, 1866-06-19
SHURTLEEF CULLEHE.
The Annual Commencement.

The Annual Commencement.
Exercisea Of tho Tneotogscat Graduate
Ing slaAA-rreacn22slon a Of Ii yaok>- rho
C0BaeKo Cnm enceme0t-Pruxr4mm mo
Of Kxcfclses. = c., DC.
(CoEreapondeuco Of tho Chicago Tr4Aune.l
ALTON. JuEe I6, 1861
The examination Of the Theological classes
On Wednesday was in every way satisfactory.
and IN the evening occurred the exercises OF
the Theological Graduating Class with tbs
following programme:
ORDER OF kxEHcrsr.
I. Anthem, "Glora IN Excelsis.-Ko.Qys,
II; Prayer ~ Prot. Ps,ssou.
~ Eatay, "Tno soyerelgnty Of CODA. Il. b.
Y, E.say. "crt,iaue upon Or. Alsz.nd.r', view
Of The nature Of Faiih-"-A. L. cole
VI. Essay, The Gospel The vehicle Of Gods
VII Anthem, . -IsrseI's sons '-Rosstna
,,s w. "; E.says The le1asson OF the preacher to
X: Ee:ay, Lore ,ae chief element OF powe. In
ths eapsi r2sa1 nn.:ny,,EA IT.. 3; Tomlinson n
Il: Theo!o,ical Acderss.-By PruE MlicheiL
brasy Fund.-, the President OF yhe College.
The presentation to the Graduating Glass
by President Read Of about three hundred
and ftty dollars worth Of standard and theo-
logical works from the Cove Library fund,
was an interesting feature Of the evening.
The following Is. copy Of the
. PRESENTATION SPEECH.
members Of his ASS. through III Runiacenc- W Of
Mr.. Goye. Of Qnshc1. nllno1s, 4 magnificent Rn
IN ,oook:. but allow nc. before presenting tnese
teeltDR1 Mhen this occasion inspires in my heart
70 M az day IS . most .u.p!c,oIs oua. Adsy
ct ws r. ~ no1 Of ot
y the history Of The RaPdst denomination in tia
Wss:-ior the fr<t time since lhe waters OF The
through tnls rtcn valley Of 11e Gais-ior ,he asrt
tune eay IN this erea. wiley, We to-nI2ht per-
nif'ed 70 graduate from ~ course Of to.ologl-
denomination. think, and my as,ocIaies {eal.
eomewhat - Jud.on isIt, when, after long lsbors
ana many eacEaee4. be- lived TO rec ,he SUCCESS OF
hs lAbo<n N ahe translation Of tho Bible into the
For Tho aecomp!ishment Of this object be had
long prayed md laboret, He wished that he might
tho bkseed frnEt Of btu latur. tvas a,Rnsl 10
ken Of Gods favor We bad to-day m Affecting
t, ,c.ne IN The sosfd R'ss,ng Of The college. Pr
a1s vhlta with the snows Of more than ninety wln-
teta. He was esi1ed upon TO open the meetinE with
Nofsbtpped leaning upon bis sian" 20 hat venes-
abEs Father Norsolpped. md thanked God for the
great things Ne had wrought eince his hsst con-
a9o. On turning 10 The records il via discovered
mat tpst tu1t yeazs ago to-day that present.
"a bis .esiznsuon =. principal Of the COLLEGE on
eep;ed With eonp;,nsnsry ls.on;oa.. He e. s'i III
hyes to wtnfss tie result Of biz laborx here begun
e ssD many ysaIs opg e ",y ~ 5s i
ment Of this school when theological iem-
tnsr5es. COLLEGES. and uu.versules nowadays
.p sae Ss
.ao.e1 11snsfst U! tho had!son tnlrer.ity, which
bad the growth Of Years.
