St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-11-07


the nineteenth-nOt so wise, indeed,
for they will only know by tradition
what we have learned by discovery.
Why should we fear to put them under
the apostles rule-''Prove all things
all things. Hold fast that which is good
and say to them: Expect new
truth: expect to he startled perhaps
offended by it at first: but look at it
boldly and vet kindly: give it fair
chance to produce conviction: In
dulge no more of what Mr.. Buckle
calls hardness of belief than Just
enough to make the stranger produce
all his credentials" 1t is in this way
that You will get new working ideas
new machinery, new scientific laws,
new moral life. new religious force,
which will enlarge and intensity and
perfect Your lives.
There are some questions already
lowering above the horizon of the
coming age to which it would he in
tcreStimg to apply these principles
questions i'll political economy, of taxa
ton. of monopoly, of the relation of one
class of industry to another: questions
of science and its conflict with religion
questions of philosophy and ethics
questions which will very soon have an
intense practical interest for those who
are now coming toward manhood. If
had time to take up any of these queS-
tinnS it would not he with the attempt
to settle them. but to show that the
best service we can render to our chill
drcu is to educate them so that they
will he able to settle these and all
coming questions for themselves.
can Sympathize. with the impatient de
sire of every teacher to settle the great
cardinal questions of life for his pupils,
and every father for his childrcn--but
no practical question is ever settled for
another. 1t is sure when SO settled. To
rise again for re-Settlemcnt, and thou
sands of others. equally important and
equally difficult, will come up after we
are dead. We must he content with
doing "ur utmost t" put their minds
into right relations to the truth. And
let us bear in mind this is the chief end
of education Arithmetic and
Grammar, Latin and Chemistry for
their own sake. but these for the pur-
post of cultivating the ability t" get
the truth 10y which We live. And it
will Ice shame no less to us than to
ON pupils aud children, if amid
the grander opportunities of tie com
Ing age. they are not wiser than we
who prepared them for it.
President Buckham'S address WIS
listened to with strict attention. and
when he closed the speaker was warmly
applaudcd. After music again 10y the
band. an Historical Sketch of the Acad-
envy WAS given 10y Rev. Edward T..
Fairbanks. pastor at the First Cougrc-
"iti"nal church in this town. Il man
cmircmtll fitted i;nr this work. both 10y
culture and personal knowledge
ADDRESS EY REV EDWARD 7. FAIR
EANk>.
It. Jnhu>hury Academy was founded
Thirty one Years ago. toy three brothers.
of whom the only survivor is the hon
"lcd President of the Trustees. We
hail his venerable presence on this stage
Tonight IL the rc-fnlundcr of the Il>ti-
tuition.
Dmimg the eighteen Years proceed
ing, there WAS the Female Seminary.
chartered i'll l-2l. The goodlN intlu-
cmrc OF that Seminary. modest though
1t WIS. l. felt III our village to this day.
1t WIS mainly sustained 10y two men
men whose names. tor the part thcy
bore iii higher education here 81 long
ago. deserve grateful mention in this
Hall Tonight. refer Ia Judge Ephra
I'M Iadd"ck and Deacon Luther Clark.
That Seminary WA, ncvcrr endowed. In
the NeaT = II il WIS mcTupl into the
new undertaking known rs the -.
Juhn>hury Academy.
The founders of this Academy aimed
At Lhc best and the broadcast results
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