Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-01
EVENING SESSION.
More New Members-An Excellent Ad-
dress and the Poem Of the Occasion.


More New Members-An Excellent Ad-
dress and the Poem Of the Occasion.
Upon reassembling shortly after
O'Clock in the evening, the rules were
suspended and the following new arri-
walls announced, the gentlemen named
being accepted as new members:
j. f. Hart, MsSssHg'r, New Martins
vile, Wetzel county; Louis COlmar,
Ds,ESrhS Zsitmg, Wheeling.
Nobody could pronounce the name OF
the latter paper, and the President
caused some amusement by his efforts
20 evade trial OF II.
Several gentlemen, amOngthem State
Auditor Miller, were also made honor
ary members.
The President then delivered his all
dress, which was interSprrSed with APP
plause from the audience.
What shall the Answer Bep
To one VINO would address an organi-
ration such as this no idea should prop
erly come but OF an EFFORT m one dlrec-
ton. In whatever manner the press
NAV be prustituted, however ITS stand
ard Of elegance and purity may be low
cred, however il may be led into error,
il has claims and purposes IN but one
direction. Under the head Of literature
must the newspaper be placed, and IN
this land Of civilization the members oil
such an organization as tins are labor
ing. To this subject, as whole, or IN
some OF its particulars, must he who
would strike the right chord on such an
occasion as this, deyOtes his attention.
Ii is better, first, however, 10 refer to
what may be termed
THE BROAD FOUNDATION OF LITERATURE,
and in fact Of all kindred subjects The
eve that takes in ITS vision, all OF
magnificent structure, sees not only the
walls and towering spires, but the
solid stone beneath Under the head
OF literature are cumprchcnded history,
poetry, romance, the record of scientific
progress, YEA. books and newspapers
Without number. Beneath IL Is a
broader and graudcr term and beneath
that one that cumprchcnds as much a
infinity. The last two intimated | shall
refer To in this connection, aud II Is pro-
per % explain here that the wall Is
so built into the foundation stone that
Il is hard 10 separate the two, and IN re-
ferring to them, shall be compelled to
run nv references, almost aS two paral-
lei lines. The one, the last Is, rs | have
said incOmprchenS BILE IN its vastneSS,
and the other only differs from II m
this particular, in the tact that that
which has been attained nm u may be
described. but that which it is possible
TO attain, cannot.
Beneath literature is that broad term,
education, and beyond this the infinite
truth. You have sometimes stood be-
meath blue unclouied sky and gazed
into its depth. Who hath measured
its depth Who hath compre-
hended this mystery? Who hath
traversed its vast eXpanse? Who hath
ever had a whisper from its boundaries?
He who would have the mystery OF in
finity set before him has but to lit his
ewes and look. Before YOU Is another
infinite mystery into which YOU may
peer. II is the truth. To whatever
man may attain, IL is in the direction of
the truth. An iutinity OF truth exists.
WHAT EDUCATION Is.
Education is truth attained. Educa-
ton, and education only, can suggest an
infnity OF progress Asvast rs the blue
domain OF heaven l. the empire Of truth,
and when from it We pluck its stars We
call them knowledge, or education. II
truth is infinite, never can man attain
all that is possible i'm education until he
cOmprehends inhnity. Men ask what
the truth Is, and some standing, sheer
and say that We call the truth Is but a
creation of our own creating, bat as
surely as there Is great eternal head
there is line, positive line, that Scpa-
rates truth from error.
Law is defined a. an exact science,
and correctly, too; So Is truth, ot which
law Is but an emanatlOn, aS exact Is the
measure that fitted together the uni
verse. Man may not always see the
truth; he may grasp error, and hold II
fast as the truth. and delude himself
into the belief that it Is the truth; but
this is mans mistake, anu affects not
the eternal, undying principle
Then, ii education Is truth attained,
no such thing can exist aS a false educa-
ton, for consequently and logically,
that which Is false is not education. IL
is rank blasphemy To claim that man Is
a creature Of education, when he grovels
in error. He NAV be the creature OF his
own blind passions; he may be the crea-
ture of his ancestors crimes and mis-
takes; he may be the creature OF the
gross darkness that surrounds him, but
although he hides I'M midnight blackness
the light of the truth exists. All the
same in spite Oi his doubling and his dis
belief sit infinite and eternal Were men
and all other intelligence of the universe
swept from existence, truth would still
remain. would still exist through all ma
ture. Sound is great mystery and,
although the technical explanation OF il
is that il Is atmospheric waves beating
upon the organs of hearing, no one real
ly vet comprehrnds what it Is. The
question has been iOoliShly asked, II
there were no one To hear, would there
he any sOund9 Were there no human
organs TO receive sound, the roar OF the
falls i'm the Niagara river would penetrate
and roll through the atmosphere, To the
exact inch II now does. Were ne who
SO often mistakes error ior truth, rs
naught, the thunder OF the truth could
still reverGerate, SO TO speak, through
all space.
Education being truth attained, being
progress in truth, under II must be
classed all that man has reached, which
is worthy or that is Of benefit to HIM