The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-27

'ent proportions; so that now they
stand in their grandeur and glory
exciting the admiration of all true
lovers of the beautiful.
"The mountaineering of East
tennessee was long since complet-
Cd, but there are new forces at
work among these valleys, crowd
Ing up into conspicuous observa-
zion the products of other than ma
terial agencies, making us attract
We, influential and pow erful.
"Grander than mOuntain-forces
ore those divine appointments and
appliances which lift up human ma
ture, ennoble, embelllsh it, and lift
itup far above all our mountains to
Imperial grandeur in the atmos-
phere of Gods Divine Kingdom.
"The greatest work now going on
on this planet is the construction
and completion of moral character.
To aim to build up that is the no.
blest purpose any man can form;
not only TO aim to adjust materials
and utilize forces for our perfection
is noble, but to subsidize and COM
pei them to contribute to our
growth and to mature and adorn
character is the highest endeavor
Of created being. We are wont to
put high value upon fame and
success and glory. Wepush out in
to the whirl of society, determined
to impress ourselves upon its cur
rents of thought, feeling and move
ments in order to compel its notice
and regard. We wish to live in the
memory of mankind, but this may
be secured without building up a
superstructure that will stand un-
moved through the eternal ages,
Notoriety is not moral excellence
fame is not merit; reputation is not
divine regard; intellectual achieve
ments are not moral conquests
@atnetiy culture is not moral dis
cipline; Scholarly efthnsiasm1s mo-
the inspiration of Christian faith
honorable scientific and literary
success is not the goal of the i'm
mortal spirit; brilliant scholarship
is not brilliant moral achievements
a conquest in every branch of hu
man learning is not the master,
over Ourselves-GOd's image in maj
! reflects its highest glory when i
receives the impress and inspire.
ton of devout communion will
: Him.
The mountains about us wer
, lifted up and made great, not b.
any inherent force, but were crowd
ed and crumpled and piled up b,
lateral pressure. But human char
acter is raised to eminence an
! grandeur and glory by an attract
n i've power from heaven. There
lateral pressure in the realms {
= mind as we'll as in matter; but wh
h ever saw the mightiest huma
i, agencies pressing heaving, di
ordered heart toward the celesti;
q throne? Weakened as mans spi
- itual forces have been the superb
o cumbent pressure brought to bes
y upon the human spirit gives it
II downward motion, descending an
; descending to deeper depths in mi
. cry and woe until it may be lost
a the great moral catastrophes of OF
Il planet. This tendency is otserv
- BILE everywhere, so that the weigh
;S ed heart down through the ages
p human history has ever sighed al
q cried, %, wretched man that an
= who shall deliver me from the boz
Il of this deathv Relief to poor, sa
- dened, sunken human nature h
been found and it is a lifting force
70 not gravitation, but elevation; ,
= attraction upwards. And l, if 1
lifted up, will draw all men un
Me-
"Man must ascend to
't perfected. There can now
N no question on this poir
II He must be quickened al
" raised from intellectual al
q moral death, and you, n
'i young friends, according
'e heavens economics, must
p factors in the resurrection and I
, generation of human charactt
i First thoroughly remodled, rel
'e vigorated and divinely inspire
y you are to 60 everywhere raisiu
!. :. instrumentally, the dead TO lii
~ You can never fulfill you missit
y here if you do not make such {
u aim your prayerful end. Do n
. forget that man must get near