Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-07-06

NS"toUo'oe Tue most productive hive on the
Terra nrtna OF our terraqueous globe. Think,
serlously;; think of thousand millions of hns
man persons now moving upon our terra firma9
each and every, one of them having a body. a
soul, and spirit. Here are three sciences in
the single department. properly called humani.
", and how many sciences and arts, ornanen.
tal ana useful, are to be communicated and &C.
CURED IN order to the full development of hu-
han!ty In all its attitudes, relations, duties
privileges, and honors, in reference to two
worldsTthe world that now is and the world
winch Is yet to GOMEZ We must, indeed. first
Chamber up to the submits Of Mount Sinai and
Mount Alon before we can appreciate the area of
theSe Two worlds and their relations to our pres
en-! en-, ana eternal destny7-interest, honor. and
lenclty In, them. Two generic terms in each
category are requisite indeed essential. to their
propercappreciation. These are. the finite and
tue lnnnlte, the temporal and the eternal the
material and the immateriai, the earthly and the
heavenly But VIC presume ,notnow to. .analvze
or deVeiope them We have often.in some form.
.'ueeo, mae IN various formsIF dweit upon them in
the course of your studies. We have reason
TO nope thatyou will never lose sight of them.
But it is Indispensable, young gentlemen. to-
your interest. honor and happiness, temporal.
spiritual, and eternal, that you place your feet
upon the rock OF ages and, through the tele-
scope of faith, survey the regions beyond the
milky way; and then on the topmost round of
Jacob S ladder, look northward and southwark.
eastward and westward OYER the new heavens
and the new earth which are pictures to your
intellectual and spiritual vision on the heaven
delineated map of mans future and eternal para
disc; sketched by the pen of Divine inspiralinn.
No son OF earth can. wisely direct his .steps
across the lsthmuS of time without the habitual
the'constant use otthe telescope of faith, stand
ing too, on the loftiest peak of Mount Zion.
Your attalnments in language, science and
the arts are such as to qualify syou for useful
mass in its social system, and to enrich you with
appropriate rewards, both temporal and ever
lasting. 'rhero is that scattereth and yet en-
creaseth;" there is too, according to Solomon
nIggardly withholding more than is meet aud
it tendeth to poverty.''@ The miser is tvrice
cursed--starved in the world that now is, and
damned in that which is to come 1t is more
blessed to give than receive. It's SO, not mere-
Iy only in goods and chuttles, hut also in com.
municating learning, science and art to our own
species.
But there is one pursuit paramount to all
others inrits fruits and influences, and, there.
fore, more TO be desired and sought after than
any other object, indeed in its full development
paramount to all other acquisitions. We shall
collate from the pen of the wisest man that ever
lived, few encomiums on this pursuit.
"When wisdom entereth into thy heart and
knowledge is pleasant to thy soul, discretion
shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep
thee: to deliver thee from the way of the wick
&c; from the man that Speaketh pcrverSe things
who leave the paths of uprightness to walk In
the ways of darkness. Prov. ii, 10, "a
Happy is the man that fndeth wisdom, and
the man that gettcth understanding; for the
merchandise Of tbs better than the merchandise
OF silver and the encrease thereof than fine gold
1t is more precious than rubieS: all the things
you can desire are not to be compared to it
Length OF days is in her right hand, and in her
lett hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways
OF PleasantneSs; aud all her paths are peace
1t IS tree OF I:te to those who lay hold on it,
and happy is every one who retaineth it,
Prov.-iii., lS, Is. Therefore" he adds; Get
wisdom, get understanding, forget it not. 1t
will preserve thee. Wisdom is the principal
thing, therefore get wisdom"
In Personifying it, lie adds-"Exalt wisdom
and She will promote thee, she will bring thee
to honor when thou dOSt embrace her; she will
give to thy head a graceful garland she shall
compass thee with crown of glory"-Prov.
iv.'6 o, g. He that getteth wisdom loyeth his
than rubies, and all the things that may be
desired are not to be compared to it'-Prov.
viii, II.
But when all these commendations and enco.
niums are interpreted in their contextual bear
ings and relations they seem to cuminate in
two words Piety and humanity. Piety and
humanity are, indeed the essential elements ofI
wisdom, according to Solomon, the wisest OF
men aud the prince Of princes
An impious man is necessarily an ungrate-
full man. A pious man is always a crate |
ful man. So Paul uses the term when. speaking
of the necessity and Importance Of teaching
children gratitude to parents, "fct children,
says he, ''earn to show piety at home, requit-
ing their parents" This is flial gratitude In
the Italian and Spanish tongues pity and piety |
ere expressed by one and the same word.
But we seem have forgotten that we are ad.
dressing those who have taken the first degrre |
in the liberal arts and sciences, who are elevated
to the honor of Bachelors of Arts. We con.
gratulate you, young gentlemen, on attaining
to the state of Bachelorship, as defined by Noah |
Webster, and take occasion therefrom to i'm
press upon the tablet of your memory the fact
that memory as well as iron rusts, and that
languages and sciences disintegrate and lecolp.
pose even when imprinted on the tablet of hu-
man memory. Hence the necessity and impor- |
tance of not merely protecting your classics |
and best books from the dust and the moth but |
yourselves from being moths to the community. I
In our late travels in Tennessee, Alabama. and |
Mississippi, with our usual inquisitveness as to
the whereabout and whatabout of our Graduates
of Bethany College, we had the pleasure to learn
that there was not one drone amongst them, and |
only one in the Epicene gender, sitting on the |