The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-27

ing in dark place It's influence and
fahctlon will not be ended till the Last
SOUL has been guided to the Hea venly land
80 When you see men assaihng the word
OK God, raklng down old dates, and try.
ms 10 BRING into ridicule certain rnyths.
you need NOT care. II is the spirit Of this
word and not the letter that makes II
valuable He who sees in the word OF
uoa. luminous as the sun, the truest ius-
tice, the most satisfying view OF the
Creator, ana right depicting OF himself
and or the meaning of his aspirations an6
his heart experiences: Of the unyyritten
poetry which passes through his mind NJ
the requiem OF signs which his soul utters
OF the joys which begin but DO not bios
som IN his life. of his sorrows which
throw out their arms ana seek to lift
hemseives out of the darkness and into
hght--he need have no fear.
The word Of God to those who arc
blind ana unsearching is q hidden word
bu. to those who seek its treasures II is
word OF hope and power and love.
am not AFRAID that the world will ever be-
come content TO go without it. There is
yet 100 much sorrow. too much dsap-
polniment. too much cropping in darkness
100 much misery at MONDAY, turning the
heaft OF man to midnight, TOO much that
Will implore God for help. There is no
book SO full of sympathy for sorrow or
nope for the sorrowing as this blessed
book.
Take it then. not by the leaves of the
Tree upon winch 1T grew, but take it by
Its inward substance, by its spirit of pow
er. into your nving, positive personal ex-
perience, and go rejoicing till God shall
speak 10 you no longer darkly, through
signs and symbols, but face TO face"
Applause showed that DR.. \ Dixon's
chaste, beautifully worded encomium upon
the Book OF Books, had not fallen upon
una} preciative ears.
Then came the singing OF one stanza of
Nearer My God, 10 Thee" by the
.choOl children.
hon. Il. -. dinner the Attorney Gen.
erai, Was peAt presented ny Mr hood.
anu was waImly WeILomed.
1eher~i Ir.iluer salu ne regretted that
.Le >iiicieiIS OF Inc weather would
P.event his saying what ne lu.euu.u 20
Soy; Dut ne hau peen Commissioned py
tne Junior Oider 10 present ~ me SCHOOL
.niiarSn Inc American iias. tAppIauay,
ne continued somewhat as Ionuws:
bu.h on oouVneIn son anu under
oOulnein Sn4es, as Was, anu WINE IT,
Juielhg III lHe iame OF Incae VINO fought
al TIE cause Oh DIAle ana uIaue ner ula-
Tory Immortal, yet / sL.ua Iouay an
American c.tIIen ana MT nay nat 10 the
mag Oh Iny country. tAppiauaeJ.
Genera Glnner .neu srone o. the cary
history or the nag, now Ii sIuou IN the
beginning OF our country struggles lur
i"e.ty ana All tnat tnat impnes. For
tnls reason ne declared that ne peileyed
Al our nag. II came INTO peing Il cen
Jury and more ago, wnen IT Tea over
the heaas OF those VINO Ioug-. 100 tree
dom ana procured Tor us lnooe DRESSINGS
or liberty when are our hernage Uuua,
1t has recently Represented acloss Ice
waters on loreign son that when IS true
and nople. 1t IS nag We honor because
IL is the flag OF !, reunited country"
Then addressing himself more partIcu-
larry to the cnIIaren General ,shmer s.lu
IN part:
1T will teach you lesson of patriot.
ism: let it stand Tor you as YOU penoid
It's Ioids opening to the breeze the e4n-
blem Always OF this gIorous republic
as forerunDer everywhere ii may 60
OF that liberty which 1t vouchsares to lao
at home. 1t wall teach You to nonor the
lounaers OF this country and cal to your
minds the honorable struggles OF gu. l.re-
laIneis upon the paltIe neids OF the Revo-
luton. 1t comes from an order that he
lieyes in liberty, in education and pro-
.eclon to the American citizen, an order
whose purpose it IS to uphtt mainland aud
guarantee to every American citizen the
priceless boon OF liberty
General GIimer's BRIEF, but stirring re-
marks were received with q great out
burst of applause. AS he concluded the
hlndsome flag was run UP The fagstan
IN front OF the stand amid dealening
cheers and the strains OF a national air
by the band.
The flag was unfurled by little Miss
Nina Cooper and Master Tom Lacy.
Now came the Star Spangled Banner"
sweety sung by the children, with their
fresh young voices, and then Hon. ALI A
Thompson, of this city, in behalf OF the
School Committee, accepted the flag anu
Bible fer the Centennial Graded School,.
He expressed to the Junior Order the
gratitude of the schools for their inter
est IN public education. The three great
principles of the order were, said he, re-
ligion founded upon the Bible, patriot
ism and education. Upon these three
principles the order must flourish, for
that foundation is as a stone
He dwelt upon the vide circulation O!
the Bible now, as compared with time
not so very many years ago.
He enjoined upon the children to read
and learn the goth chapter or kxou,
and Psalms %, 81, 80 and 1903. He also
Dade them turn to the New Testament
and learn by heart the story of the Prodl
gal Son, OF the Good Samaritan, the Ser
mon on the Mount
he commended the Book to the chill
dren, for in it was the tree of life, and
the river of life, whose waters are free
to ALL
Then, pointing to the new flag as il
fiuttered in the wind. Mr.. Thompson said:
In that flag there is star for every
State, and 40 State in it Is more loyal
than the Old North State. (Applause). At
Manila, the new giant from the West
startled the nations of the East That
flag stands for liberty.
AS it is said of England, that the
Sun never sets on her domains, so we
may say that wherever this flag is seen,
there it stands for liberty" tApplause)
Then. speaking of the public schools of
Iatn NJ a.