The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-09

estimated by the length of nations 5
4ilways, the extent of its commerce
and manufactures. and thus,
under the rough granite of simply
material civilization, is buried all that
is most true in philosophy, and most
sacred in religion"
As we had occasion once before to
say, the great heather nation of anti
guilty achieved their grandest successes
in mere materialism. Assyrla, Greece,
Rome all were great and splendid,
but materialism shed its baleful in
fluence around, aud after centuries of
achievement the flower of their civili-
zation perished, the wreaths of glory
faded and withered, their empires
shrank and crumbled, and then for
a thousand years the genius of barba
| rism brooded over the melancholy
ruln.b
1t is the memories of the past that
are dear to the patriotic heart. A
land without memories is 4 land bar
rem of virtue and glory and high think
ing and noble doing. SAID that gen
ulne lover of the South and true Minis
trel, the late Fatheer Ryan:
a land without ruins is land
without memories-a land without
liberty. A land that wears a laurel
crown may be fair to see, but twine
few sad cypress leaves around the brow
, of any land, and be that land beauti-
less and bleak, it becomes lovely in
: its consecrated coronet of sorrow, and
it wins the sympathy of the heart and
history. Cr0zons of,0sts faae-crow2s
of thorns endured Calvarles and cru
cifixes take deepest hold of humanity,
the triumphs of Might are transient,
they pass away and are forgotten-the
sufferings of Right are ,graveA deepest
on tile chronicles Of nations .I''
Noble words, patriotic and beauti-
full and poetic! Now that the "stern
alarms" of war are not heard any
more, but the white wings of Peace
brood over our land, it is none the
less precious and true that the mem
cries are the chief treasures of any
great, heroic people.
We have wandered away into this
unexpected line of reflection and all
because of that paragraph quoted from
Mr.. Farris. The Star is glad to see
Wake Forest College and its friends
of
education, because it feels sure that
in that noble institution at least the
morGl qualities of education will
never be lost sight Of While the
minds of the young are taught how
to think and are filled with useful
knowledge, the great ends of life
will not be overlooked. The soul it
self, with all of its grand capabilities
and its relation to eternal things,
will not be neglected, but will be
trained for Heaven and Immortality.
| GAS we have borne in this life the
image Of tie earthly, SO we shall also,
in the life to come, bear the image Of
the heaveHLy." Earthly fame Is but
perishlng flower by the wayside Of
human progress. The only amar-
ranthine crown is woven of flowers
| that bloom immortal in the restored
Eden. The burning OF a small bun
die of fax was once the symbol to
teach the pershableness of human
achievement and the transformers Of
human glory. Let the young be
trained for the higher life beyond,
while the mind is led in the pleasant
gardens OF science and made to pass
along the beautiful walks of philoso-
ply and letters. The Star wishes Mr..
Farriss, and his co-laborers, and all
engaged in the noble work of enlarg-
ing mans capacity for usefulness and
happiness, the higest possible meaure
Of success.