New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-27
COLLEGE COMMANDMENTS.
PRINCETON COLLEGE.
NN'IFH@19N''1'
oACcALAUREATE SERMON BY THE REV. Dr. !
N'CoSH.

hv the largest class ever
College and by receiving, at the same Time new class
still larger The Baccaaureate sermon before the CLASS
Of 20 was given yesterday morning in the First Presby
tcran Church of Princeton. The church was crowded
with Che prncctOnans 70 as great extent as the large
number Of students present and the elevation OF tne
mercury would permit. The day and the sermon COT
responded Through tie narrow windows one couu $50
the stately elms swaying in the wind, whe nere anu
there wore picturs of heavenly blue set in frames OF
living green The breeze that swept over our races
with 10 the hum OF thousand insects sno
treatb nj a thousand flowers. Surely unuer
M better auspices could man discuss Wv
works of God i'm uaturc-their beantes' u'oA -
poses their Specifications aud the lessons 'na' -
drawn from them. The sermon itseH msn' 10 .. a.,
a. "a model 1t was simple TO the extreme anu yo Us
ri8cd and grave No hOurisbes OF eNp'!
,.oi ,isrla,s parred the effect Of really me as
course II was a sermon worthy OF the man. 'o "'''
rd the occasion and well received ny 'e congress"
lion desrite the fact that the Doctor auhereu 70 MS no'
VIII scotch pertnacity that is not highly pleasing 10
Americans. The text was nom inc ON on"p'ot u %
,,,,be so,h verse: wherefore If God so clothe the
- ~ the field, which to-day is and to-nor-
= o., COST into the oven, shall he not much
,,ore clothe you, ye OF NIUE laIh
no pspired writer's are in the way Of employing all Ihe
isct. i'm nature with which We are falar, I'D oruer u
Illustrate spiritual truths We find this IN solomon IN
Isaiah and in the words Of one greater than etner Al
his ave "A
roel Living as they did much in the open air, and IN
.t,,t view Of the wOndrous works OF God In earth
, ra,ure was seen by them TO be fun OF God; the
- snr,ur the flowers blOomef. the wheat and barley
dd their increase and the vine its fruit all in ohed,
eu.J ~ IoT Of cod as well as furnished nourishment
=. Ills creatures Would that the example set by HEBREW
shePnGin' % rTcb among the works Of nature to take
ike elevated -Four topics open to us as we ad,
CA and I'm particular, plants. We need no scientific
knowledge enable us 10 mark them TO watcn the pro
gress Of their growth We need 10 schoQ OF ~ t+
cation 10 able TO observe these two things W. that
every part OF the plant Is made to serve an enc hV
every root, every rooted, every ieaI every tWls;
and every branch has a specific purpose Anu
that there is visible N ne plant an oI oni,
an ornament, beauty For G0d Is sal9 not Ou3
10 have made hut also 10 have clothed the grass OF
the field SO far We know, the plant could have 1u,
Allied every purpose without having such an elegance OF
form or such wealth Of color 1t now possesses IL
needs science to explain the various Phenoinena Oh P,
life, hut it needs no science 70 enaDe Us 10 oseLNU ~ T
i0y H. This clothing OF Elephant meets us everywhere
I6ol over the field In its Nuriance Of yegeation OBJ
the flower the lear me vine, inc VA AZ
tree and notice i'm them all the order ana beauty us
PLAYED in every branch blade, leaf and color observe
HE regularity Of the structure of the leaf how that each
part has It's counterpart and we must see thhl ali ts
nj cod Every flower that expands itself TO the rays OF
the sun every branch every blade OF grass every eaI
that turns is points to the air and sky Should Ise Rese
earthward thoughts OF ours TO the place where Coo
dwelleth and where we hope 10 dwell forever. our
ewes behold the beauty, hearts should cherish love-
ADMIRATION and gratitude and our voices should praise
Him who made them all Nature may thus be sanctlhed
and made % tldcu as inc Hdut l'9S'ii0 a. io
Word secondly, we are called upon 70 consider the
grounds which have for trusting in God that lie VIII
provide for temporal wants. The text specimen
Of Bible Sea onmg ~ speahs az M u uI my ~, S
calls TO judge what Il says Inc WORD Is oeGupe1
with no long trains Of discussion in which sophstry
NAV u-E unseen. All here Is simple and transparent III
ses forth The truth and draws the conclusion without
he manner in which the Israeltes heated their ovens
They were made by excavating hole IN the earth and
ravng the bottom with stones. AS a traveller tells us,
bey were heated by putting wood or dry grass into
