The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-24
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Electricity Is not life, and education
Is not wisdom. Both wait on man.
and are useful as he is wise. Instruct
wise man and he will be yet wiser.
Electricity and education enlarge ana
promote the usefulness and happiness OF
their lord just according to the WIZ.
dom that guides him in the exercise OF
his loidshlp. How. then. shall he be
made wise to start WITH that he may
use his gifts and powers and enlarge
and lift his life?
we have institutions and teachers and
books and means. II we are TO rear
broad-minded, strong, enlightened. Skill
full. bright and happy manhood, how
shall we begin, and on what foundation
shall we build?
The wise man says: Through wisdom
is the house blided; and by understand
Ing 1t il established: and by knowledge
shall the chambers thereof be filled with
precious and pleasant riches.
Lord Bacon said: We must follow tho
way OF the Creator, who spent tne first
day In the creation of Light So must
we, In the making of manhood, spend our
first years In the discovery OF aMorns.
maxims and laws and great truths. THESE
bring after them whole troops OF con-
sequences.
Tho anoients described knowledge as
"reruin cognoscere causns"-to know the
causes of things-the effects OF causes.
And along with this they say: Know
myself; that order s from heaven.
no know ourselves is to have the OK
PLANTATION Of mans presence here ON
earth; his parentage; his native dignity
his possibilities here, and the meaning OF
the profoundest mystery Of all-Death;
the most familiar and terrible OF all
facts All that Is involved In the lnowl-
edge of ourselves. Merely to know tho
operations of our hearts and minds and
bodies ls not enough. We find ourselves
here, and must know something of the
beginning, middle and end OF our exist
ence; where we came from and what
we are and whittier we are going; what
sort of beings were our ancestors, and
what Is to become Of our children? In
deed. anthropology, including ourselves,
Is the first thing for us to know and
tho conditions Of our existence 1gnor-
ance Of ourselves and OF the dignity ana
possibilities of our existence leaves US
on the level with brutes. The conditions
of our being are truths and laws; fixed
and everlasting.
This Is tho beginning and basis on
which and from which our education must
work to build up manhood: to mako man
fit for his lordship; light knowledge OF
himself, of the laws that control all
things In heaven and In earth. energized
and empowered by the Almighty. This
It's eyes, using its senses. learning to
walk-the dawn OF the day OF life.
To supply all these requisites for OPEN
ing and rearing rising manhood. tho
world has but ono source, one day
spring. where light dwelleth. That Ia
tho Holy Scripture. There is no other
explanation OF the mystery OF man,
of life, and we find In them no guess
work. The words of the Psalmist tell
the story. The laws that they reveal are
perfect, converting the soul; sure. max
ing wise the simple; right, rejoicing the
heart: pure, enllghtening the eye clean,
enduring forever; true and righteous alto
gether; more precious than all the wealth
Of the world.
Can all the libraries OF the earth: car
all the range of human knowledge. pro.
duce q record, q revelation, a book, al
agency, with the light and life-givIng
power suggestive Of the Word OF Godi
Man Is entitled to that. and has It The
myths of the ancients could tell only 81
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remate fountains. OF oracles-all hope
less frauds. And all their philosophy was
pitiful groupings after the truth. Such
| are the bases Of manhood that classic edu
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bases Of education everlasting truth ant
divine manhood As the most authenti,
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| first place. Anthropology has no tex
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