The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-24
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ne puplls Ol tFoi- tNlfy'b
room, az the closing exe of I BE
Graded School, on last ssdaS, th'e
18th inst, presented tli rotd lSS, j
substantial proof Of thsi love and
appreciation for him III theshape
Of two large, heavily gil cilt paint.
ings. These pictures atessol much
value, and are highly finished eyecu.
.tions Of art, and bespsas for the
teacheA and pupils prosecuting che
same, refinement and good taste. Oh
behalf Of the pupilssthe Rev. Mr..
Lacysto whom was Entrusted the
task Of the presentation, delivered
.thessAlowing beautiful address to
l.Prof. Kenny and in the same con
:sepyed the true septiments Of his
whole school.
ADDRESS OF REV. Mr. ia OK.
PRO. VIII. Kenny, Principal Point Pleas.
ant Graded Public SclioVE s.
Ear Sir 4 have tie privilege and
hoyn in. behalf Of certain members
sof Four school, (Whose names | heres
with present. totenderlto you some
token Of their Affect lions and esteem.
ions have sSsE. hssn dsamsd
more certain criteria ID inward feel
ing than any phrases however grace
fully wrought. Sotiese gifts Of love
speak more certainly and more elo-
quently than it is possible for words
70 do. There are some occasions
when silence is more eloquent than
speech; and hence it is that many
words from me are now unneeded.
Yet as the representative of your
pupils, Ecannot forbear some verbal
expression, even though it be all in
volved in the gift itself. These
works Of art, coming with graceful
execution from the hand of the art
list, seem peculiarly well chosen for
such an occasion. If the artist, by
dint ofmuch endeayor, has made the
softly blending colors speak forth the
beauty Of his conceptions, and made
the almost breathing canvas stand Us
natures counterpart, it is that he
has not neglected the gift that was
within him-but standing before his
easel, he in silence and seclusion has
studied and toiled Till his soul, con.
ceiving the beautiful, his hand has
sought after the pattern Of the great
master to execute the trne. And
though no Apelles is here TO chal-
lenge the admiration and delight of
the birds Of heaven, or stopthe pran-
cling horse to neigh ut his fellow
upon the canvas. Yet your pupils
would ask you to receive these to.
kens Of esteem, and let them speak
to you with all The symbolism that
may be drawn from the process Of
their execution.
Your scholars gratefully think they
may serve the double purpose OF re-
minding you of the skiliand patience
with which they think you have
added "precept upon precept" in the
effort to form and mould the charac
ter and make them to master princi-
pies rather than simple facts, and
their own desire to give honor to
their preceptor by the constant effort
to receive and profit by his instruc-
tons they would also find here'sym-
bolized.
TO the locker on in the earlier
process of painting, the blending col.
ors seem all in waste-but when the
background is well laid, then object
tive flower or tree, the living form,
or ranging landscape seem viyidly
portrayed.
So be comforted in your life's labor
with the thought that many i'm
pressions apparently lost and forgot
ten, may return in gathered union
ut last, presenting TO you in vivid
outline reflections that betoken liv.
ing results, where in other days and
amid other scenes you had thought
there were only cold reflections.
There is no reward without the
dust, (non palmam sine puLvere) and this
you have made US believe. So press
on, beloved Preceptor, seeking Hea-
ven's strength and Heavens light
and grace, and an immortal crown
the Saviour will bestow, aud if there
labors you have donefo Him, he will
for each and all surely reward; and
these, your pupils, even though in
other days and other climes, shall
wake the chords of graceful memory
and revert to these valued days Of
training.
Thus do we counsel? All, if SO, tits
only by the light of reflections cast
ahead of us by what we have learned
in the school now closing-and the
school of life.
We carry away with us many mem
cries that are precious, aud we can
but desire that our mutual hopes and
aspirations may have their final con-
summation in the perfection of
knowledge which is TO kno@ Him
"to whom to know is Life Eternal,o-
and after which knowledge we may
p.