The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07
PRESIDENT HARPER TO
COLLEGE STUDENTS
In Opening Address Tells Young wen
Man May Keep All Command
ments and Not he CHRISTIAN
THE COLLEGE MAN AND
SACRIFICE" HIS THEME
Principle of Sacrifice Pcrmeases All
Human Relationship and MAKES
Life Happy When Given lite Proper
sovereign, In Human Life.

so,creignt. In Human Lac.
Zion College. y. G. Sept s.-Pres-
ident Harpers Opening address, Z" the
student body had AS It's theme. me
College Man and Sacrifice. tie DC
san Iy declaring that man may
s-ep all the commandments and yet
f.u ~ be a Christian. Self-surrend der
and sacrifice must sanctlfT before II
,e.5,v elcvates the life and purif!es
Inc heart God was shown 10 be the
world $ great exetnpiar in the pro
gran. OF sacrifice Not only IN the
> wonderful provision He made Tor
mans happiness ard development but
sIe~ 5r ta7e coming q Christ as m"
=y74as-rrt-7-- perpetual tresrnate, of his
ap-eor. IA sxicnate tenderness and love
towards man throughout the ages
The speaker deprecated the idea OF
the self-u1ade man declaring such an
accom- pitshmsnt Impossible. Enfofc-
trg this idea re said, No man can
srne+,rt to anything worth while WITH
nut 81 -rtflCe CT some ones part. Al
that va have, all that we are. all that
we can hope e De, we owe to our
brother men either N the form RI d.
vet personal sacrifice or N the faT-
orshle conditions which their sacri-
fees created ard ultimately 10 our
Father. who plteth US t~nterly and
lo*eth us perfectly surely In the pres
erl~e u s.ch love ana sacrifice 20 US
v-s~d We must be tender-hearted.
com "a ssfopete. sserificial IN spirit and
in deed toward car brother men.
Need for Sacrifice.
"put I would 20 further. I would
invade the high precincts of Deity.
r.verentlv. and ] would declare '1at
Cod needed 10 make every sacrifice
He has made for His own satisfaction
a. welt rs for our benefit. Heaven
would he held without IFS spirit Of
loving sacrifice. and our heavenly
rather would be a demon II the
damned but for His loving heart,
Great power. when unsanTt.fed 10y
great love deeeuerates rapidly into
brutality and helHTh0ess. II mas
filled the earth with hioodEhrd and
slaughter II would transform heaven
into AIDES. and pandetnoniurn would
reign there supreme our rather
co.,id not but shower HI. loving ten
dprne,es upon us He had 10 do II.
In lust the same manner and for just
the same reason we too must sacrifice,
or we must fail to be men. Our viz
tues cannot grow In narrow, stlfled
Quarters. They need the expanding
sunshine OF human intercourse and
loving service We cannot keep our
life. To keep II IL TO lose 1t. To give
I, away II to save II forever and at the
same time 10. sanctify II eternaliy
Made In the image OF God we lose
that image unless the spirit OF His sec
r,<ices tenders our hearts and keeps
ont the dry-rot of unbrotherly self
3shness Where sacrifice circulates In
~ function oil
the life is pure and normal Where
sa1rshness takes root. ganGrenons
tissue develops and the processes o.
dissolution and decay have already
set in"
perrneat~s Human Relationship.
The principle OF sacrifice was shown
n permeate every s>urnan Relationship
and 10 make life happy when Giver
Its rtghtfui sovereignty. This. prin'
cipie was declared to make a power
ful appeal to college men and women
who as such constitute privileged
rfass-~the only privileged class II
America Only very insignifican'
proportion Of our population" ms
speaker continued, ever enjoy tht
priceless opportunity college offers
The college man and woman. repre-
sentins one-haTf of ] per cent of oni
population occupy practically al
the positions of leadership In our life
ana s1eV dc II not because of any ma
tive hfllliancy. but because Of theil
spleudor Of training and culture. The
rInet nine and one-half per cent o.
our brothers who are denied this al
vantage make possible our privilege
College education, as II is, liz costly
matter, but II colleges were To charge
students the total cost II Will he pro
hibited 20 all except the wealthy. The
millions invested In endowments and IN
equipment pay no taxes and yield nc
dividends The United States Bureau
Of Education figures rnai college ed
,cation costs four times as much AZ
lis paid for it. The ninety mine ant
one-halt percent who do not enjoy
its blessings do bear it's burdens for
us With right then they look 10 us
for light and leadership. They shal
not look IN vain College men ana
women are responding TO the call fol
service as never before I'aey are CIV
ing their very lives 10 their fellows
They cannot enjoy educational priN-
ieges while their brothers sit In intel
lectuai darkness, and so universal ed
ucHtiou It's demanded at home ano
schools and colleges spring up in non
Christian lands The college man
field Of service is limited only by hu-
man need All men are MS brother
men All women are his sisters.
Wherever conditions. physical, men
al social. spiritual. throughout the
world are less virile than his own,
mere he has found his challenge. and
here ne VIII 60. God speed him on
.!s way equipped for service In In
ELECT. ard n body. and IN spirit sal nc
fled therefor"
In Undergraduate Iafe.
'Bat nm not entirely satisfied that
ae college shall put such spirit in
-.-.-.s- -+.s-;et- send Ais4a from rs " a III
irn.ug with the desire 10 uplift his
Favored brother men. This is
81 % 2'I.eh the college Is pardon
Il y luLA L AAna for
.-cAgE taTg.s recc3ssd d. Hut that is
lt dety college, days are
t~ll Lt' g.. radon for life, but
s..' ...l isr pte parat-Qn for
E. r. f. wish 10 see college men
wI+ assume responsibility for
ia3.oNa 0uIlrg their undergrad
dag ] wisb te see tncm in very
give them selves for their brother