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VOL.
1 8.
|о»*вгЬ £оПзд!дп.
rUBLUniD H05THLT
■ >TII unim •* IOWA» COLLI*!.
481'H, AI.A-. MAY. I*M.—
^ - — — —
1мм1игми.Сзаамс*аш1
Eowud
Coll»*». Jan* 13. 1583.
IT I. I.
ТХЛОГК, В.
B.
^ >
NO. 1.
*11 w-nilcnml into * .in*!» tralonc»
(«га
I’bnv, Utc rrooli of wbiuli !ro lie*
" dr**ne*l of. on the (ill*
в***:
T|i«l
thing* airing* and inrrvdibl* it drat
>«•
onaad to be ao upon coinnurino
them with thing* familiar and null
knonn of th* aamo «nrL Tlio t»*k i>
but an aln.ti.loii and comment upon
tho text, Th* id» onno clcarljr con
c*ucd. one mat apply il in ovrry dir**-
lion and
роааем
Iniundf e implelelj of
ail lu um. Modem criticiim. tho re¬
new* and periodical* of ilia limci, cun-
»t*u i lj | aunt to aliilcrer I* iilaablo in
forthcoming tciancoor litornturc. Firet
rate author, only, for the molt put,
lima pointed out, or wcdfcuaad in the
Cia a*, and
didirnre.
It ia c receding!» grateful, in adrane-
Itgnari, to return, now and tli-n. to
•BMNfltio acaoca. and indulge afre.li it,
optiunatic philuanphy Uint nil» tW
hour, oapcciolly when th* axpactatiotu
of youth are confli mod by tho expar-
■ancaa of life. You need not, therefor*,
ba anrpriaed if what I hare to aay be
fnjjed. nay. imtneJ, with a hopeful
p Human lire baa been divided into
two grant perioda— the period of ic-
qniailion, nud the period of comma-
In oilier aaorda, w* are, dur-
tng the former period, chanoioaniv-
ally learner*: during the lattar. tearh-
ara; we cutplot tho earlier part of life
ia acquiring knowledge, tho latler in
communicating what wc hire loarned,
b* it more or lea*.
The exhortation may be to project the
former period far a* poaaible into the
I Spoken la Man
O.i* aubjeel la t
and. I regret to
«I
lo a great degree*
dl"cii**i,ui. Mull
let ua lay aaida oqrl
tliia qiio.tion hue Pc
bio iudges, you
allow publie opin
foeliifE* tn iiiUnpt
loll- I lie 1 1 etc I !
queition without J
id I
central conception,
till up 111
iii
«Д4
wwr*
mam iruth, the great
a. we may work out-
Hmrdly and lill np the intcratico* nt our
hpaum. Sir William llnaiilluii ho.
thrown aronnd the Kaulian diviaion of
the human faculliea, gntliervd up from
every ago and every author, everything
that ia worth knowing, un tho aubject,
in a aingle rolumc.
llluai ration* in the direction of
acionoe eqwaily iiuincrotia might bo
found, if there were time, or it were
nowaaary. Oqaalantlv acientlflc invea-
ligatiou rqni up into dnity and the nnit
graafiol carriua along with it tho radieca
of tho whole network.
trvaaurea to to aud through life
. they may, lu un important
•РПИ
and to an important degree, etn-
braou all valuable knowledge. To this
14 U> be added tbo mastery of ouo'*
specialty. 'Not to bo thoroughly ac¬
quainted villi thin, u ni out disc rod
beyut.d a d-
ainiiM-invnt ia
bo not wrong,
coin lit ion l hut
arena fen
г
I
earnest and
I dace tho mailer
light.
I ahull not apeak
born in tho-Pust
made in the full .
