and which bad gathered size nd strength all the while, there has ome the encouraging and inspiring re lection, that it sprang from the tiny corn which might easily have been rushed between the jaws of a pig. I tave thought this, too, proclaims the ower of environment. There are more oil and rain and storm and sunshine a it than there is acorn. It has drawn n the external world for its support od it is the embodiment and reflection f its surroundings. As I have stood in my yard and ex mined some onie beautiful buds that ever blossomed, because nipped by be tardK frosts of April, I have been brown into a moralizing mood, and s thoughts that came were not pleas 3g and refreshing. Sterile lands and !rtile fields; buds that never blossomed nd giant oaks; what lessons they sug est, what reflections they awaken! I rust that it will not be regarded cyni al aspersion to confess that, as I have Dme into close coctact with different rades of men, similar thoughts have eeu aroused; and they have filled my eart with joy and sorrow, with hope nd despondency, with sunny cheer alness and with gloomy foreboding, ecording to the standpoint frOm rhich the observations were made. Vith joy and hope and sunny cheer ilness as I have witnessed the wonder illy liberating and transforming power t truth in lives that have been respon ve to its magic touch, In characters iat have been achieved through obedi ace to its elevating and ennobling and urifying principles In the noble ambi ons and holy enthusiasms imparted y it; in the manly virtues to whose Mtainment it has led; in the true nobi ty of conduct to which It has incited, Ed in the mounts of Transfiguration iat It has discovered and made accesi le to humanity. With sorrow, des. rndency and gloomy forebodingR as have witnossed the degrading and aslaving influences under which many em content to live, and the tenacity Ith which they cling to debasing lols; and the - persistence with which 3ey reject and resist every disenfhar ng and emancipating factor; ang the itiable stupidity which they exhibit i permitting themselves to become the ictims Pf the turmoil and strife and lind ambition, before whose blighting rid withering power no lovely bud of romise can ever flower into noble ac nn or high achievement. And yet ith joy and hope and sunny cheerful ess have I been filled, as I have come rmly to believe that,: Ul we have willeil or hoped or dreamed of good shall exist; ot Its semblance but itself; nor beauty ncr good nor power rhose voice has gone forth, but each sur vives for the melodist, rhen eternity affirms the conceptions of an hour. he high 'hat proved too high, the heroic for earth too hard. lie passion that left the ground to lose itself In thesky. remusic sent up to God by the lover and the bard; nough that he heard it once; we shall hear Iit by and by." flence, the more I have thought on e subject, the more fully convinced ave I become that our great need Is Iucation, which- is thoroughly and Dsitively, Christian-the modifying lord denoting the environment, under hose ennobling influence all the e.ties of being are to be developed id trained. I fully agree with one who has said: No definition of man is large enougb > accommodate the facts of his nature, iat does not embrace what he Is object rely as well as what he is subjectively. must not only embrace the Intel et, but the truth which It thinks; at only the will, but the right which >rresponds to It; not only the eye, but ie light which gives it meaning; not ily the ear, but the sound which atches it; not only the lungs, but the mosphere to which they are correl red." Such a definition of man will 4ost isuredly emphasize the vital impor nee of right environment, and will Lake prominent the fact that man's mnduct must, as a rule, be the result the principles which have been in illed into him by the instruction hich he has received, and must be ie reflection of the influences under hieb he has been reared. Such a definition of man will make inspicuous the truth, that, while "hu Lan nature is dually constituted," yet re "larger half of itself is outside of self," and, hence, it will point out the icessity of Christianizing this larger ternal half, in order that there may tualize a well-rounded symmetrical aracter as the product of this unfold g and training of all the powers of ind, heart, conscience, and will, un r these benign influennes. I suppose that we all agree that the >rmal advancement of civilization is rough evolution. Hence, It must be unfessed that progress ought to be ade without violent conflicts and ithout. bitter antagonisms. Steady id gradual development ought to be e law of growth here as well as in the tural world. As a fact, however, we Lve occasional catastrophes, ad mar rdom becomes the price of the good ught; and ends have to be gained by volution that ought to have been sily and qui'etly achieved through '01ution. As civilization advances circum meces change. Hence there is an In. easing necessity for -constant adjust ent of the relations that subsist riong the different parts of our social ganismn. The protracted and painful nfliets by which such adjustments e frequently effected only proclaim e fact that anti-christian influences yve interfered a Ith the normal law of ogress. And anti-christian they are, en though they emanate from prim :>les, conscientiously held and sin rely propagated by those who claim be guided and actuated by the spirit truth. It must be confessed that lts are amply sufficient to support e observation of Canon Freemantle at it sometimes happens that "while en on one side are saying Lord, Lord, is on the other that the things are no whbich Christ said." The migrhty revolutions of history ye, I think, very generally been nught about by unwise attermpts to press the irrepressible. "Man's Inhumianity to man Make countless thousands mourn." But the-e"countless thousands" have ver failed to make themselves seen, ard and felt, in their rebellion agaInst e supposed cause of their grievance. l'hese conflicts which have been aracteristie of an advancing civiliza in, have not always tbeen productive the best immediate results. Revo ions have sometimnes to be almost rolutionizTd in order that the ends justice may be secured. This arises 'm the fact, patent to all, that "no is of men ever surrender any parti their power except under Irresistible upulsion," and that the deep pas-1 ris stirred no in the generation of I s "irresistible compulsion" become I Id and unreasonable in their de-a mld4. This simply stresses tbe r >uscht that I have endeavored to ex- a isa and impress. It only emphasizes a great necessity of a distinct and I itive Christian environment, In a ich all the powers of our being shall C ract their nourishment. 'lien, and only then, can we reason- I y expect our civilization to be the r ository of the precious fruits of a t tIe, gracious and divine evolution- b ruits brought to the highest con- e rable perfection under the power of i Son of righteousness, beaming 'I e n upon a soil, made fertile by the ti riderful contrihution of Calvary, and n itful by being saturated with the l n stal waters of the River of Life. I r charge cannot, I am sure, be suc-| a ifully brought that these view, are B ruerical, or that this proposed solu- ri of the intricate and ever-recurring b blem of an advancing civilization is i pian, unless the originator of the istian scheme be first adjudged an c< dramr. Has He not aways sent d may come beneficent peace and order s and assurance. t "and maybe wildest dreams a Are but the needful preludes of the truth." 4 If so, most assuredly we are not far f out at sea, because we have a super- a abundance of "needful preludes." c No scheme is so visionary; no dream I is so fanciful; no measure is so impracti- ; ble; no undertaking is so idle; no move- a ment is so Quixotic as not to gather i: about it quite a number of advocates, o supporters, and sympathizers. a rhese are statements of plain facts. o In the presence of such aggravated symptotus, one becomes a little un- a comfortable, and this feeling is rather i intenhified by the plain lessons of his- t tory. I recall an incident in Lbe life of t &ipio Africanus. The record is that t when this general stood in sight of i1 burning Carthage, with which Rome f bad for centuries Deen contending for a the mastery of the world, he burst into g a flood of tears and repeated the well t known utterance of Homer: e 4The time shall come when racred Troy shall 0 be leveled with the plain. And eriam and the people of that proud war rior slain." b In explanation of his tears and speech pe said: f, "Abyssinia has fallen; Greece has fallen; Carthage is burning; and Rome's Lime will be next." Rome's fate would seem to indicate that he was moved by the true spirit f, Df prophecy. I may not be thus actu ated; but I cannot thus feel as I look 0 upon the events of the present. Surely t we have reached that stage of Christian enlightenment, which will qualify us ror heeding the admonitions of history and for sbunning the rocks upon which ihber nations have been wrecked. a Sdrely we shall not suffer ourselves to . De compelled to make the humiliating ontebsion that history has been writ ten in vain and studied to no purpose. I turn to a inore pleasing picture. I recall the glowing countenance of the late Dr. 8nelt zer, a former president of this College, as he used to recite to us e in the class room an incident which be a elaimed to have taken place in a Nat ional Convention of Gernany. This Donvention had been called to consider plans for recovering the lost fortunes of Germany, when she had been defeated P iW battle, by France. Different plans had been proposed and discussed. Still nosatisfactory solution of the perplex ing problem seemed possible. A L length' Dne arose and said "Let's try educa- . Lion." The unbounded gratification t which it evidently affokded the then V good and pious, but now Sainted Doo tor to recount the great success