Presentation to Miss Chapman.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1640, 20 February 1886, Page 2

Presentation to Miss Chapman.

The following- is the' cop^r of the ad~ v dress presented 4c*Miss Chapman at the : Lyceum last Sunday eveningju^jjhich pressure on dur "Bpaeerpreventedf^fsgublishirig before i — 'Palmergton;* ISorth Lyceum,' Sunday, i February , l^thj, .1886, To Mrs Isaac' Selby, Dear. Madam^The -RQiembers; of - the : ; Paimerstoii- BNorth^" Lyceum arid ' liitfef Srf "' Institute > aesire, -•""" on the eve of your departure j-t6%cknj)Wr i; ledge m a slight^degree the esteem they * entertain fop you, and the appreciation "" jofthe'i^oblejefforts pu^ forth- hy -yon m, ' thedaHiGftnjcetttot of^aitfa^aßßficle&ets, and m endeavouring to ej^str arid'upr root the doctrines, of Catholicism, and predal .supe'rstitiQns m general. Th§ • task you have chosen to take m hancf . has been inaugurated with a spirit q| conscientious" and noble determination, rarely/if evef.fcttempted .byvone so young itf years, and at the same Mms. so'natur, ally gifted, wd ; thoroughly. ; yerjaed,m the snbjeots dealt with by yqu.i.>iteat assured that words cannot adequately convey td you the earnestness of our desipe, tljat '- success may attend yqu along the thorny " path. which you have voluntarily chosen v ' to tread, in 1 the interests iQt and^ mi':i n i': ' tellectual' fre'edbni. We trust your unr : taping efforts; will,, be trew^rded, jiot only by a bountiful harvest ofjajf tlmt iis neo cessary to make Jife h^ppy antfjlr^spw* ' ous, but more -> espej^Uy rewarded m knowing that you jK^been instrument tal m^brin^g^Joj^te^e Emancipation of . the slaves of Dpgmatimt,'.&ndL leading them out of the dajrkne§'s^f superstition into the gbright > dly-da%n of reason and truth. Ifct -till'tlfeg can they realize the words of-the Poet :— SBallflike? a vnirlwfinfdij Scatter m the : . ; breezg ... Thd Avhpfe darkpilßoihgrn^rTmodkeries, , Then, shall the reign of: mind comv , menc'e on earthY '^ io^*^^ And s'tartih*g f forth/ asifcom * seppnd | / -\j birth, ■-,- ry . '_ ' l - M^n, m^ihe snnshiri« of tSelworld's . ne;w spiing,, ;;a.« * w Shall walk resplendent as some holy;r r. r -thing*" - M „..,, Accept i bur.beßt^kqj)grledgement fo* the very gcea£amount of pleasure arid "^fructjott derived, by us during your sojourn m our townghip'-Ja^d^gifceoial and lasting-benefit *to our Institution, and the cause-g ene r, a iiy. Our desire wo-'uld Be'ttf^ retain i.you; as long as possible, but duties aw,aifc,yojj elsewhere. 1% **"* i ma tto6-*&,fm& hfi'JoatfSottMhave not beeiuuiequately acfenowfe^ged: ..jhih is .accounted , for partly,b Yf th« fact that our Institution is orilV in''its inncyi arid the* cause as yet being unpopular., ;^Bufc J righr^rai-'yef'Miomt . lupperritqptr '3?Herewith'j .kiodjy;s accept .- this sligfit token of esteem. It fs^but a trifle M'M;way?iSand/ufJ^iflnteqte but' trivial. I^pur presenting and by your accepting?. |rou yfi^Bteeki\ri^g» thai the .value only lies m th'e kina^remem. brahce we desire you to' take with you, -and the kindly remembranp^ of your l vjsit we wish' toetainY.* We^ope thut erelongyo^ijyllagginbein our midst, m «*!ieag*Meßt of Freethought. Kindly convey td-yd^-firlKipfeteemed *nd - I talented ibusbajja^uwteßHhanks for his efforts ; in .suppqrfeMogr common cause, and! be|? wifeHes for fs§ uthre prosperity. And may you both btsng spared to use thoroughly the grand-giffs with which nature has so bpun«ni?lyf endowed" yoii: ever bearingrin mind/|hit the world S your -<&an%._and^t»~d6 e-ood !=. your Religion.— We are,,, dear madam, youra very truly; ' : ' ■•'".•:.*? i iJm- . Ro^i fe T^?{esiQ| nt, " '■■•' i:i ■