!y ia aa it oirflu
and parties — not
real danco— tho
this ia what wo
tbo word to
iho word diso*
lllu Anniv*r*#rv J
••pul'ir interen;
Ию
scutimaut i*
lo u«j in this
u. my friend»,
ftraico*. and view
1 am sure, no-
honorable, lo
or oven jour uvrn
fo your d<*eis-
Jlf viewed the
In T.irt. I
Id Con
U»h fucinuting
if. indeed, il
, With tho lionoat
wrung. I enter the
lingly; with
'nationa to
in u clour
letter, that we may have aomoth.ug to
IHcero celebrates the crowding of in-
foououa youth aronnd Ilia Onto, eager
kF imbibo the Ie»«fia of wisdom and
eledge falling from the lip# of ven-
mble age, tho happy conteot of stren-
t aud aspiring young men with (he
ting yonug men of Virginia
nt to gather about the sago of
. Now Kngland, about the
ublicist and diplomat of Quincy;
. about the illustrious statesman
f Hall.
«*
solitude end Tamity of old age,
lifo has Iweti mechanical and out-
whrn no store of knowledge hns
\ laid up for declining years, may be
1 by all the valuable thought of
kagca. We may find in our own
lular whatover is adapted to in-
the heart or occupy reflection.
Imay apend old ago in company with
re. tuid |x**ts, and sages. and
. “the* general assembly and
vdi" of the wi«- and good of all inut
The volume» that perronate tnem
idnully look down calmly upon tie
i Ihn ahelviH of tho library. Wo arc
l alone.
ia u royal road to knowledge.
. iful tentative processes by winch
I great man of the world havo reach-
their conclusions— arrived at the
1 of pursuit — need not bo traveled
r by those who would |kmscm thorn-
■ of tho knowledge they have at-
The results of lalmr Ad in-
i are summed up, at h-ngth,
page#. Aristotle put* into a
> paragraph the whole philosophy
'ament : That a government, fum*
wHitirwl or other, will
I»
perfect (
i every member onmiewniK the
Ft an I %K*p:* that rola-
-i splirrc vMch he is adaiitrd to All;
t Inc activities of all will time con-
to accomplish tho end# for
Mich societies or eovcrnnmta exbt.
~ teed not lalmriouelv follow I*ord
i through all tho tedious »te|u in
rvhich he reaches a clear conception of
the inductive pliiloeopliv. lie may l*o-
gin «ith the grand ouih'ne of Aristotle,
the real author of the nhilotophy, and
person rapidly to the lurmnou* »um-
mary of tho gri-mt a|x»ellr and e\|>osilor.
When he arrive* at the eonc!u*iun ot
ths whole matter, it is ail ciprwerd in
"lh#: facts, the whole fa. u. and noth
leg bot Um facts."
и
nearly as they can
be ascertained. The** «MccrUincd. the
pricriple so.ght evolves itself nn.l
thoroughly «Atiartt* the mind. This i*
the whole d «trine "f tlie ccK-bratcd
N'ovnm Organora. and can there b.
fouiitl enshrined in a few words. The
germ, the essence, of llntlcrs great
work, incomparably ilic u» -l «■lilnld-
**f uninspired pnMluetioii*. ti.*- Ansi->t:>l
of Hrbgion Natural sn-l Rr*railc.l id
ths (' «uHiintiun and
Гоше#
of NWtwre. . Quit vnw lilt* men
the Gorman», flOj
bread and-bnttef .
Is
л
matter of great importance . Pood
and clothing and shelu-r— indejiendent
mnttMof living— greatly contrihufo to
r 0*11.4: lability and vpiiotade. Tue divine
injuaction. “Owe no man anything,’, at
leaal meaning rcepouribility iee^“~“
id. hr
nJm-’.iiic. b in the liandu of anoti
cr, ashamed mid afraid to meet a cred¬
itor on tho sidewalk. A severe econo¬
my ill the beginning of life may avoid
these painful and humiliUtinij ox peri-
on cc*. Tho fair ouo# among these aud¬
itors whoso hidden interest you have
awakened, and whoeo interest is recipro¬
cated, aro to be won and held by sub-
tunlial as well as romantic ties.
