The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-06-15

ton of human character. No other sys-
tenn of philosophy gives man an equal
place in the universe. Why then should
an institution whose purpose it is to ex-
alt humanity be based upon any other
than the Christian idea Of education2 1t
is not the State for which we exist. In
Christianity the man is more than the
State; the State is only the scaffolding by
which the temple Of individual humani-
ty is built. This institution does not ex-
list as means but as an end. 1t should
not seek to perfect the State at the ex-
pense of the man, for that would be ty-
ranny. 1t should seek to perfect the in
man at whatever expense, for
that is liberty, that is the liberty where
with the Christian conception of educa-
ton sets men free. What in philosophy
is so complete in theory? What in prac-
tice is ESQ expansive in its application2
Profound men assure us that the ten
dency of high education is necessarily
atheistic. No institution nor individual
can ignore the Christian idea of educa-
ton and prove that the inevitable ten
dency is not atheistic. The great trunk |
line of human destiny must either bear |
US toward or away from God.
Christianity is revelation of God and
of man and the relation between the
two. Blot out that sublime character -
Jesus-whose life and history are at
once the self revelation of both God and
man, and the world is smitten with
blindness, the sun is gone from its orbit;
and what oracle is there left to tell us
what we are, whence we came or where
we are going? Can there, in all reason,
be any other fate than atheism, pessim-
ism or suicide for the race outside of the
Christian conception of the development
of characters It is Christianity or des-
pair.
The capacity to apply the christian
conception of education is the measure
of the power Of any institution. If in
stitutions are useful in spite of this con-
ception they are SO only by virtue of the
reflex influences from association with
christianized institutions and lives. The
great heart of this policy must be thrill
ed with the christian idea before the
sciences and the arts can be brought into
the liberty needed for their culture.
What is more despicable than . scien-
tito bigotry protesting against tho lib
erty which others use in matters of faith2
There is absolutely no balance to scien-
| tific intolerance outside of the christian
| conception of culture. There is no mid
die way between God and no God. The
tendency of university or higher educa-
ton is the tendency of the individuals
that pursue it, and if other aims prepos-
sess the policy of an institution, it's
teachers and its students, then what can
be the tendency of such an education2
We plead not for the non-thinkers, the
non-doable, but for what is demanded in
this the beginning of the last decade OF
the nineteenth century, the two great
characteristics Of which are intensity of
thought and intensity of action.
| In government, in politics, in science,
the mind of the philosopher is engaged
as never before in trade, commerce
and manufacture, the intensity of action
and magnitude of ACHIEVEMENTS surpass
the dream of the ages gone.
Religion does not escape investigation
and critics are assailing the foundations
of faith with theory and speculation
while men of action exhibit in theil
lives an utter defiance of Godliness tina
threatens society, government and civil
ization. Thought must therefore NEE
. thought, action meet action. The ener
t gy and power of Christian philosophy il
. the lives of Christian men must prov
the doctrine.
In this great contest of the age whe
J. faith and honorable living are antagoh
! izing skepticism and vice, education
: must be the ally of Christianity, ant
! Christianity the ally of education. Th
= ideals of hand and head which have bee
{ so scrupulously followed during the pas
must become secondary to those of th
: heart. The demand is for Christia
= culture as broad, deep and free as th
- "earth, air, ocean, sun moon and star,
= that splendid alphabet struck off by tt
. Almighty hand to teach us somewhat {
= His own eternal power and Godhead
- Sectarian rivalry and jealousy hay
- stripped of much energy and power tt
already divided household of faith; bJ
y the lost ground is being regained by lii
le eral-minded and true hearted worker
y. as by the Young Mems Christian Ass
q: Citations, the Young Peoples Societit
OF of Christian Endeavor and the Women
A- Missionary Societies. The world is beir
e. evangelical, non-essential dogmas to Il
n. contrary, Notwithstanding.
Wucres Lu0u, III NOELu O6kO1lu6 Ii u
IN place for this broad moral culture2 81
d necessitate rei''-the University. He
let morality and Christianity dwell wi
il literature and science, and let the lit
h pride of sect be merged into the lare
y. feeling of philanthropy and truth. I
on University must lead the way in I
en- study of moral questions, practi,
F. moral culture, in broad Christian act
he ity. Happy am I to be able to speak
he her active and hearty work in this NO
1st field.
in Sir, it is q favored soil and clim
an which can furnish from forty to e
rth men for the Christian ministry With
period Of little more than q decade, .