The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-06-11

that has ever been delivered in Mer
dian. He warned the young ladies, I
the fallacy Of science, when it tend
to subvert the laws Of God and col
tradict the inspired teachings of til
Gospel. Taking the bib'e in his han,
he exclaimed in the language of hi
Master, am the resurrection, an
the life he that believeth in me
though he were dead yet shall II
live; and whosoever liveth, and belev
eth in me shall never die" Standinj
like a prophet of old, with the inspil
ed word in his hands, his utterance
were like the opening of the .yii3ocy
liptical visions of God to Jost arj.sSi'
Island of Patmos and thshot ant ina
did not feel the divine weapIration
must have been as hard de- the wall
that surrounded it. en-
At night the Alumr'deEociety CAV
a festival, consisting .ciohusic and re
freshments, for the bh,rrefit of the Col
! itSc. ihc attciittobl was very Rooti
/ and the occasion most interesting
one. The concert was of that higl
order that might be expected from tn
graduates of this Institution, and wa
enjoyed by all present.
On Wednesday morning the gradu
ates read their essays, and ut night
after hearing the Salutatory read b.,
Miss Julia Rothenberg, and the Val
edict0ry read by Miss Atlantic vii
liams, and listening to the address
by Rev. DR.. Matthews, they received
their diplomas, and the interesting eX
ercises were concluded.
The success of the East Mississippi
Female College is an establ ished fact
Never since its formation have its pros
poets been brighter. The new chapel
forty by sixty feet, with rooms above
TO accommodate twenty-five more
boarding pupils, has been so far
finished rs to he used for the Com
mencement Exercises, aud the work
men will go forward at once 10 its
completion. The Board of Trustees
are determined 10 make this an lnsti.
tuition worthy of East Mississippi,
and they invite all its friends 10 come
for ward and aid in the good work.
"AN EVENING WITH INGERsoLL."
TO night DIR. Matthews delivered his
celebrated lecture entitled "An Even
ing With Ingersoll." Owing to the
fact that he had to leave on the night
train, which left about 10 O'Clock he
was constrained To curtail his lecture,
much to the disappointment Of The
large audience that had congregated
to hear him. He, however, subvericd
some of Col. IDgeIsoll's most salient
points. But what 10 the christian
world are those argumenls-whether
the world was made in six thousand
or sixty thousand years, or whether
Nebuchadnezzcr, old and crazy, should
have suffered the alllictions God sent
on him, or that Sennacherib should
have had hundred and twenty
thousand of his host slain by the angel
of God, before the city of Jerusalem.
The christian soldier can only shout
the refrain that has come down to
him through the ages that are past,
and In the voice of Job cry out, 81
know that my Reedeemcr liveth, and
that He shall stand out at the latter
day on the earth, and though after the
worms shall have destroyed this body,
yet in my flesh shall / see God, whom
l shall know for myself, and not an
other :" or in the language Of Christ
TO Martha, "I am the resurrection and
the life; he that believeth in me
though he were dead yet shall he livc,
and he that liveth and believeth la me
shall never die" IL Is enough to
know that Christ is the great medi-
ator, and through him and by him we
alone can be saved. The plan Of re-
demplion Is soplain "that wayfarIng
man though a fool, cannot err there
In :" and that should he sufficient for
every one, without attempting to
fath0m the mysteries of the Godhead.