The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1884-06-26


God; like Moses, talk with God,
like Elijah, stand with God; like
David, remain with God; like Pc
ter, be seen with Christ in the gar
den; like John, be near the cross Of
Christ; like Magdalene, seek the
crucifed one and you will ever find
the risen one. Personal holiness
is the key to personal usefulness.
and personal usefulness is the road
to personal perfection.
We have imperfectly outlined,
from notes, the able, exhaustive
and impressive discourse that oc-
cupied more than an hour in its
delivery.
Sunday evening was rainy, and
the audience that listened to the
ADDRESS TO THE STUDENTS
was not so large as that which
crowded the ball in the morning.
DR.. Holland, after stating that it
has been the custom Of the students
to invite some one to address them
on Sunday night of commence
ment week, introduced the Rev. f..
Capers. Without formally announc-
irg q text, the speaker dwelt upon
the subject Of Character, and it's re-
lation to right living and the true
aim Of life.
He said he wished to say some
thing that would appeal to the
manly purposes Of the young men,
excite manly ambitions and give
them practicable views Of the life
before them. His object was to
serve rather than to entertain. He
said, l know the feelings and i'm,
pulses that stir your hearts and /
want to help you to climb the lad
der of hope wisely.
l wish to impress upon you q
sense Of your own Individuality
and responsibility. A young man
can make his future what he res
olutely determines it shall be.
While you may not win the sue
cess for which you strive, the man
himself is the grand result. You
would not think of calling Il. f.
Lee failure in life. lie is to be
Judged by his devotion to duty,
his high purposes and manly sub
missiveness. Let the future find
you equal to its trials and greater
than its defeats. You should fix
your eye Oh the purpose of a high,
unspotted integrity. All else in
life is sordid dros3 in comparison.
Character never fails-it hopes all
things and endures all things. The
heart and hand Of each separate
man must win it for himself
He said we must first form right
ideas Of success, and then choose
the means by which we hope to
succeed. He showed the empti-
ness and foolishncss of what
the ancients regarded as the
prizes Of life. The blessings which
adorn and the qualities which en-
bellish character are the possession
Of the community. The choice is
yours-the opportunity yours. The
pilot guides the vessel till it passes
the breakers and the shifting sands,
then turns il over to the comman.
der on the great deep. So is it
with you-after leaving college
your future is in your hands.
What the country most needs is
not great capitalists, nor great ora
tors, nor thriving statesmen; we
want prominently men who strive to
do right, who respect themselves
more than they do their horses and
money-well-mannered, pure mind
ed, high-motived men. These
cement the bond Of union in so
ciety and make it lasting. A
government is neither better nor
worse than the people that make
the government, and it depends
upon their character. Louis XIV
was told that the little state Of
Holland was unconquerable, be-
cause of the industry and character
Of its people.
A man cannot separate his
character from his work. He spoke
of Byron's vices and Scott S integ-
rity. Our lives embody our charac-
ter. The highest station we can
give a man cannot make HIM either
good or great. He spoke earnestly
Of the dignity Of labor and referred
to the words of Milton, "if two
angels were to be sent from heaven,
one to be ruler of an empire and
the other q chimney sweep, the
difference in their minds would not
be the value Of q straw" No
man will prove loyal to great trusts
who has not been true and loyal in
the commonplace affairs Of lite.
lie that is faithful in the least will
be faithful in much Most of US
will die without distinction. We
can simply do our duty. The iu-
ture waits on the present and the
present predicts the future-it will
be what you resolutcly determine
it shall be.
Follow Chr;st-lat Him be your
model. There is not an element
in character that is great and no.
bic that is not consecrated in the
example Of Jesus Christ. He can
be initiated, and is pcrpctually re-
produced in the lives Of his dis
ciplcs. We can never initiate the
man whom We can never know and
we can never know the man whom