Cedarville College Memorabilia

PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. ". J. SANDER ON. Endowed with the capacity to know, man's perfection is to be realized along the line of acquiring knowledge. Mind is the stamp of Divinity. Ignore it and w gravitate toward the inhab:tant of the fi eld; but brighten it with wholesome culture and it becomes a star, guiding man to his noble destiny. olomon ays: "Receive knowledge rather than choic:::e gold." Gold may be a help to some things, but knowledge blesses all. The pur uit of knowledge implie that knowledge is something to be sought after. Men are not born with it, it is to be acquired. The best knowledge makes no advance ; it awaits approach. It i not illusive, but yet it is re erved. A very gentle call may be all that is necessary to break up the reser e, but the call is awaited. The wonderful facts pertaining to electri ::ity have always exi ted but it is only recently that man b egan to know them. Pur uit mu t be made. Franklin sends forth hi kite, and it becomes his instru– ment in the chase. Knowledge yields and becomes the pre~ious prize oE the pur- · uer. ature ay to us if we would obtain her trea ures we must dig for them, and in like manner if we would enjoy knowledge we must pursue it. There are many ways and many places in which knowledge may be obtained. Like the fern it is to be Eound in all climates, and like ether it exists in every object . " peak to the earth and it shall teach thee." Each mu t do hi own peaking, his own pursuing if he would gain the knowledge. "It cannot be gotten for gold." Mr. Locke was asked how he contrived to accumulate a mine of knowledge so rich, yet o extensive and o deep. He re,:ilied that he attributed what little he knew to the not having been ashamed to ask for information; and to the rule he had laid down, of conversing with men of all description . Knowledge may be found in all object and in all men. Eloquence can be heard from the humble t black mith when hi theme is the welding of iron. Wisdom is otten found with the poor, and he who would be wise will not only mind high things but will coridescend to men of low e tatc. The treasure of knowledge i enriched by acqui itions from many ource~. The more complex it becomes the more it gratifies and bles es. He that rings only one bell hears o.1ly one sound, but from the small and gl"eat hells together come the sweetest chime The pur uit of know!edge holds also the foremost place in man' pie;: urable ex – p .: riences. The labor of pursuing i abundantly rewarded by th joy of obtaining. Kepler' exclamation, "Eureka," is but the note of gladne ringing out Erom an iutelligent. oul that ha added one more diamond to the tre:1 ury of knowledg . '1ucl1 JUY is ennublrng and elevating. lt is a u1 e bround for happin and honur to excel even in the m::,st trifling pe ie of knowledge. Her th n is a pur uit wlii It \\ill never fail of it reward. "Length of days i in her right hand, and in her left riche. and honor." Every advantage off red, th r fore, to th young fur tlie laying of ,1 fou11<lation for the a quiring of lrnowledge lwuld be eized b, th em . All need to be equipped in urd r that th ay may pursu ' and po e , and he wlw 111c1ke - it l1is purpuse to possess knowledge will be bette r fitt J for a ppr Jp nding ,rnd .i c"mplishing his life'. task aud fur wi1111i11g of ho wr ' which can never di 2 .