Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-11-24
MISSION OF EDUCATED MAN.
BY Rev. Charles A. Blanchard. d. D.

BY Rev. Charles a. blanchard, ID. d.
President OF Wheaton College.
And he brought him to jesus
John i:42.
The question of Lowell, what is so
rare as day in June" must often re-
cur to those who love and enjoy the
world which God has made. After
the long winter and the tickle spring,
the deep blue sky, the fieecy clouds,
the leafy forests, the green grass, and
the fragrant flowers are doubly beau
tlful. AS Lowell said again, "The
soul partakes the seasons youth" 1t
seems that all human beings, the
young, the old, the middle aged must
rejoice in the new birth of the world.
No wonder our pagan fathers in the
darkness and blindness Of their forest
home, worshiped the returning sun.
No wonder that the beauty loving
Greeks thought of forests and foun'
tains, sky and sea, mountains and
plains as filled with the divine.
The other day in Russian Poland
Jewish lad, II years old, passing
through a rich mans field, picked up
and ate an apple. The servants of
tie lord saw him, bound him and car
ried him to their master. He set up
the word thief in Hebrew letters heat
ed it in the fire and branded the boy
upon the forehead. He set up tho
word again in German and branded
him upon both cheeks. He set up
the word again in Russian and brand
ed him upon the lower lip and chin,
Then frightened by his agonizina
screams, he dressed the wounds, gave
him an opiate, and sent him home.
J This was in our day and this world
which is so fair and beautiful
, mention it because by its loathsome
awfulness we may get glimpse Into
: the history Of the past. That sort OF
thing was common, but 1t is passed
q away. This scoundrel Nobleman was
y sent to Jail. Three hundred years
/. ago there would have been no eye to
. pity. no ear to listen, no hand to
!. avenge the wrongs Of that poor lad.
- The right Of the people to determine
e the laws by which they are governed
n and the men who should administer
those laws is coming to be admitted
( throughout the whole civilized world.
o The uncivilized world is coming I'M
e der the authority of the civilized
e world.
( Washington said more than hun.
:, dred years ago that good morals could
: not be secured without Christian
l. faith. 1 do not quote his words, but
s give his thought. This being true
g and 1t Is now universally admitted
e what we want, what tax payers may
n properly be asked to pay for, is not a
d little intellectual knowledge which
j. trains part only Of the man and the
l. least important in its bearings on the
u community. We want thoughtful.
e earnest, honest, truthful, kindly,
l. worthy men and women, and these
:, men and women have never been pro-
It duced by intellectual training, by aes-
Y thetic culture, by anything but Chris
d tian faith. Men may put their money
u into buildings, teachers, appliances,
" but unless they put their time, their
9 thought and their money into Chris
J. tian faith they will get nothing which
is permanently valuable in return.
!, Jesus has the bread Of life, the wa
i ter of life, the healing for the sick,
n the silver and gold for the poor, the
Il faith and courage for the despairing.
o cleansing for the sinful; he is what
IS men want and your business is to get
+ men to him. In this land, In lands
n across the sea, in your homes, in your
Is neighbor homes, on railway trains,
s on street cars, in social gatherings,
l. as you walk by the way, everywhere
e ali the time you should be bringing
p. men to Jesus. No man can do this
d who will not consent to walk with
2, him day by day. No man can do this
# who will not feed upon his word. No
| man can do this who will not give
v his own heart and life unto the Sa-
l. vior of the world.