The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-31

what lac meant 10y the pillars in an old
Crecian temple that appeared to the eye
TO be perfectly perpendicular but by
close measurement and calculations il
was found that if they We're run high
enough the columns would join together
and make one mighty pillar.
The place of knowledge is in perfect
manhood An ignorant man may be a
good man, but he can never be great.
TO be educated does not necessarily
mean knowledge of books. Some have
knowledge never obtained from that
source. The chief object of knowledge in
the making Of moral character is Il
knowledge of the Son of God. as the
text indicates.
There are two kinds of knowledge of
God-one intellectual and the other kx-
perimental The knowledge in the text
is the latter kind. Not what young
man has studied, but what he knows
represents his power. So it is in real
Christian life and character. Mans eX-
detrimental knowledge is a means we
have of knowing his spiritual power.
knowledge may be power for evil as
well as good. Only when we know
Christ as the Son of God do we have the
guarantee that mans life will be for
good and only good. The preacher then
spoke of faith and knowledge as a unity
in the makeup of the perfect man.
Conformity to Christ the only perfect
pattern. the final of perfect manhood. "
In the other case Christ was presented
in His divine nature; but here we have
the human character. the pattern Of hui
man life. This was the one great reason
why Christ, the Son of God, became in
carnate-not only to die for u.s. but to
teach us how to live by His example.
DR.. Tillett spoke of the magnificent piece
of sculpture i'll the Corcoran building ut
Washington, ID. C.-"the Greek Slave
land said that so perfect was the taste
of the artist that no model could be
found that was perfect enough to suit
him. Finally he got his model by talk
ing a beautiful hand from one, an eX-
pressive eye from another, and so on
until the piece of work that is the admir-
alton Of the world. was completed. SO
we must do in this lifegather only the
perfect.
The greatest light in heathenism was
Buddha who boosted and said, II am no
mans servant" Christ. the light Of the
y
who serveth He that would be greatest
among you let him be the servant of all,
even as the Son Of Man; he came not to
be miuistered unto, but to minister and
to give his life as a ransom for many
A life Of service and sacrifice as eX-
emplified in Jesus Christ is Gods ideal
of man This ideal must be carried ont
by doing the Christly thing in all life
,,, In, all lis
if manhood is to be perfect Here ne
told of how Phillips Brooks once stopped
to take a child from the arms of poor
woman who was tired, and held it while
she rested. ''This." ne said" was acting
the Christly thing in small everyday
affairs of life" Governor Nichols. at
one time governor Of Louisiana, was q
one-legged. one-armed Confederate sol
dier, he was asked to sign a bin allowing
a lottery to run. He replied by saying
that he would rather have his remain
ing arm pulled out by the socket than to
sign bill that would ruin the young
manhood of the land. This was doing the
Christly thing in a governors chair
The preacher described the end of the
perfect man-'mark the perfect man and
behold the upright; the end of that man
is peace"
In concluding. DR. Tillett addressed
his remarks to the president and faculty,
and alluded 10 the great work being done
by them and him in working for the mp
building and perfecting OF the young
manhood in this country. The work Of
the Christian educators and that Of those
in our universities should move boldly
forward. side by side i'm the great God
given work. II takes both these qualities
to make the perfect man and MS max
ers Of perfect men they should move
onward and upward.
A TRIBUTE TO ENSIGN BAGLEY.
During the discourse DR.. Tillett took
occasion TO pay a glowing tribute to
North Cardinals gallant young hero
Ensign Worth Bagley, whose body lies
in an honored soldiers grave ut the
States capital. He spoke of him as com
ing from one of North Carolina's oldest
and most honored families and referred
to his nfe as an example Of perfect man
hood. Some of his illusions were very
touching and many eyes were wet with
tears while he spoke Of the young hero
who is loved by all and who laid down
his life for others
Among those Of prominence who were
here to hear DIR. Tillett were noticed the
following: Colonel ]. s. Carr, Durham:
Thomas +. keenan, and wife. Raleigh;
Francis T. Winston, Windsor: j. III.
Southgate, j. S. Manning Durham: Pro
fessor Jerome Dowd and Professor Ed
win Minis, Trinity College.
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