New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-30
THEIR COMMENCEMENT DAY.
CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE MISSIONARIES
GRADUATE.
ONE HUNDRED AND sEvENTY-sIx ARE NJ"
READY TO 90 TO CUBA AND OTHER LANDS


READY TO 90 TO CUBA AND OTHER LANDS
TO CARRY on THEIR WORK
The commencement exercises OF the class OF VI
Ys at the Missionary Training CoHege Oh 'e
christian Alliance took place yesterday at sou'h
Nvsck where the new college Is Eigh'y-"e
rnra, and ninetv-one men we're graduated ana
given their diplomas Miss May Agnew conducted
inc singing and presided the organ. and niaIe
quartet and a mixed double quartet SANK app'o-
pirate selections during the afternoon
Though the day not pleasant. great many
New-York people took advantage OF tho special
rates offered by the railroads and went up on 'he
sx5 o'clock train where they were met oy inc nov
DIR Simpson and friends. ana were coi
viewed 10 the college, where luncheon was 1e' '
20 all the guests by Mrs hirk 'he 'Op'''''
tendent. -, ,,
The exercises Of the day were opened with singing
t,- the students who intend TO go 10 Cuba lhdia
and Africa and brave the famine ana inc Ie'o'.
Miss Agnew then sang, and the auolehce anu
.tudent. toined IN After a few more musical Sc
factions Miss NJ Louise Merrck. of New-Brish'oh'
Penn delivered an address on George Mueller; or.
what God Can Do with One Man" She toio Oh
N,,eliers early nfe the pilferfngs OF the Oo'oi"-
pent money from HIS father. who was CoHec'or
~ the Excise: his wild and untutored ways. ana
hts ,rnprsonment for unpaid hotel oiHs. ai'er
djssipated career Of few years The marvellous
change in his life then described. which trans
formed the useless spoiled boy into the man VINO
oDened FIVE orphanages and cared Tor lhousAHuS VI
children. Mr. Moody was given as another eN-
annie O, what God can do with one man
The Christian Wornan's Debt 10 Her Heather
sister. was the subject o. Miss Jennie T. Gill
lands address She gave a graphic descrlp'io" o'
the degradation o. the women OF hea'hen 'a"u'
She said that It useless for men TO Try 10 ac-
complsh anything In missionary WORK among
women in other lands than those OF CIVILIZATION De-
cause such strict laws and customs smut women
IN that II would be impossible for any one ou'
woman 10 reach them. She praised especially INC
work done BY medical women missionaries IN the
mast These often awakened spiritual me- sie
said by having Scriptural texts written on their
-rescr,rtion OF on the medicine bottles wheh u'e
medical woman was her own DOCTOR ~ - ''o
boarding schools. however, that 90 the mos.
practical good she said. for here the Kris ana
women ara sheltered from evii inhu 'ces, go
crawn into new environment anu aio les
<rorn persecution. They have, TOO, oppoi 80
- n.uddV and improve their minds while the splr-
i-ial nature Is being developed. - -, 49,, 10
SoaH n, Sa1cesdingv clever address "Chrs;s
testimony 10 the Old Testament ana at'@ a. fI
higher critics who believe the New sna sheTr r, az
th od Testament; Re show yem the Bible Of The
Jews and always With reverence and BELLE oni' 81
ees;ncty ,bs ss aw s t9' 10 faa ' Hse
nanded others 70 study IT, arH 'o'G He quoted no
great lawgiver so many times the sPehhe &c. cnnld
as the AN, amer o. ' se.horshp The Old Testament
as il is to-day was IN the hands OF di " earded
~, nyscioi,s :reasi,res he added and Il s no more
itS.P 10. an Irnrostor could have put there any
thing spurious without either Phari-ee Or scbooi
Srcee detecting him than that me pupIIc ~ ~
Sistorv OF the United States could be chahgeud 20
s,,t The whi-ns o. some party without II being ais
covered by another. .,,.1xoa ~ the
e.mdorsts After receiving their diplomas .they W..
eaeSre.sea fy Mrs CORTLAND de Peyster Field Mss
Louise Shepard Mr.. Kirk Miss MAY ASn1m e,nhers
a Y Simpson and the other teachers ana mum ,
oe the faculty as well by several ministers "a
other denorl!na tons who were present ,,, ho
Several o, the graduates hope thst theS VI they
allowed n 70 10 Cuba soon, as that Is "hh' '"''
have studied for