of the , plan proposed and adopted, left no room for doubt as to his just pride of N aational lineage, or as to his estmation Df the vakie, importance, and possible achievements of education. V I do not doubt the authenticity of this incident though I have never seen the record. We know, however, that T in thatertical moment of the nation's history the philosopher Fiebte success- A fully carried a proposition to reconstruct g the entire educational sysrem of Ger many. The wisdom -of:-his plan was demonstrated by the siecessful cam paigns conducted by those whose train- h Ing had been in accordance with its e provist.ons. The French leaders, declared: "It was the schools of Germany that con auered at Sedan." That declaration was a warthy compli- a ment toGermaany's system of education. It reveals, along with the very design for *hich tbat system was constructed, t that the military feature was promi- ti aent; that a thorough acquaintance 1i with tactics was emphasized, and that j tier success was largely due to the pro- is vision which she made for training a and drilling and disciplining her men-. So I would endeavor to urge the im- t portance-yea tbe absolute necessity of o, Christian Educaztion as being the essen tial and only adequate means by wbich at the great problems confronting us may la be satisfactorily solved, and the antag anisms which are a menace to civiliza- af Aion may be permanently removed. ta I use the qualifying word Christian ~ o0 indicate where the emphasis must cc :>e placed; and that, because, as every oj ne must recognize, the safety and at permanency of our institutions depend , .ipon the wise and proper settlement ti >f the burning quesdions, which have ~ or years, been struggling for recogni ion, and which have now come into og rominence with an almost startling m apidity and alarming gravity, con- t radictirag the old theories of political it aconomy and spurning the quackery m which tias hitherto given temporary e: elief. a I know of no better definition of such ci ducstion than that given by Dr. Si ~hillip 8. Moxom who says that it "is ~ he aufolding of our entire nature-of de nind, heart, conscience and will-into .trength, efficiency, and beauty." Its se lesign must be to develop and train the t aculties of our being in such mann-.r as cc urill render them most easily available a und most powerfully effective for all w he duties and responsibilities of life. at ts aim must be to make "the right a t rinciple of being and the good an n bject of attainment." And just so far hi a an ed'lcation falls short of instilling ts hat principle and of giving that so net.tal, and physical training, neces- re ary to qualify man for the suc"essful ea iursuit of tbat obiject, just that far, ev t least, is it sad ly dIefic. ut, and just bat far, at least, 'is -it a failure in the ab >roduction of the highest type of true cr uanliness and of true womanliness. m In this connection, I have used the an >brase "at least," deliberately and or hboughtfully. For it must be obvious to o all that the were failure to attain gj Into this bigh aim, or to inspire with th his high purpose, may not be the hi niost disastrous result of a defective p ducation. Its crowning evil may be ev he low, or false, or selfish ideal which ci L sets up-.c I doubt not the correctness of Locke's to esion, when he said: "I think we of uay assert tnat in a hundred men there g'e re more than ninety, who are what tb bey are, good or bad, useful or perni- th ions to society, from the instruction m hey have rebeived. it is on ed ucation it bat depend the great differences de beervable among them." And such Is man--a soil which breeds hi r sweetest flowers or vilest weed; b iowerslovelv a the morning light, b Feeds dea'ily as an aconite: re ust as his heat t is trained to bear he polsonous weed, or the flow'ret fair." I think that one of the most valuable ontributions made to the cause of ne 7hristian Education is that of "Natural he aw in the Spiritual World" by Prof. th )rummond. Whbile I think that some f his views are somewhat extreme, chi till it seems to mue that the little tic olume is invaluable for its rich sug- (if estions along practical lines. No I oubt, you have been deeply impressed rei rith many of the ideas therein of dvanced. Certainly you remember fri that potency he ascribes to environ- cla aent in the development of the of ossibilities inherent in man,co I have been reminded frequently of sio is claims as, in some portions of our thi tate, I have observed the scrubby wil lack jacks and diminutive oaks, ma bich bear unmistakable testimony th< the influence of environment in pre sture's attempt at original forests in thbe arse sections. Adjacent to those, I poN ive sometimes seen broad acres of wb tton, corn, and - tobacco, whose exi xuriance was very suggestive. ' As I have looked u pon such transfor- abi ations of sterile lands Into fertile and dej ghly productive farms, yielding get >undant harvests, I have thought of