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Show im. k. (i. )ivksi;r. Unli4 leran 1 lnciHir. V Hauquct In M Honor at II10 Ituipletotu As wh went to press yesterday afternoon after-noon avery Inlercitlng atTalr was In progretswlthluthumagulflctntdlnlog rooms of the Hotel Templetou. It l1ng a lanqurt prepared lu honor of Dr. Karl (J. Maeeer, formerly rilncljuil of the II rig bam, Voting Kcademy at I'roTo, and now (leueral Buperlntentlcut of tho Church school sateui. Many of that worthy gentleman's friends hire, who have been former aanoeUtis of his lu the teaching rofesslon, deetnud the occasion of hla withdrawal from th sohool room a fitting time to ex pros their esteem and rcpect toward him. Tho Of rural Hoard of IMuca tIon,wlth IVfBldent Wtlford WoolruU at thulr hondfpromlted to Join wltU the movers In thoimttt-r.QnJthuiaildtothti Imprtsslveueas and dignity of the xo ceedliiKS, besides Klvlngau ollloUUIg nlfloMiicu to tho same. At ID jetrdy ufternoon, the elegantly ele-gantly tilted reception rooms of the Teinpliton were lilted with the gtusts of the occasion, aud within n fi w minutes min-utes from that time nil had btuu Iruus ferrt-d to the dining ruotus of tho hotul, and weruarrajo I In H(rorUte ordtr and with 1 leasing dlect aiouud tbu ta-bits. ta-bits. There were rient, beklden )r, Mtfer,the houoreJ wuest,tho fullowlugi I'rep. Wllfonl Wowliull, I'res Jot-ei li l-.Hu.Iluuul daughter, Vr.n Uotvuh HiibH, Apollo Irankllu ). ltlchards aud wlfi, Apoittlo Anthon 11. I.und, Cuptaln a Lit Mrs. WillarJ Voung, 1 lJr (Jtorge lleuoldi, 1 liter j., John Nuttall and wife, I)r and Mrs J, 1., ruining', Mrs Amelia Matter, MIm CumUI. Cobl, t'rof. nnd Mrs. WlllarJ Done, Mr and Mrs. Jaoh (Jalrf.Mrs. Zlu I). II. Voung, Mrs. InuCnrd, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Walt in, Mr. Jum-j h ZStlsouaud Mr. and Mr. Hlclmnl lloag. a teUgraiu from hlder (leortre- W, rhutcber and a imtaago from UUir Anion HovM.botti of the general laud, expressed nimt at their eufrttd il-suuee, il-suuee, and olttr.t cougratuUllous to the I10111 red ettrnu. It will bo seeu that the gaiesU com-prltcd com-prltcd thu general tu-nrl oteJucitlon, ulth families, somo of the Uucliers mil furnur awcl tes of Urntimr Miooer, ani a few of hU inobt lutluute trlends hero. Of tbe UpitSt Itself, uothlug need Li paid fuither thau (hat In every wu It did treat credit Ij the leniplctou, aud ga,vetbelultet aathfactluti Aa the counts jrocieded, mulo from lluti ley's orchestra tilled tho room with sweet n.'.oUj, U.ulng lu a bulduud WSJ from aualcouof the i iilmouU , In which thu muflrlaus were en sconce l. ('attain WHIsrd Young of the general board of education jfll elated as ta-t master with admirable effect. The Invocation was ro nouiiced ly A J -on tin I.und. After a fair l-tstlnulmr had bten made ou the fmst, the roursis were lntrrpered with R tof r)4te ad Iresses, which we present Lelos., reorts bavins bav-ins been takeu by VtoU Done. The flrstspiaUer was 1 HVS. UmnNXO KNOW, who rote to tbu toait'Our Church school uiovemvut," and said In his uu.lly ImpnsMve and hippy st)le lam very thankful. C tain Voting, that you announced that aulject, bv cause 1 bal marly forgotten It, an t considering the tit was given me uot more than two hours ko, I think this sbowa a rather short memory. I feel Imapal lo nf addressing tbls InUtUhfcnt asemt ly on the sut Ject that I have devoted de-voted no reflection to, aud such seeiuo to me to bo iresumitLOJs. Hut my mind Is nure parltcularly running unour honored guest, i'rof. Maevir. I would like, If I had the language and the felicity of ex reMlou of Dr. TalrUHge, for Instance, to devote a little tlmo to Dr Marser's praise, tsieclall) If Hrother MaeMr wire nut so extnmely modt. Hut I will say a few words with rryanl to the Institution of our Cliurcu srhooU. 