The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-31

ansorncd IN the materially useful, her first
care she might break with the past and all
hs ah''"eS, and leave to neglect the HISTORY
IA" Inc literature in which are preserved
'ae monuments tf the faith. The fathers
wcr" assured that
Ht'hNCE AND CHRISTIANITY MUST NEtps CONE
TOGETHER
come together rs incumm,tiblc h,,rs mr.
larring sounds, or come together. fine ,r, +,
brighten the effect of the other. like the
orange and the blue in the decoration, of the
Temple, or the slaves OF music swcctly
blended i'll an anthem OF praise; therefore
they resolved, what is selfcyi,ently true on
the admission OF The divine origin of the Cos
pei. that Christian churches, acting di-
irrtlr Or indirectly. are the safest depos-
itaricS of the power 10 appoint and super
VI" the u>hcrS who shall introduce them
Ia mutual acquaintance. They resolved TO
establish two Summaries. The enterprise
~ wc have said, was in its form totally aud
forever failure. In is spirit it remains us
an am aud IN ideal. In its delay il shared
The fortunes Of almost every good and gen.
crors cnlcavor; and, taken in connection
with subsequent results, its record is most
cncouraE lng history.
The l;aptistS of 1875 grandly, and, it may
h". over-Sanguincly skctched Immediately
afterwards they began patient and iabcrious
strokes. purpnscly aimed and providrntially
directed, towards the completion 1T the de-
sign. Inadcquacy Of support drove the
preachers into secular calIin.s. The more
scholarly among them naturally adopted
teaching, from its greater congeniality with
their tastes and its closer affinity with their
higher pursuits, and doubtless, too. with
Deliberate reference to its bearing on the
Improvement of Christian education. Robert
l,tylux Sclnplc. one Of the wiSc<t, hottest,
and most useful men OF his day, opened
about This time and taught for Emuy Years
All excellent private school, prepared many
vu,lu. men for business and Il few for col.
i,y", making his intellectual and spiritual
il!:lc>, upon them. This was
SnLlr PREPARATORY WORK.
JOAN Jenkins. of PlitSytyana. nn able
minister ana highly respectable >elt-taill,h1
scholar, kept u:) Tor many years school n
treat and extensive usefulness. John 6
Mills. himself distinguished pupil, pro
no,lnrod glowing culogies on the school aht
the teacher.
Peter Nelson, IN Episcopal and afterwards
II Banti.i minister. WA probably the lore
most classical teacher of the State. Fron
hi school Issued eminent lawyers anC
statesmen. and not few distln
gui,hcd Blp:i>t preachers, who in thcil
early Indulgence were largely indebted
TO mi: generosity. Andrew Rroadd'>
taught un uupreteudinG private neigh
orhon,l-<rhopI. What an admirable primar.
teacher uusr hr have been. with his mar
NeiInl> felicity Of exposition and with TIN
irresistible charm Of bis surprising !idactlt
clotucnrc! What a seeming waste OF power
WITS there When this cInIin" artist. wht
might have been the HaZalcc or the lilr:un
Ani a.! The inner sanctuary OF the Temple
oi knowledge, wa, IN l,lllile carver OF Ii
foundation stones Other good workmen--
other master Wurkmrn--iab,rcl in the same
Ermiic cIling. The denomination grew 1t
Intelligence ls wei! ~, in wealth and mum
bcr~. :,nd the time for the contamination o
. tie plans OF the fathers drew nigh.
III c!u,il," tiii> h,irf sketch uf The lcri",
ut projection aud preparation | may 1T
allowed to Introduce, is an episode, fac
strikin"ly characteristic Of Virginia and The
Baptls,s: Tie Rhode Island Bartist>. born
10 Spiritual freedom, had founded 4 nu5l,
college while thcir Virginia brethren were
Purchasing the rights OF conscience al Il .grra
price.
The Virginia Blptist>, DELAYED and ha'llet
in the accomplishment OF tiIrir cWn scheme
made onlrihtltiol.s- for the day. II
Stated contributions TO the enlargement o
What i now Brown University. The futile.
ryl,nn,n,> Of The sentiment cl Eir%!uia--al
Of tHeln IN hrarticsl sympathy with her ut
iiudr to the great civil and the great rc
l.ioilS revolution. and almost all members 0
the dominant political party-thcy faith
fully aud beautifully Illustrated i'll this The
spirit of the State, the foremost champion o.
state right, and the most generous ant
SeIi.ohliylolIs patron OF unscctulal Interests
When the Virginia Bapt>t> entered
upon the period ol action they concentrated
ti:rif first efforts on
TIE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL IHSTlft'
TIuN OF LEARNING.
#. uamr-C Columbian Collcgc--and pcrbap'
stlll more its site, in Washington CITY, dc
,.trrrd its aims. IL prni"cior, LNiIcr Rice
hat, W lilint. l;,.,l justly c;i"Ird l.. tIn
>;lin'cl T4S iur among the Virginia Ia! tl>;
Elini>ic:S. For though norm III aliS>;lch't
SET, and buried in South far"na--;;' home
only III India, from which his 'liliIaftllet
heart never returned pilgrim Ill A'iIrrI'a,
Snmding every where the Macedonian cry
and cunicauiH9 at first with rdt!calinE on!
from lis bearing on missions, nc mace
Virginia the main field of his lauor>. THIS
was probably becau,e Virginia WAS most i'll
active sympathy with lis rhjrct anu most
Productive OF pcuu;liury aid. The hl,tnr:
OF tie arduou,. iu,lraii5an!r. >''Ii-iHrrg'n"
lib rs of this extraordinary man IN Tie
c>.Ith lament Of Columbian College is GER
talnIy. then, in some measure the history OF
rh, Ia
she made to his appeals in men and money is
. all her own.
Ahncr w. Clop!on. Of Charlotte county,
whose deep rcty cxiurcd the uuooundcd
respect OF his nei@bb0r-thc eccentric and
trn>orio,ls kando plI--;uccccdcd him in the
agency. His lite had been largely given 10
the !;Durs OF Il practical educator. As tutor
IL his Alma Mater, the University Of NOlt!
C;.lollna: A. principal of Il highly rc>pccIa-
bic female academy; IL sole teacher Of >ulali.
uGlmbitiulIs, bur very useful thtoio"lcl
sciuo.S: he bad rendered excellent sprvlc"
in the c.!t!sc of education, and had Won to
! himself IL very high perhaps The first
ulaC, among Tic E3itiisl Scho nrS and teach
or, t!rn in tie :,la.c. His ,oilnd discretion
and his ulr>uris!>>"d Industry were eAcr-
rl>rL Y i'll y good dc,!cr OF success III ti'e-
inr tx. Institution from the lnid OF debt
with which san.uinc hopes of the great
ruindrr bad contributed to embarias' his
magnificent conception. In l>2i Robert
Haylor semplc WAS induced to reside fem,
uiiarily in Washington. and as President OF
The Board OF Trustees to exert ms p"'iliu-
less iniluenc, ard his eminent administrative
ability for the relief ot tic institution.
tIopton. with whom Il: zeIo'lsly coorc-
rated, called him the handspring OF the
college. Under the eXrrtions of Scmple ana
Coptnu, and the concurrent. purely 'o'th-