, 1875-12-27


MI, "thtr wcap,ns shey STOOL nInos. alou. In
h9hiIuE tho battles Ut ro'igiou1 liberty. Tie
c"htcat waslotg, aud Hoarlsome. and eInautttt1g,
hnt s'oI gave tAen the victory at last. and made
A.! tho pf1p!o of tho 1and enter In and saare ita
heeHtu fruits. Tic .1escendauta OF thoke against
whom onr Espt1st fathers c1n.nnicd re1oco tn-
day IN tho poaAobsion Ut soui-lberty as well
~ VIC.
From, this example Of os, fathers us may
learn that we too should non scek - Strengthen
ourrolveH at onr weakent pp,nt WhAs that weak
point L. tho tna'lstH in ont i}aptlKt ZION, Eart
aud WoAs. North and Soutti. asa init in po;nt-
!ng out. Though all lah been done thal I haye
i!l4iea ed ~ tho department nf education. yet
the'o IL still onr wehkeAt I,olnt What NC need
mora than ahiIAipg esa to educate os,r peop!c.
hundred ihouhand nlen may he led 10 TIM iinId
81 battle, but. II thoY arc unt,ained, unj,sc,p-
tlnad. unedncate1 in tho art OF war, they may be-
como moo hnd not an army. Tho l.ey5.ODD
barti5sH In this country. II trained sntl educated
al1Ao In tbsuRa secular and Hacrod. ia the name
OF tue Lord Of Hosts. might tako possession Of
tho world for Christ before aao:sItr generation
snals pntA AWAY. We aYo numbers enough,
aud wealth enough. ard trlth cuougbs to "lurn
tho world npa.de dawn = hut tust hero Ia our
weakneHs. ous people Ase nn.trainc1, educated
NJ they must be TO Lecoma effective. -...
In vios Of this. our Uaptst Itadera ali over
tho land, With unauimity that should awakoa
o'ir profoundcst gratitude, hare Agreod to sig
naAze tho Ccntenu'al vcat among our paopo Ill
great advance 1novoueut 10 tho uotk Of liichaf
anu sacred loaEning. The aim 10 not 40 III -
oAtnb4ah new echo Dis Of learning ~ to stson9th-
en- thoHn no al.nady have. While ns Layo oaa
college moro slan hundred years old, aud ut
lcast thteo othor colleges and two theological
aemlnarca moro than fits years otf. aud while
81! tltese and manr OF our nenar schools arc to-
ing good work IL thoir rcspec:lyo departments,
Ft!lt ~o havo n0s onn school IN I'll tho land 1las
does not need very, conslderanlo outlay to
make it Wlat Il should be. Especially is this
trno Of our yoinHe: schools. While many Ut
thtae haro noble beginniog. II IL ouly begin
nlnE. Ihe work now needs to bo carried OH
that these schools. a'lko III tue department. OF
highcr md sacred learning, MAJ be nulu to
achieve that for whi:t, theY wcrt founded.
This is pre-snisentlp tho work 10 winch the
DaptstB Of thls country will bb called dar!ns tho
Centennial year. Already the call hnH gone
for the work from Mime to California aad from
tito f4a}sos to the Cult. We hoEe to ultbcss all
upraItg aHlona tho 1890, ,01i Of our people Bu:l1
an bus norer tecn known before. It ie IN op-
portunlsy once u s!fotime and 1t mt,st not pans
unln'provcd. We expect thero will bs hid upon
tue altar newt rear tho frtnccy offerings Of tlt,
rich. tlie liberal offerings nf tuosc iu active bus-
!'eth but Of smaller fortunes. and tho INHALER
en- hnt no l:ss aee,ntabfa oIcr,nsn Of tho poor. II
tls shall bo uupc all over tho laud, our Contou.
mini vii in tho fntnro ba numbered am ong tho
years Of tho right land Of the Mott High"
Ihe lhptisfs Of this city pronose to nlrcn tho
can2nicn OF tbs year in behalf Of our Thcolox.
icnl Seminary located here. 1t Was cotn-
snenccu i,ttIo mora than eight years .go with
twenty studcuts, but without money. 1andn. build
lug, OF library. 1t has lcen suHtainbtl these
eight years. and has accumulated mraunulu n
property no.th ornr nn1 above its indebtedness
not lcsa than e175uoo. Those nro rcaultp
achieved in Tisw of which We should thank God
and take courage: rcpllits achieved ia do.auco
OF Ines and panic. But tho work ie only ueiI
begun. To !ca:e it whero it is World he Eo1u
to itnperA II a1l. Those apccsa!lvfa charge oi
i l'a'e resolved upon Vigorous nhort To place
this seminary boyond csnpat trcbAmcnt during tho
Contenuiat yoar. IT, lend in thin groat unlcr-
taking, they hhvo chosen tho pastor OF tho
largest. strongest church tn tld Northwest and
To-day he c!osea his pastoral w6rf tt1a.. With tho
beginning Of tho NOW yca7, ho tnav .,1drc+h him
seli to tbs. Tno aan determined upbn to lift
this ssnsnary up 10 tho I'laes 1t should occupy in
s25o. 600. Largo az It III. It can be raised and
fully e1nect it ~1ll 10 raised. Fnen3a viii bs
found who will takn this school OF sacred learn-
lux upon their hearts. as thev havo nevct do,lo
before, md ul1ko for 1t The ct?urt uf their lives
But to do this work there must bo tho most cn-
tire concert Of hctioa. It must nos be left to
the wealthy or oven to tue wel1.to.du nlopo. hut
all must havc eharo 10 it,-9iike the rictl and
tho poor. the old and tbs younu.
THIS work will maize its appeal to us as
Church, and earnestly dorire that al Of my
people shall hare somc sflara ID 1t. l dos rs
TINT you should thluk Of 1t, aud pray oypr It,
md contor together IN regard to it, and d. ter
nlstn ut tho prorer time to ITO for it vaA. you
believe will ho pleasing tn chf.h:, md what you
N!ll look upon with plc1tllro willis yon live.
We re- oice to.tftv IN tho VICTORY xchiaYcd by
our fathers whe .'red 4 hundred vcnrs ago. LHt
III. during tho Centennial your help do work
thnt shalt canso our chilaron aud clidrcns chill
d, ,co 10 sojoice w!nn no all shall rcst from o,tr
labors and our worIs shall follow us. Thea
VII! those who tnav celcprAte The tocoud Gem
tcun,al in Off natioua! l:iAtuly 1ons 70 ths Con-
tenninI ~ ono Of tho "ycarH Of the right haud
Of tho most Ilish.'@