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bricks and to put up their own buildings while they were 

 getting their education. You know there are some people 

 who always object to everything. They object to every- 

 thing that has not actually been done for three thousand 

 years. If a thing has been done, going on in the same 

 way three or four thousand years, they won't object to 

 that ; but no matter how much common sense it has in it, 

 no matter how much it applies to the direct condition and 

 needs of the people by whom one is surrounded, if it wasn't 

 done in the same way thousands of years ago, there are 

 some people who object to it. Some people said: "You 

 can't make bricks by the labor of these students, and have 

 them build their houses, and educate them at the same 

 time." 



In the south there is a Baptist church that had a deacon 

 that would always object to everything. They wanted to 

 buy a new table for the church ; he objected right away. 

 They wanted to increase the pastor's salary ; the deacon 

 always objected to that. They wanted to buy some new 

 hymn books for the Sunday-school ; he objected right away 

 to that. They wanted to repair the church ; he objected 

 right awa}^, — and the church couldn't make any progress, 

 and it was a great puzzle with the other deacons what to 

 do. Finally, after pondering over the matter at consider- 

 able length of time, they decided to call a special meeting. 

 It was called, and they decided to have a special praj^er- 

 meeting, at which they should pray for some way by which 

 to get rid of old Deacon Siah's objection. One of the dea- 

 cons was appointed to make a special prayer, and he got 

 down there and fervently prayed that the Lord might 

 purify old Uncle Siah, and that he might sanctify Brother 

 Siah, and finally that he might sweep him through the 

 pearly gates and "Take him home to thy bosom in heaven." 

 "No," Uncle Siah sa} r s, "I object to that." There are 

 some people who object to everything that hasn't been in 

 existence for two or three thousand years. 



Now, I confess that in the teaching of this lesson of 

 house building to our young men we had a pretty hard 

 time at first. In some way we got a brick yard started, 



