The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-30
AT THEssFiRsT sAP-
TiSTcHuRcHs BY REV.. A.
s MAXWELL, OF. MekEES-
PORT, PA,
AT THE COMMENCEMENT ESER-
ciSES oFsTHE CHURCH IL
sRARY SYSTEM OF CHRIS
TAN EDUCATION.
SUBJECT: -cHRisTlAN EDucA-
,#TfoN AND THE LOCAL CHURCH
LARGE CROWD WAS
PRESENT..
PORT, PA.

= statement concerning the constituent
parts OF a man that know OF. II |
wanted to know how many parts
2 there are in a watch l would take
the statement of a matchmaker ae-
fore 1 would the statement OF
blacksmith, because he made the
watch There are some Psychologists
and PSYCHOLOGISTS who say that there
are only two parts in man. But
1 would rather take Gods word. be-
cause He has made man ana the
psychologists haven't. When Cod
made Adam, He certainly knew what
He put into him. We'll, there being
three parts to a man. every part IS
subject for development. We begin
this life with these three parts in a
very weak and helpless, condition. yet
in them are potencieS and posslDlil-
ties that no person can measure
When Lyman Beecher was born L"
weighed two and half pounds, yet
in that two and a half pounds wer>
possibilities and potencies wrapped UP
that no one of the whole world ever
dreamed Of 1t was all there in that
little bunch OF two and a half pounds.
put things into people, but bring out
of them what God has put into them
at birth.
The necessity OF mental develop
ment is very great, seeing the money
and care expended. But then man
has a soul also a soul that requires
DEVELOPMENT Just as truly as does the
body or does the mind. Culture is as
necessary for the soul as for the mind
or body. a person has no more. truly
fullzfiedged soul when he comes into
the world than he has full-f1edSeG
mind.
There is no greater need for mental
development than there is for Chris
tan education When the develop
ment Of the mind does not keep pace
with the development of the body, in
jury is sure to result. These two must
be developed together. They are So
vitality related that we cannot have a
high state of cultivation in one
without the same in the other. But
when we put the emphasis upon men
tai and physical development to the
disregard of the souls cultivation, in
jury is bound to result also When
a mans head is bigger than his body
it isn't a healthy state. When
mans head is bigger than his heart
or soul it isn't a healthy state. It IS
an abnormal condition. Now, IL yet:
were to observe, the heresy that dis
turbs our churches comes from
sources where the intellectual FREEDOM
mates. where mems heads are larger
than their hearts. Christian educa-
ton is important. But here's the
question:: Who is to give it? Where
are people to get this Christian edu-
cation? From our public schools?
No; certainly not. The public school,
as it is now, has no right to teach any
thing distinctly Christian 1t is not
its function. Well, shall we depend
upon our colleges and universities,
founded and maintained by Christian
money to do it? Well, there are two
things facing US at this point The
first is that they are not doing It, Inc
devotional and religious atmosphere
and life of our colleges and UNIVERSE
ties today are not calculated to culli-
vate very high religious life. People
are sending their sons and daughters
to our great educational institutions
With faith in the Bible and the church
and in Jesus Christ, to have them
come home with a sheer on their coun-
tenance for what they once believed,
with no greater appreciation for the
church and prayer and Bible read
ing, and often not as much, as when
they LETT the home.
Why professor in one Of our great
universities read to a class in English
Literature two pages from book that
contained illusions to or illustrations
from the Bible and scarcely anybody
in the large class before him knew
what they meant. There was no per-
son there who. had ever heard of the
waters of Marah, or the Cave of Adul-
lum, or the Valley Of Dry Bones.
Well, where are you going to set it?
We come back to two Institutions to
get it: The church and the family.
Let us take up the family There
stands the factIagain that the family
isn't doing it. The family altar, fam
lily Bible reading, family prayer, fam
lily devotion, all this is of the past.
1t is not of the present. While it is
ii, hat