The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-25
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MORGANToWE, June "a.

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MoRGANTowE, June "a.
Cold, dreary, wet and dlssgreeab!e j
the prospect, but there are many visitor
already in town to attend the commence
ment exercises and many more expected
Two OF the Regents, and number o
the alumni are already here. The towI
now puts on It's usual gala appearance
laying aside everything and giving its
self up to enjoyment.
The students are nearly through thei
examinations, and are beginning TO chow
the effects OF the release.
The graduating class were regaled BY
a most enjoyable evening and an elegan
treat at the house of President Thompson
on Saturday evening. Mr.. George w
Atkinson, editor of the Standard, who il
the guest of Mr.. Thompson, added very
greatly to the enjoyment of the evening
The Regents prize contest having
been postponed until Monday evening
the Baccslsureate sermon by the Presi,
dent yesterday at 3 2. NJ. was the first Of
the public exercises st the University
The heavens shifted their dusky robes 81
noon and renamed fair until after the
services at the College, IS it were, pur.
posely for the six or seven hundred peo.
pie who were present. Before the time
tor the services the old chapel was over.
crowded and more yet coming, so thst
Professor Lyon requested the audience
to repair TO the new and more roomy
hall.
The text was from Timothy 4th.12;
Let 70 msn:despise thy youth"
The speaker opened his most scholarly
and beautiful address by mentioning the
fact that these words were from an old
and experienced man to a young man &c
whom most important duty was en-
trusted the duties of Bishop of Ephe-
sus. where many stern and almost un-
conquerhbIe difficulties awaited him;
that there Is tendency IN people to de-
spise the attempts OF youth to perform
great deeds, asserting youth to be the
time Of dreams, of castles in the air, not
Of reality, so that young men conclude
that it is both grateful and necessary Tor
them not to do any thing until they have
reached middle age.
But he asserted that the history Of al
former time and deeds showed that the
great works of the world have been done
by men under forty or forty-fve yes7s,
after which vast army OF the poets, the
artists, sCulptors, writers Of romance, es-
sayists, historians, literary celebrieties,
educators, statesmen, orators, preache rs
scientists and generals, including almost
the whole range of renowned men in
every branch OF human occupation, was
enumerated, and the works men.
toned, which they had schev-
ed before reaching their fortieth
year, and many OF them before their
thir.ieth. All this vast array of sts',.-
tics showed an immense research il.u
the history and biography of the wortI
and Its great men from the esrles. times
to our day, and was closed by fitting
aud beautiful tribute TO the name and
work of Mr. J. L Moore, who, yollh
of twenty-one, came to Monongslis
Academy when it was knswn scarcely
outside of its own county, aid IN fe v
years had in it III students, represent
ing fourteen States.
Two points which this subject suggest
ed were then ably and eloquentIy dis.
cussed, viz
First, the vast, incslCula5le indebted
ness of the world to young men, showing
that but for them we never would have
had railroads, steamships, telegrsphS OF
any of the grand improvements which
make modern civilization what it is
And second, that youth Is pre.eminently
the period of vigor, energy and hopeful,
ness. He appealed most earnestly and
elequently to the young men of the
graduating class to tosts. the God given
impulse to act, despite the geers Of the
world, and 10 assert what they felt TO bt
true. "God meant you to be inteIlectu.
ally free" Be brave enough to percevert
through falsehood, and say to the world
tnst it is false.
"Dsre to hew out new path"
"Gou had better be great and inhu.
ential nan-In Heaven at ihirty-six
than an old hypocrlte at sixty
"He most lives wko thinks most, feel:
deepest, acts best"
The sermon throughout was a mos
mastery effort, and showed vas,
range OF study, and an earnest appeal tc
the class to strive to make their marx
while they are yet young, asserting ths
if, when they visited their Alma Mate,
again in score OF years, they had no
done anything great they never would
Most affecting and earnest was his ex
hertstion that above all things they cen
secrate their talents to the service, snc
his invocation of 8 rich lndsnce O.
Gods grace to rest upon and support anc
guide them. Yours, RIEN.