The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-03-06
IN 5EE3gEDEgEAya.

At a meeting of the Faculty of Oakland
College, convened in extraordinary session
Feb. 2oth, 1867 the following paper was
unanimously adopted:
in the Providence of God the Faculty are
one of those m i,tttt 6Tts1fina ct @
by their very weight of sadness, silence the
! voice of Cayil against the decisions of bound
/ less wisdom Whilst we cannot fathom the
/ depths Of infinite designs nor comprehend
! the InScrutable pToyidences Of God, it is yet
! our privilege to rejoice in the assurance that
/ tho clouds and darkness are round about
1 Him, righteousness and Judgment are the
/ habitatiouS of His throne. In the death of
our late beloved friend and colleague, the
President of this Institution, whose life,
/ though scarcely having attained its prime
/ had already been the hOnored means of ac-
I comprising great results for the interests
. OF pIetY and learning, and gave promise of
/ more extended usefulness than the leadings
/ OF Providence IN regard to men ordinarily
warrant us TO expect we are sOlemnly sum-
/ moned to a renewed and most striking at
! teStatIon of the utter vanity of all human
/ hopes. Whilst the shock can be nowhere
/ 50 overwhelming as in the immediate circle
! ct his friends and pupils. the tidngs of the
/ death OF one who has filed so large q mea-
/ sure OF usefulness, will be received with
/ that deep sorrow which accompanies the
announcement of a loss felt 10 be general
/ and lFreparable. Few men, it is believed
/ after having been centres of love and inter
/ est to circle in itself so large, have been
/ known and hOuOred in a much larger circle
and removed from both by an end SO sudden
and solemn. To treasure up the many pre-
/ clous memories which sanctify to rs the ex-
ampleS OF the good, and to record the express
sion of the deep sense of bereavement occa-
stoned by their removal from Earth are du-
ties alike grateful to the feelings and honor
able to the virtues ofthe living. Therefore,
be it
Resolved, That in the sad dispensation
which deprives us of the life and labors of
the Rev. Joseph H Calvin. u. D. we recoo-
uize the hand of God laid upon us in sore
affection and whilst we would endeavor to
school our minds into a cheerful acquiescenee
IN Gods wise and good plans and purposes.
we cannot repreSs our tears of sOrrow-nOt
for him, but for ourselves bereft of his holy
living and Iudicious energy in the work for
which it was our privilege to be associated
with him for his afflicted family, so sadly
deprived of the love and protection of hus-
band and father; for this Institution of
learning 50 long the object of his feFyent
prayers and earnest la5ors for the Chris
tian Church, of which he was "A devoted and
faithful minister; for the whole country
with whose interests he was so prominently
identified IN the great work of education.
Inc death OF such "A man sewers so many ties
interrupts SO many enioyments, witbdravs
void IN the hearts Offriends and such a sense
OF desolatlon among associates that all must
l:ei IhGIr loSS aHd pun out their srio f, II,
sincere lamentations
Resolved, That in this affection we reooo-
ME solemn call to increased fidelity in tLa
prosecution of the great work before us and
whilst We shall not cease to feel the loss of
our lamented President with his iudicione
| counsels his profound erudition. his beanti1
/ tul simplicity of character and geniaIitr
Nnlch always attracted the love OF tboS.o
whom he sought to instruct, we will honest
~ and earnestly labor for the full realiza+;or,
/ OF his highest hopes in regard to this Inst
Resolved, That in the tenderness Of +bo+
sympathy which hardly dares to contemplate
ana Whleh yet can but fix our thought, an
the desolate home whose light has haon
quenehed in the dark night of af1iction
fealizlng the helplessneSs Of man and tha
iheuInclency OF human aid to impart conforf
IN such an hour, we earnestly commend ~,
stricken family to the tender care of an ev-ar
gracious Heavenly Father. affectionate1v ~
mindlng her, who mourns the denartnre Of
her liie's comfort and joy, that ali She n1ost
loved IN him viii be immortal
Resolved, That copy of these resolutions
be furnished to the family of our deceaSaJ
friend, and that an insertion of them be re
quested in the Presbyterian Index. and sncb
other paper in the South and Southwest as
may be inclined to publish them.
G. VI. EDGAR.
Chairman of Faculty. nrO tenn