CONTENTS. THE FIRST BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS. A Christian College; a Bulwark of the Church; a Stronghold for the Rights and Liberties of Man, THE SECOND BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS. The Developement of the Practical, in subordination to the Spiritual; the true end of Academic Education, THE THIRD BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS. Manners Makyth Man, PAGE 30 . SERMON I. The Church, the Teacher of Christ's Little Children, SERMON II. The Ends and Objects of Burlington College, THE FIRST FOURTH OF JULY ADDRESS. Duty of our Nation to the World, THE SEVENTH FOURTH OF JULY ADDRESS. The Young American; his Dangers, . 273 THE CINCINNATI ORATION. Civil Government, a Sacred Trust from God, 310 THE MOUNT VERNON ORATION. One World, One Washington, . LECTURE BEFORE THE BURLINGTON LYCEUM. The Word of God to be studied LECTURE BEFORE THE MECHANICS' ASSOCIATION. The Diffusion of Useful ADDRESS ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT HARRISON. The Nation's Grief, . 423 A SERMON ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT TAYLOR. I. THE BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS, AT THE * FIRST ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF BURLINGTON COLLEGE. A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE; A BULWARK OF THE CHURCH; A STRONGHOLD FOR THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF MAN. TO-DAY, our newly-founded College takes the waterlevel. For four years, it has been, slowly, rising, toward the surface. You can see it, now, and feel it, and stand on it; and be certain, that it has foundations. If they be not laid upon the Rock of Ages; if Jesus Christ be not its chief corner-stone; if it be not a bulwark of the Church; if it be not a stronghold, for the rights, and liberties of men; then, no matter what it may have cost; no matter whose blood may have been mingled with the mortar may it perish, and the very place of it be lost! I. This is a religious College. It owes its being to the clear, and strong, conviction, that Education is a divine thing. It is from God. It is of God. It is for God. Whence can the authority, to educate a human *St. Michael and All Angels, A. D. 1850. soul proceed, if not from God? How can the means, to educate a human soul, be obtained, if not of God? What can be the motive, to educate a human soul, if not for God? Is not the soul of man the in-breathing of the Godhead? Can less than God discern it? Can less than God control it? Can less than God provide for it? As the water is, forever, struggling, towards its source, must not the healthful tendency of the human soul be, ever, upward, toward its God? Must not the play of all its pulses be in sympathy with Him. And, can it rest, until it mingles with its source? II. This is a Christian College. It has to deal with an immortal nature, fallen. It contemplates its redemption, first. Then, its renewal, in the Divine Image. Then, its re-union with God. Its stand-point is the Cross. The channel of its influences is the Church. agent is the Holy Spirit. Its rule is God's most holy Word. Its fountains, for the spiritual life, are the holy Sacraments. Its atmosphere is holy prayer. Its It sub III. This College aims to be a Bulwark of the Church. It knows no other way to Jesus Christ. It knows that there is no salvation, but in Him. It proposes no controversy. It engages in no rivalry. It is a CHURCH COLLEGE. It teaches the faith of the Church. mits to the ministry of the Church. It is ordered by the discipline of the Church. It rejoices in the worship of the Church. It asks no questions, of the children, that are brought to it. It, simply, takes them; and teaches them, as it has, itself, been taught, the truth, as it is in Jesus: and, devoutly, seeks to fit them for the Church, in heaven, by the divine nurture, and holy ad monition, of the Church, on earth. IV. This College is to be a Stronghold, for the Rights, and Liberties, of Man. It is a nursery, for young Americans. It stands upon the Magna Charta of the Constitution. It, annually, commemorates, as its two secular festivals, the birthday of the National Independence, and the birth-day of the Father of his country. In the true spirit of the one, and the beautiful example of the other, it finds, at once, the principles and pattern of the true freeman. The rights of man, which it maintains, are those which appertain to him, as the redeemed of God. The liberty, which it inculcates, is the liberty, which dwells with duty. For the attainment of the ends proposed, in the foundation of this College, its reliance, under God, is upon thorough scholarship, strict discipline, and daily devotion. i. In Scholarship, its claims are broad and high. It sweeps the circle of sound learning. It admits of no alternatives, and of no option. It sets a standard up, and holds to it. It does not venture to array itself against the experience of generations and of centuries. It holds to thorough training, in the ancient languages, in the exact sciences, in the several departments of physical research, and in the realm of intellectual investigation. At the same time, it meets the case of men, as they now are, by opening the doors of all the living languages, |