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duty. For Divine Power may make use Of the
simplest instruments and they become mos, IF
fective in the fulflment Of HIS plans In His
Providence Eve years ago, the eager crowd Of
political sspirsnts was passed by. and 3 man
chosen for President almos, unknown. bu, vh
did his duty day by day. The glory Of Abraham
Lincoln's life was in the honest quiet discharge
Of the duties Of the hour; and when 50 suddenly
called from them. 1T the moment Of victory, II
had won for him an ever-enduring fame.
In this one principle, you msy tnd the secret
Of future success If with cheerful spirit You
perform the duty Of the hour. and honestly do
Just what lies before you. you will achieve
great life and may triumphantly say at Its close.
Il have fought good tght, have kept the
fsith." Your field is the world, and WIS, s
field what problems are being solved, and what
are yet TO be solved, under the power Of III
Gospel! how rapid sre the movements Of the
armies Of the Lamb, against the msrshalled
hosts of sin. Your fathers have laid massive
foundations, 1t is for you to build thereon 60
forth, with simple truth in God, to do the duties
Of the hour. and you may accomplish great
things for the world. Ifyou 90 in the spirit Of
Christ to do his work, you will set in motion in
hnences, for which other generation. will ris, up
to call you blessed. The night is far spent, the
day is at hand, ii is breaking and the gloriou,
hour approaches when shall be heard the shout
of Gods elect "Hallelnjah, for the Lord God
onnipotent reigneth.''
DR.. Rockrell's discoursdw Twas earnest, elo-
quent and eminently practical. and was
listened to with close interest by the large
audience. The noticeable music OF the oo-
casion, consisting Of selections of oratOrios
and an Opera chorus was furnished by an
/ amateur choir, under the leadership of |. y.
Camp, ESQ.,, consisting of Miss Charlotte
| Tenant, Miss Ellen Fuller, Mrs. o. L. Bal
lard, DR.. II. Il. Lngdon and Mr.. W. W.
! Sturdevant.
cELrRA1Ios OF TIE PHI BETA KAPPA.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society held Its eele-
bration Tuesday afternoon. The President
o. the Society. Hon. G. W Benedict, presid.
cd, and after prayer BY the Chaplain, Rev.
+. B. Cutler Of Worcester. Mass, introduced
the orator. Rev Asa d. Smith. DID, Pres.
of Dartmouth College.
DR.. sxITu's DISCOURSE.
Dr. Smith announced As his subject, Self
Posseaion. By this, he said, We mean the full
lest ownership Of the microcosm within u, or
consequence TO US We mean the perfect nSste-
~ of all our powers; the ownership no; Of the
absentee but OF the home proprietor, snd the
making the most Of our complex being with re-
ference to the ends for which were eres ted
The Constituents Of thi. Self-Po.session are
Isi, Sel- Kaoirle5ge.-Here sl lines Of pro
rress tske their departure. Instances Of master
intellects misguided aud lost for want Of such
selfknovledge wer. found in Byron. Shelly and
Hume The multtudes Of mistaken vacations.
Of machine poets, Of perverted powers Wer. al
D
se1es, the speaker discussed the question Of
rouan's rights Woman is the equal Of mAn (;
hers the same nature, all the better because II
it culuinste. the graceful and the sympathetic.
Let her no; unseI herself
%, Ss!f- Cultsrs.-This is our main business
On earth; the bringing o.; Of all that lies dor
man; within Us by the two principal means Of
siscip!iss and GeqisiIitiOa-
Sd, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is ne
oess.ry to the highest achievements, and only as
be forgets himself does the msn truly possess him
self
4tk, Self Rslisnos-Tbere j. no real con-
fict between this and the last The tendencies
Of higher cultivation are towards seli-reliAnos.
STA. Self Derofion,- that is the conservation
Of the Who'll, being TO Hin who is the end and
source of beng These heads, (which our space
permits u. barely TO nenuon,) ver. developed
At length.
! Such, said the orator in closing. are the
! outlines Of our theory Of Self-Possession. II
we're easy to draw illustrations Of tn. theme from
the history ofthis Institution. No; to speak Of
the living, what names and memories Of the
| dead might we no; offer, think, IS speak,
Of that serene dveller on the height Of science,
the first developer Of the Spiritual Philosophy
! in this country. l think Of him, the beloved
pastor Of nv boyhoOd, who came from the bank.
! Of the Connecticut to the Presidents chair.
recall another, and another, his successors,
/ shining marks for the insstIate archer. How
earnestly do their lives enjoin beautiful and
sublime self-possession-such as shall nske you
! hottest ministers Of God to the Land and to the
World
DR.. Smiths discourse occupied about an
hour. l; was full Of wholesome thought and
apt illustrations, without attempt at start
ling sntithIses or brilliant points but
eouable in it's flow, digni6ed and SCHOLARLY
In tone OF course, as it must be from it's au-
thor, and truly excellent in al respects.
The Mendelssohn Quintette Club furnished
the music.
At the business meeting Of the Society,
Mcssrs. Worcester and Clark Of the gra-
duating class were elected members Of the
Society for superior scholarship, and the fol-
lowing appointments for the celebration of
1866 were made Orator. Hon. Vim. VI.
Evarts of New York Substitute, Prof. A. P.
Peabody of Harvard College.
JUNIOR EXHIBITION.
On Tuesday evening the Annual EIhibi-
ton of the Junior Class took place. The
following is the schedule
MUSIC.
Introduction to II Giuramento-.He
J. influences of Republican institutions on indi-
vidusl character. FRANCIS FARRELL
Ousrtette from RlgoIetto-r e-4i