New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-21
RUTGERS COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.
From Our Special Reporter.

The Commencement exercises Of Rutgers College,
New-Brunswick, n. j., began Sunday last
| with the delivery Of the Baccalaureate sermon
| by the Rev. Dr. Forsyth. IL was received with
marked attention. On Monday, the venerable
| Pce,ident Of the Institution, the Hon. Theo.
FrelingLuy sen, livered tue Baccalaureae address
to the Graduating class. True 10 the principles which
he held United States Senator when he had for his
comIe-rs snd friends Clay and Webster, he urged
| upon the class the paramount duty Of feay to the
Uniou-of standing by the flag Of our fathers. The
Natural History Society held s anniversary in the
| afternoon.
On Tuesday the addrcss before the Literary Socie-
ties delivered by the Hon. Joseph Z. Bradley OF
| Newark, and the mSnDer In which il Was received
showed that the audience had lively appreciation Of
| its merits.
nR. wYcKoFf's ADDRESS BEFORE THE ALUMNI.
On Tue day evening, the Anniversary OF tue Alumni
Association Of he reformed Protestant Dutch ChuTcn,
! the hey. DIR. Abee presiding, was held III the rev
uIldinx Of the Second Reformed Dutch Church. The
address WAS delivered by the Rev. DR.. wy ckof Of
Albany, who cd IA his subject, The Peculiar
| Respopst li'ies of this AYE the Rising Muisry.'
II tie first di,i,iOn OF his eubJe,i, Dr. Wyekoh
spoke If the present. of political and eccle
riasti al revolution. After referring tie crumling
OF oyna.ties, the explosion of suI er-ons which lad
wevsiled for ceLtu lee III the Old World tie SPEAKER
dwell at -on lensh GIoD tl0 revolution In orr own
glorious eIitage-tbe America al Eepnblit. What seer
gifted ir above IA u forecast, fe = years
tack The convulrou that THE Gay eXistr In our End
| Who would have Dire amed that who once stoud
shouldei TO shoulder AID fought unto death, should he
follow ed BY generntion who would forget tie grand
Irinei les of cir fathers and now stand face to iace
iu diameiical opposition aud deadly hostility ANA,
Lutt marvellous all, who rould have Thought mat
ministers OF the Goslel, separated from Ms only by
Ma on and Dxo = line, ould preach rebellion again.t
pow, n n.a sty ord4ig ed 4 God, eommeud Slavery
lisiIe lUs tuition, and abet ana encourage Tue
al f. taI pf n
Government under which the nation has grown great
and strCugi
ANA to out-herod Herod and raise surprise and as
toni, i,lni u, highest Ii,h, rot only cage poiti
ian- bnt en- ent doctors Of divinity have discovered
tat slavery l. div ire institution and that 10 tram
,lt al hunau rights unCer foot, because oppression
has cepes,d the elements OF numsnity in the AfIan,
i. true benovolehce, and doing God service! When
nuch pOiic1l ard ious bcre,s aud abs1 dit - are
abru.d, th. sge demands thai tie incoming ministry
should he extraordinary men, Thoroughly iarnisEed to
eXlo.e suc, Ier,esions Of the truth. Nhed sueh
| enemies ia the helt, Deed singers Ike the
Benz unite, siie tie Goliath, and wc need sworGs-
n. the gre skill VITO WELD The two-edged
SWORD IN Il di,iaes between ihe joint AID the marrow.
Ia tie division OF the subject tie SPEAKER treat
cd If the aye iu lis asect Of remarkable development
ana scie iiic rrfetrh. From the lonizing and
aystrmmi1ing of old roi,nCe- the diocDvey oi new
hris the wonderful cbeaVness Of book, tie colleges
do ting NOri'rn country IN hiG ost MS near proX-
unity a. he ,ngs Of the planters in The South, the
CONCLUSION was ar,i, ed at that tLi- n grea, age
and inst the Iuni-Ier the oracle OF his corgfe
.aton be must n,edr know something ~ cast Of the
nature and tens of de scieces Of geology conch-
oio. y cOsn oFony, photography, tel.grhPy &ei aud
40 lar possible for man To und'rsand tp IN, he
should ALEC knew a little of asthetrs, ne.moli'm,
spirit ualisn, Swedcubors siaisul, and Mormon lsni
Il 4 aye war ulo chhTa' eTizcd by prolific E'e-a
ture which the InsteI could not be- eniir' ~ gnornnt
oi without reproa b. Literary predictions, IOWA
dsys ru-hed into tie world like cataraci-yti, not
like The great n,si,e astounding cataract OF Niagara
Dut like The hin, misty, fto,hy cataract Of Mont
molep l. Bot The literature wh b should most caim d e
Of he ri lister the hioiica the interilt
i've, and ,tpe, ially the theological.
