CHARLOTTE MESSENGER.
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WHAT SHALL WE DO TO BE SATED?
We do not mean to preach a sermon
but as one of our principal duties is
to look after and warn our people of
those things concerning their material,
moral and intellectual welfare, we
trust each one will ask himself this
question—not saved spiritually, but
removed from the old time-served
position of hewers of wood and drawers
of water. The problem is easily
solved. Let us take this as the
genuine and proper answer to the
question: “Get morals, get land, get
learning.”
The prosperity of any people depends
upon their morals, without which,
there is no substantial advancement.
While thousands of our people have
made rapid progress in every particular
we regret to say there is much more
immorality among us than should be.
As we have said before, our leaders
should be unspotted. When a teacher,
preacher or leader in society loses the
confidence of hi 3 followers, and his
character is questioned, he should
be dropped at short notice and be no
longer trusted as a leader. We must
do this to have pure women and brave
men, and have them respected by all
good people and in order to save
ourselves from the curse of God’s
law laid down in the ten command
ments.
The Negro must become owners of
more land. They must stop smoking
cigars, drinking whiskey, pleasure
riding,wearing fine jewelry, fine dress;
and first of all, stop going to law
with his neighbors. Fine dress and
fine dinner are luxuries for the rich.
Too eften are our preachers in the
way of morals and material advance
ment. They are themselves too fond
of big dinners, fine cigars, &c. The
preacher that walks the streets smok
ing cigars sets immoral and danger
ous examples to a rising and dependent
generation.
This is the scientific age of the
worlds history and the people must
become educated in the sciences and
and arts. Our boys and girls must j
be encouraged and urged upon to I
become educated and to read all
the professions as well as make them
selves proficient in all useful trades.
The heart and the hand must be educat
ed as well as the head. With an
educated, wealthy and moral colored
population, we are safe at all times and
places. Safe from poverty, ignorance
and vice, and to a great measure safe
from the dangers of a future punish
ment.
The character, the habit and destiny
of the youth are fixed by surrounding
influences. If the home, school and
church training is such as will
animate and inspire the youth to
possess the moral, Christian virtues
of the best men and women of our
land, we will bring up an abundant
crop of intelligent, industrious
ebri-tiaus from the present generation.
The youth must be taught that idle
ness Is not only wrong, but exceed
ingly dangerous; that ignorance and
idleness arc burdensome with no
hope of reward. That for all sin and
wickedness both statute and divine
law stands always ready to punish, :
for “the wages of sin is death.”
A child should be compelled to
attend school every day during the
session unless he has a lawful reason ;
to remain at home. Punctuality is j
one of the essentials for a child to!
learn early in life and practice till j
death. Children should attend Sun- j
day School every Sunday and go to ]
the Church of the family and sit, in j
the family pew. Then to be saved j
from the death of ignorance and
vpoverty: Be sober, honest, indus
■h us, economical, intelligent, and
the Vti’ro soon bo recognised as '
tbs peerNtf othw an,
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
—AND—
COMMENCEMENT EXEBCISES
—AT —
Livingstone College.
Early Monday morning the town
presented quite a lively appearance.
You could see people coming from all
quarters to join in the grand memorial
services. The procession was formed
at the Methodist Church and marched
to the cemetery, accompanied by the
Statesville band. They marched to
the steps of selected funeral dirges,
which reflected great credit on the
band. The town was crowded with
people, and much of the exercises
were dispensed with, owing to the
rain.
The address of Itov. David Brown
was good and well rendered—purely j
original. lie was frequently ap
plauded, and gave entire satisfaction
1 6 all. Quite a number of distin
guished gentlemen were present.
The Commencement exercises of
Livingstone College were opened by
Bt. Bev T. J. Lomax, Sunday, by
preaching the annual sermon. It was
a scholarly effort, and deserves special
mention. As we received such a rare
scriptural treat from the Bishop, we
look forward to the future exorcises
with pleasure.
The Junior contest came off Tues
day. It was a grand affair. The j
contestees waging a tierce literary war
on each other. Dr. Plum, of Boston ;
Prof. Strahr, of South Carolina, and
Bishop Moore were appointed Judges.
The prizes were awarded to Miss G. j
L. Blackwell, J. D. Bibb and I. D.
flardgett.
