Smyrna times., 1899-12-06
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB.
ADDRESSED BY PRINCIPAL CHARLES
HOWELL LEFEVRE.
The Afternoon Given up Entirely 10 His
Lecture on "EducatiOn" Remarks
by Visiting CIergymen.

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ing of the Twentieth Century Club last :
Friday afternoon, was an address on
Education" by Principal Charles
Howell LeFevre of the Smyrna High
School.
There was large attendance present,
and as the suspension of rules on this
occasion allowed each member the
privilege of inviting a friend, lady or
gentleman, Principal LeFevre was
given splendid audience for his schol-
arly address. The subject was one
near and dear to his heart and what he
said showed that there had been much
study and reserch in compiling the
beautiful thoughts which he gave out
for the benefit of his hearers. There
has been nothing but complimentary
words Oh the manner in which the
club and visitors were entertained.
When the meeting had been called
to order and the preliminary opening |
had been gone through, Mrs. F. F. /
Evans, the president of the club, left |
her chair and formally welcomed Prin- !
cipal LeFevre, and stating that he
needed no introduction to a Smyrna
audience, announced the subject of the
afternoons address, Education
Principal LeFevre in his address of
half an hour, gave out impressions as
follows:
''Life, like the landscape, needs to
be studied in order to be realized in
any completeness. A little thought.
now and then, does much to picture
the possibilities of our being, so that
we may know both its faults and its
beauties Alright.
Man is a physical, intellectual and
moral creation. whose development is
based upon the broad and fundamen-
tai principles of his being. Physical
education lies at the very foundation
of our growth, and it is of momentous
Importance, for without sound BODY
there can be no full development of in
; tellectual faculties. Intellectual edu-
cation lifts man into high plains of
civilization, makes the elements SER
wants of his will to promote his COM
fort and happiness, and places him at
the head of created things, crowned
with the triumphs of science and phil
osophy. The highest end of educa-
ton is spiritual culture, it is the soul
that distinguishes the life of man, and
our final destiny is shaped and con-
troled by the development of our spir-
itual being.
What we amount to to-day is the
sum and substance of our growth
, The Word made Flesh, Truth Incar-
+ nate, is the Greatest of Teachers, yet
{ every environment obedient to the laws
+ of creation and of life, reveal to us His
: will, for they are the thoughts of God.
, Unless we refer to Supreme being,
, the power that moulds and governs
4, each organism, we can account for no
, origin, we can know of no end. To
. accomplish any result, we must come
q into exact harmony with the fixed laws
! of the univer Sc; to deviate for an in.
n slant from the universal system, even
" by hairs breadth, is to fail. Man,
. himself, is subject to law, and his
growth or education is strictly depend
ent upon the principles of his being
: the laws of both the spiritual and the
: natural world.
"What we know of the truth is in
> deed marvellous. We live in an en-.
= llghtened age. And, when has there
been a time, when more rapid progress
was being made? Vague superstition
have been exploded, error is being
constantly eliminated, and the ele
ments of truth in the successive sys
TENS of though have been preserved
al With each advance there comes an in
crease of mans powers, an extension
- of his vision. The day is sure to come
it may be in the last generation, whel
y % man shall know as he is known, stan
face to face with the Eternal Truth
: and all the wants of his physical, in
: tellectual, and moral nature, be me
. and satisfied.
=. To know the truth is to enjoy it fo1
:, ever. Truth is the source of ever
ot good to gods and men.
10 The power to bind and loose to Truth
:, given;
Id The mouth that speaks it is the mouth c
0. Heaven.
- The power which in a sense belongs to non'
% Yet understood. belongs to everyone.
ch It shines for all as shines the blessed SUI
air It shines In all who do not shut it out,
By dungeon doors of unbelief and doubt.
At the conclusion of the address
Principal LeFevre was given risin
vote of thanks by the club. The oths
y, gentlemen present included Rev. .
ng FL. Haynes, Rev. J. l.. Estlin, Rev. w. /
er LeFevre and Mr.. l.. M. Price, an
tla when they were called upon for fe
'ie remarks, they responded happily, an
TO also received a rising vote of thanh
fol their good wishes.