The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-25

lie and seme of its finest scholars are
in the penltentiary. And the same
ray be said of all the states. IN the
asst five years severa, men in our own
'ountry. with great mental abilities,
xcellent educational attachments,
AVE been hung on murderers scaifold.
Then away with the idea, that mem
AN educate men to he good by human
,ducation. 1t Is not in the science.
md IL 1t lie not IN the science, then let
10 go to the science, that Is above all
,ther science, the science Il at Jesus
hlist wants to learn of Him: RE
pent and believe on tie Lord Jesus
'hrist aud thou shalt be saved" I'll
.oes not tako human education to
preach repentance toward God" Thei
most illiterate man you can find, who
preach the Gospel with more power
md success than all the college made
ministers The world ever started out,
Now some one may cay, you tell
bout the uneducated Potter. preaehipg
with grand success, why do YOU not
mention Paul. lie was an edueated
man, a grand scholnr. He certainly
was successful minister of Christ.
Well, we want to be fair, We are de-
,irous that the trath shall have the
hight Of way. and II there is any virtu e.
make men good, we will cheerfuilyl
rive to education due credit. Well,
Paul was All educated man, and L dol
.ut suppose with all our boosted seats
II learning, with all our great schools
| Ind <olleges, there could be found al
lmore profound scholar than Paul.
! rhere Is not a doubt at all til my mind
l1ut what Paul would compare fayora.
| ,ly with tho best scholars. tho world
I a .lnx- Va n NIT
itdl with all his education. nearly the
| irst thing we notice about him was
|. And Saul yet breathing out threat
ininGs and slaughter against the dis.
:ries OF the Lord" dc. He was full
h.: education now. and he tbreatlies
|;hreatnings and slaughter" Oh! how
laften has education In the pulpit
slaughtered tie cause of Christ. But
lPaui ON his way to Damascus. me
another teacher and he learned OF
Him. 1t wds Jesus.
There In the suburbs of Damascus.
In the blazing light of u heaveh-boin
Iglory emanatinR from the race OF tho
lSSn OF God, Paul gets all his human
eduentfon stripped from him, as II
Iwero. and right then he steps out OF
tho school of human science into the
school of Divine science. lie gfadu.
lated right then. lie has learned Of
jesus Christ, and he does not walt LOT
la call to preach Christ. He Is not con-
| Isidering where he can command the
best salary, nor thinking about Tue
/ refined, educated people here or thei
who would love to hear his brilliant
eioanence, as he might raint llteraf,
lpictures upon the canvas OF their Nv
-Itellects, and tick 10 their fancies witt
delicious ofatory. No, no, mono Of
that. He Is qualified for the high hes
duties. He has an education iron
Heaven, and he cries out Lord. VIVA
wilt thou Rave me to do
Here ID Paul, tho greatest scholar o
his day. and he does not know what L
lido. Ills education throws no Iigh
around him by which he can see hi.
duty. But the great light from HEAVIER
has shined Into his soul. and aeiipset
ali other lights, and, Lord what vii
thou have mo to do" comes bubbliht
lup from the depths OF his conscious
mess, now truly quickened by tn,
Spirit of God He opens his eyes, hu
ithe record SAYS, ',he saw no man.
lfhat Ia tie kind of education the min
lis.ry wants or neads oday. An edu
leation shining from Heaven, an
burned into the censeiences OF me
> by the Spirit OF God Divine, HEAVIER
born education, such as the uniyersit
OF Heaven alone, whose faculty, tn
Father, Son and Holy Ghost" Is abl
to bestow upon the children OF mel
Yes, Paul saw no man when he llrs
opensd his eyes. That was woEde
ltul good sign. No man had anythln
TO do with II.
When sinners are horn into tn
Kingdom OF God there is no man neet
led, and he ID never visible In q sens
Ito those who have learned OF Chri.
and been born of the spirit. Paul Va
soon told what to do, and he Wei
right to work preaching Christ an
the resurrection" lie did not stop
confer with flesh and blood. He 81
no estimation upon his mental educ
for the oxcellency of the knowledge
Christ, that he might win Christ an
know Him and the power of his resu
lrection." And this true God.giyt
Spirit characterizes Paul's whole mi
listry Let us follow him for 10
moments on his way down to Corint
where he is going to preach, and allo
Ius to use our imagination, Tor a m
ment only. as our mind sees hill
Well, he is on his way, and perhaps
might be thinking of his wonderi
education.
Ho may have that old parchme
1uDpH Which, WaS WHICH aiPhoh
no received from that great doctor
the law, Gamaliel, in his pocket b
he throws ID away. He does not ne,
lit any moro now. His Latin and Gre
a text books share the same fate. 4
: his former philosophy. text booh
/ diploma and all his high education
. attainments, his eloquence and oil
tory, lay by the wayside. He hi
3 thrown them all away. And by q
time he reaches Corinth he Is ready
preach. We think We can hear hi
q commencing.
"And I, brethren, when l came
you, came not with excellency
speech. or of wisdom, declaring un
J you the testimony of God" For
determined not to know anythiI
among you, save Jesus Christ, oil
: Him crueified.' and my speech al
my preaching was not with enticil
words of mans wisdom, but In dome
: stratlon of the Spirit and OF powei
We think we can henr one OF those o
Corinthian scholars asking why su
a scholar as Paul uses such comm
phrsseoiogy. / will let Paul answ
him. THAT your faith should n
stand In the wisdom of men, but
the power OF Cod" N. L. JANNEY