The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-06
COMMENCE MENT.
Exercises at the Eighty-third Anniver-
sary of Middlebury College.
SUNDAYS SERVICES.

| The exercises of the eighty-third COM
mencement of Middlebury college began
on Sunday with the baccalaureate SER
mon. which was delivered in the Con-
gregational church ut 3 p. m. by the
president. Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, ID. ID. A
large congregation was present. The
discourse was an able production, afford
ing material for thought and reflection.
1t is published in full elsewhere i'm this
ISSUE
In the evening occurred the anniver
sary exercises of the Young Mems
Christian association. The president of
the association. Mr.. G. NJ. Rowland,
presided. Rev. 5. l.. b. Spearc made
the opening prayer. The address was
! by Rev. ID. f. Estes, pastor of the Yer
gennes Baptist church. lie took as his
text the words found in Philippians i, 81
For to me to live is Christ" He
spoke, first, of Pauls character as man
and preacher, setting him high among
the great men of history. The speaker
then asked: "What were the principles
which animated Paul in his life and
work." and said the words of the text
indicated the answer that must be made
to this question. And this is the secret
of every true Christian life, as well as
the tombstone to discover whether one
bership alone does not make one Chris
tian. The elements of real Christian
life were pointed out. Such life is,
first. according to Christ. 1t is. second.
based upon correct moral grounds
those which Christ has laid down.
Third. it has right object and is actu
ated by right motives. The goodness or
badness of an act is determined by the
principle behind it. In conclusion the
speaker quoted other words of Paul
in line with the text; and urged his
hearers to follow Paul's example and
precept.
The service closed with the bencdic
ton by Mr.. Speare.
The singing at both the afternoon and
evening services was notably excellent.
The choir was made up of Mrs. Pitts,
Miss III. NJ. Upper, Miss Elga Stewart
Miss Gertie Fletcher. Miss Laura Bell,
DR.. w. ii. Sheldon and Messrs. G.. 5.
Murkland, John Kellogg, John Ii. Stew
art and Sam. Sheldon. Mrs. Miner pre-
: sided at the organ.
| PRELIMINARY MEETING OF TIE ALUMNI
:, AND THE ADDRESS.
Tuesday morning at nine o'clock the
preliminary meeting of the alumni took
place at the college chapel. In the alb
sence of the secretary, A. Il. Stapleton
of Middebury, W. a. Guernsey of Rut-
land was chosen. The only business
done was to appoint committees to serve
during the day and Wednesday.
At II 80 the address before the asso-
ciatcd alumni was delivered at the Con
gregatonal church by Rev. G. X. w.
Scott of Fitchburg, Mass, a member of
the class of 1861.
r Prof. L. A. Austin presided. The eX-
: ercises were under the charge of Hon. l..
u. Knapp, marshal.
After music, Rev. DR.. Chickering of
Washington, class of 1926. offered
prayer
The orator, on being introduced, an
nounced his subject to be The Man and
the Mask We are, he said, often told
that we must seem other than we are.
, Even some of those who do not intend it
Illustrating his subject, the speaker in.
stanced John Kcble, of whose life brief
5 sketch was given. His well-known
q book, ''1he Christian Year published
in 1927, is of unequal merit. The best
poems are those which show the poet
and the man; the worst, the partiZan
Some of Keble's eXcellencies as poet
were noted and contrasted with his de
: fects, in which he manifests his partisan
a ship. The latter are products of narrow
!, views; as a man he sang of the higher
= aspirations of the soul. Keble's death,
i i'm 1866, stirred the hearts of England
2 We see all through his life the efforts Of
q the man to throw of the mask. The
speaker next considered the lessons tC
be drawn from Kebles life and charac
ter. Thought and action. feeling ant
e expression, should ever be in unison. l.
4 IL. al.
| toward artificiality that weakens anC
: hampers the theology of to-day. W.
e need to get away from the mere cere
l. monies. and neal to the reality of re
e ligion-to a manly Christianity. w,
a need to restrain intellectually cut lOos
e from the heart. Never for a momen
V should we allow the brain and the hear
n to be separated. What is required is Il
e awaken right sensiblities in the heart
Y Would it not be good thing for Mid
r dlebury college if the alumni shout,
1t throw their hearts into it; then pros
lie perity, progress and money would b
It secured Imagination should be awak
ened and by Imagination is meant tina
2, part of the being which lies between tn
ID brain and the heart. BY cultivating tn
I'd poetic faculty, even the study of matht
g mates may be made fascinating. |
IS science, art, music. the study of lar
I'd guage, all high knowledge, the min
IL passes beyond the region of inteleC
j. into that of the Imagination and feelings
Id The Bible. in order to its right interprc
in tation. must be studied lovingly. ThcI
Or are exterior helps to its study, but int
lr rior aids as well-the chief, the heal
ly touched by the spirit. Scholars, aboy
n all others, need to guard against neglet
of the heart-against separation frol
z; the world. Do not play a part, but |
b. manly by being God-like. What OF
| times demand is men who are men an
ty not masks, those who recognize the diffe
it ence between reality and show. Middl
bury college has educated many mel
1t and, let us hope, but few masks. And
ly small college. like this, where there al
e, competent and manly professors wit
he whom the students come into intima
&C. relations, affords peculiar facilities fC
sending out into the world scholars wi
are more than scholars-cultured,C hri