The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-27
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The Recent Meeting at Island Park
the Most Successful Ever Held.
Evansville metropolitan Police on Duty-An
Illinois Woman Shoots Herself in
Jealous Fit-NOtes.
INDIANA.
Close of the Meeting at Island Park-Letter
from DIR. Vincent.

Close of the Meeting at Island Park-Letter
from DIR. Vincent.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ISLAND PARK, July 26.-The Island Park
Assembly for 1888 has just closed and it is
the verdict of all that attended that this has
been the most successful session ever held
in the West. The members of the c. L. s. C..
cater ed throughout the State have strong
h old upon the assembly as was shown on
many occasions. Wednesday was G. L. S. G.
day and every part of the programme was a
happy encomium on the Chautauqua circles
of the tri-States, Ohio, Indiana and Michi-
gan, and each of these States was strongly
represented. The graduating exercises of
the class of 'S3 were brief, but impressive
DIR. ]. H. Vincent, the founder of the C. L..
| S. c. and its general superintendent, who
was to have been present, sent letter to be
read the class and which contains advice
and suggestions that will be of benefit to the
circles of the State and is given in full:
Dear Fellow-students: IL is a source of great
| regret to me that am not permitted to he pres
| emit with you on the occasion of your commence
| ment service. The new assembly at Mount
| Eagle, Tenn, presented an earnest appeal, TO
which 1 reluctantly yielded in the interest OF the
L.. VI,
l.it in the sunny South.
| greet you to-day as ellow-students in a great
school. It's halls are vast as the mountains and
| the heavens. Its textbooks are the land, the
sea, the heavens, the soul of man, and the word
! of the living God, from whom heaven and earth
| and soul have their being. Our curriculum is
| endless as eternity. In such associations we
| may well rejoice.
| greet with especial pleasure the graduates
| OF 1888. This is your commencement day"
and to-day you do commence as full members OF
| the society of the hall il the grove" TO prose-
| cute courses of reading and study, reaching the
| outlying regions, glimpse of which your four
| years course has given you. The diploma whlch
| you receive holds upon 1t not only testimony
| TO the work you have wrought during the four
| years, but you will find there blank spaces for
| thirty-one seals yet to be won as you shall add
/ knowledge to knowledge.
| While you get knowledge remember that grace
| is better than knowledge. 1t is worth more to
| you for this life and the life to come TO be than
| to know Knowledge is light; grace is heat;
| What the sun TO the earth If only its light
rays touched field and mountain What is cul-
| ture without characterl "He that knOweth TO
do good and doeth IL not, TO him it Is SIM" 'The
| fear of tho Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
| For reverence and cOnscientlOusness are the
| true foundations of a worthy and enduring Gull
| ture. knowledge passeth away" but lOve-the
love that comes from the heart of God to the
heart of man-is as enduring as God himself.
physical science TO the soul that stands
hi apisSlea 'nf tSe acquisition Of them
has developed will-force aud tostered and given
| birth to gratitude, then indeed will they prove
| of worth in the world to come But without
| love they are barren and useless as sanskrt al
| phabets to starving, freezing pilgrims among
| arctic SHOWS.
| congratulate you upon the zeal and faithful
| ness of your leader the "Messenger of the G. L..
| s. c." | congratulate you upon the success
| which the Assembly at Island Park has already
secured, and sincerely trust that the c. L. s. G.
| of the future your beautiful island may
prove source of help to thousands who are in
| need of courses of study prescribed by our organ
| iZatiOn.
| May our Heavenly Father dwell in your midst,
| and while you study HIS word aud works. may
| you never be discouraged. but persevere to the
superintendent Institution C. L. s. c.
There was nothing occurred to mar the
pleasure of anyone, and at the close the good
were so pleasant that friends regretted to
part.
After the last exercise was over the vast
audience, feeling that there were more to
follow, remained seated, and Mr.. q. A. Cole
man. first basso, and Miss Anna H. Jones,
alto, of the Wilberforce Concert Company,
stepped to the front of the platform and were
united in marriage by Rev. A. H. Gillet,
amid the most enthusiastic applause The
contracting parties bore their parts with
much grace and were honored by the c. L. S.
c. salute, three waves of the handkerchief
| by every member of the circle.
DR.. J. H. Bayless, of Cincinnati, we'll
known throughout Indiana, was in attend
ance the last days of the Assembly, and de-
livered several fine lectures on "The Rela-
ton of the Church to Working Temperance
Organizations" THE Eternity of Truth"
THE Mission of the Church to the Present
Age"
The election of officers for the ensuing year
resulted as follows: President, J. H. Rerick,
Lagrange; vice-president, Robert Larkins,
Chicago; f. w. Keil, Fort Wayne, and Geo.
NJ. Buck, Kalamazoo; secretary, p N.
Stroup Lagrange; treasurer, John Mitchell,
| kendailville.