Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-22


temple of the union. able to dehumah@
ize the character of the people or to
sap their faith In God. No such hide
ous spectacle is possible in America
The founders of the worlds faiths
have almost always come as teachers.
never as lawyers. never as physicians.
seldom as priests. Specially. is this
true Of Christianity. T1les whole atti-
tude of Christ toward the II was that
of teacher toward his class. The
term. priest or high priest; as apply
ing to the Savior is nowhere employed
in the gospels and in no book Of the
new testament except the epistie 10
the Hebrews. We speak of the ser
mon on the mount. But as the Mat
thew evangelist describes the scene
and narrates the story he begins the
record with the sentence, His disci-
pies came unto Him and He, taught
them saying. LIN like manner that
word taught is 81 times employed
by Christ or used in reference to what
He said. gN sTsSass IS ,aEr.ssSys.,
THUS is semphasized the fact. de-
ciared by Nicodemus, that the Messiah
was a teacher come from God. Above
all other human callings is this voca-
the Savior of mankind fulfilled his
mission. fs
Five hundred and twenty five thou
sand is an immense army A humber
so vast must include every possible
temperament and every conceivable
personal trait. Their individual expe-
rience must be of every kind. Little
can have lefailen' tie sons Of men
wi, ioh IN, 1,ae, not
some one of them. So, despite the ex-
altation and dignity If there were
some. perhaps many. among them
whom the long years are leaving dis
cours ged. Respondent, we'll nigh hope
less. They cannot see nor realize
what sheaves are garnered from the
seed they have sown. Nor can they
always take home the truth that the
Lord of the harvest knows. For. every
discouraged man or woman who has
done MS best there is a marvellous al
legory in Beatrice Haradans Ships
Which Pass in the Night s-a,,N
Failure and Success passed away
from Earth. and found themselves in
Foreign Land. {. Success still wore
her laurel wreath which she had won
on earth. IS ~t''
" Failures head was bowed: mo
laurel-wreath encircled it. Her face
was wan. and pale engraven. She hao
once been beautiful and hopeful but
she had long since lost both hope and
beauty They stood together, these
two. waiting for an audience with the
Sovereign on the Foreign Land An
old grey-haired man came to them
and asked their names.
81 am Success said Success. ad.
vancing step forward, and smiling
at him and pointing to her laurel
wreath. l'.,f;S
" He shook his head -. ~
"'Ah. he said. do not be too conf
dent. Very often things go by oppo-
sites in this land. What you call
Success, we often call Failure; Whist
you call Failure. we call Success.
Then he turned to Failure. And
yoJr Nance he asked kindly, though
indeed he must have known It.
~ am Failure she said sadly. ~
He took her by the hand. :. -
Come. now. Success, he said to
her; Let me lead you INTO the Pre-
sence-Chamber.' x
Then she who had been called Fab
ure. andaw now called Success, Iyff-
ed up her. bowed head. and f6isAd her
weary frame. and smiled at theuus1c
of her new NAME, And with that
smile she regained her beauty and
her hope. And hope having, cDt1e
back to her. all her strength. returned
Come now" the old man: Whisper
ell, 1--WE must not finger. 50 she cf TIM
new name passed into the Presence
Chamber. 49, fatT
But the Sovereign said, :.
THE world needs you, dear ana
honored worker. You know your real
name: do not heed what the world
may call you. Go back and work. but
take with you this time uncondferablA.
hope" '+,.i~.s
So she went back and worked, TAX
| ing with her unconquerable hope. ana
the sweet remembrance, OF tho Sover-
eign's words, and the gracious music
If her real name. c,~,r~ "A. ~
A friend Of mine was soldier in
the Bulgarian Legion, which defekteh
the Turks in the desperate battle or
the Shipka Pass. Often I have begged
him to describe the fight. but there
was little he could tell. One day I
said. did you soldiers realize what
cubiime picture you made up there.
firing and striking and dying above
the clouds?" He replied. None Of rs
had time to think how we loked u
how high up we were. Then, NE
added, "but at last we did know ti1at
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Trustee and Alumni ,Eisctions.
The following trustees were elected
this afternoon by the Alumni ,AsseciaE
ton: Beecher Putnam. Houltoii;; Rese
Woodman Bradbury, - CambAd9A
Mass; Charles Francis WarneEt
Springfield Mass. - ss 9HF@T1s s'Str
The Alumni Association elected the
following officers: s'r. Z. g
President, Herbert 8. Weaver. Alliss
ton. Mass: vice president, eRx. = w
Dodge, Portland: secretary, F.: w. Az
den, waterville; treasurer. FL: 4. Dun
ham, watcrville; necr6logist, e. w,
Hall, Waterville. -
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