. Barnas Sears, a Christian educator; his making and work . ot wither,And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Doctor Sears will be remembered as an 172 Barnas Sears educator. His last address was on the sub-ject of education, and the last words of thataddress, though not read at Saratoga, werefull of wisdom. Fifty years ago,—let me say in conclu-sion,—we thought we had already reachedthe goal of human knowledge. We nowlook back on what we knew then, some-what as we then looked upon what theancients knew. Let us learn to think mod-estly of our attainments, and wonderinglyat the unsolved mysterie
. Barnas Sears, a Christian educator; his making and work . ot wither,And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Doctor Sears will be remembered as an 172 Barnas Sears educator. His last address was on the sub-ject of education, and the last words of thataddress, though not read at Saratoga, werefull of wisdom. Fifty years ago,—let me say in conclu-sion,—we thought we had already reachedthe goal of human knowledge. We nowlook back on what we knew then, some-what as we then looked upon what theancients knew. Let us learn to think mod-estly of our attainments, and wonderinglyat the unsolved mysteries of our own being,of nature, and of Providence. Neither Hux-ley nor Spencer can teach us all things. Thetime may come when they and we, and allthe men of our day, will be regarded as meresmatterers in knowledge. What we knownot, and cannot know in this age, may berevealed to those who come after us. Humility in the solemn presence ofa mysterious universe, and reverenceFOR THE Power that framed it, best be-come THOSE who are BUT THE CREATURESOF A APPENDIX Mrs. Sears was the daughter of Deacon EHjah andEUzabeth (Watson) Corey, of BrookHne, Mass. Shewas bom November 21, 1809, being therefore sevenyears and two days younger than her husband, and wasnamed for her mother EHzabeth. She died in Staunton,Virginia, March 2-1,, 1883, at the age of seventy-threeyears, three months, and two days. Her father unitedwith the First Baptist Church in Newton ( Father Graf-tons) in 1811, was dismissed by letter to unite withothers in forming the First Baptist Church of Cam-bridge in 1817, and became still later a constituentmember of the Brookline Baptist Church. DeaconCorey was one of the most liberal and influentialBaptists of his time. His home was open to ministersand students. Upon a given Sabbath a young studentrode home with him from the Cambridge church, andthat day Bamas Sears and Elizabeth Corey met for thefirst time. Two years ago last July, Doctor Sears diedat Saratoga. As t
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