The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-05
ANNUAL ADDRESS,
Rev. David Winters Delivers the Annual Ad-
dress to the Pupils and Friends OF the
Lewis Academy.

The First Presbyterian church was filed
last evening by the pupils and friends of
the Lewis academy to listen to the annual
address by the Rev. David Winters The
address was more on the conversational
order and well recognized truths were
! clothed in the simple language. that carries
with it the weight of conviction. The
first division of the subject was ''Take
care OF your health" The Importance of
a good physique to success in life was
dwelt upon at length and emphasized in
many ways. He regarded it nothing less
I than a sin for one to abuse their health
and such abuse was direct violation of a
/ law of God written on every muscle and
/ fibre of the body.
/ The second head was "Take care of the
time" By the use of ones time a texture
was woven about the individ-
ual which might be mantel
of beauty or robe of shame
The proper use of ones time could not
fail to lead to great results and even
judicious employment of ones idle mo-
ments might accomplish much benefit.
! The harm that could be done by improper
use of the time was also clearly brought
out. The Importance of ones time to them
could not be over estimated; it was more
valuable than money. Queen Elizabeth
offered millions for an inch of time but
time can not be purchased. The moments
once fled are lost forever. The time
allotted to mOrtals is one of their most
valuable gifts and no one can afford to
waste a moment.
The third injunction was ''take care of
your habits" Habits are something of an
imperceptible growth and they creep on so
lnsldiously they they have full sway be-
fore one is aware of it, Man has been
ikened to a bundle of habits. Habits
have such an effect on the person that
their influence follow them into the world
beyond. Many young men adopt habits
which they know are pernicious and think
that when they become men they can put
away such childish things. But the
chains Of habit forged in youth become so |
strong that it is a life battle to break them. |
The fifth head was Take care of your
names" and here was discussed four aims /
of life, classified as ''Sensualistic," 'Secu- /
lar, =" Ambitious" and "Christlike" The !
sensual idea is followed by the glutton |
and the man whose highest aim in life is |
TO crafty abe animal instincts of his ma |
ture. The man whose aim is secular is |
entirely bound up in the world, and is like |
the rich man who could not give all his !
worldly possessions, because they were |
many, TO follow Christ. The ambitious /
man only longs for power, and he would /
fam build pyramid of his fellOwmen upon /
which ne might stand before the world the |
highest of'all The Christlike idea is the |
only true aim of life, and is the highest !
aim that can be followed by mortals. God |
gave his son as an example and a model .
after which all might pattern. He lived
for others, died for others, and now medi-
ates for others.
The sixth head of the discourse
was ''Take care of associations"
All are aptly judged by the company they
keep and continued association viii raise
or lower a man to the level of his company
This idea of cOntagfOn in natures may be
carried so far that some idea of a man may
be had by watching his dog. Mans moral
nature is susceptible to change according
to what it lives upon and is as truly
as the chameleon that borrows
its shade from its diet.
The seventh and closing thought was
take care of your creed" A very COM
mon error is the one which leads a man to
say it does not matter what creed man
has so long as he is honest in the matter.
One might just as well say it does not
matter which road you take to reach
certain point, no matter if it runs in an
direction or is no road at all, so
long as you are honest Yet in the most
serious matter of life some will say it does
not matter which road you take so long as
you are honest The speaker cautioned his
hearers against the tendency of the age
to pull dawn. There was a time when
faith needed no better guarantee than the
assertion that it was historical when now
it seems the strongest argument that can
be set forth in support of ones belief is
.he statement that it is modern If mans
'aith is wrong he is away from God, away
rom the resurrection. At this point the
speaker reminded his hearers that he was
lot a preacher but a teacher and felt that
such thought was the foundation of a
minister's success. He was teaching that
creed was an essential and in effect pro-
pounded the following as one upon which
I'll Christians might center containing the
great and recognized truths: Faith in the
Of God, the brotherhood of hui
nanity, the plenary inspiration of the
scriptures, the personality of the Holy
Spirit and faith in Christ as the Great
Atoning High Priest"
In closing he likened a creed to a rock.
md the man without a creed was likened
o the man who built his house upon the
and, and the rains descended and the
loods came and beat upon that house and