at here are clear demonstrations of cei, .e power of environment, and that the re are emphatic analogical contradic- doi >ns5 of what may be called the wol duca-re" theory of education--or that frui eory founded on the etymology of the cry ,rd. For agriculturlsts think niot of The alizing rich returns from the seeds cesa wn until they have furnished plant chil ad of proper quality and quantity. tiol ie possibilities in the seed could nolt pro berwise be actualized. uto Again, as I have gazed upon some Cbi ant ak,r wrhich haor dcadesnn with- idls forerunners to prepare the way before i Him? Does He not clearly teach that t truth is designed thus to win its way? t to make its conquests silently? to ad- s vance, step by step, from one degree of u excellency to another? "First the blade, then the ear, after t that the full corn in the ear." The t little mustard seed, cast into the soil, n already prepared for its reception, al- ti ready containing the nutriment, shall k shoot out its great branches and afford b shade and shelter for the irds of the si air. The leaven placed in the prepared s: meal diffuses itself throughout the mass V and brings the whole under its power. i: These are some of the illustrations used si by the Great Teacher to set fortb the u progressive and aggressive nature of h truth under normal conditions. The b secret of its failure to accomplish its b mission iu this manner is, I think, ti clearly dislosed in this pregnant utter- ti ance of Dr. Strong: "We have in- a herited from our Latin fathersa vicious g dualism, running through our life, a ja 'line of cleavage dividing it Into the b sacred and the secular." There ia our tI trouble. There is the source of what- b ever is problematical in all the epheres ti of life. Acquisitions of every kind iE under such an inheritance will neces- tI sarily engender strife. 0: I remember to have read, about three n years ago, in some newspaper, a decla- a ration to the eff'eC tthat South Carolina w played the fool every thirty years. I ft was, then very much impressed with b the charge. There is a deep philosophy is underlying that observation. That kind of thing is not bounded by State p lnes-that is not a system peculiar to p Soutlr Carolinians. It is only another h way of stating the fact that every gene- tt ration has its own problems to solve, h its own difficulties o confront, its own It issues to meet, Its own evils to adjust, te Its own battles to fight, its own history e' to write. p I doubt not that it has always been e: thus in the world's history, unless it li be in such periods as these 'when the re masses were too sensual and degraded to he competent to raise an issue. s1 . - I have resd of the visit of the wise 01 Inen to lerusalem in search of Him 0 who had been born king of the Jews. Their inquiry was startling to the ruler. b Violent measures were resprted to, that 'I no rfval claims to the throne might a ever rise. Thirty years later the open V conflict came. You all know the se- w quel, in part. Generations have come tb and gone; empires have risen and h: fallen; and through all of the shifting ot scenes of history, there has been a Uoo ti constant realization of the poet's vision: "Trmth forever on the scaffld, wrong forever IL o the throne." w But the potency of truth has baen seen u in the completion of the vision: re "Yet that scaffald sways the future, and fR behind thedim unknown, i Standeth God within the shadow, keeping Ii watch above his own." By an education, distinctively and di positively Christian in every particu lar, Truth may be enthroned, and all the blesings 'of pea& may be secured, and the onward and upward march of o civilization will not be attended with in strife and bitterness. tb The hope of the permanency of our tb institutions and of abe perpetuity of m our government-the key to the satis- fo factory solution of the problea which .must inevitably and constantlyftrise is E to be found, not in that imposing mis representation of "Liberty enlighten- tr ing the world," but in that more mod- bi estand yet more expreessive monn iment of-the Puritan Pilgrims standing w at Plymouth-this statue of Faith, po!nting with one hand to heaven, and holding in the other an open Bible, i surrounded by tour figures represent ing Morality, Liberty, Religion and c Education, proclaims the one true and g sure method by which any people may w achieve a glorious destiny. s Fired by these motives, and guided is by these principles, may it be our high a purpose and our firm determination w and our praiseworthy effort to contrib- g ute our full quota of strength and wis dom to the realization of such a des- at tiny, and thus: i "Ring out a slowly dying cause. lu And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life,. Wihsweeter manners, purer laws. p1 "Ring out false pride in place and blood, ti, . The civic slander and the spite; g Rigin the love of truth and rgt, Ring in the common love ofgod 'R"ing oc,t old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of ol, at Ring out the thousand wars of ol, ti( Ring In the thousand years of peace. "Ring in the valiant man and free: bh The larger heart, thekindlier hand, Ring out the darkness of the land, w: Ring in the Christ that is to be.". m THE ADDEss BEPOE THE LITER A R' lo' socirEs. 