The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

came the prey of barbarian ana, vandal. It shows its students that the nations which have not been formed upon the standard of Christianity. have known their day of power and thslr a'she so 2. pie whose God Is Jehovah. whose laws reflect the spirit of the ssaSpea sSt%ps and nd endure Sa to tsis present timei that Christianity. forming the individual for worthy acts, forms na. tiens also for mighty deeds: and that the lands which today are Christian In aoetrine, Christian in practice. are oSsn- mating and enduring world powers.
 The denomlnational college finds In the rise and fall of principalities and powers, in the wars and political con ventions of time. in the lives of the makers of history. the execution of Gods will; and ever teaching this sol- emn lesson, it forms man to realize God In nature, In history, In life. In death, in the resurrection, Tn eternity. If this college taught no other lesson every life given to its veal. in thus ad- nonighlng the young that In all the vi- eissitudes of time in all the changes of earth, In evil fortune and good, God was and Is and shall ever be, the ores ating force. the omniscient. onnipotent directing power ana tnat Soa .,d i nos
  but also the all-Father and tho siu-
 rhe influence of the deLomlnationai college is felt not only within its own halls, in the lives of its students. m the careers of It's alumni. but through its fine conservatism, It's moral tone. it's constant aim to exait the spiritual and in its purpose that college teachers shall respect the Bible, shall be Christian men, men who shall utter no word to lead the young astray, also to some extent in the teaching and which, without khe wholesome check and restraint of the denominational college, liberty of speech and freedom of action would soon develop into dan- gerous license.
 'r VI TiSsIIy SsI,.,.. the d'nUminSsiSS.l sS;Io.l ophy that holds to an im7 mortal soul. personal cod. q divine l Christ; and 1t stands, humbly ana proudly, for full faith in the Bible. Tn the curriculum of this college we find no textbook that teaches tho sad, the end of all things; in It's faculty | can remain no teahcer who desires the immortality of the soul and argues that this life, with its tears and its partings, is all that God gives His children. The shigher critic" with IhlS swollen Vdnlkyf StEiNtAS ho hfN~S' his small mind against the wisdom of Him who is eternal. immortal. in- visible, endeayoring to find flaws in the flawless Word, may not long hold in the denominational college place which he would disgrace. All the fac uity of a denominati0nal college must be believers in God and followers of Christ. Can this be said of any State college?
 oId Hope Of Immortality.
 Socrates dimly groped for hope of immortality and Cicero makes old Cato dream of meeting after death oth- CT illustrious Romans; Paul. looking forth from a larger experience, with steadfsst vision and luminous faith saw after the sunset here the glor3 of the sunrise there.
 Tbe State College. not allowed t teach doctrine and barred against giv' ing instruction in Christianity car give no Pauline lessons no apostolic teachings. to offset the tagaries o agnosticism and the insidious attaok of atheism. The secular college may exalt Plato and Aristotle, Cicero ant Seneca, and may comend their teach inEs as the summa bona; the denomi national college, who, ignoring thes' great leaders of thought, giving then fun credit, points with the finger O