The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-07-09

we have Sl1ghted no oppofJunlty, {
If we have wasted no time, and if S
we neglected no duty then may
we enter upon the stage of life
with the expectation of making
the world better for having lived {
in it. We know there are thou
sands who have lived and died
and have been heard of no more,
because they did not one particle
of good in their lives by which |
they might be remembered, not q
word they spoke could be re-
called and SO they perished
their lights went out in dal kness,
and they were not remembered
more than the insects of yester-
terday. Shall we thus live and
die? no we must live for some-
thing. We must do good and
leave behind us monuments OF |
virtue that time can never destroy.
Write our names in kindness love-
and mercy on the hearts of all
with whom we are associated, J,
from year to year, SO thatwe may
not be forgotten. Let our names
be legibly stamped on the hearts
of those we leave behind, as the
glittering stars that bedeck the
evening sky; good deeds will
shine as brightly on the earth as
the stars of heaven.
am delighted to see go many
Of the patrons of our school pres
/ ent this evening. As the chosen.
representative of my fellow stu
dents I, gratefully acknowledge
| the pleasure this affords us; we
lhail your presence as manifesto
ton of your kindly interest and
4 paternal affection our hearts are
4 overfowing with love and graft
tude to you for having allowed
us the precious privilege of at
ending the past session, for no
boon could have been more de-
q sirable, or more highly appreci-
ted / assure you we also fully
appreciate the Jealous efforts
(which YOU have made to establish
J and maintain an institution OF
learning which has thus fal
) proved such a blessing to the
I youth of our country. It seems
! that parents are at last becoming
5 fully alive to the educational in
8 terests of their children; they are
!, rapidly awakening from thar
E state of lethargy in which they
3 have so long lain dormant. Out
d people who, but few years ago
e ranked so low in the scale of edu
Z cation, have grown, ,as if by mag
+ Eic, to be people noted for thei
It scientific knowledge and literar.
It attainments. We think the da..
e is fast approaching when illitera
e lcy will be almost considered
le crime, and it can no longer b
;o said, ssThe light shineth in dark
,f ness, and the darkness compre
II hendeth it not. The germ Q
il light, Or seed of knowlpge, whic
7e has been so firmly planted With
ID us, was, at first, but feebl
,e spark, but has been steadil
I'd nursed and famed until it hi
ol kindled into a flame whose gil
or tering rays have permeated az
in enlightened the understandings
on all uponswhom they have falle
We setting them aglow with the lig
tie of that knowledge Of right al
lot wrong which causes all crir
Ill originating in ignorance to
It? abandoned.
Eat To YOU, kind and beloy
lily teachers, / can truthfully $
let that words fail me in the attem
,he to express our unbounded gra
ul- tude for your goodness to US
the ring the time we have been unt
me your care and guidance; esl
or cially do we deem it great pr
of ilege to be allowed to express
led debt of gratituded we owe Y
Do our worthy and esteemed prir
rye pal for the principles Of truth {
.ra- honor which you have constan
his endeavored to inspire in us;
lily only have we cause to be CRATE
has to you for the amount of instr
us ton we have received, but
hat the diligence and untiring patie
out with which you have labored y
for us for our intellectual and mt
ties advancement; your kindness
lder us in numberless ways;
ared hopeful words Of encouragem
that and undeserved praise which
sue have so often bestowed upon
'iers when we were ready to sin,
yes. despair under the burden of |
llect study will never be forgotten
ls to It'll our grateful hearts shall |
him ceased their throbblngs. We.
'ess? assured that you did not labo.
rect faith flllly through any selfisl