9 The address before the literary socie- cil ties was delivered by the B1ev. C. S. Ved- th der, D. D)., of Charleston. He was intro- sa duced by President Holland and after a a' few pleasant introductory remarks, in sei] which he captured his audience, he pro. de oeeded to tellus about books in apleas. req ing and interesting manner. He is a lover 14 of books and, judging from his address an last night, is familinr with his subject. He ni spoke for alittle more than an hour with- cel out notes or manuscript. It was a most ye excellent address and no synopsis of it fr< ran do the speaker justice. We give be- i low a few thoughts from the address picked out here and there, but to be ap preciated the address should have been ye beard-. ak Dr.Vedder is pastor of the only Hugne- thi not Church in America. There is no dif ha !erence between this Church and the In Presbyterian except that they use? the th iturgical form of service-the same form, ihat is used in Switzerland. The form of do government is the same as the IPresby- cri berian Church. They have the same con- ef !ession of faith as composed by Calvin, me bimself, in the forty original articles. In m< bis Church, in Charleston, they use the m sme form of service that was brough jot aver from France by the founders of the to Church 203 years ago. a Dr. Vedder is a most delightfully dci genial and pleasant old gentleman, and oft we confess to having fallen in love with wo him almost as soon as we met him. He wb was a classmate i college of Dr. Cozby of' aur town. He is a native of New York of but has been in Charleston for upwards if thirty years and pastor of his present shurch twenty-eight years. He celebrated bis silver wedding some three years ago md is accompanied on his visit to New ierry by Mrs. Vedder. He was chaplain n t he Confederacy, and has been chap- * ain of the Confederate Home in Charles. on for twenty-six years, or continuously rince the Borne was founded. His church s doubtless the oldest organization In the sity of Charleston. He is frequently :alled upon to make addresses at college :ommecncements and is a ready and fluent peaker, having a regular storehouwe of nformation from which he can always 1raw. no' He said that he would ask the young 3 gentlemen to consider with him what ge vas considered by some of a very d ryea ubject, the subject of "Books." It Ne vas lby such a study that every age tolk ecame thecontemporary of every other mo ge. The actions and doings of every age ge are photographed in their written or ecords. The writers of any and every nic e,e have re-produced their times for us sub .nd made us their contemporaries. s p leading their writings brings them Ico nd their times before us. Every age He iay say the words a great French for rinter said of himself, "All the world ani :ows me," because the world had dec ead his essays. This Is much miore pre: rue of recent times when there has ban een much more written rtcords of the sior rorld's doings. Books are the mirrors i which all the world is reflected. 'here is a practical side to this ques on. Lord Bacon said that reading iakes a full man and not only a full tan but a man full of contentment and ~sources for development and furnishes -.l challenge of high ideals fo'r himself. 2 ut we desire to inquire why we should ,ak books? when we should read ioks? how we should read %ooks? and hbat books we should read? The man who had lost a valuable f >llection of valuable books by a sud an fire said to those wrho symnatized Fith him that the books would bai iught him but little if they had n< iugbt him how to bear their loss. A ystems of education are predicate pon the theory of ignorance and the urpose is to reform and enlghten bu 2e reformation must be a- reform c 2e heart. The foundation of tru iorality must find its seats in the afe ons. Virture must be set before mer nowledge. It is something that mas e loved for itself. The furthes ghted philosopher may be the neare jebted moralist. He may forget wha V"alter Scott did not forget that ther but one Book. Knowledge is powe ich as the unbridled despot need nless it is under the control of th ighest moral culture. There is n atter way to secure this control thaj y reading good books. He spoke o ie influence of good books in shapin, ie lives of men for noble and hig1 'pirations. John Bunyan had ieen i iide to heaven for many lives. Ben min Franklin tells us that if he hac -en able to do any good he owed it tA ie reading of a single book which wa at a fragment. On the other ham le reading of bad books has a banefu fluence. He warned the young gen emen against the pernicious influene dime novels. Between their lidi iay be contained the