, 1864-10-27
GARRETT BIBLICAL INSTITUTE.
Annual Commencement Exercises Address
E.fore the Pathological 8seiety By
ReT. J. Il. HheeAt4


The Eighth Annual Commencement Exsrcise,
Of the Garrett Biblical Inst1tate at Evanston toat
place oa Tuesda! morning last a large uumbe,
Of %1e1s"rs were present. including q number o
members Of the ii. E. Conference.
uF. Raymond Professor Of Systematic Theolo4y
eonencsed the examinations in Logic, EY,denco.
OF Christianity, and Revealed Theolosy-occapy.
lpg The forenoon In the afternoon, Df. Btunist.r =
ffoiessor q E1egetcal Theology, examined tpt
Stsssss CA IN ~ espartnent Wednesday torsaoon
Iheoloey, 1n examination OF the clAssea in Chuerh
O!ee1pltte Ecclesiastical History, &c.
~ 0n I9stday svtning ltc.ace w4s delivered by
fore the Philoioeieal Society, on aThe HsbIt ei 81
I91nki1e-lts Ma Helps ana Hindrances."
tereetng and able address:
!, Carlyle puts into the records Of Ten!elsdtockh
the fou7wine statement: ''Tfu1Y thinking man ,s
the wolsi enemy the Prince Of Darkness can have:
every ting such one announces himself donht
Iot there runs ehndder through the neither en-
pire, and new emisss1es are trained wlth tasti -
70, To- psststbls enst'p him. and nooaWnk and
Weaesezt that = thinker, whether true or f.,ar
IL the ueytls Toe. He g1ves truth 4 chtuca u
measure arms 1t1h ialsity. Error breads and truth
desires agitation, because aR1tation compeIs coll.
tion. Active hcresy gsves truth opportunity, The
shock Of sumters fall startled but It strengthened
the nation. 4 thinker, tven Il he embraces error.
The truth or flied By Blind passion be should al.
be 1eDains not only wreck but a1so beaoon in
bic Mrs; Or perchance, he crosses the desert aud
comes ipto ne Csnnan OF truth. Some good Will
l2a thinker o1 error, then, By hla activity be-
comes minister Of good, hov formidable 10 eyfl
must be the ]Aoonons, truthful thinker
kaow is It among ourselves in this county :
Do we occasion the neither empire much aux :e.y
tIsM I. y s1y N pcpulas tenaepcy re h.ye toward the
$NNnNRffnn frAN Tpn1 vin&
reviews and novel1ttes. The Ntle allows Egypt
eeyeu months year. at-feast, for the proceas OF
29wnG psPns na and nd X xsss1 have
i pe7pe.unlly rising. The Nile come. down
strea, into which no td 51tas1es pour, lad Is ~
ft1s are aiTsys y sweet apd pure. But onr ME- Re.
% ms1sss and al
fpIieea aud cify tswerr a. Vel as dom pure }onn.
tiins and cewy skies; God has promised that not
surely He will not be c1leTed II We build us some
sort Of m ark In our schools, though some Of
them arc equa! in many respects TO apy ia Europe,
enough OF leading scholars to rely upon themselves
cay to the stude1 too often forget that strength
continnid too much in our hls cher schools as
Of nsgtA4 v4sof. There Is more glitter sh.n 7isor
reform is needed. II NUT begin Ia our pub
schools ard semlraries. Young men By forced
through without being The thinkers lhey ought.
The true obit Ct Of education IL to develop the
man !; 1t thus dttermines what he Is 1t for, and
will be attainea and the evils Ne nave mcntioned
corrected By placing more enphasla upoa ha hts
of cloee, independent, 1ndetauE able thinking.
ticulsrly whst as meant bT tlinfing. @ Tnlnke e1 ne
ie not 1taoire Or memoItz1n.. b these We &C
qu1se, Bat thinking is the reaction OF tho mind
G nRoa It. hnowleose: Reading gives light to the
lszes AID rtes 1t. Men differ In the deareS Of
pose<T they possess, ret AZ hare this power. Taa
e1erc1ses Of the mind in thought are almost mex
accordance With known poEer.
The speaker then named eome htndrxnees to
the formation Of a hsoit .ot .htnkinE. FIRST:
Students Et1oy TOO lit e the relations between
soul and body. Csre1essue.s with ekard to health,
prevents unental a+1istE Normal intellectual &C.
indulgence 1Iouces HesRnes. Of will. Weaken the
viii Al one point and you weaken 1t at all 61Ackea
the rope and cords Of sour tent at the north and
4 diseased maa all that 1t wouIo be were he In
tealth; The boey is our diving bell. It 1s dead
weight bg which We are kept down. We must
eiotely shnt Windows. Tthsss rt@ssa 1fsr sonna We
may make thorough exploration. and rise a{ler
sufficiently long submess1on to nee our ACQUISITIONS
1p 5onde1 p, e. mhste We ~ belong Many 1ne1 have
yeta majority Of cur great men have vel develop
ed ply stques.
Second: The excessive amount Of work We pu-
dcstake, rendered doub'y demoralizinR BY the
want Of ey1Eem in ouf work. Man Ia appointed to
labor. 1abc! bnngs honor Ours especially is
noS o. 1stlst BIT ea Ssss III = .eat
youug men By premature entrance into active nfe
without 1un preparation, by tbou.and becoms
weak men, or dead men IN hall a lifetime. As tie
Central keeps perfect the organization, and morale
Of Ills army, to prevent di=atter in the condct 80
nnst mn We husband our esFength, Put 4 to work In
The right Trim and way: discriminating between
done No class Of men are required to 40 greater
arnonnt OF variety OF work than ministers, and
hshcs be- n no oSsrpat1ou l. there greater demand
come aIe 60 liable TO fall Into temptation. ne
nust cot be Influenced By putaide diversions. A
sifSe od ah person Tse b. who eyery morn
poiaon! Don't touch this door knob''ll
Th,rd. Another h1nolance to the habit Of think:
tpF, especial = among those who follow manual
labor, tsi2 i sm so!y to believe among ministers
who oecune reconc11ed to what axe called plain
fSs9 s1eudt 4 ths
gH, or II they iolo laocr for tbs proper accom-.
plishment OF which Intellectual culfnle ID not N
t9sy % not need to think
speaker e1roasd this talsac7.
Fourth, lneeolutlon, Hen may zee and feel the
6emsnds for inipktne: They may desife 70 posse.s
its posEessors. stnoent, when yon meet subject
that !. hard. don't he ciscou'a led but stand urn
TO sour plsee. Thtnk, think, oia.hat the puerli,y
! oiyonr fboueh;e-bue keep thinking, and thought
will tear down the bssrier Bring the subject be.
fofe you aeatn and again: let your mind force
1;sel into position: grasp, sear5h, concentrating
into focut, and burning Tie subject open, blscx.
Last yea wi, eeeure the treasury II had betore held,
In cons1nsopa ihe I sneaker Ie5er,r7 u,tb telling