Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-29
COMMENCEMENT.
TIRE rxERcrsYs AT THE uxrvSRsrrY
or VIRGINIA.
yeune Mems Christian Association Re-
port-pr. Haicher's sermon-Ihs
Doe,ors-o,her Graduates.
fRepor,ed for the Disps,ch.l
rS,vpRsITy OF VIRGINIA, |
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,bs Young MEMS Christian Association,
whieh was held In the public hall and
attended by q very large audience.
rsu,lly the last meeting Of this Asso-
citation Is held to hear the annual SER
mon preached by some distinguished
divine. but this year the president, Mr..
]. A. Ingle, Of Mary Wand, read q re-
view Of the work OF the Association
during the session just closing, from
which vas gathered the fact that this
Association, established in 1858, is the
Oldest college Young Mems Christian
Association in America and in the
world. Since its establishment it has
had $3.50 members, being an average
Of nearly 100 per annnm for the twenty
three years OF its active life. tOf course
il was inactive during the war; This
wear the membership exceeds one hun
cred, and is the largest since 1879,
snd above the average for its whole
existence. This Association provides
the salary for the chaplain, the Uni
versity OF Virginia officially contribu-
ting nothing, although the faculty are
liberal supporters of oil religious enter
prises among the students. The stu
dents this year have furnished teachers
to three mission Sunday schools, stu
ated some five miles distant from the
University, and in all have supported
four Sunday schools having eighteen
teachers and an average attendance Of
above one hundred. Some Of these
Sunday schools in the mountain have
been kept up for many years, and have
generally been the only religious in
flIence in the Deighborhood in which
they ere located. A very pleasant and
attractive feature of this session has
been The series OF free lectures, eight in
all, that bave been delivered before the
Association and the people Of the vicin-
ity by the chaplain and some Of the
professors.
After the report came DR.. Hascher's
sermon, based on the text luke viii,
|. $500 "Now the man out OF whom
the devils were departed besought Him
that he might be with Him; but Jesus
sent him away, saying, Return 10 thine
own house, and show how great things
God hath done unto thee. And he
went bis way and published through
out the whole city how great things
Jesus had done unto him."
Dr. Hatcher said that contact with
Jesus Christ always uDlocks the future.
The touch Of His power opens the grave
and brings the power OF our dead man.
hood back to life. In His presence we
turn from the things that are to the
things that are TO be. When the Gads-
rene thought Of what he had been and
was and Of what he might be he brought
the question to Jesus, but he did 1t with
bis own preconceived views of that fu-
ture. am surprised that he did, for
what old he know that he should be
making the programme Of his own
Christian life? lie came to tell the
Master that he wanted perpetual fellow
ship with Him. lie feared his enemies
and distrusted himself, and so the monas-
tic life occurred to him as his sure asylum.
The prayer was good one, and di~-
closed q noble confidence in the De.
liverer, but it was never granted
because il had no scope or reach, and
included the petitioner alone; and, fur
Their, because he had determined what
his own future life should be, and
asked God to approve it, his wish was
personal and human and autagonized
the Divine sovereignty. We don't
make our own destiny, and the
Gadsrene should have followed the
example Of the prince among men who,
standing in the gateway to his Chris
tian life on earth, said, "What wilt
Thou have me to do?" God hears but
does not always answer prayer, and it
would be tremendous calamity
if be did. The petition Of the
child is not always granted
by the parent who not only dis.
GRIM mates between the good and the
bad, lat between the good and the
goot. And refusal is not always re-
buke; il is often an implied compli-
ment. The Gadarene had said in effect,
d" am broken man my youthful en-
ergy and enthusiasm have wa1ed; |
an stranded and desire to remain with
my Protector beyond the reach of
danger" Avd Jesus's reply was in
effect, "YOJ have more in you tn I
you suspect you are man yet aud
may accomplish much, and SO He sent
him on sn actire mission. One of the
hardest things 10 life is to main
tain our faith in our fellow
men, they are so corrupt, tickle, false,
and degraded it is even hard TO main
tain our faith in ourselves but if others
have faith in US it makes the task
lighter. The most amazing thing in
Christian life-surpassing even the love
Of Gods the fact that Christ has
faith not only in humanity, but in the
individual. lie saw in the rough, IN
couib, staggering brother of Andrew
the best stone Of the Church lie had
come TO build, and said to him, Thou
srt Simon the son Of Jonah, hut thou
shalt be Cephas."
This yer the University turls out
seventeen N. DIS. The following are
the young doctors
Robert l.. Bowcock. Kcswick; u. W.
Blown. Amherst Courthouse; Julian Ca
bell. Richmond: John Dunn. Petersburg;
J. y. Earle. Gowensyille. =. O.; I. j. Hoskin.
BplRnt Neck y. C.: *. u. James. Axiom, |
Va r. q. JigRett. Madison station, Miss: |
p r.. Jonfs. Nebraska, Va: W. j. Keller, |
Ms ale. Ala: W. 4. Mcclure. Berry Vile, |
Va: j. u. MeKim. New York; G. G. Page. |
University OF Virginia =. y. Preston,
l., ncb burg: {. W. Rogers. High Town, !
Va; Kirkland Rnffin. Old Church. Va; ". |
M. seward Hopeyille, Va.
Graduates IA Greek: Archer Anderson. |
Jr., Richmond; Lewis NJ. Baker. Rowling |
Green, Va. W. r.. Brown. Richmond. Va: |
John ST. Calender, PeteNbng. Va: X. 3 |
CCckreil jacksonville, Fla; Charles 4. /
EchOis. Huntsville. Ala T.. Il. Raymond, |
Liberty. Va James A. lngie. Frederick. |
ND; George fetrie. Charlottesyille. Va; 4
W. 4. VOORHEES,. Amheist Courthouse; I
IA mes Is. Woods. Characteristic.
GRADUATES.
School Of English Language aud Ltere-
ture: John u. Fletcher, Jenkins's Bridge.
Va.
School OF Natural Philosophy n. :. Gu
net. Baltimore. Nd: W. h. Gaines. Louis
vile. KY; j. n. Miller. Dublin, Va. q. Re.
THE. Charlottesville, Va.
st hooi Of Latin: Archer Anderson, IT,,
JoDp IL q. Rsgby, and Wallace y. Brown,
Rich mOnd. Va. Ernest D. CDnhrauA An