The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-06-14
The EVENING EXERCISES

was such as to claim the closet a,ten-
ton of the audience The beautiful
chorus, "Far Away the Camp-fires
Burn" was sung in the most pleasing
style, after which Miss Hattie II,rner,
the gifted poetess OF the Normal, deliY-
cred the following original poem on the
THE LADDER OF PROGRESS.
At the Ladders base we're gathered,
Hand In hand;
Who will be the frat to scale il
OF our band?
Onward, upward, onward ever,
Fear the Lord and do the right:
Triumph's sunshine as were mounting,
Soon will pierce the clouds OF night.
At the Ladders foot we're resting.
Ere we mount;
On The chances, climbing, falling
Who will cnuntI
Hands are clasping hands of friendship,
Eyes are meeting eyes OF love;
We must part, for some Will tsrEy.
Others mount TO rounds above.
At the Ladders base we're straini: &
Eager eyes,
Wondering, Is the last roltd very
Near the skiesG
"Yca +" the voice of Hope replying,
"Erom the first round. ON the sod,
Thou shalt reach the last. which frtaSs thee
To the great white throne Of God -
Grasp your sword or science 1rmlT,
. Bind your shield;
Wnh such wea pom and such armor.
None need yield.
Will You linger at the bottonf
viii you weary half the wayf
viii you falter IN the mist-clond;
That obscure the light OF dayl
Hear the faint ones. waiting. crying.
In thu night.
Schoolmates, comrades, will We ever
Reach the hetghtg
Do not leave them In your striving
,VF kaas- aavfu Iaf
"Bear Ye one another's burdens"
Jesus spake in words of love
Grain By grain the highest mouqtIIa
Rears Its head,
There are drops and drops In oceans
Bundles bed.
And the mist and clouds OF darkness
Screens the mountain pile midway.
But the summit ever giiseens
In the light OF endless day.
Courage. courage. you betowus.
Keep good cheer;
Climb onl climb on you above "a.
We are herei
For Hope whispers in our bosoms,
"By the grace OF Him on high
Thou shalt, thro' thy faith and labor.
Reach the summit by and-by."
Mr.. Geo. B. Gallagher then delivered,
in style of oratory which vas highly
commended by the audience, the 90 ipT.
ing admirable Grafton on the
EVOLUTION OF THOUGHT.
The most wonderful thing ia ali ma.
ture is thought-the product Ui u,e nc
ton OF the mind. According % IlIrck.
el, the German philosopher, thought is
| brought about by the cont tct oil the
| atoms of which the brain IL composed
| Thought eXhausts the brain From
| this, then, We conclude that the brain
moves when an Individual thinks. Il
| this action of the atoms OF the brain
1 purposive, OF is il acci6eutalg (. the
1 action is without purpose, tlien wC
| would have no thought. 1t die az. iau
is guided by the will, the germ aud out
line of the thought must be found in the
will To this problem Of the action q
4 the mind, human Intelligence seems e
furnish no solution. At the beginning
O! this theme we walk in darkness-iI
] Quagmire bestreWed with slippery
terms. Thus the finite mind of man Ii
lost in the mystery of nature Though
weighs nothing; yet thought moves tn
world, for inert matter without min(
accnmplishes no beneficial result
Ehe faculty of reason is one oi thI
beat that has been given to man by !
benCficent Creator. This IL is that IN
thrones man abtve the beast II an in
div idual niediiates on that which !
communicating, his life will be corrup
and drgraded Ii. hn the other hand
love at his fellow-man, kindness ant
generosity occupy his thoughts. he vii
be elevated and Bothered.
IL has been claimed by some tina
; mans opinions are forced upon him b,
cIrcumsiances-in other words, that hi
opinions are nodded by external force
j This is certainly true TO some extent
but nlne-tenths of humanity believ
what they wish t. believe. A SALMON
. keeper believes ia anti prohibition, be
/ cause il is Ia hts interest 70 keep hi
saloon open; siaVe.hnlder belIvcs Il
, slavery, and man who has lived If
of wickedness and is under c0ntrol c
the baser passions, hadS il easy to scoi
at religion. We are often asked, uCa
man change his opinions at will 90 Il
man disbelieves, Is il not because b
is true % his own understandingsg ~ Il
II aOt clear that man ought not TO bS
| lieve that Which Id him seems false !
] Let it be answered that in all question
. that admit of discussion, nuns desiv
To believe or To disbelive precedss q
evidence And in consulting the opIr
7 ions of men, we find this ampl
I proven throughout the world OF III
/, many things We beiive, how few theE
ART that we know 20 be absolutely CO
! rect. We know that the earth Teeo!Vs
i aroQnd the sun, and with equal CT
) tainty the ancients knew that the su
> revoiyed around the earth; for they sa
! II rise In the east and set in the we {
and seeing is believing. Such exampit
. as these should lead rs TO be moderai
. concerning what we deem right an
what wrong. believe that Divin