The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-06-16

The commencement Sermon was

! Tie t<mmenc elneIlt sermon wa
| delivered last sabbath, nj the NJ. T.
Church, 10y the Rev. L. NJ. Staadi.
fer of Oxford. In order to give Al! al
opportunity to attend the reguiRy
services at the other churches began
an hour earlier than usual, and the
large audience in attendance WIS
composed of all denominations. The
Reverend speaker chose for his text
The l2th verse of the 9Th chapter 81
the Gospel according to st. John.
Then spake Jesus again unto them
saying, ! am the light of the world f.;
he that folioweth me shall not walk
IN darkness, but shall have the light
Of life. The theme was well chosen
and the speaker handled his subject
in a mastery manner. He showed
the great Importance Of education
and the equally great Importance of
LAYING the foundation for The same
during the period of youth. that
the mind aud soul might he
the better prepared to receive
the browning light that can ema-
nate alone from Him who she'd
he rays Of divine ctlinlgeuce to the
attermost parts ofcreation and anal
y no matter h0W finished the edu-
alton, nor cultured the scholar, II
less he had the ~redeeminJ light OF
salvation through Christ at once the
teacher and savior OF mankind, he
must walk in utter darkness to the
end of all time. Want of space pre-
cludes a more elaborate review of the
sermon at this time, 1t WA an able
etiort and Mr.. Standifer fully snstaia-
I'd his reputation as n of the fore
most pulpit orators of the day.
Monday was devoted to the eXami
nation of the little folks; and Mon
lay night was devoted to an enter,
tainment by the same contingent,
consisting of Rotations, dialogues,
music, etc.
!. medal vas awarded to Gertrude
Ray, Of the primary class and Har-
vey Murff, Of the Academic class,
for regular attendance and best schol-
arship.
Tuesday morning the exercise.
were opened with prayer by Bishop
Hargrove. After some music. the
Salutatory, "A day in June Wa
read by Miss Minnie Barksdale
She was followed by Miss Julia Sage
who delived the Valedictory, "Pa
thence is Godlike.' These al i~resses
We're fully up to the standard and
were creditable alike to the far au-
thores-es and their instructors.
Hon. Chas. b. Mitchell was then
introduced to The audience, and de-
livered a magnificent Grafton on the
uhjert Of ''Thought.' His address
was ehaste and ornate and was
beautifully garnished with tiower.ot
rhetoric. The speaker was literally
a~pplanded. and made a fine impress
.ion on the vast audience.
When he had finished Bishop Har
grove arose. and taking up one
branch Of the subject upon which
Mr.. Mitchell had dilatea, proceeded
to make a few de-ultory remarks.
He soon enchained the attention oil
mis- hearers, who leaned forward with
I~reathless eagerness to catch each
word as it fell from the speakers
The Bishop is a man Of impos-
appearance, of pleasing address
and Of imperial presence. He Is Que
ed to, and is unquestiouahiy an in.
.ellectual giant, The regret seemed
q be universal that his stay in Gre.
laaa was so short. Before closing
ais remarks the Bishop in OK pressivr
.erius bestowed his brnediction upon
he two graduates, Misses Barksdale
md Sage, juat about to enter upon
he commencement" of real life
Rev. Mr.. Newell. President OF the
institute, then proceeded to confer
lpon The two young ladies their re-
pective diplomas, which, entitled
hem 10 the degree Of Mistress OF
Lite nature. /.
Tuesday night was devoted to the
Entertainment offered by the larger =;
The large hall was packed
nd jammed so that we could not
ct nearer than fifteen feet Of the
'oOr, therefor" we cannot give any
hing like an accurate account of the ,
'roeeedings, and prefer not to try to,
imply from %hedrsay, After the ex-
were over Mr.. Newell made 4 g
short address 10 the patrons Of i
he school. We could only hear i'm I
1'rfeo.ly what he said. and do not |
TX To try to report him unless we {
'oud do SO accurately. I
Werannoi close this without saying +.
'omet'ingof the art department, evil I
# which were to be seen on :
very mad We are not an art crit
Q by a large majority. We couldn't