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208 The First and Great Commandment
become new creatures and receive the adoption of sons.
May the Holy Spirit enable us to know God as Father, to
realize His love, and to answer with the entirety of our
being; and thus loving Him, may our obedience be to us
an everlasting joy, and to Him an acceptable service.

My purpose has been to bring before the graduates and
those still in college the obligation of religion as the supreme
interest of life, the service of God as the supreme object,
the relationship of filial unity with God as the highest joy
—rather than attempt a discussion of educational ideals
and theories. But necessarily I am prompted to words of
greeting to the authorities of the Rice Institute, and of
appreciation of the work which it achieves. The significance
and exceeding value of this University to the city, state and
country are of widest and most thankful recognition;
and proportioned to this great worth is the grateful mem-
ory which will be cherished of the founder whose munifi-
cence made possible the establishment of the institution and
its progress. The beauty of the architecture is a rare fea-
ture. Justly honoured far and near for the wisdom of its
administration, for the scholarship of those who direct its
courses, and for the sound learning and training which it
imparts—we wish for it through the generations a destiny
of lofty and enduring service. We pray that it may be
the means of preparing multitudes through the years not
only for bread-winning, but for the highest duties of life;
for loyal citizenship in the cities of men and in the City of
God. Without entering upon educational questions save
in the briefest and most general way, I would point out that
education is not to be limited to storing the memory with
facts, nor to training the hands for toil. It is not to be
limited to acquiring a knowledge of literature and science
and an appreciation of art. Back of the memory and the

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