The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-29

sions. And thoughts like ours will then come
crowding thckly up for utterance. II there be
one thought more than another that now strug-
giles for full utterance to you, it is that you ap-
prehend what, and where, and whence, and how,
and for what you are. The philosophy of i'm
mortal life is involved in that apprehension Do
not use textbooks as reservoirs of knowledge.
They are gYmnastic apparatus Think and re-
spect your own thoughts. For you, for the
world, they are better, even If they be poorer
than the thoughts of the books. Be disciplined,
not stuffed The glutton-grown cormorant
sweeps his low flight over the oceans surface,
and Grams his craw with any food; but the Keen
eyed eagle selects his prey, and with wide wings
leaps up to the heights of heaven. We leave
you with the parting prayer that God may grant
to each ofyou the high hopes and glory, the work
ing activities of an heroic Christian manhood.
Students of Lafayette, farewell.
Cassmates-IwO-thirds of our number are
wanting to-day. Strange fortune! Years ago
their hands were Joined with ours as with lifted
eyes and hcaving hearts we struggled up the
tOilsomc path whose summit we have this day
reached, only to gaze i'm solemn silence on the
evergrandcr heights whose cloud-capped tops
are but the footstoos of ever subimer thrones.
Up other slopes they seek to scale the heights OF
life. Have any gone downward? Where are
they? From the thresholds of the professions
they seek to enter from the merchants open
doors, from the portals of other classic
walls the answers come; and our ears are
filled with the eager words of
subdued story of serious struggling, or catch the
low murmurs of doubts, dsappointments and
defeats. Yes, and from the unseen doors Of the
shadow OF death, the silent voice OF God tells OF
thG clas'haIeS whose spirits nave passed. Ihe
FdaIr,p, and uoirc coI t,,, Of ,,,,ort,iit,y
with siIcnt.sthrilIing elounence? But death Is
nothing. lis life that has eternal socmnity.
Nn3J recks II Wnen or now we uc, Il we i've
nobly?
''WestwArd the star Of empire takes its waym
w nUC urtL st.I cuiultCe =, tI,o %
Law, oi %i,,host ,yit Tr,nt law GJ its
fuflmcnt in the physical and climatic structure
of the American continent, and in the political
and social constitution of her people. This
iSt Is inc secret secret Qi tnat astounding ig develop
Comei the rnri1ns Iosbin%s Of lEDTocI,,,
don are over, and the shin of state is being mn
dcrgrded. She shall shun the shining Cyclades.
Inc IONS OF inc Church are strengthened lor her
',I ,'i 10 hi,,Iu ii
orn stronr viii, str,|oIing 4 Iivin,r iaaninr
| age invites our yigor With hopeful hearts uu-
daunted by defeat, with mighty wills making
uaaster uisclliihe' teJ us i've ana l3Oor Ior the
7;"snoI Of Cod St ,riI Io " sorG C,.J
of the Spirit Of Truth and tbe
desperate demons of darkness fee, and the
severed head ols Error falls o my classmates.
u ou Si'G Us ''I 10 alaIo inc Iicu rewards ol IAIG
hn tG LI,o i,n,i %l,. % bih
balleluiahs and holy hosannas of the angels and
saints Of God Classmates Farewell!
At the conclusion of the commencement eX-
| crcises an alumni dinner was given to the trus-
tees, faculty, and invited guests. The company
marched in procession to the lecture-room of
the German Reformed Church, escorted by the
graduating class, and four long tables there
covered with decacies were quickly sur
rounded. The ladies of Easton were the hospi-
table providers, and they literally served all the
| good things on hand. After Il decOrous atten-
ton had been given to these viands, the COM
pany all joined in singing Psalm 122, in
| grateful remembrance OF blessings received.
This old anthem, that for hundred years past
has been sung in this country on similar occa-
sions, was given with hearty congregational
terYor as distinct from sclentlhc quartette per-
1ormance as dead lroS galvanized IS from a
peStering olue-bottle lily IN the cllmes OF jersey
Governor POLLOCK, PRESIDENT OF the Board OF
trustees on their behal1 then welcomed all To
the day 1eStlVltes' lie dld not desire 10 lnlllc'
sPeech upon them; out ne coulu not refrain
from giving vent 10 tnelr reJolclhSs aC Ine pros
porous cohulIloh Oh LaiayetIe' lie desired
10 remember inc oeloVea I[eSiuenI OaUIel
IN MS absence ana asked Dr' 0reen 10 respond
on MS DehIll'
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