New-York tribune., 1901-10-20

RerhaPs following the % example lie Of the first
with Seen 9n ff1ng inaCtI6 '''o i"S'
1t might bo Indicated the musical staff. but
the notes OF the oft-repeated supplcation:
. MH. the the sDs5ls Fl h' q PhS & and san
Turn TO the Lord.
Or that other scrptural application:
May be them place Of broad rivers and streams
Neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
But this cantiIation was hardly noticeable in the
Doctors prayers on the Sabbath. nor did it char
periods of his admirable sermons. In preaching he
never made gesture nor lifted a hand except TO
tlon was finely adapted his style of writing
and there was no tameness, but generally great
interest. and often deep and comma nding impress
Some winter scenes in the old chapel during the
years of my college life would nightly affect
more than one OF the senses of the present genera
routed from their beds at a. m in the month
OF december with the mercury at 10 degrees below
had never dreamed of stove? | shall dis
I fear it would not be edifying / think. for the
most part the officiating tutors as glad
when the thing was over as the glum and shver-
Ing students; And then, on wintry Sunday, what
o'1R ~ you 9I the PROUD ana RAJ renowned president
warmed chapel buttoned the throat in a close
hands. and so going through the devotional SER
vices? In such costume and under such conditions
religious world now admiringly reads. But Or.
wise than dgnifed and Commanding None Of the
other dIgntaries who occasionally attended even
ing prayers and passed In and out with the presi-
gallant and graceful John Cotton Smith bearing
the title of Governor and wearing the richly
mounted and brightly scabbarded sword of office
on his thigh. plainly second in the bows of
homage. And General Humphrey a Revolutionary
aid OF Washington and romancing historian of
PutnamS Wolfden, he limped out in the wake
OF the doctor. challenging similar acknowledgment,
had his claims often only scautiy honored. II was
in the last days of Cured wigs and queues and
powdered heads, but all such meretriciOus adorn-
ment DR. Dwight eschewed, relying for honor o
his closely cropped, whitening head. II being found
in the ways of wisdom and righteousness.
rather remarkable Illustration of the digniiei
bearing of President Dwight and of the Venera-
tion in which he held by the students was
in the chapel. There had been StrolnR about the
college grounds and buildings for days a
crack Drained. vagabond Hibernian-said. with I
know not wnat truth. TO have graduated from
Dublin University: and at any rate affirmed
he could talk Latin better than of those
whom he encountered He had made his way into
time of waiting because of the presidents delay.
During this interval some OF the boys began
chatting the tOnguey vagabond. he responding in
full measure. AS you may suppose, the fun grew
fast and furious. From words uniting the time
and place mpious deeds. the transition
speedy Hymn books and other missiles at hand
hurled and fro without any warning 10
stand from under
When the turmoil was at its height the doctor
entered seen only by the few near the door. but
soon his we'll known voice was heard and his
usual clasping his hat upon his breast with the
single, simple utterance:
Young gentlemen! This is the house of God
by sound but that of the voice which, with
than usual solemnity and tenderness. read
the Word of God and seemed by. its accents in
rebuke Father, forgive them. for they know not
what they do