Evening star., 1901-06-19

mind and soul, are measured in terms of
this standard. The business-like methods
OF the modern world would even place
patent upon the read to salvation. If the
Sermon on the Mount were now delivered
Tor the first time, some enterprising busi-
ness house would no doubt offer the au-
thor fattering tnducement for the exclu-
Sive right of publication
10 practice virtue in your own lives and
teach others to is the noblest service that
You can render your day and generation.
Vice is not only destructive of the human
soul, but it also destroys material values.
Education and Patriotism.
In the third place. education should in
cuicate the spirit of patriotism, love of
country. love of home. love of local
community. All education, and especially
all public school educa ton, should ulti-
mate in a deeper and broader patriotism.
The government has placed at your disposal
educational facilities equal to the best
which are available for the most favored
members of the human family.
Your country will respond to your af-
lection Think not that land is glorified
only by the patriotism of its renowned war
riors and statesmen; it is the love of the
common people that makes the deepest i'm
preston upon the human heart. Wherever
You are, whatever your station in life may
be. however hardly temporary conditions
may bear upon You. patriotism is a duty
il is more than a duty, it is a privilege; 1t
should be more than a privilege, an all-ab-
sorbing passion. Shakespeare says that
the man without a soul for music should
not be trusted: but the American who cam
not sing My Country. 'Tis of Thee is of
all men most miserable
Conservatism a Function.
The fourth function of education is con-
scrvatisnl. The grasp of all the factors of
a problem forbfds the undue and intem-
perate emphasis of any especial feature.
If God has permitted evil to exist since the
foundation of the world, you need not ex-
pect to Danish it in a day. Present prob
lens. however grevousy to be borne,
should not be magnified out of their due
proportion, and should be viewed in the
light of historical perspective. The path OF
progress has never taken a straight line,
but has ever been a zigzag course amid
the conflicting forces of right and wrong,
justice and injustice, truth and error. cruel
ty and mercy. The journey from the
Egyptian bondage to the Promised Land
beyond the Jordan could not be made by
steam and electricity. but must be accom-
plished by the slowly moving caravan,
amid the dangers and vicissitudes of the
desert Think of Moses on an automobile!
Efficiency of Service.
The last function of education is that ii
produces a higher efficiency of service. The
ancient idea of liberal education was
that it was the training of d gentleman
above the necessity of drudgery and toll.
The time is not far past when our Amer-
can colleges would not admit student
who was pursuing the practical application
of knowledge TO participate in academic
honors and distinctions. But are com
ing to appreciate more and more the i'm
portance of the Savior's saying. He that
would be great among YOU let him be
your servant. The application of science
to service has banished drudgery from the
industrial world Every form of labor de-
mands Skill. deftneSs and finish requisite |
to the nature and purpose of the task. All |
labor is not only honorable but, if sue
cessfully prosecuted. will lead to honor |
The cabman who drives us from the sta
tfOn TO our residence is engaged in service |
Of the same character and kind as the
railroad, corporation which transports US
between distant cities. The sCuiIion who fills |
our cellar with coal is rendering the same |
service the baron who operates the |
mines. 1t is not the kind of service, but |
the character and skill applied to it, that |
determines its rewards and emoluments.
Concerning Philosophy.
We hear much in this day and time |
about the philosophy of education and |
oftentimes the practical value of the les |
son is lost in the marshes OF the philosoph- |
ical ENHANCEMENT. y simple motto con- |
tains the sum and substance Of the whole |
matter. Get the best and give the best
Get the best knowledge in order to give the |
best service
Cease this idle twaddle about the rela- |
tive superiority of intellectual and manual |
training. That education alone is effective |
which enables US to do with greater etff- |
cheney the work which falls to our lot in |
this world, whether that work he cUltivat- |
ing field or plying trade. enlightening
the ignorant, healing the sick saving a |
soul.
And now permit me to leave with YOU
a simple problem in moral arithmetic which |
Comprehends the entire function of edu-
cation in its relation to life. Your success
in the world will depend upon the solu- |
ton OF this practical Petrine problem: Add |
to your diligence faith, add TO faith virtue
add 10 virtue knowledge, add TO knowledge |
and add to temperance pa
tience.' -