Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-08

VACANT OF ulleu ny utM-cuuIerS, YET the In
structions We have received, aud the pleasures
have enjoyed while in the Freehold Iusti-
will never be blotted from our memories,
and we shall have constant reason to reflect
With qualification on the wise and judicious
care which you exsrted over the establishment
under your charge
And now. in the name Of my fellow Students,
! wish you . long and happy life, and bid you
-fagsseR-
And to you our bslored Instructors, We would
say that We are not emily filled with sadness at
parting with those who have acted towards
as Nc fathers and friends, and whom we have
learned to lsys, honor, and respect, but we
ere overwhelmed with conviction that the debt
We owe you can never be cancelled.
Your superior NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stern but
kind guardianshiP-your untiring perseverance
and patiehce-and your religious advice and
teachings have laid US under obligations which
it will never be in our power to remove, neither
would We if we conld, for it will be one of the
NEST pleasing reflections of our future life,
that We are obliged to such men. . But we
hope to grow up about you industrious, honest,
and good men. and NE know that in your gen.
srosity this il the only return you ask. May
0Su Er&ub tu@b OuE uOpSc De AC%iiAOo
1t Is with bitter regret that our minds now
turn back to the occasions in which We have
given you pain by thonghtlsss word or deed,
and We are constrained to admire the wonder
full endurance and long suffering with which
ycu have born with all our thonghtlsssness
and inatteution. We are about to leave you,
and we can only throw ourselves suppliant at
Your feet and humbly implore your forgive
ness. If we bid farewell knowing that our
faults are not remembered against US, then
will the pang Of separation be vastly dimin-
ishsd. And w do take great consolation in
the thought that our beloved teachers are too
noble-too kind-hsarted and generous to cher
ish bitter feelings on account Of past offences,
and that in them we shall always find true
friends, Notwithstanding our many wrong do
iRgs.
When years shall have furrowed our faces,
and the hand of time be%sprinkled our locks
with the hoary hair of age,~ whether we shall
be in distant lands or in our W happy country,
the precepts laid down by you and the high
principles Of integrity and manliness you have
impressed upon us, will be the sources of our
usefulness and happiness.
And now as We bid you farewell, our earn
est prayer is that you may be long spared to
implant in the breast of youth, those germs Of
truth and greatness which constitutes the sure
basis of society and the bonds of union by
which, the nations of tho civilized ssworld are
held together.
Ladies and Gentlemen Of Frehold--Yoster-
day and to-day have been happy, 7ery happy
days to US, and we thanh you for the interest
You have taken.in our exercises. But all
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pains, and 30 the hour hes nov arrived whsn
we must bid you fare@all. And leave the
place where we have pleasantly spent so many
months. 1t would be little indeed for us to
say that we were sorrp to bid you sdieu there
are so many ties that bind us to Freehold that
the parting must DO o painful one
Though personally acquainted 9Th but few
of you, your couHtenances have become famil-
Ter. .snd your smilea Q part of our happiness /;
and q shade of sadness accompanies the
thought that ne ere nov looking down npon
corntenances enjoying those smiles for the last
tine.
MAJ Mapg s Of "a a. ha Egsu sa agg p or last st.. remble
from its associations. Before the earth has
made snothsr revolution about its axis, the
halls and krounde of the Institute will be de-
serted and the merry shout of the boys at play
will be hushed. But may We not indulge the
hope that when many miles intervene between
US and Old Monmouth, we shall not be alto
gether forgotten ? That there will be some
who viii cast a stray thought on those wild
boys whom they used to see, from'time to time,
at church or in the street, but many of whom
they will never see again ? and that they will
overlook their thoughtless boyish pranks /?
Truly it would be q great source of s~atisfac-
ton and delight to US, when we are far from
you, to know that we are remembered kindly.
And now again, Patrons and friends, we
thank you for your presence here to-day, and
your polite attention, and bid you--fareace1.
Feu0W Students-As we stand together
here to-day, eur session over, on the eve of
separation our reflections naturally must be of
a sad and painful character. We may safely
say that we are all together for the last time
on earth. Many Of us will return, but some
| of US will not, and it is not impossible that
some of us who are in the bloom of health to-
day, may be laid low in the grave before an
other session opens. A striking instance of
| the shortness of life has been presented to US
this very session. It pleased God to take to
| himself a little member of a family with
which We have a close connection, almost as
soon as He had set her down in our midst,
and He may in his wise providence remove
one or more of US. In view then of the uncer-
tainty of life. and as we are together for the
last time, let all unkind feelings which may
have existed between any of our number, be
buried here; let us not depart until every little
difference shall have been settled. / would
not aggravate the sorrow that we all must
feel in parting with our teachers and our
friends, by reviving painful recollections or
suggesting unpleasant thoughts, but it is far
better that we should give a moments refec-
ton to these things now, than to part in an
ger when we know that we may never meet
again, and ever look back upon the past with
bitter emotions
A sad thought is that-tbat we who have
for so long lived beneath the same roof, eaten
from the same board, enjoyed everything in
common, indeed, been so many brothers, are
now dbeut to say goodbye - perhaps for
ever A sad thought, and one that fills each
heart with the deepest regret. But although
we may never again behold each other in this
world, may our Heavenly Father grant that
we may meet in that other and better land.
beyond the grave, never more to separate.
1t was the mournfnl duty of him who last
year occupied the place which falls to me this
day, to record the death of a fellow-student. |
which cast over our little community a shade
Of sorrow and affection. This year we have
to thank God that he has spared us all-ourI
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