The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-30


night was gwen to him to present the
claims OF his work. and 50 anxious were
the people to hear him that ii wa.
known that there would he a great
crowd, 80 the exercises were held in
the Baptist church, that being larger
than the Methodist church. The
house was crowded both in main audi
ence room and in the annexes.
| PLEA FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
President Kilgo, though compare
lively young man, is quite com
handing before an audience His fea
lures show great intelligence, his coun-
tenance Is intensely expressive, and
being clean shaven his facial expression
Is fine, as you observe the flashes of
thought even before they are expressed.
He spoke for an honr and half in a
most earnest plea for Christian educa-
ton. He dealt mainly in solid facts
concerning education and occasionally
his flights we're truly eloquent. His
manner Of speaking is deliberate, with
an occasional fash of imprisoned elo-
quence which shows the deep earnest
ness OF soul in what he says. He de
clared that all true education rests up
on the Bible az its real foundation. and
he who does not read it SO fails to
grasp one of the greatest truths in the
Bible.
President Kllgo made a most elo-
quent plea for the support of the
Christian colleges of the State He
declared that these institutions give
back to North Carolina as good schol-
arship as comes from the State schools.
He laid special stress upon the fact,
too, that 1t costs the State nothing
Not one dollar goes out of the State
treasury to support Trinity College,
Davidson College, Wake Forest College,
Elon College, and the other christian
colleges Of the State: and yet North
Carolina owes large part of its civil
zatiOn to these institutions.
He showed the inconsistencies that
parents fall into about the education
of their sons. Fathers take their sons
and ram Democracy down their threats
and say they must be Democrats !;
they ram Populism down their throats
and say they must be Populists. They
may be fools otherwise but they must
have-clear cut opinions of politics if
possible, say the parents but when it
comes to church influence through
their education the inconsistent pa
rent says he prefers to let the boy do
his own choosing about that and gives
him the Constitution of North Carroll
IA as guide to his choice. The speak
er declared that the christian parent
who Is negligent as to the influences of
Christianity in his boys education is
guilty of great wrong towards the boy
and towards the interest of Christianity
which is the savOring salt in our clvili-
zation. He said that little ten-cent
Methodist preacher or Baptist preacher
does more good in the swamps along
the Roanoke, or in the coves of the
mountains, towards sustaining our
christian civilization than all the pol
lticians of the land. The State sends
the sheriff into the mountain-cove to
arrest and bring to justice the moon
sinner the christian colleges send q
preacher there to enlighten and chris
tianize the moonshiner and the State S
services are no more needed for him
These are the attitudes in which State
education and Christian education
stand towards society. And he espe-
cially emphasized the fact that the ed
ucatlon which is obtained at the
christian colleges costs the State moth
ing at all.
Want of space forbids q detailed re
port of the speech. The speaker clos
ed with some very encouraging state
ments for Trinity College. He said
that in all candor he sees a brighter
prospect for Trinity than for any
other Southern College.