Due West Female College - Arrow Yearbook (Due West, SC)

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f-3 : Q. ex. Q X, X I s 9 5- I. xy , lf 2 Q Z l'r'xiiiS J- I if-N., ll' . JHXEMAQROW ,int ,gh pq . N ,.. T Vi '-1.1. '. '..mnlll uuuuu llllllllllllllllll Scarcely had this spirit ceased speaking when another appeared. I am the spirit of religion. Do you ask when I came to Due West? That I scarce can tell. I came with the Scotch-Irish settlers of 1760, who were seeking reli- gious freedom. I was the spirit in the heart of the first preacher of DeWitt's Corner, as, Bible tucked under his arm, he visited scattered homes. I am the spirit that persisted in having here a place of worship. I am the one who has made Due West a religious center, of those who dare to believe, to achieve, and to live the sterling truths. 'Tis no difference of creed as uniqueness of belief that has made the people of Due West different, it is that inborn sense of right that has made them strong, undismayed and unconquerable in their convictions. Do you wonder that they love the sweet melodies of David, that they cling to the old-time religious traditions? As the rest of the world goes lightly by, they sometimes stop to chat, to smile at the quaint ways of Due West, and yet the object of their laughing chatter has caught the gleam of some- thing beautiful and imperishableg for these are the men and women who are forever seeing God's glory passing by. I am the spirit of religion, and I seem to belong here, for I find that Hame of my spirit all over the church, in every simple heart. Other spirits have come here to live, too, sympathy, love, understanding, truth, missionary zeal, but, wait a minute-now that I think of it, those spirits are just a part of me, and I am a living, eternal spirit of Due West. Gone, I looked again, but no, the spirit of religion was no more, and in her place another of airy lightness with a far-away look in her eyes. And who are you? said I, and how did you come to Due West ?,' For a moment she paused as if to awake from her spell of meditation. I did not come to Due West by any day or year of the calendar, said she. But through the spacious ages. I've always been here. I grew, though, and I gathered a host of other spirits to myself. I am the spirit who has caused men to seek after knowledge and understanding. I am the one who has brightened countlessfhomes with books, music, art, science and literature. At first sight religion and I knew each other for blood brothers, children of an all-wise and all-seeing Father. We went hand in hand through many adverse circumstances. It was our united forces that gave rise to the Seminary in 1835, Erskine College in 1839 and the Woman's Col- lege in 1859. It was our spirit in the churches and in hearts of loyal fathers and mothers that helped make due west the pulsating center of a new knowledge gained in a Christian atmosphere. It was courage united with us that built again Erskine after that disastrous fire. Do you know who I am? I am the spirit of culture, and I'Il live forever as men seek knowledge in its purest forms. I am the fountain of sparkling waters, which flow out into thirsty plains of human hearts. Again the fairy elf was gone, and in her place another elusive form. I am the queen of spirits. I am the one in whom all the other spirts are united. I am the spirit of Due West. It's the spirit of Due West that has kept alive the spirit of churches. It is the spirit that had endured through wars, through trouble, through suffering. It is the spirit of a blessed memory, a marvelous present and a glorious Page one hundred tuenty