Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-06-23
Anniversary of North Granville
Ladies' Seminary.
NORTH GRANVILLE, June 81.

The first public exercises connected
with the closing of the school of the North
Granville Ladies' Seminary in North
Granville, N. Y, were held in the Pres
| byterian church in that place last Sab
bath at 4 p. m. They consisted of the
usual Sabbath services. The Scripture
read consisted of the 18th chap. of Eccle-
siastics, and was we'll adapted for the &C.
casion. Prayer was then offered by the
Rev. A. @. Rose, pastor of the Methodist
church. The singing of the hymns was
performed by the class from the Seminary,
and the church was made to resound with
praises of Him who is above all things
blessed for ever" executed by those we'll
trained voices Then followed the Bacca-
laureate discourse by the Principal, W.
w. Dowd:
The words chosen as the subject of his
remarks were from Joshua 18th, LIST,
"There remaineth yet much land to be
possessed" The wisdom manifested by
the speaker in the selection of this text
as a theme for his remarks on this occas-
ion, was plainly apparent upon. its first
|
which it was handled during his entire
discourse, which lasted about three-quar-
ters of an hour, made his clearness of
vision the more apparent. In his opening
remarks the speaker beautifully intro
duced his subject by referring to the in
fiuence of the future upon all lives and
ages, of the great benefit to be derived
from the formation of plans early in life,
and of forming those plans with view to
achieving something great and noble, and
making life worth living for, Though
circumstances, the speaker said, might
thwart many of those we'll formed plans,
vet the world would be the better for the
forming of them" The speaker then
proceeded in a mastery manner to con-
slider the subject before him under its
! three natural divisions,-the natural or
physical, the moral. and the spiritual or
religious.
Under each of those heads the speaker,
in the practical application of his subject,
showed clearness of thought, beauty of
diction, and a zeal that could not fail to
elevate as well as please those who had
the pleasure of listening, showing plainly
that while much had been done, there was
yet "much land remaining to be possess
ed" that while an Audubon and an Ag-
ASST had devoted their lives to study and
research, there yet remained much more
to be developed, and while brain work
must be the motive power in developing,
that geology was still an occult science
/ and chemistry as a science still in its
infancy. This portion of his discourse was
closed by an appeal most earnestly ex-
pressed, that we be not content with
being what we are, with having accom-
/ plished what has been done, but that
there ought to be reaching out beyond
to achieve something grander and nsbler
In the moral view of the subject taken in
connection with the social, the delusious
of the present age received an appropriate
and well deserved rebuke. The sinful
{ love of display was severely rebuked.
Our inactivity and want of courage i'll
waging war against the too prevalent evils
of intemperance, profanity and kindred
evils received their merited censure
Scandal and fatterly, the twin evils that
afflict society, were roughly handled.
From the comprehensive manner in which
this portion of the subject was presented,
none could fail to perceive that much
land yet remained to be possessed" that
the enemy must be conquered or he would
conquer US. With undated zeal and
with equal clearness of thought and more
feeling, if possible, the speaker presented
the religious and spiritual view of his SUBJ
, ject. Having shown how many of the
!, inhabitants of the world were yet en-
shrouded in heather darkness, and how
little of the pure religion..of Christ now re-
; manned, he closed with a most earnest APP
) peal to those present, and for all to go forth
!, with renewed determination that with
the help of Him who overruleth all things
, they would possess much of the land that
yet remaineth to be possessed. The ap-
peal to those soon to go forth from the in
stitution over which he presided, as la
borers in this great field was most ear
: nestly made and very feelingly expressed
= None would have failed to be impressed
with the magnitude of the work before
them, and the nobleness of the end to be
8 achieved.
The day was excessively warm, yet
, there was no apparent lack of attention
!. from the quite large audience that had
3 the pleasure of listening to this discourse.
> After the discourse the speaker led the
, thoughts of the people in brief but inn
} pressive prayer. Another hymn was sung.
J and benediction pronounced by the Rev.