The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-06-23
Newberry College Commencement.

SSWCe[E9 SCHSSO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Commencement Exercises oi
Newberry College began Sunday with
the Baccalaureate Sermon in the Lu-
theran Church by Rev. J. B. Reimen-
SNYDER, of Savannah, Ga. The text
was from the 9th chapter and 18th verse
of Ecclesiastes: The race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong"
The church was crowded to overflow
ING. The sermon occupied one hour,
and the attention and interest of the
congregation did not tire nor waver for
an instant. 1t was very fine effort,
and is highly spoken of by all who had
the good fortune to hear it.
At night Rev. Reimensnyder deliver
ed the Address to the Students, Rev.
DR.. Meynardie, who had been selected
for this occasion, being absent on ac-
count of sickness. The address was i
most excellent sermon from the 18th
chapter and 1st verse of the Psalms
The fool hath said in bis heart there
is no God" The congregation was
equal to that at the morning service.
We can give only a general synopsis OF
the address OF sermon: Whether there
is God is the primary and all-impor-
tant question with every human being;
that there is a God is proved, /, by in
nate consciousness, 2, by conscience, 5,
by creation, 4, by the unanimous con-
sent of all nations and peoples, and, 8,
by the Bible. If there is Q God, we
should fear Him, and love Him and
worship Him. The closing thought of
the sermon was one of startling force,
and was presented by the speaker with
powerful effect: 1t was this-if he is a
fool who saas there is no God, how
much greater fool is lie who believing
there is God yet Nces rs if there were
none!
Last night. (Monday) six of the stu
dents contended for the Medal in Ora
tory. The exercises took place in the
Court House. The contestants were {:
NJ. o. j. Kreps-subject, The Pages
of the PAST; J. 3. Jones-"The lire
vocable"; B. J. Ramage, Jr.-"Iime,
The Eternal Tomb-builder"; A. j..
Bowers-"Lost Pleiades"; F. H. Aull-
Man! Thou pendulum betWixt smile
andtear''; B. B. Ramage--'Limitation,
A Universal Law. The speeches were
original. and the composition and de-
livery were good. The committee, con-
sistlng of Gen. B. H. Rutledge, Gen. Y.
J. Pope, Rev. J. F. Prohst, Rev. J. B.
Reimensnyder and Maj. C..H. Suber,
awarded the Medal to 3. J. Ramage,
Jr. The applause that greeted the an
nouncement Of the result proved that
the verdict Of the Committee was fully
sustained by the audience.
AS we 60 to press Rev. j. 5. Rel
mensnyder is delivering the Alumni
Address to a very large audience. Rev.
l.. E. Busby, who was selected for this
purpose, found at q late day that lie
could not be present.
This evening at 1-2 o'clock Gen. B.
II. Rut1edge, of Charleston, will deliver
the Literary Address.
Tomorrow is Commencement Day,
the exercises to begin at 10 a. N.
Personal.
Mr.. J. D. Smith, of the firm Of Chris
tian & Smith, reached home from Ken
lucky Friday.
Mr.. Charley Lilly arrived from New
York Monday, and plays with the Band
in the Commencement entertainments.
Mr.. Worth Williams, son of Gen. j.
H. Williams, who has been visiting
relatives in Newberry, left Monday for
his home in Arkansas.
Capt. and Mrs. J. Wistar Gary left
Newberry Saturday for Mississippi, on
a visit of two months to Mrs. G.'s ia
ther, DR.. W. H. Harrington.
Mr.. T. C. Pool left Saturday for Gin
cinnati. He will attend the Democrat
ic Convention, and after that he has
some business matters to look after out
West.
. Ira B. Jones, Esq, Of Lancaster, for
merly of Newberry, is in town. He
goes to Due West next.week to deliver
all address at Erskire College Com
mencement.
Mr.. Thos. T. Greneker, OF the HER
AID, and Mr.. r. H. Greneker, jr., of
the News, left Newberry Wednesday,
10th, for Greenville, to attend the annual
meeting of the State Press Association.
From Greenville the members of the
Association went on TO Cincinnati, to
attend the meeting of the National
Democratic Convention which meets
to-day (Tuesday).
CodeYs Lady's Book for July, 1880.
The July number Of this ever-popu-
lar magazine, which opens its 51st year,
comes crowded with attractions sulta-
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