The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-12
VIRGINIA NEWS.
rpc,or.a for The Dispatch
r-t,.eu Thcnso@,cai seminary.

Il, ..,ll interest some Of the readers OF
w.. 'y,..,.7,rl the following may be noted:
nc ,,.,', Editions 10 the library las indicated
rrnarN during the year amount TO
ars ,n,umcS. Plans ard specthcat'ons Tor
i'~i,'.,'s-y, building We're adopted, and
,.,,,i.i,,. committee appointed. the inuo-
;..,;,r If a system vi messing Vo leuuce
Sna rms, If board among me s'""eA'S vas
''.>;,,rrg(l and action taken: ,
-. ,.,l ~ The students al Snch exercises as
roo W. s,,,, ,,rnncr. aUi 10 Introduce Il
'",' 49,. yrirh rotations shall he graded;
,'i,,c results 10 br reported TO the
49,, t',',,,,;os If tho several students.
rr., Torr]iv were authorized, IN connec-
$3.50, viii the rcighboTinC institution
IT,mnGrn sidney College. 10 digest ana
md ;rmonraliN adopt some ar
rra,.., mont hctwg:.n the Faculties al Inc TWO
'......,oos which NAV he q! mutual adj
w.. il IN? course Of instruction III both.
''''' .rirrf in view is 80 afford the students
-, ;... two >rminaTie, ot learning an oppof,
,.n..ytam,cnd lectures and pursue SpccHt
,.,.,..,s IN each institution.
:, .u,yc>,tul and pleasant has been me
,>.,rs,n,u; in ISL to give additional inter-
-. ~ ;he anniversaries Ct the Srln'nar!
...,,1,. professors were again instructed to
I-ssi an @ittAh"N " nty'''Nt 'i'N "N'' "
r,,, Mas meeting in 1872.
.i.,r i,Uawin. cttrCrS were elected for the
,...,E ,.,n.yi..c yra,--NiZ.. Rev. W. Brown,
- y rrc>..rrt: Nrv..l Runpic and y. G.
tt.3.ty.,ipr. E,G.. <c-prc>idsntS; {. G..
49,: SECRETARY Z. y. Watkins. treasurer
.,.: ASST 3nt secretary.
Ts~ rrpoitS 10 the General Assembly
.rer,.n- IA Huntsville. Alabama) and to
,I, ~ynod> Of North Caro!iua and Virginia
,,~s.,rrt = favorable statement OF the cOndi-
tfln md prospects Of the institution. 1t is
understood that sixty students Will be III
.,.cnitn2c vi the session commencing IN
September. The following graduates were
80 >stl,. ana received the usual certificates.
!. wit: Nt>>r>. Geo. l.. Isl oWHe. OF Eoa-
Ike; !. /. RulhbIocE. Of Tennessee. and
tt".l> Is. Johnston. OF Salem. ThcaddrcSS
- President Brown 10 IN" graduates was
...."aayiatc. practical, and wise.
re public exercises OF the occasion
closed with IN address before the Alumni and
= l.rre audience by the Rev. NJ. d. Hoge,
=. u. When the many friends Of Union
Seminary ard Of this eloquent orator and
no.. y,lrcucd Christian gentleman are in
f.g.rl th.t to-day he was equal 10 him.
>..t' ana iIc occasion. they well know the
fl. meaning Of this report Of his compii-
..,.,c yylra yhc request of the official corps
IN deliver the address as the representa-.
,..a IMAM of the alumni. Fitty-nine years
.,v.r. in the war oi H." the troop Of
cavalry Of Prince Edward (the successors OF
The COMPANY who fought al G,nltord in the
~.y.ia'tpna.v var Of '1G} promptly obeyed
,h. H!l.lary order TO march to defend Rich.
I..sd.
