The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-21
First Annual commencoment-spe
by the Cadots-sermon by Rov. Mr..
.Cuthbert, and AL Address by Rev. ELI
son Camera, etc,

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torrents, but this did not keep the people
away. When we reached the building we
found the spaciol 3 chapel comfortably
filled with an intelligent audience.
The chapel presented q very pretty
scene. The Cadets, with the assistance Of
their lady friends, had tastefully deco
rated the walls and the platform with ever
greens and beautiful flowers. On the
platform were eight stacks of guns, which
were almost covered with wreaths.
The Young America Cornet Band was
present, and at intervals during the even
ing rendered some ofits excellent music.
After an appropriate prayer by Rev. T. f.
Gadsden, extract speeches we're delivered
by the following cadets, in the order
named, on the subjects quoted:
sVoyage Of Life"-Theod Stone.
"Boy's Rights. G. Allen.
"Eloquence"- -Fulwer Watson.
Pursuits in Life'-A Dialogue-Thos.
Maxwell, Joe McCully, ]. W. Provost, A..
iP. Cater, Samuel Payne and Waller Mar
din.
'.The Village Preacher'-C. g. sayre
sSmall Beginnings''-Durant Earle.
'sFifty Years Ago"--David Clark.
"shape of the Earth.'-A Dialogue, W..
p. Cromer, r. E. Lee and j. N. Masters.
& "Reputation'-J. L. Mattison.
"America''-T. L. Boykin.
s'The Pacific Railway".-A. G. Shearer.
"Alexander and the Robber"-W, A..
McFall and g. w. Whitlock.
..Strike, as said the anvil to the ham,
mer"-James Kennedy.
"Men that never die"-R. B. Gray
0Death OF Marmion" s. McCully.
"The Way to John smith's"-A Dia-
logue-Theo dore Stone and c., Malone.
"Horatius at the Bridge"-George Ba-
ker.
"Earnestness" Parker.
.'Marco Boz3aris"-J. N. Brown.
"Burial March of Dundee"-Paul Aver.
sThe Phrenologist"-D. Gray, 7. O..
Sanders and D. M. Watson.
"The Fight of the Paso Del Mari. A
Sullivan.
Independence Bel''-R. E. Belcher.
"Earnestness''-W. W. Sullivan.
"Death of Leonidas'-J.J j. Trowbridge.
"Integrity''-H. s. Bowling.
..The Will"-A Dialogue. L. Talbert,
J. d. Brown, r. E. Burriss and Fred.
sadler.
aCommerce,-I. II. Coker.
'sThe Christis Maiden and the Lion"
w. G. Watson.
"The Indian Chiefs. B. Hair.
:. call quiet along the Potomac''-J. D.
Lowrance.
"True Nobility''-B. w. Drummond. :
''Robin Roughhead"- Dialogue
Charles Stone, Benz. s. Patrick, and others.
Each one Of the Cadets acquitted him
self well, and received numerous beauti-
full floral tributes from their fair friends.
On Sunday morning, at IL O'Clock, the
Commencement Sermon was preached in
the Baptist Church by Rev. Lucius Cuth-
bert, Of Aiken, S. G. His text was:
"And the Angel Of the Lord appeared
unto him, and said unto him, the Lord is
with thee, thou mighty man of valor."-
Judges 6:12. Gideon, of whom the text
speaks, was taken as the hero of the SER
mon, and presented to the young men, es-
pecially, for their admiration and imita-
ton. The preacher called attention TO the
fact that the Angel addressed Gideon as a
man; a mighty man, "migltty man Of valor."
He said the need of the times is for men,
mighty men, and men of valor. Edu-
Gated, brave, moral, industrious men.
Men who will know the right and dare to
it; men who will take Gods standard as
their standard, and His will as their will,
and live by it and die b !, it. Especial at
tention was directed to the fact that Gid.
con was energetcally doing his duty when
called by God to save Israel. It is not the
idle man that God wants for his noble and
grand purposes, but the busy, industrious,
energetic man, who will do what his
hands find to do faithfully and indus
triously. This was illustrated by the call
ing of the busy fishermen, and by several
old Testament examples of men who
were called from well-performed duty in
small things to some great and grand
work for God and humanity. Some of
you young men may be called to the plow.
If so, plow the deepest fufrow, turn the
,,,Lso;1 ,,,, tho hest o,d do fba hoot on1
most faithful service of any plowman.
Others of you may be called to drive the
plane or saw or WELD the hammer. If 30,
do it we'll and faithfully. Some of you
may be called to stand up in our Courts of
Justice. If 30, do your duty to the best of
your ability and faithfully as in the pres
ence of God. Perchance some of you
may be called to occupy the sacred desk.
If so, let the love and glory Of God in
spire every effort. he desired his hearers
to notice Gideon's absolute obedience to
Gods command. This, he said, was the
most striking feature of Gideon's might.
Gideon recognized that the -ill of the
Lord must be done, so he went forth in
the strength of the Lord. Gideon had as
surance of success, and this is an import
ant factor in moral might. To hesitate is
to give up the struggle. Have q definite
purpose, the speaker urged, and never for.
sake it. With singlen esq of aim and pur-
pose, Gideon pressed forward to success.
he recognized that q strict compliance
with the conditions of success was essen
tial to mighty influence for good. Life
is but a series of competitive examina.
tions, and we must be ready to meet them.
Feeble and futile are all our efforts unless
God is our helper. Gideon enjoyed this
advantage. It was the sword of Gideon
and the Lord that conquered. We are
often called to attempt what seems impos-
sible. There is daily conflict against the
world, the flesh and the devil. Let Gid
cons example cheer you in the conflict
Gideon's yaior was shown by beginning
promptly this unequal struggle. He did
not hesitate, but perseyered. Many men
fail because they don't know how to fol-
low up the victory they have already
gained. Young men, follow up your
advantages if you would succeed. There
must be no let up in the conflict between
right and wrong. Whatever you under
fata IN 1;fa vouno uan ranoon,har to fo1