The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-06
THE PRIDE OF OUR COUNTY.
OUR INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING
OUR RICHEST HERITAGE.
The Exercises Of the Due West Colleges,
Maize and Female, Prove to be very
Interesting, and Large Crowd
Gathers Notwithstanding the Wealth.
er.

Sunday the Goth Of June was Com
mcncemcnt Sunday, and persons who
know the nature Of the exercises on
that day were anxious to hear the Bac-
cxiaureatr Sermon, Of the Rev. DR.. Left
wich, who had cone from the banks Of
the Cum hertand River, for this especial
occasion. The fame Of this mar Of Cod
a. A pulpit orator, had gone before him
and consequently there was splendid
audience to hear him. the largest per-
haps that has ever assembled in the
new church. At the last tap Of the bell
the choir opened with splendid anthem.
Rev }. r. Chalmers walked into the pull
pit with the minister. Dr.. Leftwich
took his text from the fourth chapter of
Proverbs: keep thy heart with all
diligence for out Of it are the issues of
life" The speaker announced that this
would afford the sentiment Of the sub
jcct which he announced to be 1.-The
phSicic forces Of nature.
The speakers first sentence was that
.Christianty is Christ in character"
His leading proposition was that the
heart makes the life of an individual.
If the heart be good the life will be Il
uobie one if the heart is bad the life Of
MI individual will be only evil.
The young make two mistakes.
the first that life was make up Of
extecnais. The second was that the aim
Of life is to have good time. The doe
tor was hard on novel reading and the
Il t1,1 of
he said that Shakespeare had done more
To undermine society than all other
writer's by his vulgar and immoral
poetry.
DR.. Lcftwich IL very fine looking. u
very able man, aud preached II very adj
uirable and appropriate sermon.
in the afternoon Rev. Archie Sloan
preached u splendid sermon, the one
known as the "White Horse Sermon
At8i, o'clock Sabbath evening DR..
Witherspoon presented the cause Of the
seamsn'S Bethel Of New Orleans. Rev.
". l.. PrcSsly and DR.. Gr;er each
thought it worthy cause and Dr. Gricr
asked that the d"acons take up u collec-
ton which Wax heartily and cheeriully
responded TO.
One Of the largest crowds came in on
the trains Of Monday that has visited
our commencement in years on that
day. This is partly owing to the fact
that no trains We're run on Tuesday.
Among the visitors was :he Hon. j. M.
bright, the anniversary orator and Hon.
George Johnstonc Of Newherry, n cam
didate for Congress.
Monday Evening.
On Monday evening the TWO Societies
hall hair rn1n nhrof
trouble about these two occasions is
that u person wants to attend both and
rs they meet at the same hour how can
he. We were like the little dog that
had two pots to lick" However we
mace the best of the job, running from
one to the ether. We first took in the
Philomathcan. Here the Hon. George
G.. Hodges presided, Mr.. Hodges is an
excellent pres:ling officer. lie favored
the house with fine Grafton, taking for
his subject The Christian Teacher"
This was treated in les broadcast sense
including the teacher in all ayocutions Of
life. His application was fitting and
appropriate. Mr.. Hodges address was
able, polished and eloquent.
We stayed in this society to hear the
first part of the debate ON the question,
''ls the presence Of the Negro in the
United States beneficial ?' Mr.
j. B. Cochran's address was a masterly
argument in favor Of the Affirmative.
This is all we heard Of the debate. We
learn, however, that the decision was
given to the Negative as upheld hy Mr..
w. O. Brice. They say Mr.. Brice's ar
gumen. was very fine. We reached the
Euphcmian society as the Rev. s. l..
Norris arose az the medal orator. We
learned that the proceeding exercises Of
this society were very mcrtorions.
Rev. Morris chose for his subject 'rhe
Power Of LIterature.' It was n very
literary, elegant and hisl, toned address
showing much research and large famil-
iarify with history. Mr. Morris was
particularly happy in his remarks in
handing out the medals. The following
gentlemen were the victurs:
Junior class, medal for the best es-
say; Mr.. ID. G. Phillips.
Sophomore class, best dcbator G. Il.
McAlvey.
Freshman class, best declaimcr Mr..
w. w. Bradley.
General excellence in the Preparatory
class +: Mr.. II. u. Moffatt.
Mr.. Morris address was scholarly, ap-
propriate and eloquent.
fastening back to the Philomet thean
society we had the great pleasure Of
hearing Rev. Charles Mcdonald a in hu.
morous orntion delivering the medals.
Mr.. Mcdonald is brimful of fun. He
has fine voice and capital delivery.
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