The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-01-10


train it's sons in scientific. literary, his
toric and philosoph:r culture. and TO
base this culture upon and to crown II
With the lofliest religious faith. SO the
ideal of the college from the beginning
has been to furnish the State with high
souled men. 1t has exalted scholar
ship: it has sought. men through schol-
arship and nG.al training: it values
scholarship as a test Of character. and
as a sign OF power. The sons Of the
college have been kept in perpetual
contact With the great ideals. the great
religious forces Of history: their broth
ers and companions have been the
great of all ages and clines. If we
can draw any inference from the faiths
of our forefathers and OF our people TO-
day We must conclude that the rela-
tions and analogies between religion
and education are intimate and far
reaching.
The Biblical Conception.
Through the warp and Woof Of Bible
doctrine and history runs the thought
Of manifold ana intimate relations be-
tween religion and education. No book
on earth has so exalted knowledge and
wisdom as this great book. Learning.
culture. the seeking and the right use
Of knowledge are set forth in variety
of ways, not only as the privilege but
as the duly Of man, not merely as the
! ornament but the very soul of the
highest life The Bible coming from
God and addressed to man. made in
Gods image, has for it's fundamental
purpose the culture Of man. Its great
fundamental teachings are what man
is to believe concerning God and what
duty God requires Of man. Coming
as revelation from mind to mind it is
a challenge, a command, 10 the finite
j mind to train and equip itself TO hold
converse with the infinite Maker and
i Ruler Of the world. The Bible first
proclaimed the great principle, which
educators the world over now see with
increasing fullness, that Truth is in
order to godliness;" j. e.. truth is given
in order to make men godlike in char
actec and conduct The truth Shall
of our Lord. the principle OF which is
embodied in the familiar phrases lib
eral arts liberal culture" liberal
| educatiolI," because truth frees men
| from fear. from weakness, from error,
| from wrong. 1t gives freedom by il
Illuminating life and nature and duty.
The Bible is the perfect religious
book. the guide to life. the guide to
heaven. because it is also the perfect
and framework from Genesis to Reve-
lations illustrate this statement. It is
Gods book to teach man, to teach him
to know, to enable him to be and to Go.
| Knowing, being and doing are never
separated in the thought of this great
volume.
keynote to Bible Teaching.
The first chapter of Genesis sounds
the key note that rings through all the
Bible music. 1t puts in our hand the
golden thread that runs through its
whole fabric. It begins with the dec
laration that in the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth, and
in the sublime account Of the creation
which follows these words we are
presented with Gods relation to the
world and to man. The history is Civ
en-, not to satisfy scientific curiosity,
but to form and guide moral life. First,
God is represented as a worker. active
ly employing His powers in the pro-
duction of the universe. The account
of the six days creation is dranati-
zation of God at work on the world,
showing man by the object lesson
method how he must work Work fol-
lows work; each part connected with
what went before and with what fol-
lows, representing God as wise, order
ly and systematic in His work. Again
that it was good" And finally God
saw everything that He had made land
behold, it was very good" This ex-
preston repeated at each forthputting
of creative power is the sublime and
simple Hebrew way of saying that God
enjoyed His work, and like an artist,
threw his heart into it. for the uni
verse is the art af God. When the
six days work was done God is repre-
sented as resting from His labors: that
is, He is pictured to lis as enjoying the
repoSe, the SatisfacIil that comes
from completed wo:k responsive to his
thought and will. Now, gather up the
features of this sublime dramatization
Of God as worker. First as God
works on tasks worthy of Himself. SO
man must be like Him in the worthy
employment Of his powers: second, as
God works wisely, orderly, all parts of
His work correlated together. each day
leading to tomorrow, each lower pre-
pairing for the higher, so mans work
must initiate Gods in method, system
and order: third, as God, like an artist.
throws His heart into the work, so man
must be godlike in his enthusiasm in
his art and work; fourth, the climax
Of these dramatized truths is the fact
that rest. repose comes as the crown
of we'll done work. But note the deeper
thought. Mans rest is to be like Coos
on condition that his work be like
Gods, perfect. But there can be no
perfect work without a perfect work
man. Hence, to enjoy Gods repose
and peace We must do Gods work in
Gods way. and to do this we must be
like God. So the purpose of this SUBJ
lime drama Of creation is to portray
God to man in such a way as to
help man to be like God
And this great principle runs AS a
golden thread through all the Bible. It
is, indeed, a complete educational Sys-
tenn and in proportion as other educa-
tlonal systems approach it, their meth
DDS are analogous and their goals are
similar. This book sets forth Gods
likeness in character and life as the
great end and the highest achievement
Of all education. God is the great edu-
Gator. and the schools that approach
His methods and His aims are the no
blest in their elevating influence upon
man.
Sphere OF Religion.
Religion and education are analo-
Hgous in that they both work on the soul
of man. His material environment or
welfare is a secondary consideration.
Both assume that if the mind and
heart of man are regenerated the
world around him will become new.
and they seek to make q new heaven
and new earth by making new soul
within. Their purpose and aim are to
develop, to educate-that is, to draw
out harmoriously all mans powers
In the religious sphere we call this
work 'edifcation,' building up. From
the educational point Of view we call
il "trainino" culture