Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-18
WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE.
The Alumn9 Reunion.
The Loan Association Sales.
OTHERLOCAL AFT AIRS
Annual Reunion OF the Alumnat
Association ofthe Wesleyan
Female College

citation The stage was tasteIully decor ated |
with flowers and ferns, and brilliantly
hghed, while The walls OF the entire hall
were hung with paintings and drawings,
showing the skill OF the pupils. The exer
cises OF the entire evening were such rs en-
tighten tue understanding snd CRAFTY the
senses.
An Instrumental solo was we'll rendered
by Miss Annie c. Pickles, of Wilmington, and
was followed with prayer by Rev, Mr.. Ar
mold, of this city.
The vocal Duet "Friendship,' sung by
| the Misses Williamson, OF Media Penna.,
was we'll appreciated.
Vocal Solo why" by Miss Clara
Oimsby, of Norristown, Pa, was rendered
| In a sweet rather than po oweTfu tone. She
however, sang with a spirit and her effort
was well received
| Rev. Thos. Guard. OF Baltimore. Md,
| then delivered the address OF the evening
| The gentleman was laboring under the dis
| advantage OF a severe cold which rendered
his delivery at times rather ludistincl in
| the rear OF the tall. His address was some
what lengthy. but very power nj and in
| teresting. Subject Tine Mental Activities
| of our age and thei. relations 10 our lie"
The whole address was spark ling with sen
timent and fuil of sense.
| Said the Rev gentleman More than eighteen
hundred years ago our Saviour vindicated
himself for laboring on the Sabbath day and
| from that day until this there has not been a
solitary day Of inactivity nothing exists in i'm
mobility,trom the Archangel thar sings around
the throne to the mere clod that sparkles in
| the sun. Ocean knows not moments Test,
! the fountains leap and laugh and sparkle the
| stars tarry not, and especially is It not truth
in regard 10 the body of man. Physically,
| there Is the circulation of the fluids, the ac-
ton OF the lungs tie blood and the brain
fatigue is suggested to US because we are
| embodied spirit but spirit itself knoweth no
| fatigue. Even IN sleep the activities OF the
| mind and body are maintained, we may not
| remember these activities, but it is no test
| that they do not exist. Dreams are the le5ti-
| mony OF these activities. Judgment may not
| be on the throne, memory may not be defective
| but Imagination the fancy and the emotions
are active. Atiyeily appertains to all things
| cTealed, This Is not an age OF most remark
able physical activity but will say that this
age Is one of tue greatest mental activity. We
ere getting at the laproots OF theories and in
sttutons. and are inquiring by what authority
they exist whether they be social or theoo-
oical, The genius of the modern press stands
and opens the reservoir formed by the Iivu
let's OF knowledge,
(Here the gentleman made referanee to the
| great reforms IL history, changing 1t from a
dry tase 10 beauty that equalled II it did not
, excel romance by Motley, Prescott, Irving, Car
| lysle, and others.)
| Ii il characteristic OF the locomoton of the
age that so much travel should be found al
the Pyramids, the Nile, and the sacred Land
whose every dell was dwelling place OF 9
God. BY road and by rail, on horse, came
and OK, come the lover of hne arts. the lOvel
Of classical lore and the seeker OF health
Science with the wings of the lightning ha'
visited the moon and even Old Probabilities ha'
not been neglected.
A planet was behind its calculated time ih'
lnhnitessimal part of minute the Astrono-
mer reasoning that there must be a cause 70
| this detention and that in proportion Il
| the detention must be the size OF the de-
Il I'm batU tpla u fn dirppf a epScOn
I, and Uranus was pointed out by the diviner'
Il wand. A geOlogist ia England comparing th
u rock found in Australia with those found II
r the ural Mountains foretold that gold woul'
q | be found in that far off island
This mental activity is not mere coincdenc
= but il Is a consequence Of the power the Bibl
sxered over the mind. The Bible has in
that which creates mental activity, and we ma
be led 10 ask what is it 10 the Bible that leads
this life of mental activity. We answer, il
claims il is AN august. divine book. II ha
salvalion for its end and God for its author.
shows mans relation TO God, TO Immortality. I
duty. lis assertions challenge Investigation
To say '.t il impossible" is not the sclentif
method OF to-day. Ii it be true We have
light from an iniallible source, it may show IN
new relations, new duties and new privileges
We must ask for the evidences and the proof
The evidence must not be in collision with whs
u /
reason that the Bible has called forth 30 man
men of scholarship aud attainments for the pu'
pose of proving or disproving it. They dra
| from p,ind and matter all because OF the claim
| it makes.
III Here the gentleman beautifully portray ed tb
y struggles, doubts and thoughts of the Christia
until settled conviction Of the truth Of Ii
Bible was reached.
God has proven himself the friend Of tf
mental life OF his children. He has given
two revelations, Mature and the Bible" tt
latter presupposes the former. The revelatlS
of nature was for perfect men, but in the d
graded and fallen condition OF man the rsvel
ton of nature was not sufficient. Nature dra'
forth my intellect while the Bible draws for
nv conscience, my love, nv hopes, my affs
tions, and thus have a perfect developmsr
A teacher may know his duty and neslec.
but God has rot treated us So The Bible h
wonderful power over our emotions. Thoug
arouses feeling, but feeling reacts upon thougl
S,l Here let me recommend to your perus
the works of Robert Hall, the Cicero OF r
IN ligion, aud OF John Foster, whose Essay
are full of emotion, power, depth and lov
ow | I like the old doctrine of Conversion,
transfers the emotions, ,ennobles the thoug
and many will tell you thst they never
gan to think until they We're converted.
show the power OF the Bible, we Will u
YOU that the learned men of old were Gle
gymen, and they were architects and Q
lists, whose works still remain as tes
monials of their excellence. They hac
soul for nature. They were the agrict
turlsts, horticulturists and lawyers OF t
sk- age, They were professors ofthe comm
q and the civil law, and L. l., u. IN inc
~ DAYS meant something They were analin
u 10 sit at the head of m empire. They we
the learned advocates, and over the wal
the wig is fossil Of their glory. Under