destinies of tw4 orlds. Shun an evil book as yot ould a viper. There is no poison a sidious as that contained in an evi )ok and which it Instils, while theri nothing better than a good book. But hsve books only an ethical pur >se? It would be contrary to all-ex nience to say so. He who reads caz truly said to be never more alon4 tau when alone. Whatever may b s surroundings he forgets everythinj the etjjcymeot of reading. Ilcero fls us that he would have parted witi Terytbing rather than his books. Th, )et Southey when he could no longe ajoy his books kissed and caressed thi ds of the books be could no longe ad.. hae. n og Books have an office as a ments imulant. Reading the thoughts-o hers will give us thoughts of oui wn. P When should we read? Pliny ha( is servant to read to him at meals he younger Pliny carrd his booki ound with him and readall the rime le should not go to extremes. Manj ho have a taste for reading deframt emselves with the plta that the3 Lve no time. We should economizA ir time and thus every one can fI& zie to read. How should we read? There Is i atin maxim "Multum non multa' hich being applied to the sub)w ider discussion means that we shouk ad much but not many things. Multi. rious reading is the worst kind of al leuess. There are exceptional case te Macaulay whe could read a whol4 ige at a glance and take it in and gost it but such cases are the excep in to the rule. There is an old saying 3eware of the man of one book", and > truer warning was ever sounded, oe of the greatest foes of logical read. g is the reading of the newspapers ol e day, but the man who does not read e newspapers had better seek somi useum and place himseff there sja Bsilized mummy. What shall we read? Ralph Waldc merson said never read a book until is one year old. That Is not alwayl ,je but it is well never to read an it standard books. Read history, a sys with the understanding that thi riter may be writing his own story, ead the history of your own Statean4 untry and know it well. Bead the erature of your own language. Bead etry; then philosophy; then works of astened imagination; then works o1 ~tion. study the book of nature, bich lies open before you. But hi Id there was danger here of materil 1. Newton in studying nature re. guized the fact that mind and mattel are different hemispheres of the same eat globe, and he that knew either, ew both, while the materialist In idying nature did not look beyond .ture up tonature's God. In this fact rks the danger. But he said hIs talk would be incom ete without pointing the young gee men to the greatest of all books-thu >ok of books. Looking at It simply * an intellectual .standpoint you uld find nowhere as In t,be Bible ex iples that challene greater admira >n or adoration. Moses refused to be me Pharoah's son and heir to the rone because he could not do so thout a sacrifice of principle. Nehe Lah was the grandest exemplar of re of country that the world had er seen, Numerous instances were ed to show the value of the study of is Book of books. Even John Tyndal d of t that it was not one book but vhole library. That was an uncon ous tribute but none the less true or serving. This record tells usofthe loemed in heaven, of Moses and the mab, It contains the song of Calvary, I is asymphony of love from begin g to end. He closed hisr most ox lent address with the advice to the ung men, "With all your getting mn books, 0, friends, get uaderstand The clas or '94. l'he nine young men who graduate t.his Lr take the full A. B. Degree. The Her. and News extends its compliments to young gentlemen, and wishes them a py and pleasant voyage over life's sea. presenting the photographs of each of graduates we would say our art de tment is yet young and if the photos. not show up as well as some fastidious tic may think they should, we trust the >rt will be appreciated by the young nuand their friends. They apjerthis rning on the rostrum and deliver their duating speeches, and then begins the rney oflifein earnest. It is interesting know what their life work will be, but is frequently found many have not yet :ided what they will do. Circumstances :n change the whole course of the life rk mapped out by many young men en they pass from college walls. 'hie pleasant duty of extending words welcome to the large audience this morning devolv ed upon Mr. C.J. Ramage,ofEdge field, the second ~ honor man of the class. He is ana __ tive of Edgefield County and is just twenty years (I old. Itis his pur. -oeto becomnea stuent of Black leethe only member of the . toetrtelglclasswhoexpects r oetrtelglprofession. Er. A. E. P. enbaugh is 2ative of vberry, and t us th.' iiing of im - breaking a told tech-p illy, t he ject of his tech was, 2.oclasm. is twenty-'2 r years old, while un ded as to the future he will for the ent engage in journalism. Mr. Beden gh has been the editor from the Excel society of the Collegian. Mr. J. W. Black comes from the "great State of ( Edgefield," and is twenty-four year this