The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-28

ton to an endless procession of young
souls marching from childhood into
the worlds work. Such a task may
well warm even a heart of stone and
We may imagine that this rock re-
loices with US to-day in its heaven
appointed service
Al'1 this stone viii be more than q
gisnt carrying 6 Wall on his shoul-
ders 1t win be a preacher also We
have read in the Good Book about
stones that cry out of the wall" This
viii be a shouting stone, preaching
its great truths to every passer-by.
And what viii 1t say? 1t will say,
first OF all, that there is such a thing
as neighborly cooperation and the
joining of hands for good causes in
this world. It costs great price to
lay this stone hereto bring it from
its distant birthplace, to purchase this
fair domain to be its home and to give
assurance of support TO the teachers
who are on their way hither. No One
man and no small company of people
could do this thing. Our help has
come from the West and from the
East, from the North and from the
South, from the black and from the
white. Tell us not that there are
divisions and enmities in our land. All
such things are fading. There is .
patriotism that crosses sectional lineo,
and there is Christianity that
crosses the lines oT race and color.
And the stone preacher tells us that
there is such a thing in the world az
unselhsh benevolence and generosity.
The world seems full of selfishness
and greed, and hypocrisy, but this
stone is a monument to something
higher. The people who have sacTi-
feed TO law this foundation have ex-
selves. II anything, the promoters of
Berea and of Lincoln Institute have
received as their requittal misundcr-
standing and abuse. But thew have
labored for love to God and to man.
The Eastern donors can never expect
even to look upon this beautiful spot;
the humble colored people who haze
contributed their portion, are most of
them advanced in years, so that neith-
er they nor their children expect to
attend this school. This stone is a
witness that there is such a thing as
unsellishness in the world
And the stone preacher tells us
again that there is such thing ss
progress. Things which were not done
yesterday We 9fe triiis fOs'Av ard " q
shall do greater things tomorrow
Twenty years ago, three years ago,
the majority of the peopleo of Kentucky
olG US that such a stone could never
b. laid. 1t is no wonder that you
have thronged this hillside to-day, for
y,N have come to witness a miracle.
We are doing to-day before your eyes
an impossible thing
So this will be the greatest sermon
from these stone lips: with God
all things are possible. Know ye. who
soever visits the domain of Lincoln
Institute, that with God all things are
pasSible
Wh-n you see a good hing t5at
needs tc be done, pray for l. Wien
yDH heal of a good en4crDrise thai
nscGs assistance, work ilr Il, know
ing that in His own go0t fine Cod
Almighty will answer your PRAYER snd
crow ycur self-sacrificiug labor with
success
There are other lessons from this
old ST. no with its new ,floe. u; rir.
Cunfar6nce is four ycuare That
stapds for justice. It's corners are
uprss ht. perpendicu1a- that stands
for tluth Its texture is GTln. lnmoF-
able-that stands for 0erse ertuce.
Bat the greatest lessons We The eth
ers WHICH we have repeated. There
is such 2 thing as a pairiarlsIn Which
crosses sectional lines. There is such
thinc as a Christianity which ,,asses
the lines of race and coio:. Thele Is
s13h a thing as unselfish !ie,.SN { lence
There is such thing IS progress.
And Uere is a Father in heaven
whose kingdom is slowly comji.S I'd
this earth.
Aad now let US turn m" hands TO
the task for which we '-ame. and get
the stone preacher in his pulpit