At night the Garrison Literary
Society was a very cujoyable feature
of the programme.
Bev. Smith, of Baleigh, delivered
the annual address. We need not
say it was good—the term is too mild.
We have not the language to express
the fiery eloquence of this distin
guished divine. As his lofty imagi
nation soared heavenward, and then
given to us with such magic power, it
made all rejoice, and feel glad, and
proud, that we have such a noble rep
resentative in the cause of Christ in
our race.
The anniversary exercises of the
Hood Literary Society came off Tues
day night iu the College Chapel, in
the presence of a large and apprecia
tive audience. The members of this
Society could not afford to allow the
former Society to excel them, and
lienee they did extraordinary work.
Would that we had the time and space
to speak of each one separately, as
they deserve special mention, but we
must conclude by saying that they did
unusually well. After the conclusion I
of their exercises, Prof. D. A. Strahr, j
LL.B., of South Carolina, was intro
duced by Mr. I. D. Hardgett. This j
representative and scholarly gentle
man came forward amid outbursts of i
applause, and addressed his hearers on j
‘ Industrial ,” in the way j
that none save Strahr could do. Mr.
Strahr sustained his good name, and J
showed to all present that he truly is j
a man of brain and thought. He was ;
frequently interrupted with outbursts |
of applause. Owing to a heavy storm
a great many were obliged to leave
before his remarks were concluded.
Ilis subject being as broad as it was j
deep, and as deep as it was long, it
took some time for him to get through.
As his lecture was so well spiced, no
one scarcely knew how long lie had
spoken. On the announcement of the
benediction all retired, to bo wet by
a drenching rain, and enjoy a refresh
ing sleep, and prepare ourßelves for
final exercises on June Ist.
It rained quite all night, and when i
the darkness had all disappeared, and
we beheld the glorious dawn of day,
we found the clouds dark and heavy,
aud rain falling steadily. A great
many hearts were made sad, but pret
ty soon carriages, buggies, phietoos,
hacks, Ac., could be seen lather aud
thither, loaded with passengers, hound
tor Livingstone College. All seemed
to be more happy when the beautiful
sun shone forth with all its brilliancy,
illuminating the universe, dispelling
the clouds, drying, up the mud—so
that young and old, rich aud poor,
might alike enjoy the literary feast l
which was in*store for them.
At eleven o’clock we ftmod quite a :
large and enthusiastic crowd assem
ble. frof, Prioo MMndtd tho rots I
trum, and introduced Bev. A. 11.
Plum, D.D., of Boston, as orator of
the day, Certainty of religion was
the chief theme. He proceeded at
first iu a very calm and delicate man-
I ncr, As he worked his way into this
all-absorbing ques ion, ho grew ex
tremely eloquent, and with his natural
skill and knowledge of addressing his
hearers, he soon won their closest at
tention and held them spell-bound
throughout his entire discourse. He
showed clearly the difference between
religious feelings and religious princi
ples. Bcligion and education, he
claimed, must be taught together—
they cannot be separated. Unless
morality prevails, our religion must be
broken up. Ho approved, and most
heartily supported, a higher education
of the Negro, and that given him by
! general taxation. He claimed it ne
cessary for the preservation of the
Union, for the advancement of civili
zation, for the good of a community,
and hence we must have cultured,
Christian men among us to make our
iaws to govern us, &c. IVe dare not
attempt further to express an idea of
his, for fear we will do the Dr. an in
justice. A better man could not have
been selected. His address was plain,
eloquent, and pointed. All enjoyed
it; all well pleased.
The lime being up, and luncheon
was ordered, wo strolled about and
! found a large number of distinguished
visitors—among them we saw the
several Bishops of the A M. Z.
Church, elders Grimes. Mann, Fer
riby, Mattox, Walters, W. C. Col
j man, Esq., Bov. F. B. llowcll.
; Among the fair sex we noticed Miss
Celia A lains, of Laurens, S. C., re
cently of Florida; Misses Sarah
Johnson, of Charlotte, L. G. Lomax,
Isndore Lomax, Miss Sims, of Char
lotte ; Miss A. A. Harris, of Bal
eigh, and Miss O'Kelley, of Baleigh,
and a host of others too numerous to
mention.
