Such truths represent the highest order of truth. Thus we constantly need to distinguish between the truths which are merely fleeting facts, and those which are useful, and those which are crucial as well as discerning those which are eternal. It is the restored gospel which gives us this latter sense of proportion. So it is, that for a disciple of Jesus Christ, genuine academic scholarship is a useful form of worship, it can even be a dimension of consecration. Hence, one who seeks to be a disciple-scholar will take both his scholarship and discipleship seriously.
Meekness marks both a true disciple and a true scholar.
Meekness, however, is not rampant on this planet. All around us in the world there is too much reveling in recognition, an embarrassing public search for status by many, and an almost narcotic appetite for applause. Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. It sees no distinction in adding story to story, upon the monuments of fame, erected to the memory of others.