The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-28

said this, and God sent him out to eat
grass. That is the highest knowledge,
and the Bible that reveals it, is the
best of the classics. There is no knowl
edge that is like the excellence of the
knowledge of Christ,
Allow no man to tell you that the
cloud cannot be lifted. God has lifted
the curtain.
Why do you people advocate
Christian education? Why contribute
of your funds when the State is estab-
fishing and paying for education from
the primary to the University? You
do it on the premises that man was
made in the image of God and that in
the plastic hours of youth the battles
| Of lie are won or lost, and You believe
there ought to be an atmosphere ia
vorable to the development of that
higher life that no State school dares
to touch.
If [ were a North Carolinian, my
heart would take as a holy thing this
college, and my greatest strength Of
thought, word and pleading would go
out to its enlargement and usefulness
and greatness.
My heart is very tender to this old
State. Its glory is my glory. Dr. Car
boys and the college and closed by say
ing:
May you dream and fulfill your
dreams, and when the hills are over
turned with the last convulsion, NAV
the last beam have the pleasure of
kissing Wake Forest College. stand
ing TIL the Master comes"
This is a very imperfect account Of
a n 1iAfn itr1ynvneli1rA and t1,.,, I'D
dress. There wasn't word of pessim-
ism in it. From first to last its key
note was faith and hope.
At the conclusion Of the address.
Dr. Taylor said that in describing the
greatness of our country. it was our
habit to say Prom Maine to Texas"
and said ''We have reversed the order.
To-day we had an address from a dis
tinguished Texan; tonight we will
have the baccalaureyte sermon by
distinguished son of Maine"
The benediction was pronounced bv
DR.. Huffman.
DIR. WRIGHT ON CHRISTIAN EDU-
CATION.
DR.. w. l.. Wright's address on
"Christian Education or religion i'm
Colleges" delivered here Tuesday night
was full of inspiration and encour-
agement to the friends of education
in general and especially SO to the
Alumni friends of Wake Forest Col
lege. The speaker began by saying
he had no time to give to reminis-
cences, but would at once get to his
subject. He divided his subject into
4 general heads, first. What is it, Sec
ond, It's necessity. Third It's value.
Fourth, How can we secure it. Such an
education and such environments in ed
ucation as will lead the student to
a personal living faith i'm Christ. Not
mere passive assent to the truths of
Christianity, but a new life of vital
energy in the soul wrought by the
power of the Holy Spirit.
True Christian education will care
for and develop body, mind and spirit
in their due relation and proportion.
Christian education will place charac-
ter above mere culture and conscience
above knowledge and goodness above
greatness.
Christian education is u necessity
because man is fallen.
The Duke of Wellington said, when
we educate men without religion we
make them clever devils"
Washington said in his farewell adj
dress that it was impossible to main
tain morality without religion.
Christian education is of value to
the State. 1t will give us statesmen
and not politicians. 1t will give us
patriots and not time servers. Who !
can love man if he does not love God? |
No man can be true philanthropist !
who is not a Christian,
# our colleges are not purified by
the religion of Jesus Christ and di-
rected by men of pure character they
will be the deadly t'pas tree whose
leaves will poison with atheism and
infdelity.
The religious atmosphere in the home
of the citizen ought to be the best.
No cards or wine cup or german should
ever find their way there.
Who can price the value of good
complete college education. But if in
securing that he has also secured the
pearl of great price, who shall tell
rs the value?
lie spoke of what one owes his alma
mater-moral support, TO inform our
selves. financial support, patronage,
and prayer Let our motto be tine
highest possible culture of the whole
man. As much as in our power lies
with the blessing of God, let every
student who enters college a christian,
depart better christian and every
one who enters an unsaved man de-
part a saved man."
With this motto and the loyal sup
port of her sons, Wake Forest College
will live and grow under the approx
ing smile of God till the scroll of the
centuries shall be rolled up forever
and till time shall melt into the glori-
oas dawn of eternity's morn, and this,
with the far-sighted Watt the wise
Yates, the pure hearted Wingate, the
sweet spirited Pritchard with apos--
ties and prophets and martyrs and