Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-26
PRES. BUTLER
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wear chains about his neck, nor that II,
| hlGh purposes of our existence are nee
sssafily promoted by being clad In filth,
food. H''''' q n
We hold, rather. that God has mad,
.n5 world Tor US and us for the world
| ana thdt the business Of our lives shouI,
be 20 master the world, to learn ite 81.
| crets, ana 70 conform ourselves DerfectiN
10 10 me world as God made It. Probabiy
| oie 'nouShl mas never been more presen,
ahu more potent in the minds of men
| tnan today, that the supreme privilege oi
VERY man IS 70 make the most Of life Al
eIe most OF the world But we soon all
| cover that we make the mast of tho w.:
by flrst making the most Of oursaI,,es " J,
| man learns trade because ne kboua
| mat by making something of himself IL
MAJ " Ie' apie y make more out of life.
| thdt by training to the utmost ali his
ppWers OF knowing and doing he will ne
ape 70 make the most out OF life. The
| uilefence III the lives Of men is due not
| chiefly TO difference in opportIInitv hYt
70 difference in the men themselves
opportunities are always about us Thu
f Ttoea Is, 10 we see them? can we use
mem? nave we made the most of orr
| selves? va "ui-
Education is persistent ana svsfoma:-
&c attempt 70 make the most of ourselves
| Education does not seek primarily tn civ
! information or TO fill the mind with facts
| Ihat Is instruction. Education seeks
rather to make the man alert and alive
~ HI. tftry llbre ana faculty, to develop in
| uiNluuaIlty ana personal power to train
the man 10 understand himself ana to adj
| Just himself truly to others The educs
TOR must not regard his pupil as a recep-
| tacIe INTO which knowledge Of facts is
| TO be packed and crammed. bur rather NJ
q concrete Of unreasonable possibilities:
ana Inc business Of education Is to real
| ize those possibilities Every human I'LL
rant Is a bundle of possibilities An his
| powers are latent, dormant. 10 wake tho
powers up, 10 give the child or man pos
session OF all his faculties, this is the pur-
pose Of education.
Education aims, most Of AT. at he
completeness Of the whole man It must
ever set Itself against the fallacy Of the
! short cut, the disposition to do four
Years work IN three, or three years work
in two. man finds out thai If he docs
ihIS, ne has made fatal mistake No
man should think of stepping ont Of the
schools ana taking hand in the bust
ness OF the world before he knows or has
become something that the world really
wants; ana If he does make this mistake
whatever he seeks, he finds at his elbow
some better man than he who did MAG
the most Of himself, and Il is such a man
that always wins. Education sets Itself
aiSo against the alluring fallacy about thu
sell-inade man. No people should speak
81 respectfully Of The Self-made man a.
should Americans; but what does n
prove? In, every case the srlf-madt man
was man Of extraordinary abilities ana
he succeeded because Of MS abilities: III
spite Of, but not because ~ .he lack of
other AID The truth is tAat the self
made man Is merely one wnn has mad.
the most Of his opportunities Abraham
Lincoln was Il Sclf-madc man; so lust n.
truly was Gladstone. Each made tnc
most of his opportunities. ana FOR cacn
equally that was the condition ~ sue
cess.
The ideal Of education being the com
pleteness Of the individual, II must stand |
also for his complete development along
he four great lines Of human interest
the physical the intellectual The social |
ana the spiritual. we are coming n |
these days to empha size. as never before |
the spiritual element in education.
ly the spiritual element ~ meant dis |
unctIy the mora ana religious. And tho |
function Of this side If education is not |
q induce the student 70 sign some spe- |
clal creed or lpiu some particular cnmInu- |
Mon. nut 1T Is precisely this L. sharpen, |
g educate, TO make distinct and opera |
tive sense or personal RESPONSE bility to
fellow man ana TO God. If man IL
sound in these respects, he Is a good anu
safe citizen. II ne IS unsound in these
respects. ne is bad ana DANGEROUS Cit
zen. WE have been reluctant 10 consider
this in connection with purely cducdtiona.
discussions ana plans. but pedagogy
psychology ANA social science are teach
ing u that ID Ii utterly unsClentiiic tn At
tempt - prepare for life Il creature who
H.. first uf AN. spiritual being ana not
to take account Of his spiritual nature.
Religion ana morals are just as much q
part of life as digestion ana Sippp. ana tn |
ignore this fact ~ rs fatal a~ 10 ignor,
the plain facts ui psycAp.oag. physiology
and hygiene.
Reduced To a simple statement. the pur-
pose Of the gospel of Jesus hrist is to
the human Caaractr. ana lo
adjust II Alright r. reference ip i.l.aw-
man ANA to God. The gospel prcSrut~ It-
self as the only means known ol pro-
vidcd for accomplishing this. ana Only
under the sanction Of Christianity does
ough sidg aroused norm nra2mt ac
Three great realities present themselves
Tor our consideration. The first is. itself. !
Of three. There is the material
world with its marvellous opportunities.
he pody with its wonderful powers, the
mind with its magnificent capabilities.
That is the first faCt,-thiS trinity OF !
world. body ana mind, with the evident L
intent that they should work together
or harmony ana Tor happiness. The sec
md great fact is the historic fact Of
he character ana work of Jesus Chris.
furnishing the absolutely faultleSs model
or human life and character. The third
great fact is the presence Of the Divine 7
pirit in the world whose every function
: 10 take the character of Jesus Christ
md make it ours. This belief in the
presence Of the Divine spirit is not pecu-
lar to any creed. All literature is full OF
t. 1t is not peculiar even 10 Christian II
IT, It has pcrvaded every religion ana Il
very philosophy that has ever novel II
men. \ Christian is man who believes .
hat the body. the mind ana the world II
re the creation Of God; that Jesus Christ j
: divncly sent as q revelation Of God !,
nd Of the nature Of human life, ana that =
ne divine spirit is IN the world to make i
possible for human life to be adjusted i
% as to work in harmony with its en-
prominent. If a man adjusts himself tru i
Y TO these great realities; If he puts | j
Lmsclf in right relation to Jesus Christ;
he looks upon life as Christ looked !,
pun II. ana gives himself 10 it rs he CAV" /,
imsclf to it. he is bound to attain the u
tmost fulncss of knowledge and Of pow +
r. and to add his full share "a the sum ;,
1tal Of useful activity in the world
The services closed with the prayer "
" Rev. DIR. Butler and the benedic
ion. /
Il
The vesper Service. (