1 rerueuiWr cry distinctly the flrst meeting that waa beld lu the Interest of Church school; and It will never p from my memory. As faros my memory servo me, the first Intimation of 11 movement of this nature na-ture was lu the present office of I'rt.-dent I'rt.-dent Woodruir 'Ilieru were the Twelve and President Uoodruir. The Hoard of Education was then chovu, and I was selected ty l'trwldent WimkI-Mfrto WimkI-Mfrto bo their chairman. I understood under-stood then, as I do now, that It would I more jrojer that PreiMint WoodrullshuuIJ occiity that tosltlun, and fortuuntely for this orrfautzattsn henccej ted It. Tho matter was talked over In regard tu how the Church academies were to be suptorted. We hud no money tint we could command at that time. We were In a far worse ondltloii financially than we ate now. However, wo felt that this matter was of so much Interest and of such vast Importance that action must iv taken jromptly. We made con-sldcrabh con-sldcrabh I re) aratloti for the Inauguration In-auguration of this movement. Knowing our straiten 1 ilrcum-stances ilrcum-stances Hnaui lall, It was distinctly distinct-ly understood by 1'icsldcnt Woodruir, that there should te no .appropriation made to the aotdemtrs, eicert after a careful cousl If rati on or each cne with full regard to the peculiar situation of thethurch fluanclsll. We wont to work, kuowlug that o would have to struggle with many dlfllcultlt-a lu our path. ThU celebrated gentleman In whotu honor this banquet ban been ireitaredwat there with us His In-lellliencw In-lellliencw arjd long experience In thte matters were very va! table Vt tu, ani he was then aud still Is the chief and f jrrmmt aslstant In tho Church Hoard of J.dutntluii, And the 10 who are resent here understand Very Hell his devotion, hi sureme I liter -f, his latiors night aud day, his thou i his and his feillDgscontntdly exercUil towar Is the a Jvaacement of this csu'e as well as the wonderful bktslngatl at have been given him of the LjrJ, t aid and a-sltt this uruit man. Ant his succera from ttie first movement lis his made In this direction 1.0001 wonlrrful. 1 think during thu short I-erlwl that we I avo tial our school system In ojje ration we have established estab-lished an Acalemy lu almost every Htske of Jon, Hrother Maesir fijb there are 41 such Institution. J tut think of It. now. U In this short i-riol. i-riol. Well, It Is roarrellou. Today wo had a meeting of tho Church Hoard of hducatlon, and we had a circular ireseuttd to us for cons.dsralion It waan formula that was to govern tbe oratlopof our srbooU from the highest to Ihu very loweit, and It wo one of the finest mil mottirfgct documents that I ht ever seen or exject to are, nnd It will go down to tlm ages to come. It Is grand. t I had my way about It, It wtult Iwrtad at our next geiural conference, con-ference, 011 the Cthof Arll. (I're!-dent (I're!-dent Woodruir "Vou tan havo your way, I'rvsldeulHnow.") It Is a grand and glorious j reduction, aul lho!e brvthteu who have prepared It were tusplred Ingettlug It up, Ttioy were l)r;ralmag aud Caj talu Voung. I saj, my friends, that the propects for our Church schoo'a are grand and glorious, ami 1 have morefiltti and uonfldence In the sreat ultimatum and aucce of our Church schools tuda thau t over ha I before. After another course, DIt. J. H. TAUUUK sjvoke to the sutject Our Pioneer richer.1' It wns an cxcollotit address, uud we regret that we havo not spsie to