Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-11
Christian EDUCATION
Discoursed Upon by Rev. DR.. Starksy
at Wesley N. 3. Church
LAST NG-THOUGHT CHRIS
TIANITY AND EDUCATION ARE
TWINS-THE WORK OF THE
CHURCH - REFERENCE MADE
TO THE AMERICAN UNIVERS-
ITY-AN EXCELLENT TALK.


ITY-AN EXCELLENT TALK.
DIR. ]. B. Starkey. of Minneapolis,
Mimi, field secretary of the American
University, delivered an interesting adj
dress upon the subject Christian Edu-
cation" at the Wesley NJ E. Church
last evening. His remarks were thor
oughly appreciated by the large con-
gregation present, and in part were as
follows:
christianity and education go to-
gether, that is they are inseparable.
Christianity and education are the
great civilzing forces of the world.
There is to-day greater demand than
ever before for more energetic, con-
secrated enthusiasm along all lines of
Christian warfare, likewise in educa-
ton. Education has no bounds. 1t is
impossible to define it, to measure, to
weigh it, or to encirele it. 1t reaches
beyond our imagination, above our
comprehension. 1t has no limit. 1t
touches all sides of humanity. No per-
son ever lived without feeling its inf1u-
ence and being inspired by it and lifted
higher into civilization through IT,
Wherever there is brain there it be-
gins its work and never ceases. We
may be unconscious of its operation,
and always scattering. No man ever
possessed SO much of it but what he
could find some other person who could
enlighten or instruct him along some
other line.
There is no such thing as a finished
education. The young man who has
just graduated from our university
thinking he has finished his education,
is misguided youth. He is just now
beginning.
THE great work of the church to-
day is to furnish the best facilities and
the best methods along the best lines
for the best and highest education.
There never was such demand in the
history of the world for trained men,
educated men, in all departments OF
life as there is to-day.
This has been called the electric age.
Let men say we know but little of the
| magnitude and scope and power OF
electricity to-day. To be sure We are
using it little. We are riding along
in our street cars, and as the China
man has expressed, No pushy, no
pully, but goes like fury
We are stepping into our cabs and NOV
| ing off so easily that it is hard 70 realize
we are being borne away. We illuminate
our cities and our houses and beautify
our flower gardens with electricity. We
use it TO communicate with our friends
across the sea. 1t is the great power of
which we know but little to-day. Gods
great flywheel is running in this universe
and calls out to us TO hitch on. What is. to
take place in the twentieth century God
only knows. We simply have glimmer of
| what is to be- Therefore we must build
largely.
| 1ou may ask why should the Methodis;s
! be put to the front in this great national
movement. Why not the Methodists? She
was born in a university. and when such
men as the Wesleys, Fletcher, Watson.
Clark and many others that might be men,
toned that were the moving spirits in the
organization of Methodism, and when we
remember that these men gave stability
and character and when We remember hat
she has always stood for education, why
not she take the lead? You must remem-
| Der she is the largest church of all her SIS
| ter churches, numbering in membership A.
$50, 2S4. Her seating capacity is 13,5l5Sl6
Her wealth reaches to Sl32.140179. She has
! "A colleges and universities on which. to
draw for students for this institution. She
has 5000 students now in her schools. with
an income to those schools of 81. S046l5
Why in Washington is the American uni
versity located? When the Apostle Paul
looked over the world for places 10 locate
the church. he selected the great world
centres, Antioch, Corinth. Athens. and
! Rome These were the strategic points Of
! the worlds power Washington is the
strategic point Of American power. a place
where the nations forces meet. Therefore
| Washington is the place for the American
| university, so that she may weld that
power for righteousness. In Washington
there are over S3s 10000 worth or material
| in the various institutions Of the govern
| ment, with over $4,000 appropriation TO
keep up these institutions. BY an act Of
| Congress these different institutions have
| been opened to all scientific studies.