The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-07-29

we hone that they too viii be steored Inn
safety towards that light and finally be re-
ceived into that same haven OF Dilss. Inc
time when we must bid you iaLeWen -
Others have done. has but too swiftly oeen
borne forward nv the great wheel OF time
How, dear and devoted Instructors shah
find words suitable to express our SORROW AZ
Kidding YOU good bye!. Your KIND i1uul-
gsnee. your mild but persuasive lnnneEee-
have All tended 70 sweetly draw our WORLDLY
snirits into the path Of piety. Never
Through life.g yoyage.sbal we forget the ten
der aoIicirude which you have eylnced Tor
our welfare. OH il the prayers OF CRATE
fuI children. penetrate the cloud and reach
rbe IN one Of God. ours shall ascend that
YOUR brow may one day be wreathed WITH a
fadeless crown of JOY
| DEAR TEACHERS:
Through ipnumerabIe trials, and with un-
wearied patience you have led our minus
through the various studies and taught "
the rules which should guide US through
life The rugged path of sciepee has been
| strewn with the flowers of kindness, else
our spirits would have dropped and we pave
been compelled to give up the pursuit OF the
palm now within our grasp GUIDED by lne
/ ray of hope, We have reached the. SUNNY,
| and to-day We contemplate in restrospect
/ the difficulties through which we have pass
/ ed. Kind teachers, your bright example OF
/ virtuous conduct have been the seal 10 the
/ religious instruction, which fell from your
/ devoted lips. And you, kind sir, you, VINO
/ trained our unTuly fingers TO draw from an
| inaufmate object melodious sounds which
| viii soothe our disconnected spirits To re-
pose how shall we thank you. and how can
/ we bid gou goodbye! We may no longer
| be the object Of Your tender care, yet may
| fhess. our parting words sometimes remind
/ you of the grateful affection of your once
| hayward but now grateful pupils. Nina
| teachers. Jdre1seH.
BELOVED SCHOoLMATEs:
4 How often have we assembled together in
1 the classic halls of the Central Female In
! stitute and how dear are the ties that bind
/ US to those well remembered and happy
hours! Swiftly indeed have glihed by the
happy hours spent within the quiet secIu'
| sion Of those sacred walls. Kind friends, a.
| | gaze around and meet your sympathetic
| looks feel that never did the parting WORD
| sound so thrillingly sad as az the present
! moment Our places may be vacant, bui
our hearts shall be with you.
We would not be forgotten, and though
| we NAV never meet again, your bright I'M
| aces shall ever be inscribed on memory
| faithful tablet. Time nor distance snail DC
| able to efface the sweet remembrance oil
| those who have shared with us the sunshine
| of orr school-days, Loved friends, your
| maths through the routine of school duties
NAV be dark and difficult, but l would adj
| wise you to press forward ever trying to
reach the goal ofyOur ambition. What you
learn here viii amply compensate you 1or
your trouble
| Though your education will not be finish
ed. and can be only be by the aid of expert
! ence. vet what you acquire here. be assured,
| will be greatly beneficial to you in after life.
| Ii will while away the tedidm of the Iistless
hours, and cheer the heart adown the slope
of life. But, dear SchOotmdteS, L must say
to you, also, goodbye.
FoNDLY LOVED CLASSMATES:
The time for which we have wished for so
many days and months, has at length ar
rived. For this day we have ardently
yearned. We have here been taught the
advantage of an education, by the difficult
ties met with in attaining it; we have to-
gether descended into the tombs of time,
visited the frequented walks of Pluto and
Socrates, followed Newton through the IN
tEicate windings of Philosophy, and beheld
the great masters of the world arrayed in
all their glory. We have penetrated into
the structure of the human mind, that won
derful being, whose achievements are eter-
| nal. We have passed many days in an
abode of science and learning. But beneath
the mystic touch of time the 'roSy hours
| must fade the ties that bind us as classmates
must dissolve. To-day our barks will
| be launched on the pillows of life
Our paths will diverge. BIT the remem-
! brance of our associations here is sweeteI
than poets dream. You shall ever be joy
Gus dimples on memory's laughing cheek, a
heart image around which, like sun-beams
DER some wanton flower, Fancy shall en-
Irvine its brightest festoons. Life now looms
up before us O'ershadowed by the leaden sky
| of reality. Stern are its demands, arduous
| its pilgrimage. Yet in the lexicon of youth
| there is no snch word as FAIL"
Cherished classmates, beloved school
mates, dear teachers, kind trustees, dear
| friends. Fare We well.
"Thou Being, ALI Seeing,
Oh! hear my fervent prayer,
Take us and make us
Thy most peculiar care"