The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-21


The test that proved his fibre came
Ia him in his young manhood. He
accepted the doctrine of the father
hood Of God and the brotherhood Of
man. with all its implications, and
turned his face TO the wilderness to
carry that message to the people Of
Kentucky. This involved a high type
o. moral valor. IL required moral
courage TO carry that message even
to the people Of the north. 1t involv.
ed infinitely greater courage 10
preach that doctrine at that time in
the heart Of Kentucky. But he never
faltered, in all the years, in his fidel.
It., to this divine principle. His doc
trine he termed the doctrine OF inn
psrtial love, and IL embraced rs an
essential corollary the other doctrine
Of impartial opportunity. which made
Berea College inevitable. for il is on
this rock that the college is founded.
Very much Of his soul is in these coll
loge walls. and rs long as the prin-
ciples he preached and for which he
suffered dominate its teaching and no
longer. it will go on its triumphant
and benefcent career. The torch
lighted by John Gregg Fee on this
hill has been held aloft and burning
b. an exceptionally consecrated line
o. successors. and il is unthinkable
that this light will ever be dimmed.
The very simplicity Of his charac.
tel and the purposes that stirred his
soul will always capture the magma.
ton Of the students that are to come,
as il did the students that have come
Frd gone. II is a splendid thing to
have as an exemplar and monitor one
who dared all to follow the urge of
conscience and who never compro-
missed with expediency in anything
n man who feared God and not the
face of any man. Youth follows the
courageous man.
God was good to this Happy War
rior,' He gave 1t to him to see the
fruition of his labors and his prayers.
He gave il To him TO see the curse
of slavery pass away. He gave it to
him to see Bersa College, the child
of his dreams and his prayers, estab-
lished on an enduring foundation, AMI
carrying forward his great doctrines
of the humanities. He saw his bit.
terest enemies changed into his
"a rnest friends and admirers.
know of no Kentuckian. save Lin
coin, whose fame is so secure as that
of John Gregg Fee. He is associated
with and the courageous advocate Of
q great and enduring principle Of So
cial justice in the triumph Of which
he gave valiant service in the face
of suffering and contumely. In addi-
tier, this great college, dedicated TO
the education Of men and women in
heart as well as in mind, will carry
Ear down in time the message of its
s reat founder Other memorials will
follow, beautiful and appropriate as
is this memorial Some alumnus Of
Eciea College will see that his ia q
and figure are preserved in lasting
bronze. Some gifted girl receiving
from her life in this at
me sphere will write into immortal
literature a delineation Of the char
acter, purposes and achievements Of
this heroic soul, and she will fhd
in the dramatic possibilities Of the
story a match for her genius.
But the greatest memorial-and
the one that this man who gave no
thought to memorials would appre-
ciate the most, is structure not
made with hands, but one abiding in
the hearts of those who strive as he
strove for righteousness. These will
scorn evil and pettiness and insin-
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