The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-09

to drop Some Of your theories all to
gether. Theory should he your servan
and when it is of no further use to you
in the name of God, drop it. The worlt
is a world of test and of competition
When the test comes, pass it. Wher
the competition comes, without elbow.
ing or pushing your fellowman, push on.
You have the right. God gives you the
right. The best thing on your diplomas
is 1903 because in those figures your
life and name are linked with the Great
Educator. God bless You!
COLLECTION FOR PACoLET:
President Cromer announced that it
had been the custom of the college for
many years to make an offering on these
occasions for the benefit of the college.
but this morning our state stands in the
shadow of great sorrow, and today it
has been decided to give the morning
and evening collections to the sufferers
from the Pacolet disaster. DR.. Cromer
said he had no hesitancy in announcing
this at religious service, because it is
minstering to His needy. These people
are hungry and they cannot wait God
has prospered Newberry College during
the past session. God has prospered
Newberry during the past year. Let
| all contribute literally. The collection
amounted to $57.41.
Address to the Students.
The annual address to the students
! was delivered Sunday evening by the
Rev. d. M. Ramsay, of Charleston.
The audience was as large as that which
| heard the baccalaureate sermon this
morning.
The address was forceful and eloquent,
and at the same time practical, and cal
culated to do good by the message of
truth 1t bore. The theme was "a More
Abundant Tomorrow, and the speaker
pleaded for hope and cheer among men
in meeting the difficulties of life.
The collection, as at the morning ex-
cises, was for the benefit of the suffer-
ers from the Pacolet disaster. The COL
lection amounted - $29.21.
The religious exercises were con-
Quoted by the Rev. w. l.. Seabrool.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. V. Y.
BCozcr.
The speaker was presented by the
Rev. Geo. A. Wri ght.
DR.. Ramsay said that Caroline Fox
tells us in her charming autobiography
thai Carlisle once entertained Emerson
by taking him through the slums of
England. The examples of depravity
were striking and Carlisle with that
cynical manner Of his asked, "Do you
not believe in a devil now?" Emerson
calmly replied, Il only the more strong
ly believe in the goodness and greatness
OF the English people," Here we have
two striking examples of pessimism
and OF optimism-thr two schools that
nave divided the earth through all the
ages. All teaching must t. nd either to
the one or the other. These two views
are the views of life, and he wanted to
ask the young people which line they
were going to take. They would take
one or the other and he was going to
speak tonight of "a More Abundant
Tomorrow.
l am an optimist and have no apollo
gles, said the speaker. The men who
accomplished something in their age
and generation were the men who took
cheerful and hopeful view of life.
The speaker first took up a discussion
of the foundation for the view under
lying his subject, and then discussing
the value of the view in life.
AS to the foundation for the view, I
plead, he said, that God is, and that
God is at work in the world. If we do
not accept the view of the ancient
philosopher who said that God takes no
part in the affairs of men, or the con-
cluslon of Napoleon that God is on the
SIDE OF the heaviest artillery, we must
belong to the school of optimists. l
love the philosophy Of the Galiean who
said that there is providence in the
fall OF a sparrow, and the deeper phi
losophy of Paul, "that all tffAfiffgs work
together for good to them that love the
Lord"
SO much for the view. AS to it's value,
1t is constructive in its application. The
only thing which can live is that which
IS positive and constructive. The idea
that this is the brightest and most glo-
rious day is coming to be recognized
as correct. If we are to do ANYTHING,
we are TO act and if we ara to .ct wa
are to have a realization that the future
holds something for us.
IN support of this theory is that it
sounds clarion note for hope and cheer
IN The affairs Of life. The darkest hour
that any soul can feel is the hour when
hope dies. In that hour when the an
cry waters hurried death and destruc-
ton before them (referring to the Paco-
let diSaSter) hone rose ahovo ayory