American messenger . t in full uniform. Devotionalexercises were conducted by Rev. H. PercySilver, Chaplain of the Academy. The Bibles were presented to the cadets onbehalf of the American Tract Society by itsGeneral Secretary, Rev. Judson Swift, The graduating class numbers one hundredand twenty-five men, and each cadet receiveda Bible in the version of his own choice. Themajority selected the Authorized or KingJames Version, but others chose the Ameri-can Revised, Spanish, French, German andDouai Versions. Colonel C. P. Townsley, Superintendent ofthe Academy, and other officers were pre
American messenger . t in full uniform. Devotionalexercises were conducted by Rev. H. PercySilver, Chaplain of the Academy. The Bibles were presented to the cadets onbehalf of the American Tract Society by itsGeneral Secretary, Rev. Judson Swift, The graduating class numbers one hundredand twenty-five men, and each cadet receiveda Bible in the version of his own choice. Themajority selected the Authorized or KingJames Version, but others chose the Ameri-can Revised, Spanish, French, German andDouai Versions. Colonel C. P. Townsley, Superintendent ofthe Academy, and other officers were presentat the service. Among the cadets who re-ceived Bibles was Senor Garcia y Larrosa, anative Filipino, who has taken the course atW est Point under a special act of Congress. The presentation address was delivered byRev. Harlan G. Mendenhall, , of New-York City, who spoke with great forceful-ness and appropriateness on The WestPoint Spirit. We are glad to present to ourreaders a summary of his inspiring The West Point Spirit Presentation Address BY REV. HARLAN G. MENDENHALL, A letter from a UnitedStates Army officer sta-tioned at Fort Slocum re-cently appeared in one ofthe metropolitan news-papers, in which he char-acterized the West PointSpirit as the spirit thatgets things done, no mat-ter how great the diffi-culty or odds; the spiritof respect for lawful orders; and the spiritof unhesitating obedience. This characteri-zation sets forth the efficiency of this insti-tution and its influence on its students andon the country at large, and emphasizes thewords I have selected for our thought fromthe Book to be given to the members of thegraduating class: The word of God isquick and powerful and sharper than anytwo-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). The West Point spirit is the spirit thatdoes things in the face of insurmountableobstacles. No task is too hard to undertake,no road too difficult over which to march,and no height too high to climb. This spiritis the same
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