The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 24, 1902, Image 5
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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