Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-25

nv Of YOUR subscribers, by giving place IN
YOUR paper to the subjoined extracts from d.
,uop C..sE's Address to the Convention oil
the Pro,es,an, Episcopal Church Of Ohio, held
in Kenyon College. You are friend to edu-
ca,ion-and the subject will, doubtless, be as
Interesting to you as i, is to an
EPIsCOPALIAN.
Gentlemen of this Convention;
B, reason of change Of the time OF our
Convention, not quite year has elapsed since
we last met; during which period many things
have taken place in the course OF Divine fro'
violence, Of great consequence 10 US as chris
,ian community, and as members OF the state
in which we live.
One hundred and ten feet Of College, as
you see this 10 be, four stories high, Tory tour
feet wide, OF massive stone, surmoun'eo WI"
roof and s,eeple rs feet high, for strength ana
beauty seldom equaled, has been competed.
A scholarship, the funds OF winch were
raised by the members OF 81. George Choreh'
New York, has been paid, our Foan' OF ypes,
mos, muni6cently given through the liberal
r.er,ions of Sir Thomas and Lady Acland OF
England, has been brought INTO use. The 1t.
Hon. Lord Kenyon, in the name Of his deceased
daughter, The Hon. Margare, Emma Langham'
(ls,e Kenyon) has given TO this INSTITUTION
what is so characteristic OF his noble mind,
and her most benevolent disposition while
living aud now mos, seperaed memory, rive
hund.ed Pounds Sterling, The receipt OF wlch
was mos, timely relief from great PerPIexing
endorsements.
The accounts OF our Institution have been
examined and brought up 10 the mon'h oil
March last, TO the no small satisfaction OF all
who fel, laudabe anxiety in our welfare -
by which it appears tina, The cost OF the Col
leee when taken separate from that OF our
Mills, The building of the Professors house,
the printing .ffice, the village dwellings, &c.
has been less than one half the sum il would
have cost by contract, had the same been farm
ed out a, the usual price. II this should
seem extravagant, take ,hc printed account OF
our expenditures in your hand, and 60 from
This the 10 ,ement story Of our building, Through
all the in,er diate strong and we'll flushed
rooms and passages ill your eye meets the
roof, with il, massive ana thioklv clustering
timbers aud its we'll supported and lofty s'ee-
pie, and then Judge if half the usual cos, be
noticed. VIVA, reason this for congrs'ulation,
that we gave no, out our building to CONT &C, -.
ors greedy OF money, however consecrated by
the hand Of charily.
1t is mol the l,ds, cause Of gratitude TO the
dispenser o! human events, that no scciden'
has oefaIlen US during the progress of our ex-
tensive works; and in no part Of our country
has there been more uninterrupted health.
Our number Of s,adentss now nearly ninety:
six If whom this commencement, receive their
degrees Of A. b. besides several, who in The
intermediate time have been qualified as leach>
ers now SO much wanted in tom on
schools,
When reflect on The facts OF which am
now speaking, and compare the present state
Of ,hngs with the past, the language # amaze
men, brcomes involuntary. VIVA, hath God
done Who bu, he hath wrought this mighty
work Where now are the Wild Beasts that
roamed so la'ely DER this sigh ly hill, and list
less ba,hed themselves in out flowing streams
They are gone, they are chased far away: and
the language Of science, and the voice u prayer
and praise are heard in their s-ad This lof
~ dome occupies the very spo, where the rude
huntsman tells me. the wolf DIES royed the
deer in the thic ket in,o which mans ingenuity
could no, penetrate, and 20 wha, end is this
quick, this mighty change! Is il to accom-.
plish the superintendent OF individuals IN
worldly wealth Is i, 20 seek The oppre OF
the poor, by entailiog on thrir children tie
former great expenses Of educ alton! B essed
il IS 10 cherish an institution Of Chris ian edu-
cation a, rae ofunexamped ehrapn-ss, bring
ug science with all as blessings within h.
reach Of thousands and tens Of thousands ii
persons wh", by tn reason Of their s'raightrn-
cd circumstances, mus forever ,emain in com
parative ignorance. |, is 10 tesch the children
of The poor to become school masters to in
,'ruc, our common schools Throughout, the
sas' valley Of the MIssi.sippi. 1t is % teach
the children Of the poor to rise by their Wis
dom and merit into stations hitherto occupi.
ed by III. rich to fill our pulpits, 10 sit in our
Senate chambers, and on our seats Of Justice
and to secure in the best possible way the Lib
cries Of our country
This is the objec, OF he institution of Ken,
yon College. This is the reason of our unre-
mi'ting exerlions to make our plan as exen-
sive AZ permanent in its operation as il is pure
in its design. And will not such a seminary be
by our common country?
At a time when the rich zone Of our country,