Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-01-21
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these young men wrote al the time ''No act
| II my life has given me more satisfaction than
this, since while the benefits OF scientific im-
| prUvement will never be mine, those who c1me
| after NE will enjoy this advantage and be better
prepared to expouud the scripture and defend
| the truth.
Richmond College has performed a noble
work. lt has educated oGr Virginia Baptist
oiInlstry and people, and done good share Ia
the work of popular education, while lts sons
are to De fOnnd egeTyWhere-irom Philadelphia
| TO Iexas-rendering good service as preachers.
| teachers, lawyers and physicians. But If u is
| 10 Continue abreast of Our ether Virginia Col
| iegeS, and 10 do the work now necessary for our
denomination, II must be carried up to 2 stiil
higher point of efficiency Ample buildings
| aud pleasing grounds must be provided. Our
location IS all tia; could be desired and needs on
iy the tasteful architect and landscape gardner
10 make the ea,!re premises one OF the chief
ornaments of Richmond The end0wmeut
must BE- enlarged, 80 as to secure more prJieS-
sors and The very best the world can furni,h,and
at the same time cheapeD the cost OF tuition.
Il library must be gathered "a iahTatoTy and
cabinet provided. In Wcrd the College must
De thoroughly equipped aud provided with all
that 1t needs 10 iulh its mission: This is what
we propose. How worthy, hoH noble the OBJ
jsct. Aad no where should IL be more cordially
approved than here, where, not 10 mention 9TH
er thugs, we have among our leading members
a distinguished Master OF Arts or cur State
Unlver,iy, and the eminent ex-PrCsldent OF
Brown U University, whose whole HE has Deen
given to letters aud to education.
1t Is also proposed 10 erect upon the College
grounds memorial shaft bearing the names CT
Some OF our fathers who tolled and suffer-
ed to secure the Religious Freedom which we
t,,to h ~ totG OpH
is inunuHent which peIpetuates and popular
z}s the memory It hason, Marshall and .
Henry, while men not iG!erlor TO them in char
acter and deeds are sieepiog IN unknown, un-
marked graves. We will place their names on
shaft that shall greet the traveller as he GhITls
by in his NorthBard or SouthwaTd Journey
And when the youth of Richmond or the stu
dents AID strangers gathering there shall ask
what means that monument. we will reply: 1t
Commentaries the suffeTiags and efforts oi early
VirgloIa BaptIsfs to secure Religious Freedom.
Nhea ;hey ask who Was ireland, the reply
will be-: Il was Ireland who lay SO long in Cu!-
peper Jail, and who afterwards made journey
10 Williamsburg that he might procure IL
cease 70 preach the Gospel. When they say,
nv no was Wea;heri0rd ~ the reply will be:
Ii was WeatheTiord who was imprisoned iu
Uhes erfeid Jail, and So preached, sven over
high wall reared 10 prevent him. that geepicg
mu'titu1aS ncaTd Glui, some 20 the saving OF
their souls, VINO were afterwards baptized in
the darkness OF the night. the name of Rsu-
ben Ford also Day we'll De tbero-that man of
ooninandlng presence, who represented the
Gen. Cooiuilltee before the Assembly, and aid
ed 50 eth2ieut!y 10 secn,i9g the desired iegisla-
lin.
And memorial Volume will De printed with
an account of the jubilee Gel, b-aten and the
names o: c)ntslDutOrs TO tilat fund Is there
Virginia Baptl,t wh0 will not have hi name
10 that roll OF honor2 Is there one who will
n>t nave stone Ii hat memorial shalt brick
Or beam IN iha. College edifcc, share in that
endowment stock, 10 pay dividends not il gold
and silver, but IN usefulness long after the de-
nor has catered upon his heavenly reward.
All must give Tne ea;ire Baptist brother
hood and siateihood must rally to the work.
The enterprise originated with layman-let
The isymeu carry it through. lis glory is in
being spontaneous general movement carried
on Oy the peopio themselves.
But wGiie we want the widows mite from
the widoI, large SUNS will bo necessary from
those able 20 give largely. The object is grand,
AID our ideas and actions should corresDcnd.-
BesiGes, Il IS an extraordinary occasion. None
but the youngest OF Us viii live 20 see an
other seml-ceueDLla
Ii We do not 40 eur part nov, our lesser part
OF sacrifice and labor, as compared win what
OUR father suffered and achieved, we are de-
generate sons. aad il we're pity TO recall their
virtues cEly 30 reveal our eva shane.
God does not ask US to 90 TO jail for hin. He
does ask us &c take the cause committed to rs,
and by opg iaoors. tears, prayers a2d money,
carry 1t on 10 sill! higher trlumphs.