tical knowledge, into a distinctive, place in tlie economy of 

 life. "My son," said the Hebrew father to his boy start- 

 ing out to do! his work in the world, "get wiedom, and with 

 all thy getting get understanding." The chief apostle of 

 our religion wrote to a too emotional group of disciples, 

 "Add to your faith knowledge." And coming to our own 

 time, I read, the other' day, in one of our papers, of one of 

 our Cacnadian women who^ had distinguished herself in 

 humanitarian activity, that she had the vision of good 

 works, with the knowledge of how to bring them about. 

 Thus, ancient and modern sages have deeply felt that good- 

 ness, in order to be useful, must enter into partnership 

 with knowledge of ways and means. 



I am aware that knowledge is not the greatest thing in 

 life. The greatest thing in life is love. Consider theee two 

 powers and their relation. At the fire of love is kindled 

 "the divine passion," family affection, friendship, patriot'- 

 ism, and the glowing fire of the Chri/stian religion. Love is 

 queen. For her all things v/ork: some of them in wrath, 

 but even in their wrath they will be made to sei've her 

 beneficent end. But true love is not blind. She has the 

 eyes of practical knowledge, by v.'hich she sees the road to 

 her destination. She sees after that she may see before. 

 She sees yesterday that she may see to-morrovv'. She knows 

 what has been that she may know what is to be. In a 

 word, she carries with her the lamp of past experience tO' 

 guide her fc^et on the way to the capital of the Kingdom of 

 Life. 



Love without the eyes of knowledge is a. dangerous 

 thing. Blind love of a woman led to the tragedy of Sam- 

 son. Blind love of country led to the hori'ors of the French 

 revolution. Blind love of nationality ended in the fiasco of _ 

 the Eiel rebellion. Blind love of religion led to the public 

 execution of Him who has been the inspiration of all that 

 has been, and is, best in our modern civilization. So then 

 it is not blind love that wears the crown in the kingdom of 

 trne life. It is love- with wide seging eyes In other words 



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