The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-15
THE ALUMNI MEETING.
Election of 84Oficers.- Address BY
DR.. Daniel and DR.. McCu1-
lough.

A large audience heard the elo-
quent addresses to the alumni assO.
citation Of Newberry College in the
opera house on Tuesday morning by
the Rev. DR.. j. w. Daniel, pastor OF
the Washington Street Methodist
Church, Columbia, and the Rev. H
A/McCullough, principal Of the col
legiate institute, Mt. Pleasant, N. c..
and pastor Of the Lutheran Church
Of that place. Both gentlemen are
alumni Of the college, and their ad.
dresses Tuesday morning were appro-
pirate to the gladstone occasion
which had brought the alumni to-
gether.
DR.. Daniel spoke Of the power of
thought. Ho is ono Of the most force
full men in the Methodist Conference,
and is recognized as one Of the
strongest pulpit orators in South
Carolina today.
The Church and the College was
the theme Of DR.. Mccullough = I'D
dress. DR.. Mccullough is a native Of
Newberry, and his many friends
here take just pride in the success
which he has achieved. His strong
address Tuesday morning was heard
with close attention.
The following is but a brief synop-
sis of DR.. Mccullough $ address:
Alumni and Friends Of Ncwberry
College:
"I promise this morning to speak
to you on the subject Of Christian
Education and Christianity"
"The church and state have been
separated and many think that relig-
ion and education ought to be separ-
atcd. The religious mind must be
ever truth-loving and truth-seeking
The founder Of the church taught
brave allegiance to the truth. We do
not contend that Christianity and
culture are tho same. We do contend
that Christianity has something to
laarn from culture. Education con-
fcrs upon Christianity the means for
more powerful dissemination and
richer beauty. Education to Plato
was culture, turning the eye Of the
student from darkness to light. The
true object of education is no mere
instruction, not mere knowledge; it
is the building up Of the Students
mind; not mere information but
aspiration, inspiration. What is re-
ligion, true and undefilcd before
God7 Some would say that religion
is not an evolution but a revolution.
But we should remember that all re-
ligion is a growth; every one Of the
great religions was n growth. Bud
dhism had it's origin in Brahmanism;
Mohamedanism in Judaism and
Christianity. Even Christianity had
its germ in Judaism, in the leading
Of Israel from Egypt to the Promis-
ed Land and promised Christ. The
greatest reward of faithful teacher
is to see the dull minds of students
awakened; to see their ideas trans
formed
TO the academic mind it is plain
that Christian education and Chris
tianity are mutually confirmatory,
fundamentally one. The soul was
not created for the church, but the
church for the soul; the church was
not created for the school, but the
school for the church. Christ ap-
pealed almost invariably to the will
of man, "He who will shall know"
Discipleship is the law Of obedience.
1t is spiritual growth. Christian
education has its origin with Chris
tainity itself in the fact that the
"word was made flesh.' Christian
ity must be Christccentric. The
friends and enemies Of Jesus were in
stinctively led to call him teacher.
He did not look for full grown reli-
gion in half grown minds. The
scribes We're enforcing an external
system, Christ spiritual growth.
The Christian pastor and Chris
tian teacher stand side by side. with
their labor related as the heart to the
mind. Blessed the student whose
church life and school life
are IN cooperation, where one
confirms the other, where the
church plants, where the school
waters. II the relation Of Christian
ity and Christian education stands
thu", then Christianity must owe
something to Christian education.
The educnted mind 10 destined +o