produce It here. I. Is natural for mait to yield at times to feelings of selfishness sel-fishness and I ride, and eveu on this llranut occasion, Into which no unworthy un-worthy thought should enter, 1 can-not can-not wholly subdue my wcakue.. lu tbls dlrtcllou, for my heart swell with pride at the n flection that I am 1 rlvtl tged to he one of so distinguished a company, assembled for so honorable n purpose, aul selfgrstulatloni asiert themstlves, that 1 am honored with the request to speak to such a topic. Yet these fit lings sulKr an abrupt If not Indent a seere rebuke as I ret.llo tholncapacltyofmy mln 1 to find word j, aud the inability of my tongue to speak them, In uvery way ajproprfalu and sultallo tothlsocrshlon. Icouldula'i that I had tor the lloio belug the gift of eloquence and the power nf poetlo Kpeech, thnt I might employ those heavenly endowments la honor and praise of our lonour teacher. He 1 umongstus tod), our bono red guenton thu prehutit ut.calou A few of the many who have 1011 prlvlUgetl to bo juplls, and, later, arsot late teachers, under Or. Maener'i tuition utid direction direc-tion dtemrd it 1 refer to make theoc uailouof our worthy preceptor's with-drttal with-drttal from tho uihool room nu o( f roprlste ex t resulon of our love aud enteem. The (lenoral Itoir I of I lu cation, through Its worthy President, hearing ot our (urpoa, romptl otlen-U to co oirte with us, nnd thus addgrtnterlustrn to tho name and ler-son ler-son ue here honor. A testimonial tp Dr. Maiser has been l repared, 1 n-grossed n-grossed and frainid, and this 1 take phature lu irexeutliig to him. (Iho document, which Uaii elegant sample of the penman's art, and which wns stt tu a I emit If 11 1 frame, waa here I rought forward by thu attendants.) This feeble ixre.oii of our esteem reads as follow: Hut Liter Citv Jan 7, lMf On the fcculou of tho rellrsmeut of I I. lor Karl I Mae-or, D Ul , from hie Riilvo labors ns uti InMruitor and u pnu rl-il t four ( hurcli schools, to dovoiu lni lilltltuo not utton Utm in iho ihitleiof his xaltel poiUtott as Hvn ml hiijTMu. londcmof itiuCbur hschiwl aslum, ui, iho unlerUl. hulug ennji l igr ! muo ju-irstU j rlvllifco ortNdt-ui uul liter, the hom r of aor.l tcsohers 1111 ler tils hum alntulbnand dlreo tlon, do seek t , sir" thoiigii of ,, o sfty In aiceblnitiHl an Inadequate man ner(iheesiueuiH Itbubenur with wbi ti It Mntxcr on 1 lit labomuro regard t i bvii 1 til wq do with tlin approval and oooHritluii f the Hf-net! Hoard nf ltiKMtionof His ( hurJi of Jesu. Uirisl of lAtl.r-.tjy s wh Dr Mfcr 1 in truth tho I'ionccr Teurher In the llmrnli achools of our enple.and slnrs lrutnnlng hi l.ttmr ure he bn held a f ireincwl plncontnong theeiittcAtorN r t'lah Purliiu thesis teen tear of 1 it im "t eltlclent and ill vlnefy InnpirM ttlrielpllii,Uie Hrfa bamoung Arndtniy f l'roujhasnd vnhced from ttie j lilon or a lower grad aeliiM)! iiithstofHuamdeinrlu fct, wlih worthy grmliit shunted by Imn lre.ts ud proM!itDl f rm r studcuti mini Ixrlng tbruan I We frel (list we lu common with the Itmtb of ouri.tl, owe in p a tr lttcran Incalei at l debt of grail t u Ie for bl prrteptnii I osiutloant bt whole auitlmi droiln In UiecaHe of ediiirttbruaniong-t u UiirreUibiKHltli bin as our senior t"ciiber j rln 1 ml brother and rrleml b(olcen of tin uut taimt nature anlouratrectl. nf r hbuls that of son, for n loving Nireit Whllo wvTeel that hi remoal from the llrl 1 of a tire lt blug Is a loss, we It rid eoiHuItmen. lu tho know In Iff. 1 ihtt thn scontt of 1.1 n n-tluabl(tn)Hit n-tluabl(tn)Hit Ugnatly exp4tued, and we ii'Jotcottut our re at Ions with 1 1 111 will not be entirely