Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-06-27
JOYS AT GREENACRE.
A SUMNER SCHOOL UNLIKE ANY
THING OF ITS KIND.

OF Miss Farmers Noble Work-Evolu
tion and Science.
~ Where the distant mountains melt int
the tenderness of hill puppies and cloud
land; where gigantic pines rear their state
ly heads as guardians Of the place, and the
broad Piscataqua moves gently to the sea
like tired child to its mothers arms
here where sunlight and shadow form ex
quisite combinations, and the very clouds
enter into the spirit Of harmony and beau
ty, lies Greenacre, Eliot, Me-, the birth
place not of mere mortal man, but Of q
conception that was the result of universal
fOrces-love to God and love to man. Like
the musical octave that must ever return
to its first note for completion, SO Green
acre gives voice to the thought Of the new
age as the fulfillment of the physical life,
begun here centuries ago, when the first
city of the new world was in this same
county Of York. We never see causes.
They are forever invisible, and only by re-
suits can we estimate the value of any
movement.
Before the results have been accom-
plished we must gauge the magnitude OF
an enterprise by the character of the Origi-
nator. Never was this more true than Of
this new departure inaugurated in the
summer Of 1894 by Miss Sarah j. Farmer
at Greenacre. To those who meet her on
ordinary lines she Is a rare type of woman,
q Greek In aesthetic exterior, uniting the
grandeur Of all wOmanly virtues to the
executive ability Of practical mind and
the warm heart Of nature SO large that
in Its love all the world can be embraced.
To those who know her interior nature there
is feeling, amounting almost to knowl-
edge with some, that she Is a woman sent
to the world for a special mission, to which
all the lines of her life have converged at
the present time In the planning and es-
tablishing Of q summer congress at Green
acre. Much could be written Of the life Of
this wonderful woman, born Of a mother
as spiritual as saint and father whose
worldwide fame. It Is only necessary to
enter the Farmer home to know how such
a woman az Sarah Farmer could be born
and reared In purity and sanctity that sets
her quite apart from ordinary women Of
the nineteenth century.
The ordinary woman, when she sees her
loved ones depart, centers herself in her
grief. Sarah Farmer, left alone, said, II
must live for the world and humanity"
and uplifted by this spirit of self abnega-
ton she became inspired with the thought
that it might not be impossible to con-
tinue the worlds parliament of religions
from year 20 year until all tributaries
were united I'M one stream that could flow
peacefully, like the glorious Piscataqua,
to the sea Of rest.
The summer school Of Greenacre Is un-
like all other INSTITUTIONS Of the kind, for
It's aim is to develop IN practical living all
beliefs and creeds founocd on love to God
and man.
In connsction with the Gteenaore leo
tn,ees arrangements have been mauc 'n1s
season for o conference of evolutionists
July to 13, inclusive. The object Of the
conference Is consultation and interchange
of views among the leaders of scientific
with regard to its bearings upon
the social, ethical and religious problems
Of our time, and especially to emphasize
helpful implications as relating to these
problems
Miss Farmer has invited DR.. Lewis G.
James, president of the association, to as
sist her in inviting speakers and otherwise
the success Of the meetings Aft
ernoon and evening sessions will be held
each day, with an address by some well
known representative Of evolutionary
thought, with abundant time between
whiles for social converse and the enjoy.
ment of the natural beauties Of the place.
Among the speakers already engaged.
are: Professor Edward S. Morse of Salem,
late president of the American Association
For the Advancement OF Science, whose
topic will be Natural Selection and
Crime" Professor E; A; Dolbear Of Tufts
college, Relations Of Mind and Matter;h
Miss Mary Proctor, daughter of the late
Escnard A. Proctor, Other Worlds Than
Ours" RsY. Edward p. Powell, author
of "Our Heredity From God," subject,
1.-THE Evolution of Individuality;" Benja.
min +. Underwood, editor of The Philo
sophical Journal, "How Evolution Recon.
Giles Opposing Views In Ethics and Phi.
losophy;" Rev. James r. Bixby, Phi. D.,
Evolution of the God Idea;" DR.. Lewis
G. James, Evolution of Morals" Henry
Hoyt Morse of The Outlook will read his
paper on "Utopias; Social Ideas Tested by
Evolution and Principle" recently read
before the Brooklyn Ethical association.
1t is expected that Rev. John G. Kim.
ball Of Hartford will address the confer
ence and hoped that Professor John Fiske,
LID, will deliver his new lecture on
"The Cosmic Roots Of Love and Self Sac
rifice" and "The Eternal Reality Of Re-
ligion." Brief letters and papers will
doubtless be contributed by other leaders
Of scientific thought In our country. The
programme promises to be one OF unusual
value, and those interested In these sub
jects cannot do better than arrange 70
spend at least portion Of their summer
vacation at Greenacre. Eliot is easily
reached via the B. and M. railroad from
Boston. being In the direct route to the
White mountains, Bar Harbor and the re-