The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-11-20

to help us. On last THANKSGIVING Day
the first spade full OF earth was remov-
ed for the foundation, and tonight we
have come to dedicate this building so
admirably suited to all our work. IL
has been long. hard, sometimes dis.
couraging year Of work. Butat length
it Is accomplished. DO you wonder
that We feel like pausing for time us
II this were the end OF our labors.
Surely we should pause long enough
to raise our EbeDezer memorial and ac-
knowledge, hitherto hath the Lord
helped u.s."
But In reality all OF this Is but the
beginning OF our work--the means to
the end we arc striving for. What Is
that end On the tablet placed in the
outer wall, where all who pass may
read. we have inscribed our motto:
zone Is your master, even Christ, and
all We are brethren" Our work shall
be by every possible means to learn
and live up to this great motto our
selves, and to use this place to teach
the citizens of this section OF the city
to know and believe and practice 1t In
letter and In spirit. To this end we
haye our various classes and works
our temperance work, our savings
bank, our music and drawing classes,
our dress-making and sewing schools
our kindergarten-the first free kin
dergarten school in this city, which
will be opened the first Monday In
December.
It Is not to be o sectarian work; 1t
belongs to no denomination; it shall
lie conducted so as not to discriminate
between boys and men and girls be-
cause of their politics or religious con-
nections. We want ii to ennoble and
uplift and make better and more Christ
like men and women-to make good
citizens, good people In every depart
ment OF life. 1t is very common In
these days to talk OF the fntherhood
OF God. We want to teach the reality
Of this truth that men can learn and
help men and women to know that
they are the children of the true and
living God and help them to honor and
love and obey Hin.
1t Is common to talk of the brother.
hood OF men. We love to thlnx that
never men thought nobly or lived he
rocially but they were our brethren. i
love to think that ! am in the line of
these men; that we are, kindred to
those who have wrought to make the
world better-to those who have ex-
emplified the coming manhood. But
IL Is Just as important and much hard.
er to learn that the unfortunate, and
the ignorant and the outcast are also
our brethren. We are, In Gods uni
verse. not foreigners to any nor
strangers to any. They who have are
debtors to those who have not. They
who are learned have a debt to those
who are unlearned; they who are rich
have debt to the poor; they who are
in the light owe that light to those
who sit In darkness.
The work is great and far reaching.
and nothing that will help men and
women is foreign to 1t. III we can
brighten any home, ease any burden.
bring any comfort teach any Oan how
to better himself or any woman how
to cook for her husband or sew for her
children, IL belongs to our work. II
we can teach any to love God and serve
Him, 1t Is our mission. DO you not
see then that the work Is but begun,
that this building is but the means to
the accomplishment Of these things.
We shall carry on the work we have be-
gun. We shall undertake new work as
we can find workers and means for
prosecuting it. We shall have free
baths, free schools, free lectures, free
instruction in useful arts The work
ers are not paid. But there is much
expense necessary In the runnlog of
such an institution. You have entered
into partnership with us. The work is
yours as we'll as ours. Even as we have
but begun in our interest and our of =
forts, so do we hope you wlilnot grow
weary or lose interest In your Interest
in your support. We shall want annu-
al subscriptions. We shall welcome
visits and help and interest from any
of you.
Such is our work briefly and imper-
| u m hA "a
summed up in its scope and In
Its possibilities by our motto
One is your master even Christ and
all ye are brethren | deem it emf
nently fitting that this building should
now he dedicated to these high and
holy purposes-the teaching of all
men the truths OF the fatherhood CT
God and the brotherhood OF men.
And now, in the name of the Father,
the Son and the Holy Ghost | dedicate
this building to the service of the one
true and living God, and the good OF
our fellow-men children of God
our brethren and sisters in the Lord.
Following this address Harry Baird
sang The Gauntlet, solo, in fine
voice.
William G. Spruance, Esq, delivered
really the speech of the evening, tn
which justice could not be done ex-
pect by publication in full.
After dismissal tho refreshment
rooms were welt patroniaed A fair
Is now being held to raise money for
the purchase OF piano, which will
last tonight and to-morrow-nigh 1t
should be literally patroniZed.
Do you suffer with chllblains?-I GER
tify to the prompt relief obtained
from the use OF Salvation Oil for
chilblains, and do not hesitate to
recommend 1t as the best cure ever
tried. II. HOOD, 7I0 West Pratt street.
Baltimore, Md.
Humanity's Friend
Is DIR. ]. b. WEIGH, 800 West Fourth
street, Wilmington, Delaware. His
Neuralgia Pills are a sure cure. All
persons suffering from the errors of
youth and lost vitality. should call
upon him and be restored. Ozone is
the only permanent cure for catarrh,
of which he is the discoverer For
bottle OF liquid and box ofOzore Balm