Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-27

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OF them a college education IL II were posA.
pie Tor me to do so. 1 would agree today 70
shorten my life five years for a university
tranlns, These colleges and universities are
lnwrought into the national building and
they give 1t strength, beauty, magnihcence
and utility, but they do not form one OF
me corner stones. That honor belongs to
the cross-road school. where the boys and
girls come from homes such as ! have
oetore described, and gather around their
teacher. who instructs them In reading.
writing and arithmetic and .manuers'
who kisses them when they are good and
switches them when they are bad, in the
good old-fashioned way; who is their con-
hdant, counselor and friend as well as their
instructor; who molds their plastic minds
IN shapes of strength and beauty. Next TO
the mother the country school teacher and
the primary teacher of the cities and towns
are the great power behind the throne
which will direct the nation in the pathway
or righteousness or the highway OF error
according to the character Of the instruc-
ton she imparts.
The Country Press.
The last but by means the least,
among the corner stones is the press and
l DO not mean the mighty metropolitan
daiiies, which are the marvel of this mar
Vicious century. whether 1t is the nineteenth
or twentieth. whose complicated machinery
turns out papers. printed, wrapped folded
ana addressed. ready for distribution faster
IMAM the eye can follow than a man can
count; whose facilities for gathering the
news are almost incomprehensIbIe 10 the
ordinary mind: who utilize the Telegraph
the telephone and the cable in such a won-
cerful manner that you are able TO read the
afternoon happenings in the orient on the
morning OF the same day: whose tireless
wirged-footed, argus-eyed, animated inter.
rogation points known as reporters gather
IN everything that happens. guess wonder
tuliy close to what is going to hgpDen and
give what they gather In a circulate on ps
VIDE as the world Is wide. These are a
part of the building, and a mighty i'm
portant part, too. If they were removed
IL would De sadly defaced, but not ruined,
but they are not the press that forms the
corner stone That is the country weekly.
where oftentimes the same man is repo.-tnr
aoVefushg agent, subscription solicitor,
business manager. compositor devil and
editor combined. whose weekly paper s,oes
into more than half the homes of the nation
where none others ever enter.
Sentiment rules the world / would
rauher go up against hundred cold facts
than one well-established sentiment oven
II the sentiment was founded on error. Men
VIII gladly die for sentiment. but 1t is hard
TO 0rag a quarter out of their pockets TO
establish a fact. The greatest sentiment
factory in existence is the country prese
and the man who makes the wheels go
round is the editor. He may vet be wear
ing his last years straw hat. but 1t covers
an active brain His coat may De ragged,
but beneath it beats an honest heart that
loves his country and his fellow-men. He
honest. If he is not that kind of a man he
Won remain a country editor very long:
there isn't money enough in 1t to keep ono
IN the business who only works for self.
interest.
And hence 1 denominate The Church of
GOD, The Christian Home The Cross
ROAD school and The Country Press as
the four great corner stones of this great
republic of ours, that all loyal hearts love
SO well; and what better corner stones
could be found? Then come what win.
1x4 -
aali' the winds of misrule blow and the
MOODS OF war sweep against it as long "a
God reigns our house will stand. and fail
not because of its firm foundation"
Discusses Characterization.
Kew. Oliver Huckel of Baltimore was the
next speaker and took for his topic THE
Mission Of Congregationalism to the
World" He said that CongregationalIsrn
Is not so much denomination as a snirit
ana principle which may pervade all de-
nominations. This spirit and principle is
the maintenance and extension of three
things-apostolic simplicity, religious lib
erty and catholic comprehensivent.ss IL
IS me primitive form of the New Testa-
ment church. The whole church was first
congregational, then Presbyterian, later
episcopal. and finally papal. after which IL
broke again into its constituents
1t allows the fullest liberty consistent
with loyalty to Christ in ali matters of
doctrine, government and ceremonies II
encourages an endless variety and diver.
sty IN church form. life and work as long
as the spirit of Christ is maintained and
as long as 1t is sought to honor and giorify
God. 1t is the freest and most comprehen-
slVe form of church life than can be had In
the modern religious world
"Congregahonalism stands before the
world for the church as a republic of God
We believe in democracy in religions as IN
ciVll analrs The church will come to
this as its ultimate form, as It was its
primitive. 1t is religious government 'oP
the people, by the people, for the people,
1t is divine blending of individualism and
socialism In the highest things of life. It's
possibilities are as large the greatest
needs of humanity. 1t opens prospect of
llllmitable expansion. 1t Is as broad as
Gods own e.bounding and infinite love. The
modern missionary movement is the awake
ening of the imperial consciousness OF
Christianity"
The audience was then dismissed with
benedict1on, pronounced by the Rev. AL
fred DUNN.
Those Present.
Among those present were: Rev. Ouvar
HUckel, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Ross Fishburu.
Frank M. Eddy, Mr. Justice David u
Brewer, Merrill E. Calls, Miss Beulah B,
Chambers, Mr.. and Mrs. Merrifeld, Geo,
Roadway, Miss Georgia Roadway, Miss Flor
ence Roadway, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. /. Merit.
field. Alfred Wood, Geo. c. MAYNARD,
A B. johnson. Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Carl,
MIS- fturnInel, Mrs. Peck, MT. and MrSs
]. L. Ewell, Capt. and Mrs. Herman, Dr.
and Mrs. A. D. Melvin. Miss Mickels, Mra
S. l.. Bliss. Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Caywood,
Mrs. W. c. Williams. Miss Edith E. WILL
Jams, Afr. Bessey. Miss Katherine Ronsa-
vile, Miss Mary E. Pond, W. II. Ronsa-
vile, Mir. and Mrs. H. K. Fulton, Geo @.
Martin. Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Reed, Miss
Sara Z. Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. A B. BEN
nett, Miss Gertie Grosvenor, Miss z. Porter
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Chatfield. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerome F. johnson, Mrs. T. S. Rogers,
Mrs. John II. Gheen. Mrs. L. V. White
Miss Frances L. Chapman, Miss Harriet D.
Foster, Miss Ellen B. Foster, G. H. H. Zel-
lers, Mr. and Mrs. ]. P. Whittlesey, Mr..
and Mrs. A. L. Sturtevant Miss Strick-
land, Rev. and Mrs. w. e. De RieIner,
Mr.. end Mrs. N. NJ. Little, Col. Q. A.
Rosecrans, Mr.. Carl L. Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. B. Stickney, Miss Allen, Miss
Head. Miss Pike, Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ.
Bradley, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Spear.
Mrs Goodman. Benz. w. Pond, Mrs c. Q.
Mitchsll, Miss Mabel V. Foss, Mr.. and Mrs.
Benz. P. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Sawyer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. ]. Cummings. w. G.
Fowler, Miss Chickering. J. w. Chickering.
Miss Emily E. Robinson. Mr.. Albert ].
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