Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-11-19

Their might over human affdIrS-In
their restless, ever-chaBging beauty
il their towering, ever-growing mag
! njtiCence, the sciences are like the
bOundleSs, the mighty. restless, heav-
ing ocean-that emblem of omuipo-
tence-that type of eternity-the earth
/ ly image of the power, maguificence,
and sublimity of Jehovahl-and so will
! they ever continue while nature re-
mains
"A solemn institute
OF laws eternal, W Sc unaltered page
No time can chang
a word personal to teachers and
/ will tax your patience no further. OF
all earthly professions | know of none
more honorable, more useful, wider
reaching in its influence than the pro-
fession OF the teacher. If faithful in
: this vocation, they have right to
/ claim, as John Howard cid, that their
monument should be a sun-dial not
+ ceaSirg to be useful even after DEATH
( They are to so fill the fountains of the
minds committed to their charge, that
from thence shall ever flow streams,
fertiliZing and benefcent; and they
are TO be eXemplars for the young be
fore them in healthful, moral influence
which is the foundation of character.
No one should be a teacher who has
not heart full of love for the rrofes-
sion and an energy and enthusiasm,
willing. jOyously to confront all its re-
spOnsibilities. In dealing with the hu-
man race, those made in the image OF
God, and made only alittle lower than
the angels, and dealing with them in
their tender and plastic years, no care
can be too great, no tenderness and
sympathy 100 delicate. The most scrup-
ulOuS truthfulneSS in word and act, the
utmost firmneSS in upbclding the right,
and in incuicating courage and self
denial, combined with gentleness, tact
and caution, are all qualities needed by
those who are to train the generation
that comes after them for their work.
Never forget that ''candid truths, like
candied fruit. are all the better from
having the stones picked out of them"
Is the occupation that calls out and de-
velops qualities like these, to be
sighted or thought a secondary one?
rather let it take is place among the
chief powers Of the world.
81 hen live-live in the liking pres
ent, heart within and God O'erhead."
Stay not at the bottom OF the ladder of
science when you can mount the top
most round and sweep the horizon.
Be not like the philosopher toad which
dwelt in the deep, dark hollow
"Down deep in that hollow the bees never
The shade is too black for a flower,
And jeweled- winged birds with their musical
Never flash in the light of that bower;
Bat the cold-blooded snake i'll the edge of the
Lies amid the rank grass, half asleep, half
awake;
And the ashen-white snail with the slime in
its trail.
Moves weariIy on like life's tedious tale,
Yet disturbs not the toad i'll lis spacious
abode,
In the inuermost heart of that hinty old stoue
By the gray haired moss and the lichen o'er-
grown.
Down deep in a hollow some wiseacres sit,
Lake the toad in his cell in the stone.
ArounG them i'll daylight the blind owlets fit,
And their creeds are with ivy O'ergrown;
Their streams may go dry, and the wheels
And their glimpses be few of the sun or the
sky. sa-s-'- o.
Still they hag to their breast every time
And sIumber and doze in inglorious rest,
For no progress they lind, i'll the wide sphere
Sf mind.'
And ladies and gentlemen, it must
be remembered by you, who have con-
gregated here to offer up the enthusi-
asStic obIations of your eager and aspir-
ing minds upon the glowing alters of
scientific truth, that while you enjoy
those ample privileges now afforded
to you in common with the scientific
Worthwhile you revel in the luxuri-
ant gardens of science, at liberty TO
roam throagh every inviting avenue
to pluck every tempting flower, where
no speckied servants hiss, and wherein
grows no forbidden fruit; it must bss
/ repeat, that response
bilities are thereby incurred and 0Dliga-
ti1ns imposed upon y0u, from which
you cannot as worthy teachers escape,
and which obligations YoG. as h0n0r-
able citizens, will neither ALLURE nor
strive to avoid.
Art is long and tire is heeting,
And cur hearts though stout ana braye,
Sti! like muffied drums are beating
Funeral marches TO the grave.
Let us then be up and doing,
" ih heart for any fate,
Still achieving still pursuing.
Learn 10 labor and 10 wait.
Again, [ bid you thrice welcome.