The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-27
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ding briefly TO tic yafi0us exi edcd fIyroffa.
ses In al the departments OF science. and the
admitted unreifability of those now received
for want Of better. He spoke or the nm.
|cltaDgeableness Of mathematics amid those
shifting views, and attributed It TO the fact
that matifafnaGc ianS, is zach, ATTEMPT NO de.
NAL Of the authority OF consciousness. but ac-
cepted tbs a8iotnss Aiie gave, and ON these
laid the walls OF their science securely. To
guard the young men &C the S0uti, against
these dangerous views be would have them
taught that I" there's nothing more manly or
more exalted, than fiaifIi-bearing man above
the pi0ddings. Of earth Tn iiis lost nearrlcss 10
the swirl munitions of the angeIs--r,,tsiny
him very near to the supreme knowledge
which knows, no SURPRISE; that supreme
power which knows no labor; that supreme
wisdom Which knows no bounds. no i'm.
crease, no shadows of uncertainty" With.
out faith men viii accomplish nothing, for il
lies ut the foundation not only of all knowl-
edge, but of all that, il hest In char.
acier. il that Is valuable i'm discovery
all that Is i noble 10 action. Time failed
him TO tell of oil the great men who had been
led by faith tn the accomplishment Of noble
deeds. IL is for those s"who guide the CONS
CROWN. up to-day around our Alun Mater
to point out these things, and to prove how
high above all knowledge and reasoning
Faith takes her :lisht, bathing her snowy
wings, fur above the clouds and darkness that
hover over. the lOwlands OF reason, in the
everlasting Hight which knows no shadow.
flowing in peace and stiffness from the open.
cd gates of Heaven
In hnv do,
Alumni Association "tto guard the youth of
the South by teaching them to look through
the outer robe of Nature to the God who
hath formed her, and to listen, amid all the
laws which govern alike atoms and worlds,
for the grand hailelujah chorus OF Creation !:
The Lord God Omnipotcnt rcieneth for.
ercr!' Let us teach them that in all His
works, il they are pure in heart, they shall
see God, bultlnt they can see him clearestand
hest where He hatl, stamped His image upon
their own souls; and therefore the grapde>t
study of mankind is man. Man is The
text-hook--God the lesson. Man IL the
leus by which all the scattered beams OF
light from Him are brought to focus,
where, through II glass, harkly, we may
perceive His glory, admire His great
ness. and do reverence to His sovereign
power. That Us the soul IS the highest
created thing in the Universe, so faith is the
highest exercise Of her powers-whcther
that faith which nerved the Spartan army at
Thermopylp. which guided the shin of
Columbus, or led Newton and Kepler
through tie !opencd heavens. or that high.
est and grandest exhibition which relies not
on the stcatllastncss and earnestuess of the
creature. but on the lnchangeablencss of the
creator which shonc not in the face. 4
CurtinS or Porsenna, bI' - , sne n,it
Stephen, where the ->st Is OF huli'''t'! ~
stead OF pride aid the ialtfi no more I'D inc
resoIutiens we have taken, but in the hand
W. hold" ..lf.'.f. 'fH 1895 ~.