The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-01-11

ligion and education are alike social.
The brotherhood OF man and the faith
ernooa s, OF God are the inspiration and
sne watchword of both. The ideal
scholar, like the ideal Christian. lis a
man with broad human sympathies
VINO thrills in responsive outgo to every
human call and need. The scholar Is
interested in the life and history of the
race because II Is the means Of cuiti-
vating ai.a elevating the men of today.
Lie educates life. Colleges and uni
Yersities are agencies for gathering,
Siarntesrlng: innr tsa preserrihg and appropriat-
nbraries. museums and manuscripts.
creeds and codes. The experience Of
the race is thus brought In contact
with the minds of the men of today;
70 70 guide life more wisely and increase
its power.
Lofty AHpiratioan.
The work OF education and religion
ls inspired by noble ambitions, far
for the compietest culture of the In.
uiVluuai and for the improvement OF
the nation. the race: they desire 10
p'ess all; they seek to elevate all.
,, Le5 us make parable OF their work
vice of the United States, by which
thousands of acres have already been
reclaimed: fields, gardens, groves. and
MONIES now flourish where once
SP,ire.cned wastes OF arid sand and rock.
RIVERS rising In the snowy heights OF
me ROCKY mountains ore made to flow
through the deserts ard convert them
INTO fertile lands. This is q parable OF
tne work or education. Streams Of
learning and culture are borne through
the minds and hearts of men, convert
ing them from the barren wastes or
ignorance and rlce into the fruitful
neiaS or wisdom and virtue. The be-
sm,hing or this irrigation work was in
nf f1,.N
cultured in the universities OF the LAND.
Ine source of the deserts new found
IrLitfuln@ss and beauty is In the far
OH mou,tain heights where the ire
the hand of trained men brought the
rivers and deserts together, SO from
tne mountain peaks Of truth through
the minds OF men formed I'm the uni
yersities to be their channels they flow
down and spread through the race. the
IRE and the enrichment that make the
DESERT OF humanity blossom as a rose
This is the scholars and the Christians
goal, to gladden. and make fruitful
the whole earth.
a Future Golden Age.
Religion and education alike look to
the future fol the golden age and to
th1s great conSummation they press
constantly and surely through much
ffeSls.ance, feScas eH,aan ana impelled by unseen
seems slow and. their forces small mali
Wher Compared With the noisy opposi-
tlon ..nlch they must overcome. Their
Journey onward Is like the steady drift
OF the Iceberg sailing on the sea with
meath the waves. It travels against
winds end s..-eace t!!s..ess, because inn
PEELED by deep undercurrents that
drive 1T on to the southern seas They
appear to the worlds eye only in part;
SO great cause, and men Of strong
great character appear to the worlds
eye only In part. The forces by which
they overcome are unseen. They are
the deep undercurrents OF truth and
IaiIh 1ar beneath the surface Of opinion
and custom In majestic strength they
move against popular clamor and creed
toward the boundless sea OF Gods
truth and right. They are driven by
the deep hiden undertow Of divine force
;,n ana law ever at work in the deeps of
lie and the heart of the world. They
are controlled, mot by the cry OF the
crowd. not by the fad of the day or the
rashion of the age. but by the mighty
ra,ist, merni drift Of Gods Will that bears on.
surface winds and waves of the mui-
titude's thought and iife.,
a solemn question rises in our minds
To-Day as we. stand Ina the shadows of
tne century that is gone. Have we
Kept faith with the past? Have we
been true to- our covenant? While we we
may make no parade, yet standing at
the century's end we may grow, remi-
nlscent, and In the holy confidence Of
.r,enusnlp tell TO sympathetic hearts
some m secrets yelled from the world.
days and bright. In times When clouds
hung low the college faculty stood to
their posts, Sbuoyed by the Confidence
OF alumni, and inspired by the DEATH
less ideais the college represented. In
ulty refused fiattering Invitations TO
more lucrative and apparently safer
positions In the form OF professorships
= otner institutions and pastorates in
e,,o ce,hur,hes: They heard the trumpet call
dedicated to high service: Stand fast:
quit you like men; be strong"
They never turned their backs, but
marched breast forward;
Never doubted clouds would break.
3: & rsa med though right were
- Worsted. wrong would triumph:
HELD = as creed, we fall to rise, are baf-
Sleep to wake.
At A night time in the roar Of raging
They h snso stood with faces di,sed and radi-
with the light df da wn breaking fro,,1,
~. the skies OF hope, 80 .S11'
!, i,hegnatGod .flt y: with voices firm and vision
,.4 clear, Il t-ts'5A :! rs 49, ,s ~, =
TO greet the unseen with a cheer"
I Let US hallow, a centennial Of service
oy making the centennial dayF reen-
llstment day. We reenlist In the SER
vice OF the good. Lett solemnly re-
uediGate ourselves to the ideals Of truth
anu honor, Christian manhood and viz
tue with vision clearer-witii hearts
more more sienderIWith larger means let us
a9Pe, i9., put with the same great work:
sihe making OF Christian gentlemen"
Shall we train scholars? Yes. Men
n..s 9f science !? Yes: Successful men? Yes.
Irain them, too. under q university
[iag. We shall strive to 20 on I1nakinir
inc world q. better world by helping to
make men who, shall do God g work.
~ COD diss way. and for Gods glory. Men
: who. n kn ow, the right, love the right, and
aoathe !o,.t right. Aye. men who will be-,
teyes that ;levery blow struck for the
right fa} success; that victory Ia nnf
mere winning but that to be on the
I1,gnt ign side is victory. Men who believe
nat. victory ia not a,lthing that. comes
hereafter, as rest from war ana rannsn