Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-11-14


session which has just terminated. It's the con-
Guiding address of everal, not yet pubished; and
VIII thank you to give it place in your PAPER
we hrst time you may be at loss for something
ocVer 10 MI up your columns. The subject OF e.
ducatlon IS certainly Of the deepest interest 10
our whole nation; and if its admission into public
journal having so wide circulation rs yours has
no o,ner good effect, il may ince many other, and
much ADLER advocates, to devote that attention to
1t, which ID so highly deserves.
l am, Gentlemen,
Your friend and Subscriber
JAMES NJ. GARNET.
! E!n-lfood, Esser County, Pa.
Fsiedic'oyy lecture Ia the Pupils of Elm. HOOD,
July, 1923.
The occasion on which now address you, my
young friends, is one Of than or nary Inter
es';-t Is our separation after few hours more,
tor some neutrality-suspicious. forever As il is also
the precursor OF an expected meeting with near
ana dear connections, nothing is more naura than
tor all OF you TO anticipate il with much pleasure
But, IT your delight be unveiled with any senti-
Inent OF regret at parting with your schoolmates;-
any Tear OF having sometimes violated your duties
both to them, and TO your Instric tors;-any mis-.
slvings IN regard 10 the which You have made
OF the various opportunities afforded you for inn
provenient In knowledge, and in virtue; them have
your time, your minds, and your hearts, been en-
p'oyed I'D far different pursuits from such, as I
hope, have pied them.
! Although it may be said that the great moral s.
| religious principles which should re gulae our con-
he forgotten; yet, there seasons and circum-
stances of peculiar interest in every ones life,
which irresis,ibIy bring these principles to our
view with much additional force and feeling
Such VIII ever be, 80 all persons of well regulated
minds, time OF parting from those with whom
they have long associated on TERMS either OF much
Sintimacy, or close friendships; However gay Joy
Gus, and delightful may be the scenes which are
'ikcty TO succeed this separation Many & great
are the advantages that you may all derive from
contemplating. as you ought to do this int
occasion, ana the events which will propably fol-
siow H. Ifcre you are yet surrounded BY compan-
IONS win whom You have long associated OF. very
! friendly, hope,-it not atfectIonate terms;-with
| Teachers who have made your iinproy emeut and
happiness, Their constant aim; and h all the IA
/ entities Tor intellectual culture, which you have
enjoyed since you first entered this school From
ah 'ilese you are aboit 10 withdraw yourselves in
lew hours and IL is highly probable that several Of
The individuals with whom YOU have thus lived
You may never meet again. Would il not he useful
'hen, my young tiiends,-,mght 1t not be very in
strucuve, 10 ask yourselves, OH SD serious an oc-
easou, a few of those questions which, seem ma
tufaiiy 10 suggest themselves, - such AS. how
nave Always treated these companions and
GATES have met their kind Offices, their
hlendsiiip, theT affection: Have recruited thc,p
with cOjness, iIi-naturc coutenou and strife: or
have returned measure ior measure in this de-
Iightiui commerce Oh good feelings and good tionss
have given them my hearts best regards, Its
warmest Affections With respect Ia your teg,h-
crs, you might enquire, "what have be en- .he OBJ
leethe nature, and the cause OF their instructions,
have they been carcessly, or assidous.y and
earnestly impaired; and what benefit or advantage
have you derived IRON ilcrn:" On the Inc,ns
and opportunities you have had of securing these
advantages ant benefits, yoi might reflect with
still deeper interests lasting sources of upailoy
cd pleasure, or heartfelt remorse, according 20
the use which your love of I,uowie and virtue
nave led you to make ot them; tie abuse o:
them iuto which your maynard passions and fol-
lies nave led You. Can you bid adicu 10 All these
WITHOUT many anAiots, solemn, and affecting
Thoughts! Can you say farewell to a companion
or iriend, without some faint apprehension tina,
, perhaps, the next time YOU hear OF her or sb.
hears OF you the other may be in her
graveand possibly, hurried toit by some " fully
sudden causc, with all her sins upon her head
.unrepcntcd Oh, aud OF course, uniorgivcn2 Nh,
iiny children, do not, bescecl you, 10 not always
,shun such thoughts, as too melancholy and dis
pressing to do you any good. They will often prove
The best medicine ycur minds take; and xcitcd
oy such circumstances as the present, should bc
! encouraged-at least for time, instead of beinp
repTessed Death is Toe who's often mn ct near.
or 10 such as have not yet reached mature If,
| than 10 those who have passed somewhat be ynnj
u; Tor the former are exposed TO many more dam
gers arising from irregular habits strong passions
and uniformed constitutions. By these therefore
| especially, the sudden deprivation of life should
never be contemplated distant event in regard
10 which they need give themselves no concern I'm
vi TIE season TOT all the eujOyincns peculiar In
has passed away. The present being The accented
time Tor all OF us to make preparations for whatever
lbc future may bring forth, none OF YOU who now
hear me, can be exempt from this most u,otnen-
tou5 DUTY, merely, because you neither see nor
icei any thing, at this instant, calculated 10 ex-
she The fear OF death. The fell destroyer often
nay, very Oiicn pfeys upon the freshest fairest fruit
instead OF That which already shows symptoms Of
decay Let Inc coDlure you, then, AZ least for
the very short time during which am adt,rsssi,,o-
you, 70 open your hearts and minds to the infq-
ence oil this solemn truth; ut the game time that
yOu once receive the parting adtnonifions az
one who s feels that deep interee, for vo,tr Inn
piness both here & hereafter, which be ever has
lei'' since the hisi moment of your coming under
our cate. Not that he expects this claim 10 your
attention VIII avail him any thing towards sccur.
ins ~ unless lar more elevated motives !irect and
govern all your thoughts. words md actio7.s But
y Wcy 40, ieel perfect assurance that mn
huInblc clSifn 10 be heard will not be disregard.
ed. Ii IS natural, and trust, very pardonabJe
anAiOusly 10 wish hat may be both heard and
needed by all whom we earnestly desire 10 benc-
bti yet much depends upon The manner In which
We attempt TO attain our object. Most gladly
Would make my 5pauRer,--if could, such ss
70 excite only pledsurable emotions and agreeable
reflections, could believe il equally we'll c,lcu
lated With tho occasional use OF far different
mode, toInvigorgic your understandings ip,ptove
your hearts, and increase both vo,Jr know Iedge
y your virtue. Mos, gladly would always al
dress yOu would ruth permit me- in languao,
Wmeh presented both worlds 10 your view, as die
alI.giO1'ous scenes Of unmimgled felicity. Bni
alas. my inexperienced young friends | know
rNPer'mcmaly,6 8, you too, must soon or late know
~ also, tddt % pin McA -crt, is ojfcr ne besf
~ Hot t1e my tCOy TO save Tic SOVi. Fir, ycry I
'r be II Tom mo 20 consider any Of yours vs. LOST;
Hpt lney ave always In imminent pcld % long as !
you Fcn'an "a your present state Of rSis,ohcc, !
aNhO' comparatively fpcasing, they may hc nov /
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