Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-07
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ilEtuu, p g. tlr said nc hing
Is more Interesting 70 hil, ihau
.trC x Youth. where the soul
was the haae of yirtr aHa The
uigd imtucG with Justice. The
world bad 10 cps ctaeie more
deeply touching tEan a bods Of
yoTug men whose luiiUite posi-
biliiies stirred every pulse.
be thought of tie thousands OF
young men banded together as
ais heaters were. for God and
right helping - mold every
opinion that absorb q the pub
lie attention, he could not but
realize what q noble power for
good this orr lnlzltlOn was
While eadeayOIilg to prepare
lis thoughts for the present Oc-
casion Ills n.iEd reverted 10 two
or three occasions IN his early
lite that still shOne through the
foxy years that had elapsed.
Tie tirst was a lecture to
body Of young men. many of
whoa have since Illustrated. ia
4 remarkable degree the great
worth of principles I'd upright
ness and integrity. The speak
er described wildly ihs effect
produced on the uusOphi sticaied
aud imaginative mind ofa youth
By the able sermons on tie cher
aeteF of ST Iaui lie recalled
the picture She eloquent speaker
had drawn Of tine great apostle
- he spoke 20 Tire afhetssrs.
aud ot the character az = ,tcc
scutic8 an &c .he highest cnur
ttsy and good breeding :hat -
Paul possessed. To tbe train
JEg e the ancient athletes fer
the O'ymP games. when they
tied veigsjs to heir limbs %
harden thsiE muscles. tie speak
er had analo.ized the christians
lie of SELF debial. and the ath
letcs glorious victory aad the
glorious victory of a Ge,.ir lie.
The difference vas. that ln the
Christian .ace al ecu z be gin
neT.
Tie second address vas enc
male hy a man "a Gasl.lse b.
form aLd feature as PEs.ias' per
feet statue, Who las since be
come a distinguished Dis hep Of
thTiS,Iln ehuFch. aud whose
name vas acw = household word
all over tAc Southern country.
The address wss delivered Ir
$50 at the E.eetIrE ola literary
society, yst. tire Justice said. be
coGld recall sentence after sen
teuee Of The silveFy words. The
yC1ug orator was speaking .a
beha. { OF the iaciaslia- ofTeE-
leus subjects ia the discussions
oftae society. ausi BE- iuPrvs-
sia4s MS burning weTis Lad
made haa never EaIsd
The third address Eas a ser
mon by Bishop JosLuA SrgiL
Ihc Bishop hAk delivered "a ser
n8n - congregation 81 y..-u-
men. tA- FIrpase oi which Eas
60 show them thatibe thTistiau
r .iSiea WIS ret uarhilcsoFhse4s
and not Irrational Sc spoke
81 reiirvetLc young fneLiS iads
sc the belief that uulesief "a.
g isdnm aad sSepticism mark
Of culture The clergyman gave
sufficient outline Cfghe branch
s. Cf learning man wculd ias =
70 master before be cCuld be
eompeteutto cit in ia gmeut CT +.
the Bible, more studio 5 than one
Ram could master Ia q lifetime.
And the Bible was not a srfd
for study but i esSage OF peace
AID JOY 20 all. high anal low. in
te1igent and uucultured. Bush
Op SeOld had given sketches Of
doctrines of atheism and said
that they all cTumhled before
the one test Of personal experi
ence. No Skeptic would dare
To sly that Ec had tried to find
God, aud then avOw his belief
that there WAS 10 God. Myri-
ads. however, here testimony
to Gods existence.
Ia conclusion Justice Lamar
said that s0me If his hearers
would perhaps be disappointed
al his lot having said more Of
bis personal hfe and experiences
He feared that he had rather
been left behind in the march of
modern developments of Chris
tan doctrines; but through ali
vieissitudes of his life, in all it's
sIctOries aud defeats, in all his
contact with judges and with
generals, and statesmen, he had
never yet gathered richer treas
ures than those he had received
from these three men. When
lis mind had been oppressed
aud perplexed. these thoughts
would come 10 him and make
him strong again.
he wished though, to show his
eOlOrs, aud would simply say, /
without Gny figures of rhetoric I
that he believed there was /
God. who was infinitely great /
and neFCiful, and he believed in
His hOllDess, justice aad cod.
ness.
The buffsloe gnat. which is so
destructive 10 stock, appears to
hn f-n-a1sr.~ ~