The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-29

brilliant writer's of our day, 'that
no Parthenon or other specimen
of finished architecture ever rose
in Athens or elsewhere until after
the Temple was built upon Mount
Zion by direct inspiration from
Jehovah How came it that no
Homer was ever beard reciting
his strains of poetry until David,
Isaiah and other inspired men
poured forth their sublime verse
in the Holy Land ? The Zephyrs
Of Attica were as bland, and Hell
icon and .Parnassus were as lofty
and verdant before Judea put
forth her displays Of learning as
afterwards ; yet none of the MUSES.
breathed their inspiration over
Greece until the spirit of the
Most High God had awakened the
soul of letters and the arts in the
nations of the Hebrews. You
hear Of no Coperpicus, nor Kep-
ler, nor GaliIeo until you hear Of
a Luther, a Zwingle and a Calvin.
You do not find Bacons, Boyies,
NewtoDs, Davys, Rerschels,; Web.
sters or Morses in Spain, Portugal
or Italy-but in England and
America. The banks of the Jor-
dan were as green, and the cedars
of Lebanon were as lofty when
the land Of Palestine was hsbited
by the Hitites, the Amorites aad
the Perizites, as when ruled by
the kings of Israeli and yet, as
long as the heathen held it dark
ness covered the land and gross
darkness the people e.
A full persuasion then, my:
young friends, that there are OBJ
jects worthy of Jour attention
and efforts; philosophic sur
yey of man in connection with
wants and responsibilities; a re-
cognition of surrounding cireum-
stances, viewed in the light OF
Christlanity, and constant ac-
acknowledgement Of divine provi-
dence, will lead to usefulness and
distinction in any sphere of life in
which you may propose to labor.
You, and the young men of our
land, are justly looked upon as the
pride and glory Of our country.
To you all eyes turn with peculiar
pleasure. In your manly features
we love to read the prophetic
record of Valorous deeds Of noble
daring in the conflict for right
and truth, which by the blessing
of God, may distinguish the nine
teenth century. In your hearts
are the germs from which may
grow the flowers Of truth, whose
fragrance the winds of heaven
may carry 10 the abodes of wretch.
edness and misery all lover the land.
In your eyes fash those fires
of a holy ambition, which, by the
divine blessing, may consume
much of the dross Of earth.
But to succeed, your zeal must
consume, you. There must be
conservation to your work. All
your noblest powers must be
called into vigorous exercise.
Remember
sit is not all of life to live"
but
"Life is real, life is earnest,
| =. And the grave is not its goal;
Dust tLou art, to dust returDest,
Was not spoken of the soul"
The cultivation of the moral ;
the uplifting of man the elevation
of the race the redemption of q
groaning creation, Travelling in
pain to be delivered, demand an
intensity of devotion and an
earnestness of purpose that, while
it consumes the hero, will crown
him with glory. There are some
plants which exhaust all their en-
ergies in blooming. They live amid
their flowers, and die surrounded
by their own sweet fragrance. Sc
let vour lives be. Let the fragrance
of a holy, earnest, devoted life
perfume your dying bed; and
waited by the zepbyrs of an at
mosphere purified by your noble
exertions, it shall 60 forth to ami