, 1869-07-13
INSTRUCTION AT GENERAL
LEES COLLEGE,
Tho Dignity OF Lnbor-A Fopuiar
EnlIncy-StonesEn1l JacNsuMs

Tho Dignity OF Lnbor-A Popular
FnaIncy-Stoneszn1t JacRsols.
Tue Rev. pr. Il. A. Holland delivered an ad.tfess
Washington College, IN Lexington, yirgrna, dur1n;
the recent COMMENCEMENT anniversaries lila te-
marks upon the Dignity Of Labor" and upou
"Tnezc has been Of Late heard great r>ar OF
casi, lean rant about the nobieness Of work re-
md What. when sobcrly Interpreted, does iii Is
Eraudlloaucnt larEon imrort7 Is Hork, tndec,l,
tue snnnmc p11pose Of existence. Was man
Dwells there ID labor any Inherent dtsaisI to e1-
cite the admiration OF It's miserable thialss, or
thean bealing 81 xhat wo lei so rave sass aaea IN
posed as punishment. I would nos dispar-
eSs T9ak 4s ,Fnos f9e a ar Of
forces Obedience to !ts exaet,ons BY Attaching
seyesc pains to fdlc1css; but that this
rtuaI[zed into worship. nna man exnoEted Is
carranct, instead q encouraged to throw 1t o1
feucc1eEs ne1ds OF thought that invite the play Of
nis powers, ls substitution Of Deuteronomy for
allie 70 the instncts ana attachments Of nurnani-
y: We must Ho5k. but It Is our prerogatiYe to
bold To1k subsidiary to seir-1npFoseneut. He
t1on ot hs highest attributes those ener-
ges Of thought md affection which u2ve
% othsr eIease tpT he pusut q 20
freedom for thelr nSh1ul employ, commits upon
himself m act OF vandalism like that OF the Torks,
who mntllatcl The Colucls Of Eaatbec to forge
horsc.thces our OF 1he inner masses Of hon fhAs
Joined their S1pcEpc6eA stones into CortnttiAa
shafts whlch The wozid lad for Centuries reckon
ed miracle: nf GTcEd and graceful aschitectnrc."
In speaking VI StrncEalf Jackson auh ht5 SOL
di:Ea, III. Holland becatla enthusiastic, ami nd
dressed the pupils OF General Lec aa fa1loN1:
ave are near tic grave Of a martyr calefiAin,
whose lame need not mention Ia the yutrs
which his nriltury. hkc precious sptHeaarl poured
out Q! the ruacly broken aiaoastef boz of pure
HE, has anointed with perfumes that breathe Of
Paradise. We nro on the halloHed soil Of Siapu
which, for the iiustr!ous dead that sleep beneath
minstct Abbey. 1h valleys, Ike alcuyed ats,ea,
are hung to fancy eye with hattie scenes thu dc
pic. the sac1iGcc of te9 fer principle, It's aoun.
talcR like memorial pillars record the heat
edness Of heroes who. In Tie path oE duty marched
up to death as to . friend, and took from his
out1,reichct nl1d tae ylcto:'s wreath Of
Immortality. Under It's sod, as IA sacred
cI5pta, repo6es he duet Of an army
whose remeu, bcte1 deeds Of patriotic ya1or mako
us proud even amid all the corrurt,ons which de-
E1aste orr lace, TINT We. too, are n,en- From tts
cathedral orgnu, rolls ceasccas requiem for kha
fallen, p h!ch ever and anon sWtllA with 9WAjter
time fni0 martial Etr111 thst bids the living eng
Late their virtues Here, then. rs quiet chapel
Of this grand old Stafe- Bai sil1ca-whero 10 study
excellence Of manhood, Is TO hold intercourse Hlth
the spirits Of its best Examples order the steps
OF Jonr ambition that when, In pursuing ts calea-
maJ be but to join the g.ort1ed band OF soldiers
Ior me true and right who hare ALREADY crossed
orer the river, and, wi:h Jackaon, arc restsu0 in
the shade Of TIT sTeea.f'