Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-25
Mastery Address Delivered By President Of the
Normal University, Mr. Edgar L.
Hewett, Last Night.
ITO KNOW GOD is LIFE EVERLASTING
MAN and Destiny Last Of Series Of Philosophical Theses
Pointing Graduates to Nobles Aims Of Le.-
Excellent Musical Program.

an attempt to find rock on which TO
found the work Of an infant institu-
ton. II was determined that its work
should rest upon the immovable prin-
ciple OF right relation between man
and God II was conceded in the end
that moi yet by any kind of search
could We tiad out God 1t was held
that the atltude Of God to man had
been expressed in the statement that
Behind the tim unknown.
Standeth God with the shadows,
Keeping watch above His own
Thesecond dealt with Man and Ma
ture" 1t was study Of how the great
elemental facts OF nature acting upon
man have prepared his mind for the
reception OF truth in whatever form
1t is presented. And ye shall know
the truth. and the truth shall make
you free" was the text of that In
quiry. Only through the study Of ma
ture has man been emancipated
from superstition and fear No other
subject Of thought has ever freed the
mind from narrowness and bigOtry. II
was held that man as child OF ma
ture must live the lie Of nature and
through right reialion with her find
right relation with the God OF nature
and the God of man.
The subject OF the third discourse
was Man and Man. II was an
nounced long ago in the declaration
No man liveth unto himself and
no man dieth unto himself" II was
an investigation Of the socialixing
power OF human intercourse. The
process of specialization Is essentially
a human process. Man alone is not
superiof 10 the brute: but man and
man, acting In right relation to each
other, rise through social and institu
tional life to express the divinity Of
the human soul and attain To right
relation with the Eternal Mind
Last year on this occasion we dl.
cussed the subject, "aat and Self
Sometimes we must tuiA cur atten.
;i1n To the Inner Life anu search the
soul for springs OF action. 10. master
uhi al lf.. a.
sovereign self There Is risal re
lation with self, growing out .. tae
relations just mentioned. which iAaat
be established for stability OF par
pose. steadiness of action and peace
Of mind. II WAS study OF the SOY
ereignly OF self-the inner power
which renders man supreme over he
redity and environment and fate. "As
a man thinketh In his heart. so Is he"
Not always Is aAman exactly as he
appears before the world. We know
no man and honor NO, man Alright until
we know his inner life. We must not
expect men to communicate all they
think and know and are. II Is for us
to study characters and publish their |
grandeur to the world. The most
modest citizen may be above price u
any community II we but find out his |
value. II we fail to get the best out
Of society II Is our own fault There
Is no surer evidence OF diseased
character than that II Is constantly
seeking to find imperfections. The
fault finders, the back biters, the char
acter assassins, we may have always
with US and we may never be entirely
rid OF typhoid and smallpox and can
Ger. But general social and bodily
health prepares us to withstand their
attacks. The great stream Of social
life, Of sympathy and love and Joy
Is all about us. We can move with
its current and the more completely
we submerge ourselves In social serv-
Ice the more we unfold our own M.
lures. The more we rejoice in the no
bility VI men, the greater becomes our |
own stature. The exaltation Of seIr |
must come through decentralization |
and not through self applause. He
who would find his life must lost II"
The thoughts Of the inner life be.
come the acts Of the outward man |
and what . man does be Is. !