This wa- o p,o,r,r i've ago. The ministry bad
fallen uI on gaud cinacirrc, great trsn. .iion Ia
tl,ir clrch al d they must be "up TO tn ,Ii1t
Of the imes" Tie fathers who laid the first founda
tions OF The church grave, old hsbioned mod
crate cornpany of sturdy IIen. who could lay lJunda
iious III tie 4uagniros Of HOlsnd that would never
rink and shut The raging waters OF the North Sea
by ykes which the stormy WAVES could nethersa sur
mount nor wash away. Then nearer sDc@s-
try-yeuernLle men ia ministerial garb, With cooked
hats and short clothes and straight coats-toer, ex-
actl e. conrcons Of III nisteria dignity, reyered by the
people cerai ly ss angels OF the churches. La
stormy reso iiOnary times they suffered not the honor
of the Dutch Church TO fall or be trampled III the
dust. Tuey Ike pillars of granite tina, could not
be moved by the biaD'ii-hmenis Of tie prelicy, the
bribes OF royalty, the fear ~ the bloody
aborisines. But they stood only-tley stoOd iast.
they folfl I'd the demand OF taeR Gge-but
they moved very little forward. Nita them The
preaching Was clo-e, didacic, Instructive, cold.
Now We need preaching lcsr bound by
rule free, d deursiye, ardent extoration burning
eloquence. TIER aye allowed long sermons some
times 10 almost tw bOurs-s pconasm OF logical arga
nents very exsrt and detailed analysis our age, on
the contrary delights Iii short serLnons-tbirty nIu.
utet--ot much argument, clear, simple statement OF
the theme, few brilliant illustrations, and then
warn, Hearty appeal, with cordial invocation sud
eued ion tlOse III your pastoral duties you must
be active, aggre,si,e, iu OF coutrivance aud exre-
di-u,s 10 prono tie cnuse. Edsrs g,neraly have no
tine 10 20 with you and help you but little Ia the work
OF visitation You mnst frequently call, drop word
OF love AL exhorlation, and pas on you must be at
the pray ermeeng here and there, ana draw out your
Jeople you must encourage the Sabbath-Sehooli you
must be the head Of the Missionary, Tract, and
Bible oIerations; You must be an example 70
your people OF zeal al beraiity too; you must be
us bold lion, gentle as lamb, as diigent us
beaver ar pa lent N camel and selfpos.essed as
an eagle. No good cause must escape you: you must
te the advocate and example OF total abs ence; you
must marthall and encourage the maternal meetings;
YOU must be the patrons Of the sewing society; yon
mutt study hard and work hard; be all things TO all
men, aid thoroughly ready for every good work. You
nart make the transition from the stability and inmo-
biity of The istoers to the activity and aggressive
ness of tssge. And you do this not, you will be in
vaded by The New School snd overlapped by the Old
School ierbyte,ians-you will be surrounded and d.
! ninrh,d by the Methodists-you will be SOL hia-
lics,ed ana drowned by the Bsptists-yon will
be psavered and drawn In by the Episcopal.
| ians-and your congregations viii become small
and bigotry, and tact and indomirable courage
and industry Of and all Of these Our church las
become a prey 10 our neighhor. In NY good old
Dotch ,ity of Albany one-half the strength OF the
considerable portion fof the Batift, eousts Of per-
vensd Dutchinen aud ladies. We NUT DO up and do
nR; We murt have great deal moro love and value
OF determination. We must sustain our church, not by