Take care of your health. Half tho
frc*fn!ti#M and fends among rnou is due
to dyspepsia or n disordered liver. Phys¬
ical strength and eudiiruiiCQ are imfis-
ncnrablo to high mould achievements.
The mind neclls a muchiuo with Vhioli
to work.
The nitnv of men must be worthy the
rational, immortal nature with which
God
Кае
endowed them. Nothing leu*
will coca re self-respect, or the respect of
others, ’fheso aiin«. ilnu elevated, ore
a perpe!unl inspiration.
The consciousness of knowledge, that
one is the peer of anybody hoynay moot:
that be is possessed of tho treasures of
all the past; that he is master of his call¬
ing; that his aims are the highest; that
ho is enthusiastically Hilling his vocn-
tion, will secure the §elf-poiue that con¬
stitutes one of the main eloments of
manhood and influence. Have you not
noted that the orator appearing on the
hustings or in tho pulpit commands ai-
sent largely to what ho
Игорей*
bv the
cnncrn{rutij>n of Iho eye? bv confidence
«i.d
ге|юл-
ainf bearing? tlrtfC tfis look
draws uodiourc and makes him master
of the situation? It is not i»u mnch the
speech or the lermon that has the power
in it, hot the man behind it. Tho self-
posseesion of knowledge and conscious
rectitude in all tho si»uiti«n* of lifo is
|N>wer, is repose, is elevated ploueure.
Ascribe it if you will to professional
bin*, bat I should derelict to the
duties of the hour if I did not add that
repose, M.<|f.|N*sscssion. happiness, turn
still more largely on the consciousness
of treasure laid up above» That .is In¬
destructible. Secure of provision for
the great futnro, nothing shall
тою
Us.
| We
Mav St Ik* baud
жпМ.
on lb* shy
And bill MMh roll. Dof fee.| bf» MIS wlllrt -
I Sincerely commending u hoiMful oi-
re»-r to four oonfldenoe, we bid you be
m n m yoor mine and art.» il tea. We.
t »«ne of us, are quilting ihe walks of
■[bat
в
few of our generation sur-
mres; mri nww/ss in gvryit* ratio.
Cheerfully we retire: confidently we
|bwve the arena »o vow. Agon we say,
shouk
ed out
«
not require t
Tor os to show 1
Уюее
dng t .
; to do wir
dancing has
hut it can be
what it reul-
in your hulls,
but of the
dunce; for
understand
especially
connection.
I might ukc
that it
crush
question
«Ьн-в
; on ly ncceawy
budiaconr-
:ue and relig-
ill It, or liuv*
IV n.ianiim-ca^l. IV I
H.pti.maf vc», vary Im.*. nil
lh* *|.|ilHaiit anion that clfct*!.
I***a a iolomn Vut In th* ai.'ht of (lo).
lo rvnonnv* lh* | ■*, in | . at.J vein glory
«I
lh* world. Now. ir to Mijrr tlwextrir-
ug'inco, th* vanitivi. iko |mmji
ш.1
"I'londor of the trill room l« jiot
а V»
In Lion of llliv VOW, I pint y*n tell mg
wliet it ia. I can nrndcvv plain w ord,
of oondvinn-ition from Mi .hop* ki .-II-
viii". of Ohio, tVjlr.n-r. of
,Л1л'
. ,
Ilopkina, of Vvrm.uit, Mead, of Vu-jin.
lu, ii ii <1 Cm. of Now York. All tlir.c
noicd clergyini'ii c.-rtcinly kuuw tho
priiHiiilii* of tliaair chnrcli, »nj" wli-u
tln-y deokira th, il oppoae . d.noiior wr
'Ь-
5b 'I- “‘Si to* h.-ht-of dry _fhov (Vnnol
"
«“
W‘"ch
Ч-ков
o< plainly before ;ibi. t*B*ad
«.
dionba. Bin th* qnr-tion dennoidt that
th*» be Tuforred
в.,
,,„d I at.all do .o a*
drlwmtely
о- роа^Ы*.
