The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-16
Universe should be voluntarily recognized
in our hearts, thoughts and actions and not
in written constitutions and laws.
MiddIebury College.

assisted by committee consisting of Rev.
j. X. Williams of West Rutland Prof. II.
II. Shaw, Principal of Burr and Burton
Seminary, Manchester. The examinations
were thorough and generally satisfactory.
BAoCALAUREATE SERMON.
The Baccalaureate sermon was delivered
by President Kitchell, at the Congrega-
tional Church before large audience, on
Sunday afternoon, from the text, Now
when they saw the boldness of Peter and
John and perceived that they were un-
learned and ignorant, they marvelled and
they took knowledge of them that they had
been with Jesus" Acts 4; 10.
InlLADELrnIAN SOCIETY.
The anniversary exercises Of Philadel-
phian Society, religious organization con-
nectcd with the college, were held at the
Congregational Church on Sunday evening
After voluntary by the choir, prayer was
offered by Rev. w. w. Winchester of
Bridport The choir then sang an
anthem, after which II. NJ. Tcnney. presi-
dent of the society, introduced Rev VI. IL.
BuclSham, president of the University of
Vermont who delivered the annual address
of which the following is an abstract;
PRESIDENT BUoKHAM's ADDRESS. After
pleasantly acknowledging the courtesy of
the invitation to address the students at
Middlcbury College, the speaker announced
his theme as "The relation of the literary
spirit to religion This is Il more import
ant question than the attitude of science
toward religion, because literature reaches
Il far larger number of minds. Bring up a
young man on Homer, Virgil, Dante and
Shakespeare, and in that attitude have you
put him toward God You must answer
the question from books and not from
the lives of their authors. Many holy
strains have been penned by men of impure
lives. Again you must not estimate the
religious influence of any literature by the
proportion of dstinctively religious doc
trine in it. Many religious books rcpel by
their harshness or disgust by their weak
ness. Often genial literary work puts
the mind in most tender and receptive
condition for the word and spirit of God to
act upon.
Literature is the embodiment OF that
which is best in humanity. 1t may be de-
fined as the canonizcd thought of the race.
Like Belgian rose-garden it gathers all
the choice specimens of humanity for the
improvement of the stock Men are wiser
and purer in literature than in life. Soc
rates is greater man than Plato, than the
actual Socrates. Thus literature ennobles
our conception of war and of life, protects
morality, and hands men over to religion,
prepared to welcome and embrace it.
The spirit of literature is unworldly. 1t
sides with poverty, with modest worth
with plain living and high thinking. Its
sternest invectives are reserved for success
full crime, for tyrants and oppressors, fol-
arrogant wealth. With that loving hand il
draws such portraits as Chaucer's ''pool
personne of Il town." Jennie Deans, and
the Lady Glare.
You can hardly find character that draws
your unmitigated hate, except in Dickens,
and this evinces his inhumanity. Millions
Satan is an arranged only half-minded
Burns tried to say hard things to the Dell
but broke down. Humor, which fills SC
large place in literature, is the laugh OF
charity.
Again, literature is largely theological
especially English literature. All the great
truths of the Bible could be rescued from
loss in the literary shrines. The scholar is
constantly reading the most precious and
vital religious truths in his literary studies
In the approaching conflict between re
ligion and irrcligion, Science, Philosophy
Literature, are all our allies Let moi
modern piety commit suicide in pet. Let
piety have sufficient self-respect to dare to
be generous
On Monday evening the Psi-Upsiton So
ciety held reunion at their hall many
of its graduates and invited guest being
present. An address of welcome was made
by the president, poem was read and {
parting address was made by member OF
the junior class to those about to graduate
Impromptu addresses were made by visitor:
and members. The exercises were inter
spersed by appropriate music, with Prof.
f. II. Higley presiding at the organ. Aftel
the conclusion of the literary exercises, re
freshments were served and old memories
revived in conversation and anecdotc
THE ALUMNI CELEBRATION.
AT II o'clock on Tuesday morning thu
anniversary exercises of the Associated
Alumni took place. The Grafton was de-
livercd by Rev. Lewis A. Austin, Princi
pal of the Seminary at Meriden, N. II.
THE GRAFTON BY REV L. A. AUSTIN.
Were an old Roman, inurned in the palmy
days of the republic to come forth from hi
sepulchre and interest himself in the poll
tics of our country, he would find much to
astonish him. In his nation and time the
state was the unit into which the citizens
were combined not only, but in which
they were absorbed and lost. 1t was tn,
centre around which everything revolved
the one great interest which all private
interests were made to serve-the one value
which all other values united to constitute
Its danger was the danger of all; its pro
lection the care of all. To be Roman
was to love and serve Rome.
But now and here it is not exactly Xix,
this. Suppose our resurrected Roman I,
have the gift of tongues, so that he can un
derstand our language. Let him wrap Iii
toga about him and sit down to read fill,
of newspapers, any daily, and of any dat,
within year. He reads of the Credit Mo
bilier, the Salary Grab, the back pay swim
die, of sundry cases of bribery, of votes
offices, principles bought and Sold of legis
lation controlled by selfish corporations, o
rings and lobbyists, of corruption every
where, of all possible attempts to make tn,
state serve the interests of the person. TIN
state is no longer the unit, but each man il
number one. And at what conclusion cal
eur Roman arrive but this-That all TIN
people, in mao chase after wealth, influ
ence and honors, thinking only of them
selves, have utterly forgotten their country
He lays down the paper in amazemcnt
The fall from the Roman republic to ours
so sudden and so far as to fairly take ava,
his breath. In his excitement he drop
his newly acquired English for his natiy
tongue, and with deeper meaning than wa
possible to Cicero, cries out 80 Temporal
o mores!"
The Roman does not say to us, "aa di,
pe1dndum de repuJiica." He must leav
out the mil" for to his view the republi
can only be despaired of. He looks wit
sad eyes for the speedy coming of anarchy
| then inter ruin