Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-08-02
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A, the rcccnt Semi.C Centennial Celebration
of the Sounding of Union College at Schenecia.
dy, \. Y, Chancellor WALwoRTu gave as a
toast, "Our venerable and veneratcd President,
theirs 10 govern themselves" The venerable
DR. Norr responded, and the following sketch
OF his remarks is taken from the n. Y. Tribune:
He was dressed in a long black coat and blue
or purple cap from beneath which his silver
hair tremblcd in the breeze. No one could see
him without loving him, and at the same time
mourning that his life must end so soon, for
"Ipop his aged temples grow
The blossoms of the grave"
My children, said he, come at the request
Of many pupils. Though sickness told me not
to speak, yet could not refuse request co.
ming from my children and their children
My children we have bu, one life TO end, and
therefore let MS live it we'll Man is mortal
Institutions such as this never die. by them
we transmit to other generations our influences
They have done mGch good by reviving letters
but more BY reviving the reading Of the bible
Where has the bible gone and has not carried
with it love of arts, love of letters, love of H.
beriy The bible alone meets the case of man
Chemistry can never discover an E ix'r which
| can rennimate the urn-but The bible teaches
| us how life shall spring from deatl,-how NOR.
taly shall he clothed with immortality.
When fifty years more shall have passed a.
! way others will come up here--I shall III, be
here. Many Of you my older ch ldren, shall
not be herc-be it so. We shall separate after
we shall meet in another world. | have been
young, and now am old, yet declare, that had
| to live my life over again, | woold live more
than ] have done for God and my country.
longer than the merest ephemera fonting in the
sunbcams, would rather soar with the eagle
and be lost among the stars, than meanly tt
| grovel in the earth with things that perish.
Some Of you will be alive at TINT next Jub
lee, when shall be forgotten. The cold eartl
shall soon rest on this aged bosom and thi,
arm shall be cold and scnseless to the appeal.
of the poor and the distressed. But You, nv
children, see to it that, while you live. the pool
shall never want friend, nor the detenceless
defenders. And should it be my happiness to
reach-oh! happy thought-.those mansion. o
bliss, let every angel bear tidings from Earth t,
Heaven OF your good works. Let i, be told il
those Mansions that other Bra NERDS, and IIales
and Howards, and Granville Shapes, have ari
sen Nor feel your work accomplished Till mi
sery and vice shall cease on this planet, and vir
tue and happiness be universal. ! shall clos,
these remarks, my children, by Offering the fol
lowing sentiment, "rhe Alumni OF Union Col
lege-dlstinsushed less by honors receive,
than cOnferred-having rendered their Aim,
Mater. while in the greenness OF youth vener
able by their deeds"
"'rhis of hand speech and sentiment" add
the Tribune, "were received with grea, ap
plause. The speech was true piece of elu
quence, not more for the beauty Of ils laneuig
than for his tones and manner OF delivery
which cannot be reported"