Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-24
OOMMEEOEMFNf Al OBERLIN.
The Exercises Of TuesdAy.---COnsiO
ad CIerum----Graduatin Exercises Of
the Ladies' Department.

In spite of the war, the disastrous effects
of which are no where more severely felt
than in the depletion and interruption
which it has brought to our institutions OF
learning, in spite of the fact that gold is at
$3.50, with no prospect of falling to
a lower mark, in spite of the pub
lie anxiety which follows the evolutions
of Grant and shermsn,-in the face of all
these things, the people still find time for
pleasure. The thing which is now filling
oberlin-a thing almost as great as ever
before the war and to which the daily
trains from both east and west are contin-
ually adding fresh reinfercements, attest
this fact, and prove too that the popular IN
terest in Oberlin is undiminished. Until
yesterday the visitors which usually gather
at an oberlin commencement had come in
but slowly, and it had been anticipated that
only comparative few would be present
on this occasion. But the thing began to
gather in earnest yesterday morning, and
by the time that the exercises ofcommenee-
ment proper commenced, in the afternoon.
it was numbered by thousands.
Yesterday morning the CoHcio Ga CleruH
or addresses before the clergy, was deliver
ed, in the First Congregational Church, by
the Rev. Serene W. streeter, of Union City
Michigan. The sermon was from the fol
lowing text:
Revelations, ", and Z. And in the
midst Of the throne, and round about the
| throne were four beasts, full eyes before
And ndiAiHa Inc first beast was Ike
lion, and the second beast like calf,EanC
the third beast had the face of man, anC
the fourth beast was like a flying intel
leet.
The subject of the address may be char
aeterized as the advantages of q diversity
of gifts among the preachers of the gos
pei. In each of the beasts mentioned il
the text the speaker found a type for
class af those engaged in ministerial i
Dor. The lion was the representative 0
power and courage; the calf, of patien
labor; the beast having the face of aman
Of kindness of spirit; and the flying eagle
of soaring and aspiring genius. Each O
these classes the speaker illustrated b,
citation of examples in Biblical an,
church history. The address, which
1 SPOKEN Ol ds u very dDAC anu bCAOAEEl Ou
was listened to with marked attention by
large audience.
In the evening the First Congregations
Church, which seats, by the by, neari
three thousand people, was crowded to it
utmost capacity by an eager and attentiv
audience, which, it is suggestive to observe
was made up principally of ladies. Wa
leaves its marks around US everywhere
but here only in suggestions such as these
pleasant at the first view and only bitter a
we trace them to their end.
At quarter before two the ladies of tn
Institution, numbering over two hundred
moved i procession from the chapel to tn
church, all clad in spotless white, and pre-
senting finer appearance than any eff tn
political or Fourth of July professions tina
ever move along our streets. They entered
the church and occupied seats in the or
chestra, filling also half the galleries. Th
organ meantime peals forth its loudes
strains of welcome. The stand is occupied
by the Ladies' Board of the Institution, to
gether with President Finney and PrOfes
sor Peck. Mrs. Dascomb presided with
usual graceful dignity over the following
ORDER OF ExERcIsEs.
Music. PRAYER. Music
Life Seasons, Julia A. Beeeher, oberlin
RepOse, Sara H. Boardman, Newton Falls
Our Pearls, Emma F. Brigham, wauseOn
Trials Test of Worth,
Frances S. Henderson, oberlin
MUSIC.
Who Are the BraveR
Mary E. Hobart, Nelson.
ffThrough Perils to Victory"
Jeanette L. Holton. Gorham, N. Y.
Prayer, the Prison Door Opener,
Celeste c. Kelly, Kankakee City. Ill.
MUSIC.
The Old Church Door,
NJ. Almira Manly, Marion, N. Y.
The Heroine of the Girondists,
Rachel A. Marshall, Rochester.
Well All Know Sometime,
Mary Mcfarland, Moore House Parish, La.
MUSIC.
The Mystic Library,
Celia Morgan, Orwell.
"a New Broom Sweeps Clean"
Melissa H. Rice, Gresnsburg.
Are we True to Cur Country?
Bessie A. Stone, Oberlin.
Bye-and-Bye,
A. A. Willett, Flint, Mich.
MUSIC.
Diplomas Presented.
BEEEDIcTIoS,