The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-17
TRINITY COLLEGE.
FULL ACCOUNT OF THE COM
MENCEMENT EXERCISES.
DIR. BagwelI's Sermon-Prof. jTillett's
dress-Orations by the Junior and
Senior Glass.

TRINITY COLLEGE, June i0.-Trin
ity has always been noted for its pleas
ant commandments. I heard a ID
of the Methodist Conference, say that
he never knew Il pe'ss;i. 10 come once
that didn't want IL T.. ~ again. This
one has been especial. attractive and
thoroughly enjoya bic
On June End and 3rd. Prof. n. c.
English presented the preparatory
class-competing ini medal offered
for the best defamation. Mr.. L. L.
Carpenter, of Trinity College was the
winner Friday and Saturday nights
the Freshman Glass, presented by
Pref.<A. w. Long, contended for the
Pink Medal! Mr.. G. T. Adams, OF
Little River Academy, bore it off. On
Sunday, Rev. W. c. Cannon, Wsdes-
boro. n. c., preached sermon before
the Theological Class. 1t Was one OF
his best efforts. Monday evening, Mr..
G. n. Raper, High Point, won the
Gray Medal, offered for the best decla.
nation from the Soph Glass. Tuesday
evening the Junior Glass delivered
original orations The following WAS
the program:
CREATIONS BIT NEABEKs OF THE JUNIOR
CLASs-CLAsa PREsENTEb BY rReT.
w. T. GANNAwAr.
l. The Outlook, J. 4. Overman. Colds
bono y. G.
2 The Discomfort of Labor, T. +. Nc
Crazy, Lexington, n. G.
9. What will the Inscription Be? w. Z.
Fentress, Pleasant Garden, n. G..
4. The Influence of Foreign Immigration
r. L. Smith Norwood, n. c.
5. A New Era, J. W. Clegg, Pittsboro-
g. The Achievements of Science, J. Hath
cock, Norwood n. &.
7. The Reunited Union, bred Peacock,
s. A Plea for Labor, W. P. Andrews,
Norwood, N. {.
Mr.. bred Peacock, of Wilson, n
c., bore off the Bodie Medal. The
speeches, on the whole, were first-rate
not poor or Indifferent one in the
lot.
At eleven CLOCK Wednesday, June
9th, the Chapel was filled with people
to hear the annual sermon by DIR.
Bagwell, of Winston. | sincerely
hope the people of Winston fully APP
preciate DR.. Bagwell and wish they
could have heard his sermon here on
Wednesday. He stood once more as
young man, he said, sympathizing
with all his hopes and fears. The
main point was that the Christian re-
ligion is a finished rather than pro-
gressive science. Our conceptions of
religion may differ. but its intrinsic
truths are indispensable and eternal.
Science fails to overthrow it and errs
in not making a distinction between
real and formulated Truth. Truth
has always existed and is found in the
uEdimmed light of the Eternal God.
Christianity is tor all men and
all classes. ave want a Christian
ity that will stand shaking up"
can honest man contains the stuff
that grows up into martyrdom."
The principles of our religion are, 1st,
Atonement for Sin; End, Revolution
3rd, Inspiration. GA righteous man
is perfect in his perpendicularity-
Outright, Inright, Upright Chris
tianity is intended to make a perfect
man. IngersoH and his followers can
not find any objection TO righteous
man. "The religion Of my fathers
and your fathers Bible teaches US i'm
mortality and that is what we want"
The philosopher trembles, while the
Christian sees Life and Immortality,
in all it's splendor, bursting forth from
the throne of Cod
In the evening, DR.. Jones, of Greens
boro, introduced Prof. Wilbur F. Til
lett, of Nashville, Tenn, as the son of
John Tillett, whose name was
household word throughout North
Carolina" He was chosen to make
the
LITERARY ADDRESS
besore the Societies. The New South
was his theme, and, while common
subject, he treated it in a now and in
teresting way. He said he came not
to preach the funeral of the Old nor
to eulogize the New, at the ex pense of
the Old. The Old South, before it
passed away, gave birth to some of the
noblest men and greatest statesman of
the age, but at the same time it pro-
dnced an aristocracy founded on the
..caus y. the African si,tscs. The
greatest good which the Old produced
was the Christianizing of our 70 mil
lions of Africans. But for this, they
would still be barbarians treading the
jungles of Africa. He came, not to
discuss the Negro Problem in the
South, but to discuss the New South
of the aclite man.
The old Southerner had a contempt
for the hborer, the New .Southerner
has contempt for the idler, no mat
ter how white his skin nor how rich
his exchequer., Southern advance dur
ing the past twenty years has exceed
ed, that of any other nation and for
this reason s'The aotite n.aa has been
freed and set to work 81
He discussed Southern advance I'M
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