The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-18

DR JNO 0 RU5T'S sermon on the
- above subject, delivered before
the graduating class at the recent com
nencement Of the State Normal and
Industrial College at Greensboro, has
been highly praised. The State Normal
Magazine for June publishes the ser
mon in full and from it we extract the
following paragraphs. Taking as his
text the amendment OF Aaron, when
Moses took the blood of the ran Of sac.
rifce and put it on the tip Of Aaron's
right ear, and upon the thumb of his
right hand, and upon the great toe of
his right foot, DR.. Rust talked Of the
consecrated ear, the c~onsecrated hand
and the c~onsecrated foot. OF a onse-
Grated ear, he said:
There are some things that it is
harmful to hear; there are S 'unds
that are sinful, and there are songs
t1ll of Internal passion. Take heed
What ye hear l repeat this caution
with considerable hesitancy, for it has
been said that some ladies have uncom-
non hearing facilities Women are not
greater gossiIs than men naturally,
only they have more time to do it, that
: all. I can conceive of nothing more
vretched than to have your heart
5urdened with petty SANDER. Jesus
ays: Take heed what ye hear; with
wat measure ye mete, it shall be
measured to you again Hear ill Of
others, others will hear i'll of you.
Hear i'll of others and you will cay ill
Of them, for the ear controls the
t,ngue. James says: Let every man
3ld he means women too) be swift to
lear, slow to speak, but James is
talking of hearing good things and say 8
wise things. In this connection I re
member an old saying: The smaller
the Calibre Of mind, the greater
The bore of a perpetually open
mouth But you may depend upon it
that it is a holy and heavenly talent
to be able to hear a goo1 many thing"
Aud OF the c~onsecrared band:
the hand ia a wonderful Dit OF ma
czIneTy. IL has been SAID that the
lever made by the thumb and fingers
las produced the civilization Of the
world. The hand is the executive of
The mind. The brain conceives, but
the hand constructs. Before a thought
an become a fact the hand must take
It, and make it, and shape it. Cut off
The hand Of the people and progress
51d prosperity would be at an end.
am rot saying that manual labor ia
.1@ only kind Of labor, but | do say
that 1t is an important sort of work.
The hand has not received due honor
from the world. Hand lifts brush, or
rckes marble into life, or floats on
IVORY waves Of bright meIodic sea of
sy board. The hand Of art has been
praised, but the strong hand Of arti.
7a-zhip and brorz9d hand Of toll hes
not received due reward outside Of lit
--s-uIe and that buffers no parsnips.
lime was may be il is when men thought
. IAN honor to do brain work, but a dis
1-..r to do hapdiwork; when they
s.-am it a credit to know, but a dis
Es-.- to do. Education wRs proud of
b" a2Uity to stuff men with knowl
se for which they had no immedi-
Bic use, and boRsted that it taught
--au 10 think Withou giving them
anything to think about. The height
as ambition wRs to qualify men
@ classical inability to take care
useIves. | have a hope that we
5HaDging aWey from the curricu
.-Hs, etand and Ideas Of the renascent
RS who have ruled us as abso
mcnarchs down to the middle
~-It-ry. What shame is it to have
's skill to do what you have the
ION to Think Education must
-79fn that it is not wrong to teach a
Ian how to take care of himself from
ne very minute he gets u of school.
r-e hand is going to get it's honors
@o@ the world. Industrial, economic,
40 scientific education will take rank