Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-06
NIL WORLD PROBLEMS
YIELD TO CHRIST SPIRIT
commencement Orator at Washing
ton and Lee Points Way to Settle
mcnt OF Vexing Questions.
ONE HOPEFUL SIGN OF TIMES
Universal Interest in Social Reforms
80 Declared by DR.. William A.
Ganficld-Unsclfishn Must Over
come Spirit OF Greed.

paiiii'h-l nsclnSnnrSS Must over
come Spirit OF Greed.
LEXINGTON. VA. July a.--rhe com
Lie Iniycrsity was delivered by Pres
ldent william \. Gantieid, OF Center
College, Danrillc, NY. lie spoke, in
part as follows:
Honesty IS a prerequisite TO wisdom
JUST as sympathy Is a prerequisite for
sssrNire. a ray OF light started from
rapidly IT'S many million miles oi
space struck a flaw upon tho window
r Pan IL ana ir LII sinntinT 70 the noow
source Of truth, struck a flaw Of preiu.
dice in The human mind and fel as err
birg 9n the c EEapa pa"S The wordS
,oday is challenge TO intellectual
AN Interrogation point has been
fathers asked the question, What:
our children ask the question. Why?
Father was satisfied when he knew the
What " things; your boy is not salts
ned until he knows the why of things
Give him new watch for CHRISTMAS
and II YOU DO not watch MIN he "iil
,ake i, to. pieces before New Years
pay TO see how II runs and why the
hands move.
An Age of Problems.
ours is an az. 81 burning social
problems ana hnrtful social evils. The
lions 1t il also an era OF protest
against the injury of these Wounds
and Of diligcnt search for the remedy
Social disease results from ignorance
OF or aiaobediencc 10 the laws and
principles Of social health As ,ruly
AS the individual may disregard the
he the result. SO. likewise. society mag
violate the principles Of health ard
harmony and the result VIII be !nev!-
table social misery.
AS the physician liz con Cp-ucI Wi, Il
relieving the human BODY from the
surer'ns enta!led by dis"bcd.nce, or
with the larger ana better task of IRE
venting sickness and iastrgctlns men
IN the ways Of health, likewise the
true prophet and statesman are ever
busy seeking out the w.y II sncia.
satety and trying 10 direct soci.l!
Alright
need, and IS earnestly searching 10. u
satisfaction Of tina want. lu:nam!ty
- desperately anxious 20 find the way
OF right. the va OF happiness. ".
mnsi exercise care. les, Nc become
Is our real need? What IS tho rI.b,
"a!! Where shall happiness and
peace be found Thcre are many call
ing u 70 follow their lead. Society Is
divided :nio many groups. large and
small, each ardenly fn!low!n. some
leader ~ tn. vain search 70. the satEs-
facLon OF this Gecp-!rI: wan: H..re
shali the answer BE- found2 Whence
the healing remedy for many a soc!a!
sore? How shall we really dwell TO-
SrtAer IN peace and harmony as He
Hopeful Sign OF Times.
one o! the mos; hopeful signs ot
cur times IS the universal interest II.
or socia! problems The era % selnsh-
ness is forever gone, The individual! no
loaGe! exists FOR himself alone nor
dare &c con!sder s.agly his own advan-
'ase. Erens have compelled the rec
oGnit!on o! The sol!dar!.! o! human So
clety To the real man. there IS moth :
ing foreign that concerns hts fellows
This sentiment o. social obligation IL
ana rsspeet for the man whose va
wealth or whose position and power
represent disobedience 10 inc laws OF
country and 81 God. No man can vio-
money and win for himself the favor
Of God in the use Of IT.
,erdependeacc. We must live together.
We must walk side by side, stand
shoulder 10 shoulder and work hand in
Had MIN ever !ncteaslas mu!titudrs Or
mis-: what shall % the attitude? Shall
II /" the ctached iist and rnasa!ng
teeth; Shall i be the open palm and
that. our fathers did ta!ak. We do no.,
drink ihe same streams that our faith
ers did drink. We are asking new ques-
The problems demand solution the
question calls for answer You may
have a part in the task II YOU Viii
What. then, is this Unanswered qucs-
,!on? II app"aced in the headlines %
Yesterdays daily; il nils our maya
zines and Worries our editors. You
cannot get together a group OF minis
ters for conference without this
question being uppernost in their
thoughts. : dozen busy business men
cannot m set for thirty minutes but this
question becomes their theme
How. then shall We state the qucs-
tion for our thought this hour Il IS
not the question who and what is God
not the question who and what is man.
Our sraadfa theirs answered :Aai. II Is
his Creator our fathers and mothers
found the answer here. Blu, this qucs-
ton is nor answered Yet. This is the
question OF Your time and mine How
shall we, Goa'S children. get along and
dwell together on Gods earth This
question is not answered yet. Here We
are: white fellow. q yellow fellow
and BLACK fellow three Of us. What
shali he the attitude? Here we are.
The man with his full dinner pail.
trudging his weary way to. MS place OF
VIVA; Shall be- BE- the altitude; ':s rs .''s T.
Americas Greatest Problems.
The half dozen greatest problems he
fore our American thought are readily
seen TO be- bu, separate phases of this
oae great una wered question. The
pTODitH OF CITY ADMINISTRATION. the
race problem, the class problem. ;hc
vice problem. the temperance problem
and the problem OF the sabbath day
are all but separate parts OF this one
great question. If we find the answer
10 this question we have the solution
Of our problems.
Whence. then. the answer Who
shall the trusted leader be? one stands
pointing to the capitol on the hill an
other TO the schoolhouse in the valley.
Where shall safety be found? Surely
you men want TO know. Surely YOU
wish to have Il part. Students and
graduates OF this famous American col
lege, this wonderful memorial inst!;u-
ton. YOU can hest evidence your
American spirit and honor the men
whose names your college hears only
by meeting the problems and tasks of
your day with the same shirt OF con-
secration and devotion with which they
met the issues OF theirs.
LEGISLATION is good. An iron railing
AZ the top Of the precipice is always
better than a hospital al the bottom.
The fear of the law and the fear or
God in the hearts OF men deter many
from the error Of, their way but the
big stick can never save the state.
The Great jehovah let the empire Of
the ancient Caesar perish as he has
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