Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-08-02

acter of the Muller of Faith know
assuredly that he was not worth dollar
that he asked not mortal man for
dollar yet that he reared near Bris>
tol, England, three massive structures
Of costly materials, of modern style
of every convenience and appliance
and that in these buildings he housed,
fed, clothed, educated and Christianiz-
ed between one thousand and twelve
hundred helpless orphans. To whom
did he 60 for the means to found,
build and sustain this immense estab-
lishment7 To "Him who looketh
upon the Garth, and it trem-
bleth ; who toucheth the hills,
and they smoke"-to Him simply
who is the hearer and answerer of
prayer. Gaze then upon this trust
full man, as he stands on Ashley Down
with T. tree of faith, from the small
est of seeds, shooting its roots deep
into his heart, spripging from his
bosom, spreading it's boughs out
ward, and a thousand little Or
phans nesting under its leaves,
gamboling amongst its branches, and
feeding upon its fruit.
Friends of ESskine College, can you
do nothing to perpetuate it's name and
usefulness? In many ways you can do
much, of your own substance, poor as
you feol yourselves to be, you can do
much. For the asking you can get
much from others. You can recon-
mend tho claims Of the College, you
can point students to her door.
Christian friends of the Institution,
you can pray for her prosperity, you
can ask for her an aims from the
"Father of Lights, from whom COM
eth down every good and perfect
gift, with whom thore is no variable
ness, neither shadow Of turning"
And now, friends of tho College
ono and all, let us to our posts and tc
duty, and Ae-Institutioh of our love
will live-its future career will be
long and brilliant, and Its Increased
usefulness will shed many, many
bright blessings upon society and the
world.
Alumni of Erskine-in closing, {
word especially to you.
Our Alma Mater, as you have heard
f has graduated twenty classes, aggro-
eating two hundred and seventy-six
All of these classes have been invaded
by death. OF our brotherhood, sew
, enty-six are no more; thoy hav
ceased to live; they have pai'
tho debt of nature; they have passos
from time TO eternity. OF these fort,
died in the usual course of the deal
, ings of Providence, and thirty.six los
, their lives in the service of their couu
try, six from disease and wounds, an
thirty in battle. Of. the twent,
classes, every ono, at ono period o
, another during the struggle, bad it
representatives in the field. Eigh
9 of these suffered nothing from death
the whole loss falling upon the twelv
). and of the twelve; the heaviest upo
the classes of 1858 and 1860, the on
!. losing little less than half, the othe
p just half of its numbers.
# The premature fate Of our decease
n brothers, it is our sad duty this da
"a to mourn. Let us cherish their mon
% ory, let US respect them for their man
a virtues and noble traits,-especiall
4 those who poured out their life's bloc
n in support Of the "lost cause" L'
,t them be remembered for their pstrio
10 ism, their gallantry, their devotion
n the eternal principles of right ar
# justice which underlay the great rex
~ olution.
:. Dropping tear upon the graves
all, and forgetting the bitter, bitt
ID past, let US look hopefully and praye
h fully to the future.
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