Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-03-12

happy and peculiarly favored by the most High God
in having our lots cast in land where this book il
so easily obtained and much appreciated? And
we now consider ourselves happy in having The priv-
ilege of presenting this one 10 you.
4 We present it to you that we may have its pre-,
cepts daily read in our hearing; we present to you
as token OF the feelings of high regard and esteem
which we entertain towards you. II is presented to
you with the hope that will prove as acceptable to
You, as it is freely and willingly given by as.
And it is presented TO you with the request, that
when we shall have left the walls of this institution,
and other students shall have filled our places, and
we shall have launched our barks upon the rough
and stormy sea of life, that you, when you turn IN
its sacred pages, will besow thought upon us wI'o
now present it.
| SUBSTANCE OF Mr. TRiMBLE's REPLY.
Respected Sir lit is not afectation in me to ac'
knowledge The deep feeling which this occasion ~,
spIres.@The seoor,iv,. of sHO" sseS
source, and for such object, is well calculated to
move my heart. IacceptL Sir with sentiments OF
the lvees satisfaction, and will use II as you re.
quest And here permit me 10 congratulate you, anu
YOUR fellow students, for whom you ac, on tho
iappy and fecitous manner in which you have dis
charged the duty which they have assigned you
have been delighted, 10 day, with the several
speeches, to which we have just lisened--brea'hng
as they do the purest patriotism, and delivered WIN
an eloauence of uncommon merit; but this fdN
scene has struck another cord in my bosom, whose
vibrations will long continue 10 be ielt.
The object, for which you have presented this
volume, reminds me of the vows have taken upon
myself to proclaim its precepts, wherever God IN
his providence may call me- have been placed
here as your Instructor, and you now place in my
hands book which 10 lie al the foundation OF all
do hereto whose precer,s must conform in all
my teachings, and from whose pages am TO draw
instruction, both for myself and for you. will en-,
deavour 10 meet your wishes, so honorably, and 90
handsomely made known. This Bible, as long as I
am honored with seat here, shall have its place on
This desk, its pages nsulted, and its voice mingled
with ours in our daily devouon.
You Justly speak Of this volume as being the most
aprecous and the most valuable" oil all Gods gifts
TO man and you draw picture OF the horrors
which are perpetrated where it is unknown--fou
poin. us 10 those little hands which are implorngly
stretched out for delvQrance from The jaws OF those
monsters which inGest the Ganges, and justly con.
clude that such would have been our condition had
not this Day-spring from on high visited u.s. We,
indeed Sir owe ou. superior elevation 10 the precepis
of this blessed book Il is this which has given, and
which secures to us, lie poliIicaand religious Priv-
leges that we enjoy. II always proves, wherever "
goes, "a lamp to the fee! and light TO the paih."--
Blot it out, and soon ignorance and superstition, with
raven wing, would brood over our land blighting
and wi,hering all that glorious in the legacy ofous
fathers.
You, and your fellow students, have this day done
honor TO yourselves and the Institution with which
Won are connected You have illustrated the wisdom
of those men Of God, who have founded this instu.
ton, and whose prayers still ascend for its prosper
ity You have united with them in your apprecia.
ton Of the Bible as the presiding genius Of the school
room, and have thus shown your appreciation OF !he
plan by which il is regulated. This volume, vaiu-
able in ITSELF and now rendered even more SO by the
feelings that have prompted its bestowa, shall az
ways be used, trusso TO accomplish The design oil
the founders Of this sclooand also to meet the request
you have made in presenting it. It's voice will not DO
hu.hed hereit will never be forbidden to speak within
these walls And when you have listened to its coun
sells for the last time from this esk,and shall have vis-
tied other perhaps other climesand when you
will be acting your parts on the crowded stage of lie,
though far removed from me, and widely separated
from one another-yet when ] take up this BOOK,
and address s counses, its admontions and its warm
inps to those who may occupy the seats which you
have left, my thoughts will often revert 10 The dongs
of this day, and 10 :hose who have so kindly COM
mitted to my keeping this precious treasure. And
my prayer for YOU all will be, that il may dwell in
your hearts richly; that i, may indeed be lamp to
your feet and light TO your path through lIle-and
when this life and all its cares and tolls are pas'i
that it may, through the aonement OF that Saviour
whom il reveals, open to you :he portals OF The Ce:
les.ial City where all is peace, and all is joy.
This book has brought to us The blessings, which
as nation, we this day enjoy. II came in The May
flower when she breasted the storms OF December
1920 It's precepts warmed the hearts and nervea
the arms of those noble men who leii her deck, and
stood on Plymouth Rock in search OF mat ireedoM
of which it speaks. II was transmitted oy 1hem 70
their children, as the richest legacy they could give
them. It was this Book that made our own Washing.
ton the man that he was. lwas the spirit orea'nea
that consoled and cheered him amid the gloom ana
storms of the Revolution IL was this Ihss anIma's9
many of those daring spirits which clustered aroun9
him,and whose exerlions and whose prayers secured
10 their children,the blessings which we now ENJOY.
And may we not This day proclaim
And still their spirit in their with freedom Walks a0'eae
The Bible is our only creed-our only monarch God
The hand s the word spoke the solemn pledge svss
And boldly on our banner floats in the free air Of hesvsn
The motto of our santed sireand loud we make 1t ring
A church without Bi'hop-a State without King"
e4Tbe 4Mecbanics' Home" is the name Of 9 mon-
s,er boarding house which is 10 be estabsed in Lon
Ion N accommodate one thousand inmates during
tho WORLDS Fair 1t is 10 be situated on the Rane-
iagh Road near Vauxlall Bridge, on the Middlesex
side of the river Thames 1t is within mile OF The
nace % of exhibition The charge for each nights sc-
rommodation will be Is. 3d. Boots cleased al pen
no pair The establishment will comprise bar
ber's shop reec.ory, baggage room, reading, smok-
;na dining. and drawing rooms. A band OF music
,v he employed each night for the amusement Of
lodoer, @ m An arrangement will be made TO carry
Tors to and from Hyde Park at penny. To prove
,ha, that ,e culinary department will be taken care OF,
,he nroprieors of this vast promise the fo!
lowing articles shall always be on hand for break
Gst:9soups, cold roas, and broiled beef and mutt
ion, ditto pork, sausages aud bacon, hot potatoes,