the oven and when heated the ashes were removed ana
Tho teTt gives an Illustration Of the watch
hi care which God takes Of all His works boththe great
perislng seemingly the meanest the most insignificant
even these have had infinite pains bestowed upon them
The lilies Of the field were arrayed in greater spendor
than Solomon was, and sO0mOns Do1y ana every
frame more wondrously made tna oe r Oa S S
J. casket 20 ncOse that INFINITELY precious JeWe
The soul God viii preserve the body, Ior no oter
reason than that 1t is the tenement IN when the
eOul dwels There cause In when man calnOt tmnk
TOO humbly Of himself There Is sense In which ne Is
lower than the birds OF the air the beasts of the field
The sparrow has not snned against us Maker the grass
sense be cannot think too highly Of himself he cannot
look upon himself as too precious " 1e are
Cdyn6 tsn to ey Of the WORTH Of that soul which
was formed at first IN the likeness Of God One is not
therefore give up all work eXertOn in the thought
that God VIII provide for him. This would be TO pervert
The text We are warned, therefore against spirit Of
unbeef we exhOrted 10 have spirit Of confidence,
while Christ delivers from spirit Of anxiety. Thirdly,
are called 10 consider that God so cOthe the grass
OF the field that fIe cohe the bodies of His people
much more will He clOthe their souls. II God does thus
c0tbe me bodies of His people much VIII He cothe
need 70 be thus clothed The plant bent, broken by
the wind bemired in the dust is the soul as il is the soul
once made in the image of God The body lately in the
YigOr and bloom of health, but now amimed and dis
essed, is the emblem OF the soul once pure
and righteous, now afflicted with all the malades
of vickedDess How like is the soul to the
Fs which cut down and is to be cast into the
once more upon its salK Can be that these dry bones
shall i've sganl Israel thou hast destroyed thyself,
hut in God thy help toundi Christs work, when on
earth was work OF salvation. If one could have only
accompanied Christ in some OF his wonderful pilgrim
ages on the EARTH what glorious, inspiring sight
bis eyes would have beheld one would have seen
e road covered with couehes with the SICK laid out
upon them He was merclful wnen on eaItn ana ne Is
Christ, the yesterday, to-day, and forever. His
Once st to seek and tosave that which was lost He
Is this world by the spirit as he was once by his
bodily presence. Now there are before him persons af-
6icted with all kinds Of moral diseases Wherever Christ
goes he way is marked by those coming 10 DC healed
sud he even leaves behind INN tokens OF ms
Before him. a. he ana goes ;no on Ses are the
behind BIN the seeing the hearing the living, the
hyey and the loving Not only Is the SOU once dead
male alive again III thus W0rd-lt is Deautlned ana
adorned. Our souls need to be thus beautited They
need not only 70 be TINS renewed they need 70 be
principles but they not amiable Such persons need
lovely This world OF ours Is but nurserya place Of
nurture where We are strengthened and then trans
planted into the Paradise above. These flowers that we
- have their beauty but for day. but Is not with
The souls that being adorned by the spirit OF God
Yet N buke unbeef, o We Of little faith" II is
want Of faith OF, at least weakness Of faith which
Heads Us 10 be overwhelmed with worldly anxeties
The address Of the venerable President 10 the gentle
nel o. The graduating class was as follows:
You have for the last few years been STUDYING at col.
Se which aims al nothing less than cutvating and en-
Iafqng the minds OF the youth committed 10 its care
God has constituted his creatures that they can be i'm
proved and are expected 10 be improved by human
ssseney which cannot be more nobly employed
me DIVINE gardener seizes that lily beautiful even In
We marsh and He uansplants II INTO His garden and
Stfe grows with more luXurance and sends forth
~ s itsgrance. SO would we in college like this lay
t % the more gifted minds Of the country and raise
ensm 70 a. high a state Of refinement as pOss BILE by
t on The highest literature Of ancient and modern
tt And the highest science Of these latter DAYS We
U NJ pretend here to make you merchants, lawyers
ne alMers, OF tbeOOgans, or physicians, but
-, ave you such training that whatever
- tHe Profession N which you turn your attention YOU
~ hts upon with confirmed powers Of application
tnents q hiri hind IN tb ,riSsf ~ vo1r