Let us ever bear in mind...that we in this place are only then really strong when we are more than we seem to be. It is not our attainments or our talents, it is not philosophy or science, letters or arts which will make us dear to God. It is not secular favor, or civil position, which can make us worthy of the attention and the interest of the true Christian. A great university is a great power, and can do great things; but unless it be something more than human, it is but foolishness and vanity in the sight and in comparison of the little ones of Christ. It is really dead, though it seems to live, unless it be grafted upon the True Vine, and is partaker of the secret supernatural life which circulates through the undecaying branches.
"Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." Psalm 127:1
Idle is our labor, worthless is our toil, ashes is our fruit, corruption is our reward, unless we begin the foundation of this great undertaking in faith and in prayer, and sanctify it by purity of life.
John Henry Newman
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