The herald., 1896-07-25
ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS
To Serve During the Coming Year for
the Chautanqua
The Class In Messianic Prophecy Adopt Re-
solutions of Approval
The Glasses VIII Continue During the Balance
Of the 7onth-A Number Of People
Leave Town With the Close
Of chautsuqua - Notes

Today marks the closing of the
eleventh annual session of the Chautau-
qua assembly. This assembly has called
together numbers far exceeding all other
years, both in class enrolment and at
tendance at the popular lectures FL
nancially the affair has been successful
and after all debts are paid there will be
d small surplus. The concert last night
brought the management in the neat
sum of $3.50, over and above the general
tickets of admission, which will help
matters out that were before somewhat
doubtful.
The eXer cises of today opened by the
Chautauquans forming in procession in
an open lot at the rear of the tabernacle,
and marching around and coming finally
through the building to the platform,
headed by President s. II. Weller and
Secretary George r. Grow. The treasur-
er c. A. Baskerville, was absent in the
city on important business. The pro-
cession was not as long as on previous
years, and lacked the enthusiasm and
brass band accompaniment which char
acterized the exercise in past assembly
meetings. The first event was the sing
ing of the song "A Song of Today by the
audience under the leadership of Prof.
Cornell. Then the audience was lead in
responsive reading by President Weller;
the Chautauqua song was sung, and
prayer by Rev. W. F. Day, D. D., was
followed by the address of the morning
by Prof. Thomas Bailey of the Univer-
sity of California.
At the conslusion of this address Prof.
Grow announced that five of the men,
bers of the Chautauqua college had COM
pleted their course of studies, and were
entitled to diplomas. President Weller
then proceeded to give to the class of '96
the diplomas and some wholesome ad-
vice, congratulating them on the faith
full completion of their studies. The
great trouble today, said he. in ev-
cry department of life is the failure to
complete a task begun. The names of
the graduating class are Miss May
Stansbury, Los Angeles; Miss May
Topliff Pomona; Miss Emma Lee Bart
lett Pomona; Mr.. James Linton Hall
and Mrs. Marcia A. Hall of Azusa, Cal.
The president then remarked upon the
success spiritually. mentally. morally
and financially OF the assembly. and
hoped that the coming year might pe
still more successful. The benediction
was then pronounced, and the eleventh
annual Chautauqua assembly was at an
end. The summer classes will continue
for the balance of the month. The fol-
lowing poem was written for the occa-
sion:
TRUTH SEEKERS.
(Class Poem for 1885,
o climber whose brave feet rise
On rounds of defeat and pain,
From out of far-off skies
Leans one of the heavenly train.
And she cries Faint not o soul,
The seeker shall reach his goal!
deliver in darkest mines
For riches of priceless worth.
Tho sunlight nor starlight shines,
By a CLEAN that is not of earth
Thou mayst read: Faint not. o soul,
The seeker shall reach his goal.
sailor DER worldwide seas
For isles that no chart may show,
Not only the favoring breeze
But the widest blasts that blow
Have a voice. Faint not o soul.
The seeker shall reach his goal.
For higher than moon or star
Deeper than pummet falls.
Truth dwelleth alone and far.
Yet ever her clear voice calls
To her own: Faint not o soul.
The seeker shall reach his goal.
Mary II. Fields.
The closing lesson in Messianic Proph-
ecy, by Prof. Dorland, was one of unus-
ual interest. setting forth, as it did, the
end of prophetic teaching and also the
consummation OF all religious life.
The subject was The New Heaven and
the New Earth, which, the speaker said,
was the law of righteousness and JUS
tice written in the human conscience,
that political, social or individual life
can only be purified and perfected by the
spirit of the Christ.
The prophetic promise is of an age
when God, and not greed, shall control
the world. This earth is to be purified,
the destructive force of the physical
and moral world are to be overcome,
wars shall cease and denomination
chickering's shall pass away, and every
thing that shall hurt or harm either man
or beast shall be utterly destroyed, and
then, and not till then, will be accom-
plished the mission given to the first
man: "Subdue the earth and replenish
it,"
At the close of the lesson resolution