The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-02

suitable prelude Tor the nusn tna
prevailed throughout the fascinating
sermon as it held the audience spell
bound to the last. Mr. Cauthen is 8
born orator and, withal, u thoughtful
student. 1t will be a long time be-
\ fore these lessons of thought force
will fade from the minds of the
scholars and Others present. Some
one mas said, "Thoughts are things
and things are thoughts" and that,
"Our thoughts are shaping unmade
spheres,
And like blessing or curse,
They thunder down the formless
years
Aud ring throughout the universe. "
l was not present at the exhibition
--Gercises at the school house on the
evening of the Oath from 8 to IL p.
m., b, twas told that the crowd could
not get standing room. But so in
tent on seeing were those on the out
side that they tore off some OF. the
weather-boarding from the house to
look through.
The programme opened with "the
Nav Queen Festival" followed by
ain the Absence of the Teacher"
"Motion Song, Well Stand up To
gether," "Rlval Speakers" "New
Scholars" "Calisthenlcs Ring Drill"
"Examination If Teachers, - "Min-
strels," "What Would j Be-" and
number of Others. all of which were
highly entertaining throughout.
Our congressman, Hon R B Scar
borough, who kindly consented to de-
liver the literary address, arrived
promptly at ~ m, Wednesday,
Nav 25, to find all audience too
large for the church. When the
school was seated solo, "The Half
Has Never Been Told" beautifully
rendered by Mrs VIC Hemingway,
with Mrs & B Woodbury. at the or
gan and the choir to swell the Choir
us, charmed to silence the expectant
assembly. After prayer by Rev Mr.
Wade, Hon R B Scarborough was in
troduced by our pastor, Rev W N
Harden, in a style commensurate with
the Importance of the honorable
speaker, who when he began rose
superior to it all, saying, 81 do my
self honor IN addressing this thought
full assembly on the momentous qnes-
ton mind training" Then taking
mp the refrain of the solo, "The Half,
Has Never Been Told" he magni-
fed it with the possibilities of mind
culture here carried on to fruition
with the soul power in the elysiun
of paradise beyond, and added. eve
are what we make ourselves here as
as we'll as hereafter" He told of the
great philosopher Socrates saying
that the difference between him and
other people was that "they did not
know, and did not know they did not
know; while he did not know, but
did know that he did not know" and
SO TODAY the trouble is "we do not
know and do not know We do not
know" He said that God made
matter and fore ordained certain
fixed constitutional laws for its be-
havior. Sun, moon and stars obey
the laws because they cannot do
otherwise. So does every particle of
matter and every drop of water ex-
actly the same under similar con-
dltions. But God had a consulta-
tion when about to make man. ''Let
us make man in Our image"-the
last and grandest work of the Holy
Trinity. And so near to God did
He make man that He gave him a
free will and certain advisory laws
to work out his own destiny and be
awarded here as wall as in his newer
sphere. You are what you make
Yourself to be. Parents, do you
stand in the way or do you assist
this mind training9"
- After the address l asked Mr.
Dennis, who is hard of hearing, if
he could hear it. YES" he replied,
"every word of it, and feel my self
Importance more than ever before.
These are only a few Of the
thoughts he so widely presented,
taken at random. | wish | could
remember them as they were deliv-