The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-20

Upon motion the thanks of the asso
citation were voted Mr.. Daniel for the
able aud mastery address delivered
and the association adjourned.
Prof. Bowers stated that the faculty
had arranged for four reunions in the
State and Georgia during the summe,
in the interest OF the college, and be-
spoke the interest Of the association
There were foIty-three members pres
| ept.
The following is the
ADDRESS OF REV. w. W. DANIEL.
I have looked to this occasion with
varied feelings. I state fact, which
doubtless, admits of an easy explana-
tion when I declare that I have felt q
deeper interest and a grsver responsi.
bility personally in the exercises of this
hour than I ever experienced before IN
coming up to our annual convocatlon.
| It is q privilege, frsught usually with
: great possibilities, both for true pleasure
and real profit, to attend the commence
! ments of our lima Iote1. Itisencourag-
ing, indeed it is an inspiration-to re-
! ceive positive assurances and have both
ocular and auricular demonstrations
of her growing prosperity, her incress:
ing usefulness, her Overwhelming and
| ever deepening influence, and her
steady advancement along the lines OF
true progress. Such exhibitions OF
vitality are exceedingly gratifying to
every alumnus of the college and to
every true friend Of Christian cduca-
ton.
Apart from these considerations,
which are helpful and which shed
forth influence Of a truly eievating and
ennobling character, it is an additional
source of no little delight to me per-
sonally, that am permitted again TO
| meet and mingle with those for whose
| real good and true prosperity I have
| bad J special concern; with those en-
deared to me by many a consideration,
| and with those to whom / am bound
by the strong ties of friendship. It is
always refreshing to me to look into
the faces of Newberrians.
Another ground of JOY is that have
| been highly henored by honorable nen.
This is always p'easisg,-always pro-
ductive Of very agreeable SENSATIONS
! always touches responsive chord and
causes it tc vibrste throughout Ones
being and bring him under charming
influence which is akin to that exerted
by the strains of sweetest music.
There are other considerations, how
ever, which call forth widely different
! reflections and awaken diverse emo
tions we'll calculated to interfere very
materially with this rythmic flow OF
the soul, and to disturb very sensibly
this pleasing spell Of musical harmony.
It should never be forgotten that an
| honor conferred is an obligation i'm
posed; and. hence, that the acceptance
of the profered honor is the assump-
tier Of the correspondent obligation.
The duty devolving upon me, at this
hour, is in the light of that principle,
almost burden. And [ am free to
confess that the satisfactory manner in
which my honored predecessors have
hitherto defended the wisdom of your
choice and justified the confidence
! which you have reposeG in them has
made me somewhat nervous, time and
again, before to-day.
I take 1t, however, that the best posi-
| ble and most practical assurance that
| one can give of his appreciation of an
honor conferred is a faithful effort to
measure up to the responsibilities IT,
volved, by performing to the best OF
| his ability the task assigned. This con.
viction has given me some trouble. /
am therefore fully persuaded that it is
thoroughly evangelical.
Really 1 more than halfsuspect that
the greater part of my perplexity has
arisen from the reflection that ! have
told nearly everything I know right
here in Newberry, in the five hundred
and sixty four sermons and talks with
which unburdeneo myself and with
| which I probably bprdened others
during my three years sojourn among
you.
And Newberry audiences are as rule
SO attentive that repetitions are hazard
GUS, and 80 appreciatiye that repetition
would indicate cruelty on the part OF the
speaker. Fortunately for, me at this
hour, but unfortunately many think
for the race, events have been 80 hume
rous and startling; Disturbances have
been SO alarming; unrest and discomfort
have been 30 wide spread, that am
not shut up to the paisful necessity of
simply reproducing thoughts to which
I gave utterance while I was among
you.
Whatever may be the truth concern
ing present conditions, and whatever
may be my attitude toward them
ordinarily, just at this particular
juucture I feel some sympathy with
the spirit which must have swept over
the greatest of the apostles when be
said, 1--WE glory in tribulstions also"
Not that I aim to discuss these condi-
tions to-day but that they have been
suggestive to me in the preparation of
this address on
"CHRIST1AN EDUCATION, THE SoLU-
TIoN, POSSIBLY TIE ONLY SATISFAC-
TORY SOLUTION, OF THE GREAT
AND INTRICATE PROBLEMS
NOW CONFRONTING CIVIL
ZATIoN."
How widely soever men may differ
as to the causes, which have produced
the unrest and evident dissatisfaction of
the present, there is perfect unanimity
of opinion as to the existence of
such unhappy condition of men and
affairs. We are all more or less most
painfully cognizant of the fact that the
age is pregnant With pertubations,
tremulous with uncertainties aud
agitated with fears.
The world is tempest-tossed and
everywhere the wild storms are lash
ing the great sea Of humanity. In
country sparse and in city full dark
clouds hover over the horizon.
Unrest and disquiet hold high
carnival throughout the moral, social,
political, and industrial world.
Whether it be true as claimed by
very excellent writer that the insurg
ing woes of centuries of wrong are
swelling the great heart Of humanity,
it must be confessed that disturbing
influences have made their appearance.
It is patent to all that this is not only
period of unrest but ofexperiment also.
Or togive it a logical expression it
may be said that this is an age of un-
rest and therefore an age of ex-
pertinent. Uncertainty is always pro-
ductive either of cold Indifference
or of feverish excitement. Men ure
and making discoveries