CO.. ,ln day cftheir departure from home,
AID te.#- mu-tcre : into service, they came
- .mmi,u sidney College and requested
IL. Venerable president OF the college (the
N,y Moses fIu~e) 10 address them. Ira
dill II ANA the reports OF the very few who
survive. and who then heard President
Ho-e. represent that the patriotic appeal
ANA cminently wise and Salutary lessons
srph1n in the hearing Of the soldiers, who
we're then rendering unqueStiona5le obe-
,,..!rc u their country : call, were long re-
n.,.u. .,ryt. tlii made Il mos; profound I'M
!i.r>.au. Almost on tue very spot where
IHogc t4..n 4 nail ccrilry since tins address
Ms mate. the grandson Of the "old
mau c.9gueu-.' though on 4 differ
cut ocraSlup. proves himself worthy
Of an honore0 ancestry: and recalling
the fact that the speaker Of to-day is an
alumnuS Of tn" ncighboriug college and of
th, SEMINARY with both Of which insti-
tutium> HI grandfather was connccted). and
rriu"u,u@r!mI WuJt positions OF usefulness
uMu responsibility he now occupies, and
nuw well he ILL., Item, his astrological Alma
Mater. this day takes courage in the great
work OF lifting for their high calling the
graduates VINO 20 hence in the great work
Of preaching the gospel.
No report can convey to the reader the
impression on an audience Of an address
delivered by Dr.. Hoge "when he is HIM
sell The following notes present an out
line Of his thoughts:
The SPEAKER taking as the theme Of his
dscours" The chef proposition Of the Rev.
i'F. Hall on the preceding eVcn!n4--yiz. !:
that notwithstanding the assumptions OF
those wio We're peIpetuaily compliluentinG
the present aye for lis ''aGvanced thought"
We never neeGed the Bible more than now
10 bring up the "19th century" to the
high standard of the 1st ceDtury--proceed-
cd 10 discuss, with q great variety OF illus
tration>, the following points 1St. That
the ku,4 ga QriQnaSm Of our time, as repre-
sented by such writers rs Dickens, Kings
ley. and Hcclyc, plumiuS themselves, as
they DO, upon their superior re-
gard for the poor, and neglected,
begun TO reach the standard Of the humane
tarlanism established By the very earliest
writers OF the Old Testament Scripture s; for
even under that ancient dispensatlon the
tenderest consideration was enJoined for
the birds Of the air and the beasts Of the
n.!d, Tor the poor ana the widow and the
orphan, and the stranger, and tue afflicted.
aul the t!icnulcSS. Ige exquisite tender
ness oil some OF these provisions under the
old Hebrew commonwealth has never been
cqualled 10y the - humanitarians, par e1-
cctlence, OF our day.
ID. We need the Bible now as much as
l,a tS.,x,c
OF men OF "advanceu thoughts" in science,
IL represented III the school Of Tindall and
huxley, and (sare the mark y Mr.. Darwin.
Sd. We need the Bible now rs much as
ever to teach us what the Church is, in
what its true life consists, aud how it is to
be extended through the world. That
splendid fragment Of ecclesiastical history,
the Acts of the Apostles, unfolds the only
true theory of missions; and st. Paul was
the incarnation Of what was noblest in the
Christian life Of that era, and the model for
the minister and the missionary for all
time. He was the most successful of all
the "Heralds Of the Cross" who have ever
lived and the advanced thought" Of our
day on the subject OF missions has never
Yet orertakeu him. His unparalleled eth-
cheney III eVan.eli>tic labor was due
1st. TO the holy enthusiasm with which
he entered upon tic missionary work.
I'd. 10 the courage and cOnstGncy with
which he prosecuted it from the time he
commenced it TO the time when he assembled
10 receive the missionary's and the martyrs
crown.
I'd. TO the consummate wisdom he dis
played in establishing churches in the chief
cities Of the world, such rs Antioch, Alex
andlia, and Rome, which, by their COM
mercial, social, or clinical relations, were
centres OF influence to the surrounding
population and
4th. Because wherever he preached,