Year: 1874

Man was created and placed upon
the earth for wise purpose. Form
ed in the image of his Maker, and en-
dowed with superior intelligence, he has
attained to high degree of moral and
intellectual greatness.


When placed here he was commanded
to 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replen-
ish the earth and subdue it Given as
he was the aid of the natural resources
of the EARTH vegetable and mineral and
also of the animal kingdom, advancement
was rapid When created he was placed
in the Garden of Eden, commonly sup
posed in Armenia in the northwestern
part of Asia, where the three grand divis-
ions of the Old World are connected,
thus giving the inhabitants easy access to
the divisions.


Here the first governments were form
ed and the great cities of olden times
were built. Nearly all the important
events recorded in the Bible occurred in
or near this country. From the creation
until the food the different tribes were
living together, and speaking one Ian
guage At the building of the tower of
Babel the languages were so confused
that each one spoke in an unknown
tongue. From this there has originated
$50 different languages, embracing about
5000 dialects. During this time as each
succeeding generation came and their
numbers increased they were compelled
to enlarge their boundaries for the COM
fort of one another. Time rolled on and
soon the old world became densely popu-
lated. Sometime during this period,
America, or the new world was reached,
it is supposed by inhabitants of north
eastern Asia AS it is supposed to have
been reached at different periods the
manners and costumes were unlike.
Owing to the situation, climate and gen
eral surroundings, man has been so
affected as to be classed into five great
races. Time passed by and the old world
formed great and powerful nations and
made rapid improvement in the arts and
sciences. AT the time of the discovery
of America by European nations, they
found it inhabited by an uncivilized and
uncultivated race, commonly known as
Indians. The colonies that were founded
were composed principally of English
Puritans who had fed from religious per-
secution and sought for country where
freedom of thought and religious liberty
were the unalienable rights of all. They
found q cold, barren, and uninviting
shore; but animated by their heart
yearnings they persevered in their at



ment, "the grandest in the world and the
best the sun ever shone on" one which
we to-day are proud to claim as the land
of our nativity.


To-day man is scattered all over the
civilized world, and wherever man is there
is within him that innate moral princi-
pie which reminds him of his duty to his
Maker and to his fellow man. No man
lives to himself. No difference what may
be his position or situation in his life he
wields an influence for good or evil which
will tell on some one. The outward con-
duct and secret actions of men are of
such effect as to mould the character of
and influence the actions of some one


In the struggling mass of humanity
that miugle and associate with one
another, the youth form an important
element. By them action and deeds are
noticed, and in many instances modelled
after. If they be honorable and upright
they exert a salutary influence, and the
world is the better for them but if on
the other hand they be of such charac-
ter as to degrade, and vitiate, the world
gains nothing and the doer is morally ac-
countable for it, Upon the youth of the
present day must fall the burden of the
next generation, and to them must be
intrusted the fate of nations Practice
is stronger than precept, and example is
of such influence, then does it not be-
hoove, is it not binding on the parents
and guardians of youth that they shall
set before them such an example that in
their old age they will not tarnish the
fair name of their fore-fathers? Guilt
vate the proper tastes and inure them to
deeds of uprightness. and in their de-
clining years they will honor your mem
ory for it.