The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-11-19
NJ NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 49. 1890.

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able zeal and wisdom, they have
secured for Wake Forest an en-.
dowment which has greatly in,
creased and extended its field OF
usefulness. In consequence OF
these generous gifts to the sacred
cause of education Wake For
est is enabled to send out an in
creased number of trained young
men to lift up humanity and to
become a blessing to the world.
What Christian or patriot does
not rejoice over the great work
done for the cause of educatian
and religion by that progressive
Christian denomination in our
State in the last few years.
What they have done for Wake
Forest we may do for Trinity if
we will only be a united, as ac-
tive and as Jealous as they have
been. And | come to-day to
appeal to our Methodist friends
throughout the State to forget
the divisions and chickering's of
the past, if any ever existed,
and to gather around THEIR col
lege with a purpose to make it
a great institution. We ought
to have in North Carolina ONE
great college. Let us make it
here. 1t may have and should
have its branches and feeders
scattered about over the State,
but these should be helps and
not hindrances in putting Trim
ity in the forefront of our edu-
cational institutions. Let us
urge upon onr people in every
county, city and town the duty
and the privilege of giving
something to the endowment of
the college witch we trust and
believe is now beginning to take
on new life. The rich should
give bountifully and the less fa-
vored according to their means,
but all should give something,
No man should hesitate because
his gift is small. Great rivers
are made up of multitude of lit
tie streams. So a great endow-
ment may be made up of a null
titude of little donations. l ask
for no impossible thing. ! sug-
gest no very difficult task. 1t
is within the power of the Meth
odists of North Carolina to rich
ly endow THEIR college. 1t on
ly requires a UNITED, DETERMIN-
ED, CONTINUED EFFORT. And ]
tell them their college can never
rise to the full height of a great
institution until it is endowed,
The sooner we recognize this
and set Systematically about the
work, the sooner our denomina.
tion will have a college to which
we can point with commenda.
BILE pride and which shall stimu-
late to greater activity, the en-
tire educational work of the
State. l have addressed this
appeal especially to the Metho-
dists because it is THEIR college.
If it shall be forced to exc out a
starved existence it is THEIR
shame. If it shall continue to
grow, as ! hope it may, till il
shall staud forth, here in the cen
tire of the State, as a great edu-
cational light, it will be their
glory. And yet | would not be
understood as not asking for
help from others. We will be
glad to have the sympathies, the
good wishes, the kind words and
the donations of all friends of
education without regard to
sect or creed. The good the
College may do will be felt by
all and we hope it may have the
good will of all. And why
should it not: 1t stands for
North Carolina. While we will
be glad to welcome students
from other States, yet we build
it aud cndow il chiefly for North
Carolina boys, and those who
aid it in the endowment are aid
ing in the education Of their own
citizens. And who can compute
the good he is doing in the world
when he gives to the endow.
ment of colleges in which learn
ing and religion are taught and
men are better fitted for the du-
ties of life. Through the instru-
mentality of this endowment
many a poor boy is lifted out of
the sloughs of ignorance and
superstition into the light and
life of an educated, refined cit.
izen, who, in turn devotes his
life to elevating his fellow men:
and thus the good influence set
in motion by the gift of a few
dollars goes on ever widening
and increasing till they pass BE-.
yond the power of human COM
putation. Then let us give and
continue to give until we build
here and endow a college whose
facilities and resources shall be
equal to every demand which
may be made upon it, and the
men who contribute to this no.
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