I cannot nnd •
inmd how tho danoo can Krolotiorta-
со
aoma thing*, iiow can * l«Jy allow
tiharlioa In tha U|| ,b.t auuij
unpanlonahlc t-Uawi.mc? lie,» »D aha
•uhroit t*jiromiK-uou. pnhlio *mhr*oea
thotc, ajicii aiKifaly will not allow .noli
fretdum Lo tho moatiutim*t«vlacwh*ro?
>Oa no aocidaSt Hint th* ronnd dxnoo h
spat it ia It
ill <
it
у
of (his [
wild scroll fo>
bounded If we
duuciu#is right t
kiuds Irk i i
dWBoe,
1 old fivsliinn
i of Iho ab
<>uth, in its
, knows no
i kind of
i that all
i
Новою
oppose the dunce, most of them lo ihnt
extent that they exclude member* for
it; and I can produce strong words
оГ
condemnation from sc-ros of their load¬
ing menre N«*w.
И1Л0
things are most
siguilleant. I dure not impugn the wis¬
dom and sincerely of tlu*u men, and
the churches tboy repreevut.
lint these tnen cannot do otherwise,
and ho true to thoir trust; for Iho Hi-
bio 00 nd cm
и-
tho dance. Not under
that name, it is true, for the modern
dance wo* unknown tu the inspired uri-
rers; but it condemns tho spirit of the
dunoc. It is essentially revelry. liyrou
considered it such when he wrote: "
"Tbsra WO" a toend of rrrrltr hr night.
And
Во1|Пиш‘*
M|.lioi bad gaihsml
1Ы<га
Urr braeir and hrr Sblralrj i and bright
/
l b# I "in l*» ahooo o.rr lair wuiu«u abd bras*
private lead to tho
round dance and pa
Во МП.
This nec-
ofsarily follows froinl llie extreme faoi-
uation of tho BmuretAont. We begin 111
the private parld'r; njf soon learn to
lovo dancing;' ora pptoidkd upai, to at¬
tend more r-eneval sm; the passion
grows, until wo entrel length tlie ball¬
room; still, p#rhap|rcnguguig only in
the square dance. Hat nnce m tha bull-
room. amid the glitter and oxoiteraont,
tbo strong tam plat ions, the entreaties of
friends, how soon we forget to make
nice distinctions. .Mb! how soon nrc wc
fouud whirling in tho giddy maxes of
the walls, in position* that modesty
would forbid nudur |iny other circum-
sbinces. The cure iioualogous to that
«if drinking. J&tJtmc knows that
there is notliing wrokg in n single drink
if it stops there. Hot wo know iho ten¬
dency. Sten by step tho vicim gooe
deeper and sleeper
пИвНЬе
sinful prac¬
tice, led on by tho bare tit drinking, un¬
til he beooraes u vsrook in mind and
body. So it is with dancing. Uowever
small tho boginniog eiay bo, tho fnctna-
tion increases, unUl wo are led by its
infatuation to the wildest extremes. —
Many a maiden enter* Ihe sqnare
danco, with thoH'oSed determinution
never to wnltx-niid liefore many masons
have puraed
и
round uu nnblusli №g do-
voice of tho
гоппФ
donee. Fill the
ranks of Prince Ahvhulwiik occaslounl
dram drinker* and yon idd nuiiibers to
»—
fey;»*ii f I hsi . I t .troas.
Knc-Mirag” the privt e pa ly |ud square
ilauco, and you oro«d ^Llie resile
м
oir
clos of waltzors. • ^
I take my positioP.oa a sure hu*i«. —
Whatever, in moat ettf iv, is prodfiotive
of more rvil than
ргм^
should bo dis¬
couraged altogether, unless in some cas¬
es it Ik* a necessity. * I proposd to show
that in n great mah-rilv of instanee^,
dancing is productive of much on! and
very little, or no good, and is ill 00
rose a necessity. If this
йлп
bo estwb-
llished. it is the duty «»f (Tliristians nr.d
of society at large to do all in their pow¬
er to discourage it.
