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I Mill's 8PM. EDUCATION AS THE MORAL REDEMPTION OF THE WORLD. Full Text of the Brilliant Oration Delivered at the Kingstree Graded School Commencement. Mr. Chairman:? I suppose that human nature is much the same throughout, the wide, wide world?has ever been the same and ever will be, regardless of clime or country, save as modified by environment and education. In the ages long past, when the world was young and humanity was in its swaddling clothes, the universe was at most an inliuite experiment It is a common habit to speak of the works oi' God as absolutely perfect and complete. In a certain sense the proposition is true, but vet. when we come to scrutinize the works of Dett\\ we lind that nothing in all the universe came from Liis hands as a finished product. Standing amid the aggregated gloom of ages lie spoke and the world stood lortIiv the earth took form, the horizon was lilted up ' - J 4 aiiu iue suns anu svsieius ?u?icu into line and begun their majestic procession, which must continue until lie shall be salislled. And then the Supreme Architect exercised-his creative powers still 1 art her, and speaking reverently, did llis best; and man forth |is the highest conception of divine thought, the greatest product of divine creative genius. It would not have conserved 1 he divine puipose had llis c.-ea live genius and power evolved a iiiMulioit nrrvlnpl tlPPi*1ISP i 1 WOllld I r. , , l.ave contravened the basal principle upon which all created things exi>t. I do not mean to say God could not have made all thing? complete, but only He did not. We speak ol matter divided into organic and inorganic, or, in other J word?, of one kind as having an j active principle called lite and lliej other as wanting in that peculiar j element. And yet, in a modified j sense at least, tlie latter has life, i He established laws by and under which all cieated beings, organic or inorganic, should manifest j themselves, and among other laws j we find those of growth and de cay. Organic matter grows i'roinl within, inorganic from without. So, from creation's dawn until i to-day, decay and deterioration,! as well as growth and development, have marked the history ol the universe in i's various phenomena. We speak of the earth as stable and the starry consiella-j lions as eternal, and yet under / Jaws cf their owft they change as surely as tiie seasons. It is not my purpose, however, to pursue that interesting question. I would deal, rather, with a more practi-! cul. wonderful side of creation as; exhibited in the organic kingdom, j While, as I have stated, God i never produced a finished product, j because it was not Iiis purpose to | do so, yet He established laws I under which the children of His i thought reach perfection, lie; established the law of supply and1 demand. He created environment 1 I and necessity. He created vacuum ; and furnished that with which it: should be filled. The earth, \vith its heaving,, throbbing breast, Jongs for the warm sunshine and the gentle ram. These are its complement, its supply, and under their tructifying influence its bosom becomes a veritable Arcana of life. Seeds lose their form aad j l>lant life peep& forth frora. the generous mould; and then the atmosphere ieeds the timid stranger, the genial sunshine warms its vital fluid and the dews ot the night cool its thirst; so under these beneticient influences the lofty pine, the sturdy oak and the fra grant lily each reaches its perfection. And so it is with man. Perfect he may be so far as his possibilities are concerned, hut yet in chrysalis form,, a mere embryo, until developed by growth and perfected by environment. I have said this much in a general way to show you by analogy that we are not, in our natural state, what our Creator designed us to be. Put while it is a fact that growth and development is the lax- of our nature, it is likewise a fact that absolute, perfection, or completed growth, is a will-o'-the-wisp, an unattainable condition. God so willed it, and human experience has demonstrated the wisdom of liis decree. Human life is a stupendous mystery, and the thing we call mind is the wonder of the ages. Who is so insensate that he does not exult in the incomparable jov of living, the inexpressible delight of knowledge? The world is full ol beauty, but there are eyes that do not, cannot, see; it is full of joy and gladness, but there are those whose hearts are never quickened by things so light and gay; it is full ol sweetest music, but there are ears so dull that they do not catch its swelling symphonies. Do >011 admit this is true? If so, would you have the beauty and gladness and music come into your sou ? Then hear me. I come to bring you the key to nature's store-house and to tell you that all things are yours it onJv you will receive them. I said 1 have come to bring you the key. I err. I come rather to tel! you where it is. It is in your hand, your head, your heart. The philosophy of life is as simple as the philosophy of common everyday tilings. There is never a day when you do not see someone leaching you by analogy and induction the true way of getting the joy and fullness of a high and noble life. You see two peop'e in conversation and one places his hand to his ear to increase its resonance so he can hear more perfectly? catch the sftund waves. Now that is what we have to do. The man has an ear to hear, he assists nature. So we have faculties upon which are predicted, or through which come, all our pleasures and joys. It is true there are pleasures of a sensuous kind?pleasures that come from the indulgence of an appetite or a propen?itv; but the real pleasures of life are those that come through a cultivated mind. The mind is the delicate instrument fliat vibrates to the music of the spheres as well as the mighty power winch holds me lever of the business world. 1 know it is the custom on occasions like this to speak of the material advantages of education, of the substantial return that comes from the operations of a well trained mind, but I tear that feature ot education is unduly stressed. Education comes from the Latin c.hcca, to lead, and the prefix e, meaning from or out of; and when we speak of educating people we mean leading them out of nature's darkness into the marvelous light and liberty ot triilh. An educated man is necessarily a broad man;, he sees with clearer vision and breathes a more bealthfpl atmosphere than ? an uneducated man. And whether it increases one's acquisitive powers or not, there is one thing it surely does do, it increases his capacity for usefulness, expands his horizon of thought and opens thn triiulnme nf his innermost soul i so he can hear the music that comes from the whir of machinery, because he knows the cause or can appreciate the effect the music that comes irom the tread of the industrial army, because he knows the laws that regulate its evolutions. Yea, more, nature itself is an open book, and its pages are printed n living chaiacters of love and beauty. The joy of knowing! I tell you that not even material wealth, with all its charms, can compare with the treasures of a well stored mind. The illusions of wealth, the sordid atmosphere that surrounds it, is a bitter in the cup of joy, a skeleton at the feast, a ghost at the banquet. But the wealth of mind of which I speak is as eternal as the hills, and no thief can steal it. It is a part of our very selves. You might as well try to rob a sunbeam of its warmth op the rose of its fragrance as to steal away the fact and pleasure of conscious knowledge. You may put your gold in stocks and bonds, but their value de-| pends on the fluctuations of I he market. If you will put in into brain power, use it to buy knowledge, it will increase as the years go by and be an unfailing source I of joy and pleasure until tired nature falls asleep. The wise man said: "With all I thy getting get understanding/' I tell you that wealth of mind is the only kind that satisfies and elevates. Now, when one takes lood into his body and properly assimilates it, it promotes growth, builds tip tissues, adds nerve force, gives strength and energy?because the food is that which nature requires to sustain those faculties. So it is with knowledge, education or learning, as we call it. It is that which the mind requires tor its growth, development and strength. I Do you know the joy of a satisfied appetite? Then remember that intellectual hunger when fed on this bread of knowledge turns to delightful satisfaction. Ilere and there all over the I world we see those upon whom i the hand of affliction has been placed. We call I hem dwarfs. There is a lack of development, and consequently a lack of capacity for physical exercise, labor or enjoyment. So it is in the realm ol thought. There are those to whose untutored minds no uleam ot light breaks in, no music, no beauty, no high and blissful joy. I imagine it is a pleasure to look out over broad acres and be able to say "these wide spread fields and green clad slopes are iiiine." But what do they bring one more than food and shelter. Worthy of any one's ambition, I grant vou, but six feet of earth and a winding sheet are all that can remain of hoarded millions. {To be concluded next week.) DON'T FAIL TO TRY THIS. 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