The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-27

knowledge of the Son of God, unto a per-
feet man, unto the measure of the satue
of the fulness of Christ.
"The first goal is harmony. Till we all
come into the unity of the faith inter-
pret this faith to be Jesus Christ, His per-
son, His words, His works, his spirit
Nothing else has stood the test of time.
Nothing else will draw men TO COM
mon centre or bind and hold all men to-
gether. With this definition of faith,
declare on the authority of the text. it
to be Gods ultimate purpose to bring
men into harmony one with another.
For theA perfecting of this union God em-
ploys many and varied agencies" Among
these he dwelt upon the influence of
commerce and the extension of moiern
knowledge.
''The second goal of Christian man
hood is knowledge. God wants no faith
that is not linked With knowledge. The
phrase, knowledge OF the Son of God
is deeper than we can comprehend. To
know Jesus is to know God; to know
God is to know all: and to know all is to
know as we are known. The one school
in which we may learn Christ is he
school of experience and it has for it's
motto the words: 'Oh taste and see that
the Lord is good.
"The third goal in Christian manhood
is goodness. Again we find the organic
relation God wants no faith that is not
linked with knowledge and no knowledge
that is not linked with goodness
To attain the ideal of Christ two. things
are necessary: % A perfect model.
and % A vitaHzng and transforming
power, We have both in Christ, He IS
our pattern and He is the power.
Gentlemen of the graduating class, l
wanted you tc see the three shining
goals of Christian mahhood-harmony,
knoledge, goodness. Bring your lives
into the harmony of His peace, your
minds into the light of His knowledge,
your characters to the measure of His
goodness, and you shah stand one day on
prouder heights and ir the midst of
greater throngs, even in the number of
all those who have come into the unity
of the faith and of the knowledge of the
Son of God unto q perfect man, the
measure of the statue of the fulness of
Christ"
PROF. ALDERMAN'S ADDRESS.
Memorial Hall was filled to it's utmost
capacity tonight to hear Prof. j. T. AL
derman, Superintendent of the Hender-
son graded schools, deliver the Alumni
Address. 1t was powerful plea for
the brotherhood of man. marked by pas
sages of great beauty and eloquence.
After a brief introduction Mr.. Alder
man referred to these alumni who have
died during the year, among them being
| Chief Justice Faircloth and Mr.. S. u.
Flournoy, wEo Within one month after
his graduation was drowned, and Mr..
| p w. johnson, Gen. Thomas F. Toon,
Rev C. G. Jones, of Covington, Ky. He
| then spoke of the class of $3.50. his own
class, and called the roll
| He announced as his subject, The An
cient Mysteries and Modern Fraternity" !"
! Beginning with the ancient Hebrew
| mysteries, the speaker traced the origin,
development and purposes of them all
through the Egyptian, Eleusinian, the
Essenes- and others. From these mys-
| teries the tendency to organized fratcr-
nifty through the succeeding ages was
shown the speaker saying: THE search
| ing after truth finds delight in tracing
| the footprints of the ancient order which
| is wonderful in it's unparalleled history,
| its secret influence for good, its perpct-
uity, in spite of the rlost bitter persecu-
| tions. From it originated the various
orders of knighthood which influenced
the civilization of Europe"
Mr.. Alderman referred to the great
cathedral builders OF the middle ages,
and asked the question. who were those
master builders? Whence came they ?
They were he said, IAN order of work
men, bound together by strong ties of
brotherhood. containing in their midst
master builders, whose minds had been
stored with the learning of the ancient
mysteries
The. speaker then passed from the dis
cusssion of the purely fraternal associa-
tion 10 that unhappy condition where
there is an absolute want of the fraternal
spirit. and came down TO the present
time. of Which he said: King craft
has been oVerthrown, priest-craft is fast
passing away, but mammon- craft is
erecting its temple PhoeniX-like. ur0n
the ashes OF the other two. Those touch
ed with the greed for gold and who are
| thelr way to this temple, where the life
blood of the poor, the tender sensibili-
ties Of the oppressed and human hearts
are bartered for gold The mutual de-
lpendence of man has been forgotten. In
many of the so-called civilized COM
munifies the picture of suffering and
misery car hardly be overdrawn." The
! oppressors are no less savage than the
painted warrior or the midnight assas-
sin.
There is nothing inherently wrong in
the combination of. capital It is onIv
whcfI the corporation. conscious of its
power, becomes absorbed with an inordi-
nate greed for gain and spoil that it be-
comes a curse The speaker then drew
graphic picture of the suffering and
misegy Incident to child labor in mod .
ern iIfdustrial enterprises.
From the conception of organized fra
ternity Mr. Alderman PASSED on to a
broader and holier field, the "Father-
hcod of God and the Brotherhood of
man. and said in this connection that
the great Parliament of Religions held
in Chicago few years ago showed the
tendency of manhood toward more uni