morning of Sthe progress of temperance re form. He will at once bgn the study of telg pryrto to en of the Evangelca 'V ' Lutheran Church, where be will have a It broader field to reform the hearts and lives I of his fellow-men. Mr. W. E. r Black is also of t Edgefeld and is twoaty-four e yeaM-old. He told of the de cadence of -- SGreek study. As - t to his future he t isyetundecided. t but for the pres. D ent will go to, r work and wait B for develop D ments to deter ) mine what he may choos as his life 1 work. For a while at least ne will remain in Newberry. t-Mr. w. H. Hiller is from - Dawson, Ga., - though his jet&- ancestors 'V- were South *C ar olinians. He is just twenty-fou r, sad spoke this morning on the power of character. He will enter the Lutheran ministry after taking the-course in the Seminary. Mr. Hiller is a good speaker. and we expect to hear from him again. Mr. T. D. Jones isanativeofGreen ville, but his par ents now reside in Newberry. He is only twenty yeari old andhasnotyet decided what he Swill undertake for his life work. It is his purpose forthe Ipresent to.prse - ! s studies in some unive r s i t y. He talked this morning in pleasing style on the crucibles of coWege life. Hohasbeen the editor from the Phrenakosmian so ciety of the Collegian. Mr. C. L. Tra P - bert is fromMin neapolis, Minn., and is twenty three years old. It%Xis his purpose to.embarkatonce upon ;business prsuits. He - ke on the re tion of theory to applied si ence. Mir. Tra - d bart is an accom plished musician and has made IManRIeNds during -hsshort sojonrn -in Newberry. Mr. Jacob S. Wheeler is from Newbdrry and - has just attained Ihis ajit.He ~e"t=ai the andien on the subject of Amer ica's idle. He expect* to begin atoncethe stud - of medicine. it Iis a noble caling. / second only to ( the gospel minis try. Heisason of Mr.D. Henry Wheeler, a well known citizen of Newberry County. The sad pleasure of saying good-bye fell to Mr. 3. A. 'Bowers of New .berry, the first honor ma of .the class, and 'zwho is also the youngest man znthe class, be -y'g only seven teen. He will ursue his stud -ies in some uni versity, but as yet has not de cidedupionaat profession he will enter. By continLued application Mr. Bowers has a -bright -fu ture before him. He is the tson of-our fellow townsman, Mr. Jas. M. Bowers. \\ O.mmencement Day. We have ~ray given alist ofthe graduates aMwhat they talked about. There are other interesting features con nected with commencement besides the graduates. The day always brings a large crowd. There is the cofrn go degrees and the awarding of medals. President Holland in giving the diplomas gave the young gentlemen some words of good -counsel. No award was made of the Freshman prize. Three of' the cdas .stood perfect examinations in all the studies of the year. Their names are Robert A. Abrams, Rufus C. Banks and E. A. Hentz, all of New-. berry. Two others were perfect in every thmg~ except history, and so nearly per fect mn that that honorable mention was given them. They are William B. Aull, of Edgefield, and Jacob M. Long, of New Te Sophomore Greek medal was won by Clarance L. Ki'bler, of Newberry, and a son of our friend J. D. A; Kibler. There are two medals in the Senior class. One for the best essay on an as signed su~ thesiubject this year being "Indepen4ence of TogtIt was won by C. J. Ratnage,.of defield. The other is for the best examinaton on some sub ject in history. The subject this year is "Schiller's Thirty Years' War." The medal was awarded to Carroll Johnstone Ramage, of Edgefield. The commencement has been a refresh ing season. Everything has been very pleasant and successful. The exercises will close with the reception at the college to-night, beginning at 9 o'clock. Mammoth Excursion! ILurelh toi lar1sIoll On Richmond A Danville and South Carolina Bailways. -] Tuesday, Junue 2O. Returning Leave Charleston Juile27 OLY. $2.00 Positively the Most Stupendous Excursion Ever Made on Rails. Most Elegant Paasenger 1"quipment. The Best Schedule Ever Operated. Befreshment Car on the train wit cheap lunches, conlee, &c. Arrangements -will be made to accommnodate passengers with splen. did board in the Cit not to co.st more than I $1.00 per day. VeyCheap Excursion by 8teamer Around the Harbor Will be Ar. ranged. One and a Half Days of Pleasure in and Around the Hositable City by the sea. June 27th Isa hitrcal day in Charieston, and the city will be full of.joyful people. as many excursions will be run tnere on that, day from all prineipa.l cities. eeparate Coaches provided for colored peo pe pcal attention to the comfort of ( LaisadChildren and the very best of order will be preserved on board the train. THE FARE AND THE SCHE.DULE. Leave Laren...........2O' 6.0 a. m. Parka ....................) 6.10 Simpsons.......... ........ 2 00 6.20 . Clinton.-.-.......... 2 00 6.. ( Goldville............. 2 00 6.40) Kn ards...........2 00 6.1.5 0 Glary's Lane............ 200 6.50 Jalapa................