Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-06-16
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NEWARK, June 10.-The assessment for
the town is now posted IN the store of j..
w. Parrish for inspection. On Monday
afternoon, June 18th. from TO O o'clock,
the town council will hold court of APP
peal IN the town house to hear and adjust
any appeals from the assessment.
Last evening large number of New
arkers went into Wilmington to attend the
commencement exercises of the Wilmington
Commercial College.
wednesday evening the Home Mission
airy Society Of the Methodist Church gave
rose festival with ACCOMMODATING
musical concerts in rose lore. There were
many good things for sale. but the attend
ance WAS somewhat small on account of
the rain.
NEWARK. June 13.-Tho first event of
the commencement season took place last
evening in the Delaware College oratory,
when the Rev. Otis A. Glazcbrook. ID. ~,
rector Of St. Johns Episcopal Church,
Elizabeth, n. j., delivered the annual
baccalaurcate sermon before the gradual
ing class The oratorv was unusually
crowded with the townfolk and friends OF
the college, while upon the stage were
seated President A. n. Rauh, the members
of the faculty, several members of the
board of trustees. the graduating class of
nine Young men and the following clergy
men The Rev. DIR. Glazebrook, the Rev
W., Du liadaway, the Rev. DIR. Vallan-
digham, the Rev. n. II. Miller and the
Rev. G. NJ. Bond. The preliminary eyer
cises consisted Of the singing of several
HYMNS by the st. Thomas Episcopal
choir, the reading of u chapter in the
Bible the recitation Of the apostles creed
and the delivery of prayer.
DR.. Glazebrook then stepped forward
and took for his text Psalms YIN: 1, what
is man, that thou art mindful OF him. and
the son Of man. that thou vsitest him2n
also Matthew xxi. 81. Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind"
These stand, he said, ''as question and
answer, the one in the old the other in
the new testament II is an important and
interesting question. If there Is one thing
that men know little about ii is themselves
! am speaking in the presence of college
men and college graduates, but | am sure
they will sympathi1e with me in my search
Tor definition, AN examination, an analy-
SIS of the question: What is mang Some
men have tried to make an explanation.
have tried TO define mankind, at the same
time ignoring Christianity"
The speaker then went on, without any
attempt At witticism, whatever, to give
llato's succinct yet low conception which
Nthl tilhl man WIS IL lND-lthEtl ltllInul
without feathers, and Diogenes' artfu and
sufficient refutation of the same when he
simply stripped chicken of all its
feathers and held il aloft, saving "Behold
Plato's man. There must be something
more worthy and more serious than this
in an adequate exposition and it is con-
tanned in these words Love thy God
with all thy heart and with all thy mind
and with all thy soul" We thank God for
that admirable ampliiication. Christ said
that man had heart and soul and mind
and that is just the difference between the
Greek mythology and Christian religion
| conception of man. 1t puts man on d noble
pedestal; it differentiatcs him from other
animals. II points to mans ancestry, in
eyilably to God
NEWARK, June 1i.-Sunday was OBJ
served as Chidren's Day in the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches here. There
were songs, recitations, &c, by the
| scholars at the former church, while ad-
dresses were made by the pastor, the Rev.
J. W. Dn Hallway and II. 5. Goldey. Al
the Presbyterian Church an appropriate
address was made by the Rev. n. IL.
| Miller.
Next Saturday evening the Democrats of
West White Clay Creek hundred will hold
a meeting in Grange Hall to organize q
working political club for the coming cam
| lagn, which promises to be vigorous
one on both sides.
The Knights of the Golden Eagle held n
festival here on Saturday evening, which
was literally patronized by the friends OF