severed, 'or In bl rapnrhr a llvneral iStiimrltiten lcot of l bnrehNrhoiiN we shall still regard lilni a a eounmlur anl a director of our Inborn Our earnest 1 rnvt-r u 111 te that lien lib, I.Lcoaiidaiievmay attcn I blm In. bin workoflovefurtheyMUib of Ion, anl that the MI-hImi lather mar longintro blsllfeiiousBnlMir puopl In teflmH of Hi (leneral Hoard of 1 I lira li-ra tlon, nnroRiiWo Dnvrr, I otdent, (iiohus. ItKTvot n, NtHiilary, J li tAtMlOr. I) H , WlIMK!.H0,I II JoLI II Nt-LHQV, J J. UTOH, Ilicir vnn IIaau. Those who have te 11 privilege 1 with au lntliuite association with Dr. Macser In the educational work regard liluiaslndovdafstber, because of his wIbo pneept and vorthy cxumtle Huisthehfghirlestln tho temple of our Church school system, Ho has t roved himself the Mosea lu eduua tlonal mHttcrs among this itopte. hot fully a score of 3 ears he lis led thu host through thu wlldertieM of adversity, ad-versity, meeting snd overcoailng obstacle, ob-stacle, vanquishing foes, following stndfastly the cloud of glory and the pillar of llrecrtatedhy the Almighty tower from which Issued hlscommls slon. 1 11 all the troubles of his Journey lugs, whene ver Iho murmurlug of thu luassiaUrAttH- loo deep hehai hurried tohlaMaktr, to whose proeeuco he was never denied admittance. In my heart there I an unmistakable testimony testi-mony ttmt his leadership has been lu sjlred. I know that he lias glwu his whole energy and soul to tbe cause to which Uott lu called him. What mm, what angul, h hat lmiuutal being be-ing of any grade could do more? Now that the dlot outlines of the mountains of the lromlseU laud rile above the horlxou, lie lellres from the active routine work of the field that ho may vlrdt, as circumstances require his inseuee, the various parts of Israel' camp, ttiat ho might aeen 1 thu hill overlooking the field and time Invoke victory on the arms of hi peop'e. rbtrearu not many Moses among u, but honor to those we hatt Honor to our educjtlouit Moses. Aud let those of us who are plvihged to sUnd on elthtr side of him, like Aaron and llur of old, sustaining his hanJs lu the attitude atti-tude of sui plication and power,iee that e forfeit not that 1 rlvltee. May he II Vo lung wllli us lure, and may we Im honored in esiuclstlng with him In the Kingdom ofourUo I. Ihe next ud Iius was a feeling response re-sponse by Dit. 1;. ei. siAtat-i.. lie sal J: My dinr brethren and sisters, sis-ters, anj fellow-teachers, There are j-erlod In a man's life whsu his heart In too full for utterante. One oftheto jwrlodsln my life I the irtsenl.biitl fee luiiHtta otuethln;. however broken It may bo, and bow ever Ina liquate to 1 nrtray the emotion that Is Just now overme. I have beun asking myelf ur sluce 1 anoke to the meaning of thliocct'toii, m 1 lnvv asked mjse fnjatii and agulu before, what I have done or ald that wouU give me some title to ill this honor, which 1 shown me In the pn fence of the wisent aul btst men that Clod has on earth. And 1 only feet that It is not msef at all that Is to bo honored, or whoat Horks and their result are to bo u predated. Aul this thought g I vi sine strength to sa aoniethlug. M mind Ha reverting In my lifn'a Jourue) up to the moment In that sacred hour when I ho bap I ltd by Hrothir Franklin I. ltlchards, ltlch-ards, the hlders and my sister Camilla from that tlmo until I ricelved a letter from 1'rrsldeiit WoolruU; In behalf of the Twelve Apostles, lnstruitlng mo to prrrare fUns lu ngard tu Church school organization or-ganization to be euVctud. I rememler that I doted my letter to the President with tluMi Herds MI feel to exclaim, likeHImouo(nld,Lctuow lhy