The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-29
NEWBERRY G0LLME
COMM EN- CEMENT,

w LII ILL II IN " II LII HIS L.
The 24th Commencement of New
berry College began Sunday with the
Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. j. Haw-
kins. DID,. Of Prosperity, editor Of the
Lutheran Visitor. The Opera House
was filed with large audience, that
gave the preacher an attentive hearing.
The sermon occupied thirty-fve min
utes. Il may be found in full on the
first psge of this paper. and we will at
tempt no synopsis or analysis OF It,
DIR. cARL1sLE's ADDRESS.
Sunday night DR.. James II. Carlisle.
President of Woford College, addressed
the students upon the
LIFE AND CHARACTER OF SAUL.
The address was An hour long; It was
one Of the finest efforts we have ever
listened to, and was peculiarly appro-
pirate TO young men in Distinguishing
between impulse and character. No at
tempted synopsis can do justice to the
address; yet we will endeavor> to give
a short sketch of II. The speaker be-
gan BY saying that while walking along
8 railroad that traverses bis town a few
days ago he noticed white post by the
side of the track ami on it large wv"
Asking friend its meaning. be replied
that it meant for the engineer to blow
the whistle at this point. It means that
so far all is right but ahead there is &
crossing or something else that calls for
care and caution-drawing striking
comparison between that circumstance
and this Commencement era in young
mans life. He touched upon the sali-
ent features in Saul's character. and
from these drew some important les
sons. The first was that
GOOD IMPULSES DO NOT MAKE GOOD
CHARACTER.
Impulse is something that strikes one
from without; character is engraved
on the heart. Saul was 3 yonng man
Of good impulses; be was modest al:
most to faalt. In the strong, beautiful
and simple language of the Old Testa:
ment, be was "a choice young man, and
q goodlY."
Froude says that what students learn
from their lessons is not one-half Of
what they carry away from college
the greater part they learn from each
other. congratulate you on the good
compsnionship you have enjoyed. II
| it impossible to estimate the influence
Of one student over another-not only
in morals and religion, but in cGndueI
and life generally. 1t is said Of David
and Jonathan that David went into
the woods and strengthened the hands
of his friend in Gcd". 1t is the CON-
panion of that kind that yon will re-
member and cherish in after life, more
than him whose brilliant intellect and
| scin,lllations Of genius are talked Of a.
round the table and in your societies
for years. It is a critical time in the
life of. country boy when he strikes 8
college: it makes his blood tingle with
aspirations. and puts a new heart in
him-uot always a good heart. he
may 90 back to his home unified fol
professional life or for usefulness any
| where, sol ashamed of the humble pa-
rents whose self-deniaI gave him such
grand privileges. Saul said what few
have been willing to say have
played the fool and erred exceedingly"
That shows his impulses. Reading one
chapter Of Froude's description of Car
lyle one might say, What defect car
there be in this nan?-reading the fol
| loving chapter he would ask, Wha'
good can there be in him. Spch mar
was Saul. The naming Of his children
shows how impulsive be was-oDs he
would name in honor of God, another
in honor of some idol. One was asked
how long be bad been Christian. ant
bis reply was "Of and on, for twelve
years"-not lovely type. Sauls reli
gione Impulses were strong, but super
hcisl. We find him at last complete
failure; bis family rejected aRd disiR
herited; himself cast down and destroy
ed, and Samuel weeping ever his ruiz
yet Saul was young man OF gooe
! impulses. Another lesson to be Learned
from the character of Saul is that
ONE MASTER PASSION MAY sPoII. AMI
DERANGEA A PROMISING LIFE.
Saul was not avaricious or cruel; hi!
faults were envy. Jealousy and bat
temper. He WAS incorporate, in th'
! higher sense of that term. The latt
Dr.. Holland relates that in some coun
try you find a nicely constructed road
but no wheeIbarrow nor buggy will g
upon it; again you find wagon, ant
it appears to be altogether useless-bu
the road and the wagon are exactly tit
ted to each other. A part of youns
mans nature is fitted for religious life
Men crowd round an engine when
gets of the track and gaze upon it
many Of them are as much of the trac!
as the engine is. A colored man one
said to preacher, Nyou want to tall
to US about stealing and such things d.
put it off until Monday; we want t
have good time Sunday. Young mel
are asking that these serious talks b
put of-they are young, and want t
have q good time. Older men, in poll
tics and business, are asking the same
Saul's religion did not touch deeply hi
moral nature. We zee men too often
wanting in stability and character
whipped out in their professions or busi
ness, 90 home to make wife and chill
dren miserable-to ty1annize over
little kingdom not even having tn
privilege Of revolution. Arthur Hell
says: :'The happiness of the family ma
be marEed by the husband, bat no
made; the woman makes It," WecaR
not ali be Davids or Ssmuels. but W
can avoid being Sauls. Another lesso
is that
EVEN A PRov1DENTIAL CALL TO Al
| OFFICE DOES NOT INSURE HAPPl
NESS Oh EFFICIENCY IN IT.
Saul was called; he was certainly in
tended to be King; but be was as eel
tainl7 intended to be better maF
God has a place for every man." br
| Saul fell below that place. He was
vonnp man of intelligence when called