, 1889-09-06
OLD TIME JUBILEE.
OIC 'I'HI UOIIEEG.
Twenty Thousand People at a
Presbyterian Celebration.
The Old Log College and What
Has Grown Out Of 1t.
President Harrison Makes an
Address on the Occasion
Log College Celebration.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 5.-Ihe old log
college celebration under the auspices Of
the Presbytery of Philadelphia, began to.
day on the old Tennent farm neal Hart
vile, Bucks county, Pa, where the col.
lcge was originally located. The farm is
twenty miles from Philadelphia. The ex.
ercises of the day are really eommemora
tive Of the founding Of the Presbyterian
church in the United States. The log
college was established in 1926 by VIII.
lam Tennent and lourished until 1912.
when Princeton college was founded. 1t
may be SAID that the Princeton institution
sprang up from the primitive college es
tablished by 1ennent.
President Harrison and Postmaster
General Wanamaker having driven from
Nanamaker $ country seat this morning,
a distance OF several miles, the farm houses
along the route were decorated and col =
unual ovations awaited them on every
side. Tents had been erected on the Ten
nent farm, and an immense crowd trt m
the surrounding ountry and philadelphia
including prominent Presbyterian diyines
IRON all over the country were present.
A long programme had been arranged. di-
vided into two parts. 1t opened with re-
llgious services. At 1850 the president
and MIR. Wanamaker entered the large
tent and were given a most enthusiastic
welcome. They took seats on the raised
platform.
As soon as the party was seated the
first paper OF the day was read by Rev.
ID. X. Turner of Hartsville. 1t was de-
scriptive of the founding of the Log col
lege and the useful career Of its founder.
He was followed by Rev. Il. NJ. Patter-
son of Philadelphia, editor of the Pres
6yteridn who delivered an address on tie
Log college. Rev. DIR. Murray, dean of
Princeton college, delivered an address,
followed by Rev. DR.. McIllwaine, presi-
dentiof Hampton Sydney college, Virginia,
on the influence of the log college in the
south. When President HARRISON rose
to speak the $4,000 persons present
cheered him repeatedly.
de SAID in part: Il thank you for your
hospltable treatment of me and mine to-
day, but | must say | have much pleasure
here Tor every impulse of the honest pride
which stirs your hearts, move mine. |
am glad to stand here at the source OF
the great movement. | have seen the
Mississippi pouring out its enormous food
to the gulf, and | have had the pleasure
Of standing at the source of the grear
Missouri, but what is the force and en-.
ergy implied by these rushing Streams
when compared with the movement inau
gurated here? Applause. | am glad to
be here to help celebrate one of those
great impulses emanating from small be
glnnlngs, and yet how very far
reaching in its effects. | don't
want to unduly cxalt the Presby-
terrain church yet | think the his
torIans who have been untouched by par
tisanship testify it has been magnifcently
pressed onward. Let us take no back
ward steps, let us continue to merit the
favor of God and do His work until the
the world shall cease to move. Stead
fastness is our characteristic; our enemies
have called it obstinacy and there are oc-
casions when eve that trait and that
characteristic has its services. Let us.
my friends, continue to be steadfast to the
faith nurtured and strengthened on this
sacred spot"
After the close of the presidents adj
dress there wal a scene of wild excite
ment for i've minutes, men and women
cheering and waving their handkerchiefs.
Alter singing the hymn Nearer My God
to Thee, the morning exercises closed at
l:30.
The president and party were escorted
to a tent where a boutiful lunch was
spread. At the conclusion of the lunch
the president and party started back to
Wanamaker's.