scnant depart la peace,' for that for which I hato labored, prajed and quietly auirered for years I haw seen Come to jus." I would not have regretted then If tho I.ord ha I callet me behind thuvtll. lor I folt that my work was doue. Wlut, then, have I done? I liaveslmplj tried very hard to do my duty, as (loJ marked it out through Ills servants from one day to another; and he who will do less Is not n faithful servant. Heuce X could not claim any credit; and when I asked mysilf man) a time why so much love Has given tame on the partofmystu lent, my MIoh teachers, my frUnds, aud tho authorities and the servants of (J od, thu answer wns brought to me sud lenly an 1 unexpectedly. It came about last spring. Oncu In tlioewnlng attheUurdo Houtm l'riftldenti Wood rutTaud Cannon were sj taking with iue,and I'restdentCauuon asked metbe question, "How la It, Hrother Maeser, that ou are contriving to get so much love on the 1 art of lour scholars and fellow-teachers?" F sail, "Hrethrsu, I houII soouer lose my llfotlun lose that Iomj. Kuy, 1 might have many lives, ami I would rather Kite them nil than lose that. Hrother Cannon thought this a strong saying, but I undentaml that thlsloe was not the result of anj thing that I had ever done, I ut It wh one ot the gifts of my Heavenly father tu me, nhlch was tomeaslgu (hat He was near ting my labors, ani thus I wu enabled to perform them, rin refore, any thing of this sort, nny miitilfi'tatloiiof thUklud,IundcrHtaul the lensou of, It is an appriclnthn of thedoliitfs of our Heaven!) Father, who In Htsmirclful kludrnxH wints tu Utinoi strain that ten In HI weak fcirvants Hn muy liae Ills nam glorllled, riieru aru imn lu man resieits fur more qtiallllcd fur oducu tlonal work than I am, aud hinc-e I tani.otcIs.ttn the credit for wbat has U en done. I uin always willing to give Uod the praise nnd Ihe (hanks for It. Thus 1 have tried to ham IIfe' hardett lessons. Aul wlen. Ihedsy after the dedication of the Hrlghaui Voung Academy building, President WooJrult told me that the Iord had accepted of my labors, I tot 1 President Wool ma that I would not tako all the Hebe In the worll for that knowledge. Nor was (his an I He statement. state-ment. I hive sulVrrd too long to ex in my fiellugs In lllu talk I fvei tlat my salvatim will dtpenduiiou my tialulrglhu sons and daughters ef Ylou given Into my hinds In the testimony of Jetus Christ and of thegrea letter day work; this Is the fiMindatlou stone of cur education. educa-tion. Whatever uprrstruclure mny b built thereon must t Inslrctron formlty with (his or It will fall, Msny a lime lis this been demonstrated when a call was made to organ I so a Htake academy, and I had to send a teacher to take charge 0 1 It. 1 have often stepetl Into the Normal room, , t ut have eti no one w hom 1 thought I couldseud. I rememUroneiitlf ' ularlustji te. I Htul home aud asktd the I. rdwboml should send. That night 1 dreamed that I was lu the Normal department, and a young man mm With me. When I niMilloied ttto this student nil the following fol-lowing (lay lie sld heUiUld not think of acce ting bu Mi slliutton. I took him In tho offlce, ant together we asked (Jo J for guidance. The young man Has sunt, and he has been called a be nefactor to that community. We may uud mint have brighter men In Ullectually (ban some who have 1 ceu (ailed to such positions In the 1 1st. but 1 hot-o and pay (hat we may have none without (hat great I'rsllfUiitloli, thetirlrltef the MvlugOod. I thank you very much for the inanlfistallons of (hi document which my dear brother rslnuge has Just now shown me. It shall be dime a reminder as long as I