The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28

they are feeding the stom of their
children instead of their minds. We
should draw from our tables to supply
our libraries and we would have better
homes. The church should see that the
Epworth League department. is worked
10 Its fullest capacity, and the preacher
does not do his duty who only breaches
kfrom text in the Bible two or three
Dimes . week. He ought TO preach
| books.
The reading of dime novels vas ar
faigned In mastery manner and he
Showed how this had brought dishonor
jAnd ruin on many a home, where
Eparents had failed to provide good
literature, and where the devil had pro.
4 vided bad.
II parents do not give their children
good wholesome literary food they will
eat literary dirt. They demand some.
| thing and If that demand is not sup
piled from the proper class OF literature
they will get the class that is detri-
mental to all that is Cody and holy.
We need more books in these South
| ern homes. More talking about books,
and more reading Of them; parents
want to read with their children, anu
when you feel that you are getting old
you want to renew your youth by GET
ting down and talking with the chill
dren.
There is work, however, that par.
ents can'e do, and that tho school must
do. In the matter of church educa-
tion the church lays its emphasis on the
building of character. He said that he
had never found any Methods. Latin or
Presbyterian Greek, but that there was
some Baptist Greek. (Laughser).
This was said in connection with his
thOuUhta
teaching too much Of higher learning to
| the detriment Of character. he said the
/ church sets moro store in making men
and women. All that o college ought to
do Ia to teach them how to use their
| powers and build up q suparstrucsure
that Ia only secured by laborious life
time, and whenever the church begins
to assume ON spologetic position for her
religion it deserves to be smisten by
the hand of God.
The church has taken the ateps TO
help educate her masses on these lines
and has no apologies or concessions to
make The State can't do It. The
| question OF admitting the Bibles to the
schools Ia being agitated and the man
ner as to how it shall be taught. Why
are men continually coming from the
lower strata OF society to fill the high
position? 1t ts because they are thinkers
and know what poverty is and how to
leave 1t behind them.
| At this point he related q story
about Sam Jones, who said to the
grave Bishop Carlisle that young
man should be very poor from the ages
OF 1s to Is years OF least; which, eliot
Ing no reply from the bishop, he
| lowered his elbows to his knees, with
his face in his hands, looked the bishop
straight in the eye and said: Il was 80
| poor until 1 wss 80 years old that 1
had to lean against something to spit"
| (Laughter).
II there Is one thing that he detested
1t was this thing of ministerial discount;
this thing OF "beipg as you are
preacher you can have 1t at 80 and So"
he said he despised. Give us what we
are due and let us pay what other PEG.
pie pay.
The other thing; the church must
have Christian men and women to run
that institution of learning or IL should
forfeit the right to take charge of
| them.
| The State can appoint anybody who
has the necessary educational qualifica-
ton to run her part of the educational
institutions Of the country, bus the
church cannot afford to do this when Ii
comes to their schools.
| Never before In the history of the
world or the church has there been
greater need for positive Religious
teaching as now. We need personal eff.
fort on the psrs of those who have had
the children Of this country committed
to their care for their salvation.
| In speaking of Observation-Disclosures
prejudice and ignorance he said that the
way to burst open some of the narrow
| hesGS among US is 20 get bip ideea into
them. The Chinese wrap The feet of
the children, but the people of this
Southland wrap the heads of their chill
dreD with dense ignorance. We turn
our boys and girls into dollars instead
OF turning our dollars into boys and
girls, and the old saying is applied 70
our children that there is man with
more dollars than sense" daughter
| Let US free our schools from un9ener,
GUS rivalry. We need to add to their
efficiency 80 that q girl or boy when
leaving will not carry q sheepskin in
the hand and sheepshead on the
shoulder. A. B. may mean q bow or
bear; Phi. d. has been said to signify
fool done;" it depends upon the source
from whence degree comes for us to
know its value.
Our colleges need to have endowment.
They must have endowment. Thew
cannot do their work without endow-
ment. There Is plenty of money in
sne nends OF Meshodists and we must
get them TO realize their duty to our
ooi!eges. Ihis work has to be- done
ana we mignt as well get down to
work and do 1t.
Referring to the work OF the psyne and
Lane Institute, he said that unless we
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