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"As he thinkcth in his heart SO is

AS he thinkcth in his heart SO is he"
-Provrrh$ 257. "ln every epoch Of the
world, the great event, parent of all
Others, Is II not the arrival Of Il thinker
III the wold?"
There Is but one answer TO this question
ct Carlyle. Tie men who think are
cnrth'S real Sovrrcipns. The trucst row
atty Is the royalty OF mind. The world is
ltSscd by Thought. The foundations of
the world We're laid, and mans existence
and redemption had their birth in the
loving though, Of Cod.
'Err rAINh'S foundations vet were laid.
Or heavens fair rooi WAS spread abroad,
tt" ran living soul WAS made,
Love Stnlcd WITHIN the heart Of God "
The world is ruled Ivy Thought.
'ThouEht by though, is piled Till some
great truth
Is ln"Scnrd, and the nations echo round
Nlakrh TO thclr roots, as do the noun
tains now"
All the mighty deeds that have brought
blessing TO humanity were born of
thought "Thcrc is no such bcnriactor
to the human race as he who sends the
great golden thought rolling on and ON
ana ON, down through the centuries, -
ana among all the agencies for the ND.
nillnG OF humanity there is none more
bcnchc"nt than the Christian college,
teaching men how to think; among ali
the CHRISTIAN colleges OF our land none is
worthlcr OF greater honor, more loyal
support than that institution in whose in
tcrest we are met to-day, whose sons men
OF thought and men of action, in church
and State carry wherever they 90, bless
lnSS throughout our loved Southland,
10 those who have ell jovcd the bless
ing OF years OF training in Ncwbcrrv Col
lcge, whose highest aim has been to teach
men how to think, to make them roval,
to TIT them for the throne, know of no
more appropriate word to bring to each
to-day than this: ".is he lhinkcth in his
hcart SO Is he" This word of holy writ
Is almost automatic and needs no dcmou-
Stration. Upon the subjects of bis
thought and how he thinks, upon them
depends the charactcr of the man and OF
his influence
lie who knows not now to think. who
lhinkS not Alright, is not a sovereign bnt
a slave. Since he who would he a free
man, with mind and hear, unfct,crcd
must be free thinker, INV message ,o
you today Is plea for free thought.
Know this Is word that is used very
loosely and OF times inappropriatcly, hut
agreeing with one who has SAID that "lhc
only thought in the world tha, is worth
anything IS free thought" AS | max,
my plea, will not leave you in doubt az
10 my conception Of the true meaning OF
the mighty phrase.
Not long ago heard young man say,
II believe IN the right of free Thought" :"
ne was only one Of the gre !, number who
Drag know no word that so well ey.
presses it-that they are free thinkers
1hey forget that The emphasis should
not be placed upon the first part of the
word "free-thinl crs', bat upon its sec.
ond part Loose, disjointcd mental i'm.
pulses, perhaps, set in motion BY the
careless jargon Of some street corne,
prophet, or the vacant vaporings of son G
seif-constittuted theological teacher in the
columns Of Sunday newspaper, canr o.
be .digniiied with the name Of though,
and he who 'ccepts his opinions read,
made from such sources has not the rich
TO consider himself as either free or ,
thinker.
The poet si'igs of -