In the first plaee dsneing prodneea
more evil than go«*d. nod should bo dis¬
couraged, because it js antagonistic to
religion. This argument alone, if main-
Uimd is suflloieat te evtablisli tho rfT- |
[firmatiro of this queMion. This antag¬
onism is seen iu the opposition of the
churches to the daoee^ Mow it may bo |
argued, that boom chnrchct do ne t on-
СЯ
dancing. It (si|ren s%i4 that the
'pul church ieBnoL Never nos
^rehure^won^lamBed
лг неге
gress
So did Milton when he epokesvf
••The inid oigli 1 sboai of revelry.
The li pay dauco snd Jollity.**
Tho hilarity, the guicty, ihe noise, the
jollity ths excitement nnd tho fea.ting
of thu mid-m^hi.todaiicr^ull Consinre to
make it ruVelryT Now, in tlie ltibJc.
*■ serious t-.vV,in« i§ »,ut in lho
««О
category
with murder and idolatry. Besides ibis,
dancing ia dccided(y a wordly aimue-
mciit; and Christians arc Commanded to
сото
out nnd he s-'parau- from tlie world.
In View of these fucu nnd others which
I shall mentioii^tbo cliureb must oi>-
^jMbo^moe^T|Oiisidcr in -
Ir w.u intended lb bring about 1
titrtdcs, actions, itnd relative poiuioni,
алтч)
antipodaljto stuiqtcss purity *»f
heart. Such Is its aim an J it does this
'Wider n complexity of cirenmstnnooe
thut tMi'l to heighten 'its impn-pr .*ty.
It is evening und there is tho dduioue
but unoonscions intoxication of mucio
ami nmlioii in the bh*od. .Such is the
occasion nnd still hour after hoar il
«■hills its giddy
ЫеМовооро
.around,
bringing hearts so near that they bo*vl
against each other, mixing the worm
mutual breath, and flushing tho fnoo
with quick language offeu susceptible
to the grossest misinterpretation on the
par: of the vilo hearted- yes, tho vile
hearted; for often in the danco the fair¬
est aim most uasiispeoting whirl in tho
(Kill u ted embrace of the libertine. Nor •
arc these things without results. It n
n*j»oru<ffram the Romish Cortfevsior af,
where the profouodes: secrets of tho
heart aro mnde known, that nintecn-
twentieths of all the women who fall
from chart ity, take their first downward
step ia the d racing porty. Pious me*
men, pho labor for Urn brnoflt of tbeit
) cTtn
#lmt are Hie reeulU? Great numbers
vouug peopio uro kept out of thccliuix^!
4i is my c.iudid opinion tli.it the danct*
sends uioru of tlie fair and noble— mark
uiv words—
тою
«*f ehu fair nud obi*
of our land to peopio tho dark strides
0/
Hell, t huu any other one llbiigl
lu ths second place dancing should be
discouraged on account of its neewsories.
Ah! my op|M>ncnts an* ready to exclaim,
it is to these attendant ovils yon object
and not the dur.co itselfl Is it not re¬
sponsible for the com
;мпт
it keeps, the
features it presents? Rob the Devil of
<*vil traits und ho becomes nn angel of
light! No, sirs, dancing do©« not, and
will not exist without those evils, and Is
therefore respoftsiblo for them.
Dancing tools it» La,* boats an 1 irreg¬
ularities, which are most injurious to
health and usefulness, iiow often
oAs
first
the pool's wo As been acted out?