llvu aul labor Ilia. I wils. your esteem aud confidence, anl 1 shall try to the Ust of my ability to do my duty, as I have done, and eveu more lullj, If oslb1e, until the lord say, lt UunougU." (lod bless you all. Immediately after the conclusion of Brother Macaer's remarks, IHUtDKNT tXHKLH' arose aul sal J I do not feel well enough to make a spech, but I fl that I ought bi express k fvnr of my thoughts on (bis occasion. I hive pad tho Old ard tbe New Testament, the wholo history or God's dealing with the worU, aud I think that all the men who have labored In thecauMi uf truth have had tho Inspiration of Almighty Uod. I hero Is no work that Uod has set Ills hand to do of more lmjrUuce than His work In the last dlspcmutlou of the fulness of times. Aud I think It ha beeu by the I nt p! ration ra-tion of Almighty (lod that this city ha Leen built and lhlsTtmpleerecte-t.1. And 1 billow It has I en by (hn In si (ration (f Almighty Uod that Hrother Maostr, Hrother ralnuge, Hrother Voung, and all the brtth reu lo beeu moved uiion In the performance of their labor. And on the ssinu (rluclple, I do not Ulleve Uod has ever set His hand to Irform a work without doing It. I think It will c-cmo to pass in tho Church Bihool movement according to the desires of the brethren. The storing of the minds ot the children with true prluclrlrslshy the In) Ira tlon of Almighty Uod. 1 think we shatl have man) school and teat hers devoted to this labor, and they shall not be hindered by tbe powers (hat hau operated against them in (lie Last. I think UoJ approve what hss ten done lu the. schools, and wlut we have done today lias ten by tbe Inspiration of Almighty Uod. Aud I say to Hrother Maestr, to Hrother Talmage, aedthose wholalor Hlth them, gh heed to thu wtrl of Uod, and Ho will bless uu wl li the ncccMsrles of life. Nobody No-body can bo engage 1 lu a (etter tnuse. Thousaids of l.ldeia go to the nations of thu earth to couvvrt tho roie there, and we havvagreut army of chlldreii here uon Hhoie shotildvrs the grtatwoik of tulldlug up Iho Kliig'lom of Uid will rest. There could not (hi a tetter mission In theuorld thau that of training these chlUren. Anl I say, UjiI bless ou; aud I will l ro hesy to ) ou lu the name ot (he I.urd that tke i-opt will sun teti tho necessity of this work. Aud as you pass aloug )ou will es thu hand of the lord lu these things, for every necessary thing tut your 1 roi er Ity will be jrovlded, This biasing I iroiiounce upon you lu thu name tvf the Jord, Amen, IKUIUKM JoJttl! s. bMITIt then salJ ltrethreti and sisters, Hrother Matser cxiretsid sotuu sur rise that hu kbculd b the sul Ject ol so much honor und reject a Is shown to him by his former l U lis and fellow teachers. Pethats one naiou why they honor him so lu thtlr hearts lattcuusethey hats seen In him thai r!utlIe of signal hitegrll) which charactt riles men of wortli und t a ruin, ru-in, aud because there U welllug up always from his soul the milk of I rothcrly kindness; lictauiethey tee In him an ixamIe or humility and faith; and because he ha always leeu devoted with all his purpose of htart to the nork of education to which he has htoti called, b(caut he bus entered Into this work In the spirit of It and hai sought to conduct It under the guidance aud lullueiice of the Holy Hilrlt: a he lias remarket), by tho spirit of prayer and humility tcforethe hard. The-so aro nosons, Hrother Matter, why your former (indents and your fellow teachers lov you and rtsjectyou, twiaue the) see lu ie.u an example of lotigrlty, of I uttty and hoi etty of j urpoar und devotion de-votion to the cause lu which you are Umtuuud on J'aieH. |
