The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-13
x,v and on. Of tn. direction Of the Chris

tian faith.
IN. very mention of higher education
20 many of us is little bewidering,
not 70 say repulsiye. There arises be-
fore LIZ an ugly, odd. unnatural. unwhole-
some. ouecr-Iooking man, or strong
minded. oddiy-dressed. hard-faced. or a
meekIv self-satished woman-a1l OF them
ae.,ccated. par-boied, all their fine fibres
and delicate nerves turned to gristle
and bone, without suggestion OF sem
sibility, natural feeling. good taste or
grace about them: abnormal growths, put
ND Jobs. a manufactured article. These
are the apostles OF science and ministers
of the gospel of higher education. Often
they ere merely one-sided, intellect over
done. grotesque idols of their own make
the realizations Of the ideals OF unlucky
ambitions--substitutes for natures prod
uct. Indeed. there is so much OF plain.
goddess, supercelestial folly and essential
commences, snobbery OF the highest and
most offensive kind, about this distin-
guished, highly educated rabbie. Wonder
full intellectual phenomena are too often
the shows and surroundings of infinitesi-
NAL manhood. Bishop Keens is right.
best and happiest man or woman as
its purpose And this higher education
IL often the play Of Hamlet without the
Prince OF Denmark-thc game OF life
tho h.
of God-great achievements and no life.
no manhood except athletics.
True gentility takes man as its royal
material and exalted manhood as its
study. That Is claesic-old Roman and
Grecian. The Divine model. the delight
Of the soul Of Heaven, is familiar. II
has no great institutions for its promo
ton. 1t is strange thing. In the world
among men and over its COMMISSIONS
and disorders It IS like the Spirit of God
moving over the troubled waters OF
chaos. II exerts its influence and makes
itself felt as the armament does. 1t uses
no force; It does not handle or interfere,
for II is the spirit of light and peace.
1t Is not a spirit OF caste or highness
or self-assertion. IL makes no claims.
but men feel honored in honoring 1t.
1t belongs to no class nor claims human
lineage except that 1t was born so. 1t
is far above all dynasties and families.
1t ignores the brutishness Of Hohen-
zollerns. the pompous sensuallty OF Bour-
bons and the bad and impure blood and
barbarity OF all royal houses. 1t is a
pure, understanding. clear, just and low
Ing and gentle spirit. IL finds its delight
IN virtue and good sense everywhere,
In the lowest and in the highest Every
level OF life is blest with its votaries,
who possess and cherish its mysterious
gifts and its holy inspiration. And all
those who love and cherish II know one
another by a thousand signs, secret,
sweet and precious, the credentials OF
the lady and gentleman-not as society's
appointments or the outcome of business
luck, but the glorious fruit and mint
age Of Nature and Heaven. 1t Is this as
ISOLATION that. without any claim 10 su-
periority. as a bright cloud. really over
hangs and pervades social life, and is
the Tight Of the world"-that cannot
be hid-the general assembly and church
OF the first born whose names are writ
ten In Heaven-the contamination OF a
high and royal education.