At this juncture the hell rang, and
all were again called to assemble in
the chapel to listen to the closing ex
ercises of the graduating classes and
diplomas awarded.
Miss Ada McKnight having had
the pleasant task of delivering the
salutatory address, made an excellent
appearance, and delivered her address
in a neat and appropriate manner.
She is truly a bright scholar.
Mr. Newby delivered his address on
“American Literature,” in a calm
and deliberated manner.
One of Salisbury’s bright and fair
young ladies was the next to ascend
the rostrum to tell us “How to make
a living.” This subject she handled
with fortitude. She told the hoys
I they must live within their income.
I If not they would he always poor.
| Economy, she said, must be practical,
! and watch carefully the small things.
I Her advice, if followed, would lead
1 to a fortune.
J America—Her glory and her shame,
|by Mr. W. E. Houser, to say the
j least, was well rendered, and he de
serves credit for his manly effort.
Miss C. V. Banks, on “Fashionable
j Socioty,” was good. We hope all
were benefitted, as we have too great
| a tendency to reach after this frivo
lous style.
We noticed a decided improvement
| in Mr. E. V. Davis’ manner of deliv
| cry, as he addressed his hearers on
the “Present Age.” It is with pleas
ure wo make special mention of Miss
M. Sniuner on the • Demands of the
| Times.” She seemed to be as much
at home on the stage as ill class.
Well done. Miss Minnie, as you have
been well applauded all along we
' will pass on to the valedictory of Mr.
J. W. Hood—“ Overcome Difficulties
lby Perseverance.” He has a very
easy and polished style of delivery, |
and commanded an attentive audience. '
Mr. Hood, we hope, will take to him-;
self some of the noble ideas of his !
father und make for himself a great j
name. What shall we do, was lis- !
toned to with marked attention. !
This was answered by Miss Jennie j
Harris. She received a handsome 1
bnquet. “Public life.” This impor
tant but hard life was thoroughly dis- 1
cussed in all its different phases, and
pointed quotations from able writers
were given to show young men the
1 necessity of being to patriotic senti
| meals and if neud be, die for it. j
We. congratulate Mr Lee on his
uuMq effort. The lust hut no rueaus .
i lstit rare trait ru (Witt by our I
much esteemed Mr. J. A. D. Bloicc
who delivered the valedictory. The
all absorbing ho discuss d was
.“What is your aim iu being educated ii’
Notwithstanding the feet tluraudi. use
had been pitting for. more I'ouil two
hours yet Mr Bloice so well discharg
ed his duty that time and fatigue
were not considered, an 1 applause
after applause showed the high esteem
and appreciation which lie commands.
His parting words were sympathetic
and touching and we noticed many
sad faces and tearful eyes. The di
plomas were, in a pathetic and scholor
ly manner. His advice was practical
logical and instructive. He told
them to place their bands in the hands
of the “unseen” and follow his guid
ance. All the exercises passed off
pleasantly and all seemed to enjoy
themselves. Quite a number left
in the night and morning trains. Our
town will soon present a dull appear
ance. Miss Celia A. Adams is the
guest of Mrs W. E. Ilendersou and
will remaiu in our city for some time.
Misses JobnsoD and McGee will leave
soon for their respective homes,
Charlotte and Moeksville. We were
sorry to note the absence of the able
Editor of the “Messenger” as we have
no doubt he would have enjoyed him
self beyond expressiou, as the town
was graced with quite a number of
sweet and charmiug girls.
Time forbids further montionod of
the feasts of reason and flow of sou!
which many greatly enjoyed.
Occasion ally.
COMMENCEMENT.
The high schools and colleges are
all closing and we have had pleasure
of witnessing a portion of the exercises
at Biddle, Bennett and Fayetteville
Normal. Each of these schools were
very good. We were unable to get
to Livingstone, but our correspondent
there tells of the exercises, &e.
Biddle sends out three theological
graduates and three college graduates
and Livingstone sends out one college
and ten normal graduates. Fourteen
graduates go out from the Fayette
ville school and two from 15* mu tt;
seminary. Week after*next Scotia J
will turn out about twenty four high
er and low normal graduates, making
in all seven collegiate and about fifty
normal graduates from the schools in ’
the western part of tho State.
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