-200 6.55 Helena............. 2 09 .19 Newberry.......... 2 00 7.io Prserity...~~.'..~ 20 7.35 u Alson...............- -0. 7.15 Columbia.... ....... ...... ~9.00 - Arrive Charleston.......,... LOO 'p. m Leave Charleston 8.00 p. m. June 27, ] Arnive Laurena 2.00 a. m. June 283. J. F. TODD. H. Gi. HOOF, MANIAGERS. "Johnny, Get Year Gan.' Pistols and Cartridges for sale now byJ tf -J. W.WHITE. I For tylsh,elegant, new and at 1; tracive illnery, call on .L Jam 2;af B-. m Columbia to Atlanta A ND ALL POINTS ON THE LINE Thursday,.June 28, 1894 sPEA1.sL TRAIN OVER THE SEABOARD AIR LINE And eveyb xly must come. This wil bethe Biggz Aua Chea pea Excursion ever known. GoA. order, Quick Tlme, etc , and this wil surpass it in ail that Is calcula ed to makethe tri,, one of unalloyed pleasure. apeci at. tention will be given to elderly people and cnildren. Don't ramH to visit this gr&City of over one Hund,ed rhosand inhabt. lickets on sale a,all Ticket Offies. Be sure and purchase your Ticket before bordbg the Train it pobstole. THE GREAT CHAUTAUQUA OFATLATA will be in session from June 21st to July 9th. This alo: e is wurth the trip. There wi also be a Oame of Ball between Atlanta and .ew Orleans. Leave Columb.. . 8.00 a.m. I2M5 Leapharts.. .... .14 2.74 Balentine.. ..a.5.46 8. .. g x. . .................... . Prmsper.ty .......0.12 2. Newberry............. 9.26 2.25 Jalapa _ Z .............9.6) .42 .Klnards.. ..............2 22 jold-Vill..........-....9.06 1.0 - - Arrive Atlanta. ........... 4-*-91 am ple time for all to secure place Zodg ing before night J .Lsv'e &tlanaretaruing Coless.'#i dsy night at 8.-o'eock, In at Columbia at 7.00 o'clock a. m U. T. DLUCEUT, .L. B. * MAAGX*S.- ' Grand Barhone~~ a .AMIT AIPT . FRDAY, JUiT 21. A WE WILL GIVE A GSAN Barbeuie,it-N;ewbery oni-W paign Da.', and will oe prepared, W o commodate a big croWd in the y l best man urr. OUr Barbecue will be the affairot.th seawin.snd everything connected It it will b first-clasm.. - - - W. 3. MIELSE JNO.RP.S. W. W. TUCMER~ ; r Z It would surprise a good? many -peop16 who live in thiR on4y County to know.the snee-ess I the met with in the beginning of business, with F rnising If they knew the amount of Asi had taken in the first: mout ' q one of the dilles montba. of-th summer), they would then be a et) to undernd ho new' andoed ble goods at close on to wh - prices are appreciated. The prne I have put on- Men's. --V~ White Shirt BL3Albriggani shirts and Drawers Ciollars =. tfs Wandktefeit -Ties and r Umbrell, H siery and Glove has bee n o .tch asghFap* . I have heard air exp 'r k these:.. "I have been paying (2 for Overshirt like. th i o,,and only ask c. ". pa Thp5r4 .these i arad Ctfe peoder- and. - younsin aosk 10at t$1.2 kow. a ao nderat;ar noasd as weyopconk inand ot work "e willhare yoe bsll atj 1thce Stat. .forCiff moue monaki 25." This prves .that Pot hase ild npog;o 'New hery fort, nd io oer mi todc Fsrnishn Ghav thatey -ko reshrbl Supply fhen thee them, Store,d go wto wok wewlhv moredmy ad. my ne. Inl~f ofuy Cst,oandi Orer8 La~uen drick and h a nhrida1jv 5e. Pit Ac1tal -Nev hIwill leave for Philadelphia Mon day niext for my Fall samples, and while there will pick up some new goods that will interest you. In my absence Mr. J. W.' Coppock will. serve you at the same 1ow prices that have ruled. since I opened. Come and see me. A. ,C .J8NESi5. N2ewberry, S. C., June 20,1894. Nominations. County A uditor. rIBERE BY A NNOUNOE MYSELF - .as a candidate- for re-electldo as Dounty Auditor,-and pledge -myself to ibide the -result of the Demderatic Primiary. W. C. CROMER. For County Supervisor. T HEREBYTANNOUNCE MYELF L. as a candidate for tbe offiep Jo)unty Supervisor, and pldemys :o abide the result of the Dmiml rimary. - GEO. B. AULLI WTA LTER P. COUNTS IS HNEF bynominated assa candidate for - Aunty . S~upervisor for 'Newrr Jounty. .He is a Democrat and wil abide the result of the Dmcai r nary. . CITIZEN. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MY candidacy or County Supervisor, ulbject to t be Dmoeratie primary, and ish all who can and will to cast their otes for me. Promising to dlomy best or all interest comnmitted to me. I am ~ery truly yours, JOHN N. FEAGLE. [ HEBEBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for the office of iunty Supervisor, subject to the re ult of the Democratic. primary. J. CHESLEY DOMINICK. J ENKI-N8 H. SMITH ISBHEREBY announced as a candidate for ounty Supervisor, subject to the Dem cratic primary. [RRY D. SHOCKLEY IS HERF, Lby announced as a candidate.for ounty S3upervisor as provided for nder an Act of the General Assembly ft1893, subject to the resultothe Den eratic primary. )R. D.. H. WERTZ IS HEREBY~ announced as a candidate for 'ounty Supervisor for Newberry Cona 7', suject to the Democratic primary. NOTICEs [ WILL UNDERTAKE TH E COL. ' letion of all claims against the inited States for captinred or aban-' ote.d property during the civil yar 960-1865. M. A. CARLISLSE, Attorney at Law, Newbehry S. Cr, ay 24 18ea