The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-11
EDUCATION AND MISSIONS.
The Advantages Of Christian Education
The Field of Home Missions -Amer.
lea, Another Name for OPP
portunity.
M. f.. CHURCH.

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Christian Education. Morning. Text,
III Kings. Git.
The purpose OF education is to nc
quaint MS with fundamental principles,
which will tit Us for practical life; TO
awaken and direct the power OF thought,
and to furnish a broader outlook and
clearer vision in life. In other words,
to open our eyes. Many, too many peo-
pie, go through life with their eyes shut.
The educated live In a larger world than
the ignorant. How much more the
botanist can see in the flower than the
uneducated! The geologist can read the
history OF aeons with deepest interest
in what the uncultivated mind throws
away with his spade. The astronomer
sees law and order In the heavenly bod
les, and the artist sees thought in the
picture. Man has four natures: A
physical, which if neglected or hindered
causes a dwarf; a mental, which to neg
1 iOIu thC ACputt 10 uu t&uoA unIuE q IioIGAs
which must be cultivated or else a rogue;
a spiritual, which to ignore or neglect
will result in a superstltlous skeptic or
blatant infdes. The Spartans trained
the physical, Athenians the intellectual,
our public school system adds to these
the moral, and it is especially the BUSH
ness Of Christian schools to add still
further the spiritual. To reach "the
perfect man" the four natures must be
educated. / favor Christian education.
l. For safety. Education in general
is like wealth, not always an unmixed
blessing-just as the latter, il not conse-
Grated to God, has ruined more than 1T
has blessed, SO the former. Where an
ignorant man will prove a petty thief, a
cultured man will prove a gigantic en-
bezzler. He is in more danger OF ship
wreck on the shoals, az a ship drawing
than a rude fatboat. We have too
many intellectual giants who are spirit
ual dwarfs at the head OF our national
and political affairs to-day.
2. Christian education furnishes the
widest field for research, and the widest
range OF truth. 1t introduces the stu
dent to the fourth kingdom. His eyes
are opened to the horses and chariots of
fire that are in the mountain. This
kingdom is just as real as mineral, veg
etable or animal. We need a deeper
conviction or belief that our children
possess souls, or spiritual natures, and
then as we value symmetry 70 will at
tend to the development Of the whole.
Happy that student who is taught to
behold providence in history, who in
astronomy 10 led to see that "the heav-
ems declare the glory OF God" etc., and
who is encouraged to look for manifes-
t~ations OF Gods wisdom and providen-
tial care in the wonders revealed by the
microscope. The skilled scientist is
quite sure to be a rank infdel or a de-
vout worshipper of God.
3. The advantages of Christian schools
for promoting this valuable work are
many. They furnish a religious atmos-
pierre, afford helpful Christian exercise,
they constantly direct the mind God
ward, they elevate Christianity aud the
bible in the minds OF students, in brief
they make a speciality of Christian
work. Tho percentage of students who
attend our Christian schools who be-
come converted, | believe, is larger than
the proportion of attendants upon our
regular church services from Sabbath to
Sabbath who are brought to Christ.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
A sermon on home missions. Text:
Psalm 31:8. 'Thou hast set my feet in a
large ROOM" So said David after an
enumeration of Gods great mercies to
him. So may We say il we consider
Gods great goodness to our beloved
country. America is a Sarge room" in
deed, large in opportunity and large in
responsibility. It's roof is the azure blue
OF the sky, its doors the metropolitan
cities OF the Atlantic and Pacific sea-
boards, it's inmates numbering represent
atlves from every nation under Heaven
it's walls hung with portraits Of the
honored dead, its furnishings the beau
ties of prairie, river, mountain, waterfall
and landscape, its store-rooms filed with
the riches OF its agricultural and mineral
wealth.
|. America islarge in opportunity. ~
Our territorial extent which is IS times
that OF Spain, 81 times that OF Italy, 60
times that OF England and Wales. The
kingdoms Of Judah and Israel could be
laid down y times within the bound
aries of North and South Dakota alone.
Montana extends from east 10 west as
far as from Boston to Cleaveland and far
enough south to take in Richmond, Va.
~ Riches OF agricultural resources.
China supports q population of 100000
600 on q territorial area less than half
that which we possess. A writer in the