The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-01

Lower Chanceford. The subject of the honorary
oration was 1.-THE Medical Profession.p The
valedictory is given below, in fun.
This College Commencement was not unlike
all other College Commencements The young
gentlemen who addressed the audience had done
their very best in the composition and rehearsal
of their orations, and the efforts of several of
them were exceedingly credtable to themselves
and their instructors. They appeared likewise,
to be fully appreciated by the young ladies, who
had entered the church burdened down with
bouquets and wreaths, which were duly trans
ferred from their own keeping to the custody of
the speakers as the favorite of each fair flower
girl prepared to leave the stage. Below the first
Masters Grafton and the Vaedctory Address
are given at length, as examples OF the produc-
tions of all
"a NOBLE I1FE''-MAsTER's GRAFTON, BY ALFRED
p. REID, ESQ.
Man, his capabilities. his destiny. are momentous
that his being has an Infinite value lie Is child Of
the Infinite. He is mystery to himself He Is sur
of his CreatorShis fife breatneo into him by the same
9o BfRg hing who He in 'bRE bis a Il is
typihed in nature 1t is adark stain upon IT. he knows
depths Of degradation. ct he feels that is both
other of the forms of animated life which, like him
nourlshed at the table OF bounteous nature and
That the sole sacred thing, beneath the cope of
When he thus realizes the dignity of his own M an
mmoTlality entrusted 70 his care he feels the neGes
his life as deyelope all the resources OF hi5 nature
and attain the true end of living He sezes fast hold
him, HIS asoning creature was the coDtemDlat,on
himself and In both 10 be happyt6avlng IT, his end
endowed him with corresponding faculties and de-
He turns to nature as she is revealed in the flowers,
order an harmony Moth ng is done in vain Every we ~
thing has a certain appointed use and purpose. No
divine fill their appointed sphere The eseeds of natural
ae T sends m ro6 no @ 4t be re Geng is
endless qualifications gathering food TO sustain and
leaves and branches to draw from the air and sun
shine those elements I taG VIII nGursh It's growth and
advantageous or otherwise the circumstances
its grasp to unfold its life to perform It's allotted task
In This process Of growth IL is doing good purifying
the air, beauying the landscape, and dispensing
health giving streams all Ground: and when its work
is II returns Its mother earth enrching her by
the product Of its growth the umulations OF its life
It's mute teachings find an echo IN the ingenious heart
itself and learns its wondrOus significance. There
biyHity an Intellect possessed Of capabiites that at
cannot be iathomed, affections susceptible of Cutva-
link him TO the Infinite TO deyelope these his
whole nature-his head, mind, and soul is the true
good account of these faculties those talents en-
bas had is mi his bs6 DESTINY % ne
and the opportunities and advantages he enjoys are
meets with the Divine messengers sent to work
%en o 10 ADVANCE its poper ao an
Complete develop ment
never.endng growth; growth of all the faculties OF
the soul into likeness Of Him who is the sum of all
The man is ennobled: Duty is his his watchwOrd duty
No matter then, whether his position in life is hum
ble exalted his consecraIed spirit win make maj It sub;
OF duty not thing that grows out OF mere position
non sefdenial hdeliIy to principle, and gody sin.
cerIty may bloom in houses as well as In courts and
ever deveopes these gathers the true harvest Of life.
e TyaeS heS Ran E lofty IN the
Then a lofty ideal OF true manhood possesses his
grows with its likeness H studies the models Of
inteectuai impulse, refinement OF perception, aud
exalted perceptions of the true the beautiful and the
S gSHI bowers lis mind alive to the grand teachings
and harmooies Of the unit erse then finds with the
"Tongues' in trees, books In running brooks;
Science brings her tribute to deveope aud ructfy his
nature. The book OF crestion-wytt'n n on the E0eke
| It's wondrOus story. The canopy above nim studded
mind and modies his life He studies the race Of
which he is a part man-his no lie gifts, his moral
hm The literature Of % Oo food
for his Imagination and M reeGSn % Tne book HI al
the secret Of history nd explains many Of the the myS
tain Of all truth the source Of ali knowledge speaks
Christ 1.-THE liSht of the world" speaks as man never
SP"ee 81 God who have hyed and died. and Sseehded
| to rest, Truths here which God himself
only could reveal - truths that burn and fame
that chart by which direct his voyage. In It re-
vealed that compass the spirit that Will safely guide
q P,S R rss HbsS aS % ssG S
moral law under wh!3n God has placed him. and
there too, of That "love which s the fulfilling OF the
law love to his fellow man and supreme love TO MS
10 him, It leaves hm on the shores OF mysterious
uture. It's promises precepts, and examples plainly
Of lis Infinite source lnger still upon It's opening
| pages and the gories of the waiting heavens hlng
| beWi derlng radiance upon Its closing lines. ,,-,
Thus all things within his reach are made troptsIy
| to the formation of his character-that chHriCIer
which is daly and hourly being written out IN hts % OWL
| OF life from which, in the final summing up o. &C,
counts that Revelation teaches us TO expect VIII Do, De
read his final destiny. What mystery llie ISL But,
when viewed in The light have been endeayorlng
to unfold how radiant 1t becomes! II then appears
path higher destinies and rising on It's WRECKS, W.
'iNe "st Augustine well hath then said
That OF our Vices can frame
A ladder, If we will but tread -
Beneath our feet each deed OF shame,
All common things each days eNshS
That with the hour begin ana emu
, Our pleasures aud our dscontenIs
Are rounds by which we may ascent a,,, q,
Then sweet contentment with our iot mIi mn nyoner
upon souls. feeling that we are IN oui PrOPS. PS
ing out the end of our exislence that we are GO,
workers with Him ia that incomprehehsloAe PiAH ~
We never truly grow by imitation. The duties @ pre- e.
Ecrbed ia formuares, The rules or llle % Iai , sd
the past by the wisest and the pest WIN NJ
us to our highest development by Dlndly iolo"ins
| New occasions teach new duties,
| Time makes ancient good uncoutni
They must upward STILL and OnWAtu'
That would keep abreast OF trnth.
10 before us gleam her cainpnre''