SLOW: Fiat, elaTer5, which h.+ hiouered our pro-
gse.s sat, thanks to God he power Of SLAYER! is
nov ntostn1asaa. ne5eF to be resu1rected oush1s
slow ptog1e,r IN The past was the prrtutca exist
ing akainat m1nlsteEla! education, aud, IN fact.
dote told BY Father Loo1uis Illustrative Of tha
prejudice agaln.t eaueastou and theological schools
M and ~ missionary operations. Wills teacher In
sudentz. pho requested shc loan OF BibIs or Tea
He replied thai be haa not He men ipoairsd Tho
hsle; Ae replied. sNo." :" aox, thcn Do they
hlnle. loans # TO hls ntlahbor, md ha aeatu
HEe SONS minl.1ers- Eoes On the CIRCUIT" Tho
reason they had no Bible thelr peuG1ce ayainat
ne bible soelciy apd Al missionary Organizations
These ire the reasons why progress ha, been
healthy, and now gives prouse Of great apidIt1 Of
gro" ID IN the fnlnse. someone's In The .pring,
vegetation seems to stzrs with dirlcully nom the
lsy; Hhen vegetation does start. It grow. more
RAPIDLY, 10 rap'dlJ that We can almo.t sse II grow
so With our Institution Bus pot to continue the.s
hers Of this ciass these books-a coodiy Die, Wo
Aave plseed them here 10 do your eyes good, and
ou1 10 % Y yoaf hsa.ta coed I know how good they
them. LLanshterl # his heart hid besn burden
ne fand rnhrF thsts s soofs i. s1.
i ahoMs this, thst the whole movement wa OF
S God 4oa knoF The nittory Of rho authoz OF sao-
Of h1, laoor, there has gsown up tha whole system
of Sabbath School instruction. SO here, through
ne ne %mnn'acsnee % Of hrs. Govc, moved 6y
sas hs eess good Ta aai .bii a1'ass ss:at
nom tnis oeetnninc- The 1dea OF cres'1ng ibis
gested to her mind IN this way. A young Minister
Hhom she hao oilcn a*tisted before. expressed
desire for books She furnished him With .SlU0
worth Of books. Then the idea occurred 10 her
teat oihef Joang gentlemen might need some, and
thus Ahs vss isd 10 e,5e The $500 tot this ,par
" Woh ps esei ne@bs: .0ta q se
sllow me-, In The name or Sister Cove, Of Quincy.
hsts boos, I Yoa eStr t. ee you 10 oss
dant OF ora,ltude 10 the donor. You can appneci-
4,e ths G aaa VII ioia w,tn rs in the prsyer that
Accept ,h1s Elil. and may God who Inspired her
good accocnt tn the great last day.
:. The commencement exercises were held in
Ehe College Grove. The day WIS fair, and
early h the morning the multitude began to
At half past nine O'Clock the ex-
crcisea we're began by prayer by Rev, Mr.
Osborne, OF st; Louis. Thesfollowiug are the
nf vh ~ IA
remark that the seven young graduates ara
y 9nusua! promise, from whom We shall
doubtless hear again II their lives be sparaa,
FRoGRAxaK.
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,o1stien-lron the liyihzez, ". T. Nortou,
D.al1on-wnat Disn,des Labor, $. N. Slider,
4o}ucaIsbuEg. "a.
orat.ou-couf!c,s of Thought. II. II. Beach.
valedle:or-1. II. shaer.
4UaIC,
co9xknH1S0 or DEGREES,
BENEDlc11oN.
The degree Of 4. u. was conferred IN course
u the following gentlemen Cyrus Lcvere.t,
'ohn hodge, c. [. Cook, Thos. 8. Mize.
Tbs honorary degree OF A. NJ. was conferred
~ A. c: Rafferty, and F. II. Ellis.
The honorary degree Of D. D. on Rev.
III. honorary degree Of LII. D. on Rich
IN Edwards, ol Normal University.
After conterrinG degrees, Prof. Mitchell de-
lvered the theological address, and in the
.yening the Alumni held their sociao!e.
Enxffah Opl0Ion Of Ann eTacan mouleors.
Mr.. John Boume, an English engineer, In
etter which he has caused to bd published
American Monitors, says: Tho
mpreRnah1e character of tho Monitors. from
he lo1ness Of their sides and the immense
thickness OF their armor, has long been
widely known; hut tn Europe doubts ot
heir sea worthineas, based on superficial con-
'sderations, have been persistentiy propo-
.ated, in the iden. perhaps, that the public
aith In he excellence Of the European type