"Oo »lih I to done*; no slsrp UU more
Whrq youth aa*l hrauly *irel
Та
cUa*s ihn glowing hour With fljlaf fsstJJ
Who has not sof« the pole check, the
drooping fevered eye, aud lho lagging
step of too tired dacreor aftei'11 "plci.Jia
bull, a glorious night of iniurctit/ amuse¬
ment? Who has not seen tbo hectic
fiii-li displace ihu ro*e of brnuty, ns tho
remit of tho ball room? It w.u ray mis¬
fortune to know of the ease of a Ivauti-
ful, uccomntulmd young lady who
ШЫ
an untimely grove, a wreck in ,bo«ly,
mind and soul, as tlie unibiubtetl effect
id WHO *•*!** *a_a .to'i room
paint but half tho misery An<
mg that have been tho fruit of the
dunec, you wouM rise up again U it t*»-
night» am! with omr roiCo would say, lei
it bo crushed forcrer! Away with any
mrro itmiuemoiit that can I lilts bhul tire
fairest flowers of s*0iotyt
Young ladies, votei les of Terjvichure,
dnro ouo of you appear oil
1»
Halsbath
morning, 11 a' church, in tho dress you
wore to the last dancing p irQr? I spook
not of the material, lint «.f the war in
which your dress wa* made. Y**u un-
deratnuil me| I need soy no more; and
you, honorable fmlgtM. whu have sern
the fashions of grand balls,
вое
the force
of the argument.
Dancing 1* oficn ocenraeanw*! with
drinkings The ball it conod-ird ice. n-
plqie witnaot the sporkllBgof tli^win#-*
cup. Fair hands pl vce to the lips uf
young men the tempting gloss. • A hr»
Гог
strong drink is formed— vou know
the sequel. 1 - -
arcs Iom their mstimtj
to descend from the dauoc. Surely these
facts— and Ihe Iv aro factt—t% enough
to mantle with the blush of shame ths
cheeks of every pure girl, who eooour-
ajps lho dance by her participation, or
presence evon; and cause to tremble with
fear tho heart of nrcry mother whose
danghte? freqaents dancing parties. If
those are tho results of its effect on the
pure and chaste characters of the fair
set, Heaven alone know* its horrid ef¬
fects on the less restrained nature of the
rougher sox! Slioald danoing bo dis-
eourajid? SUIl wo onlrago doeenoy,
puritv and chesty by answering no?—
Let ult who lovo virtue aud humanity
riao against it. .
I lea vo my third argument, that dane-
ing has a bad effect on eooiety at large,
fur my next speech. Bat before I take
my scat, I foci constrained to make ex¬
cuses for what l admit *0 bo in some re-
врос?
a f cable presentation of oar side
о
l
the question. A regard for tli%propri-
sties of refined society forbid# that I
•alvuild
амок
more plainly. I also
, • 1..J 1 (totn|'toJ ,7
юу
4 »«rj b> th* yoang 1
1И
»ir*r. :p-vm.-«'VN* *w
«1*
U’orM |
tho «altxoa ami |>«lk»»» They, nod
Icirr ch i.*" tiicir •'* 't4l**rta. Mid
»'Щ
|ilr>l)aiMy acloot thoir wiv*. union- tll«i,
ичог'иВ'а.
I «Jdrru tham in th. 1m-
il.iugo of tho grc*t**t g*uin. of tha l»tU
rantnrv. ludiM uooJ not li*t*n:
ll.l from Ibr li.D.l. |>romkM40.^r ippHM
Ш
Around the *n*ht -,l.l of *•■*.
Л.
«l.-t*»
».
Wto* — .ro lh. ropl.ro. lh** “
«1*.*
lu
form.
from surh Uwd ft rtf »*4 Uwtras «ssusf
mi.
lo*#'" mow «h-H"tod iboeft»* VMin-
To <)••:> • h %n 1 "O pre«»#J by
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bat lkb*,«
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|>i I mo <Lo#r ibsl eo*#v am*
AMIW" "rtlm.1 wbhMi rvwreli
ДрргемЬ
.u# tire. "b*U all w.xUm^l mml.i
М.»
~a.
маг «мохЬ-4Г ты
is
м.вЬ-м
МИ,
. Ill»# t»f*#i
»«*•
U"f A## •• e#f«j
But tliese are nut all There nre o»h- o. .i*-
их* Ьы
(t.#
г«м#м
w. #
м.*#.
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