The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-03-15
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
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religion which not only starts from
but it is a religion which continually
returns to a great personality. 1t is
not a religion of precept or doc
trlne or mysteries or even of duties
but a religion in which resides a
great personality. 1t is the home
of Christ. The first time in some
years, the College will be in session
this year, at Easter. l shall take
the evenings which precede to put
before you some thoughts leading
up to that event. The resurrection
of Christ if for many reasons the
most powerful expression of Chris
tianity chiefly because the leader
ship of Christ eliminates at that
point. In the majestic words of the
great chant of the church, "He
opened the Kingdom of Heaven to
all believers. ,.,., ,s'4,l, =,
How shall we reach the apprecia-
ton of this powerful expression of
leadership? [ think we can reach
it only as we follow the sequence of
power, in the leadership of Christ
begin tonight, with what is most
elementary, namely, the power of
Christ to identify himself completely
with humanity. When He says
Follow me-" He does not speak
from the outside. When He minis
ters to lives unable to follow, He
does not come to them from the
outside, "The beginning of the
ministry Of Jesus Christ" as we
know it, is from within humanity.
This fact is made clear at two points
First, thro' his experience. There
is no place where the reality of this
experience is so clearly revealed, as
in the temptation. 1t was some
thing that Jesus lived among men,
close to the necessities of life, abso-
lutely free from its luXuries and with
out regard to its comforts, but that
is, after all, incidental. That His
temptation was as real to Him, as
yours is to you, or as mine is to me,
is the essential fact. To know that
" He suffered, being tempted, is to
know that He had the real eXper-
fence of humanity. This made Him
sensitive, not only to the struggles
and sorrows of others, but gave the
consciousness of personal sin, it
gave Him the sense of the sin of the
world, a sense deeper than that of
any who had gone down into the
depths of personal sin.
Second: thro' His understanding
of human life. He revealed human
ity to men, because He alone knew
the possibilities of human nature.
The evidence of this lies in the fact
that Christianity has virtually re-
created our humanity thro' the con-
it has given us of our
own worth, in the sight of God.
Corresponding to Christ's sense of
the sin of men, was his sense of the
value of human nature. When we
have accepted Christ's estimate, and
have made it universal, we shall
virtually have established the broth
erhood of man. 1t is the result of
this Identification Of Christ with
human nature, that many minds of
today are really locating His divin-
ity in His humanity. In the swing
of faith from the supernatural to the
natural, the Christian mind has
come under the realization of the
of Christ's perfect identi-
fcation with the human race, thro'
which His leadership is more and
more asserting itself.
A series of valuable lectures on
forestry, illustrated by lantern slides,
were given last week in Tuck build
ing, by Mr.. Philip w. Ayres, state
forester of n. Hampshire, and for
ester for Dartmouth College, on the |
grant, a wooded area |
of forty-fve square miles, on the |
Maine line, was given to the College |
in 1906, by the legislature. Eighty !
five million feet of lumber from the |
grant have already been removed, |
but there is much valuable wood |
eft. There are several nurseries |
'or white pine seedlings, and the |
rivers are well stocked with fish.
The trustees are taking steps to
prevent the further slaughter of |
leer, and as a precaution against
ire, patrols follow the fisherman
md hunters. Pres. Tucker has
six telephone stations,
or the rapid communication of news
If fire. The lecture, above all else,
vas a plea for the protection of the
crest lands against wasteful timber
,utting and forest fires.