The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-16
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BY IN. FAUACE
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days Of education scholars were busy
with words and their mastery. and had
no time to become familiar with things
and thoughts. The speaker made q
forceful appeal for the practical as
distinguished from the didactic forms
of study.
I'VE are learning to value nothing
which is not the child of truth. We
are coming to appreciate the real
thing" said he. when the child has
this attitude In his study he will never
be afraid Of any new realities. When
the astronomer, familiar with the con-
stellations and the heavens, discovers
with the aid Of his telescope a new
star or a new constellation, he is not
afraid that the sky will be thrown out
OF Joint"
The time is coming when the church
Is going to be just as happy over new
Interpretations of the Scriptures as
over the old, DR.. Faunce declared. 1t
lis the uniono Of culture and faith. Of
freedom and religion, that S should
Icharacterze Il education. Illustrating
and imprcssing thesvalue Of these, DIR.
duite itlclltt " luc ldCL lIdI wv
great statues which adorn Americas
shores represent faith and liberty, the
one where the pilgrims landed typi-
fying Faith, and that further south. in
New York hnrbor, Liberty. If those
two figures truly guard these shores.
the country will endure.
Cur schools to-day" continued DR.
Faunce, are giving US tho kind of
manhood and womanhood that are
growing. The world Is held back to-
day rot so much by bad men as by
good men, who have stopped growing"
In medicine and in the ministry this
point was illustrated. The moment
lone stops his own education he begins
to lose the power to educate others.
One must realize the splendid enthusl-
asm of never stopping. Men should be
reservoirs of energy. Illustrating the
fact that man who teaches must COM
tinue to learn, the speaker cited the
case of a great teacher who had writ
ten several works on the subject lie
| taught, and whose son was one of his
pupils The son, in facctous vein,
had called the attention OF the father
Ito the fact that the learned author
whose textbook was being studied
ihad made one statement ii ono work
and a conflicting statement in q later
work, and asked tho elder man how
lhc rcconciled the two statements. The
\ reply of the, father was: "The learned
authors who will not learn are stand
| ing in the way Of progress" Ihis
I answer was commended to the edu-
Gator and the minister Of to-day.
C0mplimcntcd Them.
In concluding. Or. Fauncc said that
| though he could not remain with his
/ thron OF the Southern Baptist Con.
vcntion, he was proud and happy tt
have been With them. lie compli.
mented the Southern Baptists, anC
added that to-day in Washington sucl
n gathering would be had MS this ono
lie invited the Southern Baptists Il
como and see what we are doing II
the work OF making men, physically
intellectually and religiously."
! IN closing. DR.. lfaur1'e related tn,
story of "Silas Mariner" rs told b.
George Eliot. and the grief of tn
miscr over his stolen gold When tn
frantic man returned to his home an
discovered there a little golden hare,
girl, VINO had come In during his alb
| sence, he had found not his gold. bll
3 a daughter. as n stay and comfort ii
his age, In the same way" said tn
> speaker your gold expended In cdu
. cation Will come back to you, not Il
: gold but in educated sons and daugh
g tcrs, in Christian men and women"
: AT the conclusion of the address tn
G congregation stood and sang Coward
t Christian Soldiers" after which tn
benedlction was pronounced and tn
i large assemblage Dispersal