The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-21

churches.
Very interesting addresses were delivered
on this subject, aud facts were stated which
show that there is wide and effectllal door
OF usefulness open to Presby terry. and many
important unoccupicd fields where the peo.
pic are anxious for Presbyterian ministry.
1t was suggested that pastors should visi,
these fields, two In company, and spend two
or three weeks AT time in preaching.
At II o'clock Presbyiery suspended all
other business to hear an address frcm Rev.
DIR. John VI. L. Atkinson in behalf of Hamp-
den sydney College. 4 large congregation
was present, and DR.. Atkinson was heard
with deep interest. His able and forcible
speech CLEARLY set forth the claims Of Hamp-
den Sydney to the cordial encouragement
and support of PreSby,erians.
| DR.. Atkinson said that lIalnpdcn sydney
was college, and simply Il college. Two
universities are sufficient for Virginia. We
desire TO see them prosperous. The great
principle of division of labor should be more
distinctly applied to education As every
American boy aspres to be President. every
academy aSpircS to be college and every
college university. We want to do our
WORK as college. AS Elton, Harrow, and
| nchester have retained their subordinate
relation 10 the great universities of England
| Tor thousand years, so we desire if we con-
tlnuc Tor thousand or ten thousand years
To remain college What is the work of a
college: TO develop aud excite the stu
dent and ii dcvolves upon the university
10 give greater advancement to those who
have already received education at college.
What do we need? We have five profess
sors. We ought to have seven. We want
| Professor Of Modern Languages distinct
from the Chair OF Ancient Languages, ami a
| Professor Of the English Language and Lite
nature. We want to improve our buildings
and grounds, and to enlarge our library and
apparatus. We want to increase the salaries
OF our present professors and to employ
others.
A necessity is created by the times IN
which we live. There has been great
change in education in thirty years. II is
seen everywhere ana in every form. There
arc numerous publications on the subject
conveying information and discussing doc
trine>. | remcmb when 5000 10 Prince
ton would have been regarded us great gift Z;
when Lafayette College struggled for exist
ence for years, Amherst was for fifty years
Just able to maintain its existence and Da-
wilson was for Il long time in I similar con-
dition. What a change, Princeton has re-
ceircd donations amounting to ten millions
OF dollars, Amher>! il million. Lafayette hun
drcds of thousands, and Davidson by Il sill
Gle hpquc,t of S2JD,UJO.
1t is Necessary for our southern institu,
tons TO come forward. or our southern
youth will 20 to the North and to Europe
for education. Our southern brethren, feel
ing this, are acting. Mississippi has given
$4,000 to her university, and offers free
education to every student who asks for it.
Our Baptist brethren in this State have given
100000 to their college. and are now raising
S3O0,0aO more. Randolph Macon receives
from the TWO Conferences Of Virginia and
Baltimore an annuity Of 5000. which, a>
one of the professors had told him, is paid lis
regularly as a bank dividend. II has it
agents, and the number OF its students ex-
ceedS two hundred.
The sum we ask for llampdcn sydney is
100000. What do we propose to do with
the money: We want to make our build
ings attractive aud comfortable, increase our
library and apparatus, and keep our pro-
| teSSo!S.
Can we succeed if We continue where we
| now are: LIT our professors be ever SO able
| and Yet we may nc in The shade. The STU
| dent will contrast the outward appelranc"
the institution and will be seized with home
sickness. We must make these improve
mcnts il we wish our students 10 be taught
| in Presbyterian college.
| We rejoice III the efforts of our Methodist
and Baptist brethren. It is our work. l.
not Virginia the mother of Us all: We
want education raised To a high degree. But
| if we take no part denomination we
arc lost. That denomination which will
hold It's own Must Use this lever Of Cduca-
| ton.
God helping us we will raise She 100000,
and yet il will be no easy task. We mus: con-
| slider aud evoke our Resources. This i the
| true cXi"aucy of our college. In lI15 its
| first trustees were appointed by old Hanover
| Prcshytcry. Let lis inaugur,te the year
| 1870 br this new endowment OF 5-JU,Uuo.
which will place it above want and enable it
to do all that work which it is called upon
| TO do.
DR.. Atkinson illustrated the advantage Of
concentrated action in promoting the wei
fare of colleges by pointing to the success OF
Randolph Eiacon since the Baltimore Con-
ference unite with the Virginia Conference
in its support.
He claimed that Hampden Sydney ha fur
nshed di: tiugui,Eed men to the presidential
chair, to the Cabinet, TO both houses OF
Congress, the Supreme Bench, to State Legs
latures, and TO the Governors seat in num-
her of States; and also Il president to kau-
dolph Macon College, md distinguished in,n2-
bers to tie Gacu les OF Washington and Lee,
and the University OF Virginia, and macy
mini.tcrs to the Pre- sbyterlan Church: as vel
as some to other determinations whose names
are honored on earth and rccol Died I'D Heaven.
Mr.. Hooper followed Dr. Atkinson. aliud-
ing with much feeling TO bis early asSI-
cn.ions, literary and religious, at Himpaen
sydney. He was glad to know that brethren
educated at other institutions shared in his
appreciation. IIampden Sydney was, out
| wardly, unatbactivn, bat III it, social, moral,
and religious influence was most desirable
spot lis professors were all members of the
| church. aud highly educated When he pro-
| fesscd religion there forty others made pro-
fession, six Of whom had become ministers.
The spirit Of prayer which prevailed there,
the contact with the seminary, and the
| various religious exercises had Il most i'm
p0rtant influence on the character Of the
students, and every year resulted in CONVEX
| sions. The 100000 can be raised. We
must try the power of" Titles
Rev. j. G. Shepperson said he knew many
excellent women, but he had but one mother
the Presbyterian Church was his mother.
He claimed that most OF the zeal shown by
other churches in the cause of education
was due to the-exampe of the Presbyterian
Church, aud asked, Are You going to tall
back now! l rejoice that they are going
forward, but we are not keeping our right
position. There is great progress in cduc;'-
ton. Shall it be inc progress of Christian
education. To stop now would he to TAI: oil