The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-14

their sympathy. They bespoke MS
special interest in the young men of
these institutions who had come from
homes in which the influence of his
own great church had prevailed.
Their wish was that these young men
might remain loyal and true to the
lessons OF the home. He bade him
welcome to the shades of the campus
and the parade ground, to the invisible
presence OF the South's
Dead and sceptered sovereigns
Who still rule our spirits from their urns.'
and to the visible presence OF a faith
full band of friends and coadjutors.
DR.. Quarles rext appeared on the
platform. He was, according to the
program, to deliver "the address by
an old classmate" and struck a re-
sponsive chord when he recalled two
young men, Senior and a Junior,
who As years before had been OF the
number of score of Southern stu
dents at Princeton Theological sem
mary, and held his audience in Tapt
attention to the close. The Senior,
he explained, (himselD was just 2S
days the elder. The Junior was not
large physically, but Of a large mould
Intellectually, morally and spiritually.
Nobody stood better with the pro-
fessors and students than the Junior.
He was characterized by sound COM
mon sense. He showed it in the
choice of the place OF his birth, Col
umbia, s. c.; in the choice of his
father, eminently useful as divine and
educator; in choice the place to get
a theological education, going to the
best to be found-a Presbyterian
seminary; by choosing the highest
and best of all human callings, the
Christian ministry. He had COM
mitted an iudiscretiOn in being born
in South Carolina instead Of Missouri,
but he did the next best thing, he
followed his Senior there and went TO
Lexington, the best town in Missouri;
and now he had again followed in the
footsteps of his Senior by landing in
the b st town in the Old Dominion
and there surrounding himself with
J the sweet influences Of this Presby-
terian center-this old Scotch Irish
community. Some of these days the
: Senior hoped TO have home on Lex
9 ington street in the New Jerusalem.
where he would wait t. greet the
Junior.
Q When DR.. Quarles sat down DR..
q Manly arose, evidently much moved
D by the words and the occasion. His
benignaDt and intellectual face cap
tured the good will of every behoder.
n He confessed to embarrassment he
J., said he was 50 unworthy Of the kind
: things said. II am here to give you
e all that have, the best that have,
e and as long as God shall permit me
s to labor in His cause" He spoke o.
Il the pleasure it gave him to look into
n the faces Of those before him; of thC
If cordial friendly greeting he had re
If ceived on every side. He had ex
lie pected it. He knew Lexington, HI
of rejoiced to be with them, and it wa
ID in his heart to contribute in ever,
is way to the cause of our beloved Lord
r. He thanked all Of them. He was
ct Baptist, but he loved all Gods peopl
f. with all his heart. In other churche
lr he had found some of his deareS
Id friends and greatest helpers He wa
I'd thankful he attended a Presbyteria
seminary, for there he had learned t
D. love the Presbyterian, Episcopalian'
m Methodists and all others. He il
IS. cluded 10 love, too, the men who cor
fessed to no Christian faith. Refe
sl- ring to the young men at the institl
ia tions of learning he said large pal
& of his life had been with young me
g, and that was why he had not gotte
ny old. He would be one with and
,er them.
an The exercises closed with the SIM
nd log Of the hymn, "Blest be the t
Ike that binds by the congregation ar