The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-20
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JUNE II, 1876.
DR.. Hogc, in his centennial address, said
that never before had SO many Of the de-
scendants OF Hampden-Sidney been assem-
bled, nor ever before had they received so
cordial welcome. You behold the traces OF
the mother mellowed by time. The years
between youth and manhood vanish to-day
Anticipation and realization meet toGethef.
As the evening becomes the morning star
memory becomes hope; and the glory OF the
past is the dawn OF brighter glory. = -.
He compared the present splendid array
Of compacted States. its great cities, rail-
roads, and population, with the limited re-
sources of 1916 A minister had heen sent
from the South to the General, Assembly In
Philadelphia because he had been before
and knew the way. The establishment OF
stage coach twice week from Richmond
to Washington in the early part OF the pre-
sent century was an extraordinary event
and Of doubtful eXpediency; ana Mr;
Richie, about the same time, had announced
in the Enquirer the remarkable rate OF q
steamboat between Richmond and Norfolk
DR.. Franklin asked for q lady's hand III
marriage her father objected because he was
only printer. and there were already two
newspapers in the United States, ana an
other could not be supported! Now, Sald Dr.
uoge, there are 5000. including the Farm-
vile MercurY. Egypt was called the granary
of the world In the United States there are
raised three hundred millions OF bushels
more than was raised in Egypt during the
longest life OF any of the PharaohS. DR..
HoSe ran rapidly over the new scientific
discoveries which had been made since the
wear 1776, and enumerated a long list OF al'-
thors whose names were unknown to our
fathers. He also mentioned in eloquent
terms the progress of religion, the forma-
ton of the great societies for the diffusion
OF the Bible, &C., and Young Mems Chris
tan Associations.
INFLUENCE OF COLLEGES.
DIR. Hoge then spoke OF the influences OF
colleges and other literary institutions us the
truest defenders of civil liberty. DR.. Frank
lin wrote from England to Mr.. Thompson
that the Sun of Liberty had set. and that the
torches of industry and economy must he
lighted: but different torches had been
lighted-torches true to the sacred prncl-
pies OF our glorious revolution. In youth
the aspirations for liberty are strongest, and
these are nourished by studying the history
OF the ancient republics. AS an illustration
of this theory, he referred to the German
universities, in which the sympathies of the
students were with the French Revolution
until checked by its atrocities; and these
sympathies were revived in intense opposi-
ton to the Empire. Another illustration
was found in the history OF Hampden-Sid-
ney when, at the call of Governor Patrick
II enry, the students in the days OF john
Blair Smith went forth to meet the enemy;
and again, in our second revolution, when
they marched under command of as brave 4
soldier as ever imperilled his life for his
country (alluding to President Atkinson).
PRESBYTERIANISM.
Among other influences that had affected
this college, Dr.. Uogc said that it was the
daughter of a Presbyterian pres bvtery.
Presbyterianism in America has 4 reservoir
into which a thousand streams had flowed.
II YOU ask for the origin Of Fresbyterianism
in America you find it in England, Scotland.
Ireland, Switzerland. Lutheranism comes
from Germany; AnglciSm from England.
In consequence of this diversity of nation
alitv there was in the Presbyterian Church
a freedom from local love of truth. Pres
byterians worshipped with Baptist>, Meth
odists, and EpiscopalianS, and invited their
ministers TO our pulpits; but il in any col
leges the validity of our ordination and our
ordinances are denied we must send our
sons to our own. The atmosphere OF such
institutions would affect them. Here there
was and had never been any interference
with religious opinions. Next, said DR..
Hogc, this Is college; it Is neither an acad-
envy nor university. In his opinion six
would be enough for this whole
country. He illustrated by a practical en-
ample that collegiate training is the best
for special work, and will en-
able the graduate to acquire in little while
the technical part of business with superior
advantages Of general intelligence.
AN APT ILLUSTRATION.
By an apt illustration of box placed by
an Eastern iuggler in the sand, which,
when opened, first disclosed plant, then
when opened again buds, then blossoms,
DR.. Hoge illustrated the folly OF expecting
to acquire knowledge without study. There
is no royal road to learning. Ii there were,
you young gentlemen would have found 1t
long ago. He spoke of the honest belief OF
our fathers in the old doctrines OF religion
and morality, and said they had never heard
of protoplasm, &c, &c. To the modern
theory of an impotent force, blind, dumb,
memorable, he preferred the old heather
mythology. His rapid sketch OF its beau
ties as compared with the former was en-
ceedingly eloquent.
SERVICES OF HAMPDEN-S1DNEY.
DR.. Hoge next referred to the services of
Misunderstanding in preserving Presbyte-
rianism, furnishing men OF distinction and
usefulness in Church and State, counterfeit
ing the influence of European intidelity in
the early part OF the present century, and
promoting intelligence and social purity and
refinement in all the surrounding country.
Joseph Parsons had said that in this land,
where no law Of primogeniture exists, cdu-
cation was the only permanent inheritance.
DR.. Hoge described two men which this col
lege had given to an institution not thou
sand miles distant. One he described as q
IuCkdhOe Oriental. and likened him to a
man who, when tried by his Presbytery for
hereSy answered his accusers in Latin,
Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic; the other had
filled mt one time or another every chair in
that institution, and with Il little infusion of
Pan P,esbyterianiSm his spirit would be as
broad and catholic as his intellectual powers
were great. This allusion to Drs. Smith
and Dabney produced much amusement.
Subsequently, in another brief address in
the evening, DR.. Hoge said that he had not
mentioned the other two professors OF the
seminary because they were not alumni of
the college. The wonder was that they
could be so clever without q training at
Hampden-Sidney; but this might be ascribed,
perhaps, to their proximity to it and their
association with ifs faclllty a..