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the Son of the living God;'' and
on this belief, rooted and grounded in
the minds Of these II men, the Church of
Jesus Christ rose. Don't fire away pow.
der, don't blaze with smoke and shell.
It will do no good. Better get ideas in
mems minds 80 thoroughly that they be-
come part of Themselves, and then let
these ideas work themselves out. The
idea that the negro was man and had
soul got possession, in the early days Of
this century, of few men like Lovejoy,
Garrison and Phillips. The idea could
not slumber In their minds. 1t burned,
it blazed, until, like confsgration, 1t
spread all over the land. The idea In
their minds spread to other minds. 1t
set other men thinking, and the result
was the slave was free.
The Germans have wise saying that
it you would put something that will en-
dure into the next generation, you must,
first of all, put it into the minds Of young
men under 20. This library is our en-
deavor, in this community, in building
for the future, to put something that will
endure into the lives Of the next genera.
ton. The books that will fill the library
shelves are the legacy that we bequeath
to them. They will want nothing better.
believe it was Carlyle that said, "If a
man has sixpence, he commands the
world to that extent" 1t is also true
kH,nk . hoe
mands the world to the extent that he
gets their ideas and uses them. How
many men do we know, like Lincoln and
Garfield, who have risen from poverty
to fame, whose only riches in their boy
hood were few worn, dog-eared books
upon their fathers shelves, but who, hav-
ing read and re-read these books from
cover to cover until they could.b be han
died no more, have made them the basis
of their misunderstanding and their
start in life! Books are mans riches
and bis best companions. may be
poor in pocket, may wear shabby
clothes, may not be noticed by the
great and wealthy in the place where
live, I may be humble in occupation; but
if the great and mighty will come out OF
the past and take up their abode with me
and talk with me land walk with NE, if
Tully will speak to me of the philosophy
of life, il Plato will discuss with me the
principles of an ideal State and Socrates
will Familiarity talk with me as we WALL
together on the streets of Athens, am
not poor, but rather can count myself
rich indeed.
congratulate you all, and especially
Miss Beach, that we here to-day are do.
ing something that will endure. How
much of our work is soon forgotten and
passes away! We struggle, we strain
we fret, we groan; and after few year.
we have earned a name that Tomorrow
work obliterates. Like fleck Of foam
upon the wave, like bead Of dew upo1
the grass, is the sum of LIES activity
IT you have been to Asbury Park, yot
may have seen down upon the sands, al
the night was coming on, an old ma,
having simply in bis hand short, slim
stick. With this he shaped and moulded
the mounds of sand which he had heapet
together into. fantastic shapes and beau
tiful forms; but before the morning
light dawned, the surges had washed
away his odd creations. Those who
watched his work for the first time invol
| untarily breathed sigh as they though
how little his work would endure. Blu
this ia a parable of life. 1t is the story
not of summer time but of all the years
We spend our years as tale that ia told
we are creatures ola day, we work IL
sand. Therefore, you can see how an
prompted to congratulate Miss Beacl
that to-day che is building not in sane
but in stone, that her work will endure