The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-19
ABLE SERMON
Preached by Rev. E. NJ. Kennison
on Christian Education.

A very fine audience in size and
intelligence greeted Prof. Kennison
III the NJ. e. Church South last
Sunday morning. II had been annount
ed that he would deliver sermon
on Christian Education, and this
announcement was enough 10 COM
pletely fill the house. Prof. Kenni-
son said he did not know whether
his audience would call what he nigh
say sermon, lecture, or a talk.
he Was there because he had been
asked to speak, and he would sreak
along certain lines because he has
been asked to speak along those
lines. He announced as basis Tor
text for bis sermon-Lecture-T Talk the
first half OF the 7th verse OF the 23rd
chapter OF Proverbs: As a man
thinketh IL his heart 30 is he. The
News win not attempt to report
what the professor said on this
occasion, 1t is worthy place I'M
these columns in its entirety, but
iack OF space forbids. All we can
do is to briefly sketch an outline
OF what certainly pleased aml
,aterested all who listened.
The intellectual, moral and ply
ical nature Of a man must be In
structed, must be educated. II one
Thought OF nothing but little things
nls mind would be little. The text
showed that man had brain, emo
zion. and that he acts.
Education. said the professor, can
cot create. It can only develop. Be
lore thing can be developed II
must exist, II in the process Of dry
ing a bean is overheatsd the germ
of life is killed. II may be planted
IN the richest soil, Watered and cul-
tiyated, but It is impossible to make
l. grow. II. on the other hand, It
has life and is planted under favor
able conditions It viii grow, and we
cannot prevent It's growth. A human
being born without q mind can
rot be bought, but II II had only a
small mind thism ind can be educat-
ed, developed.
Speaking Of coDcience Prof. Ken
nison said that some people make
the mistake Of taking concience rs
an arbiter between, right and wrong
Concience does not, can not, tell
the right from the wrong. Ones
intellect does that, hence the I'm,
portance of properly educating the
brain. Concience tells you after you
have done thing whether you
did right or wrong. Children have
been taught to steal; have grown up
in an environment OF crime, and,
what intellect they have teaches
them that their acts are not wrong,
but right, and their concience ap-
proves.
There are, said Prof. Kenmison.
three places for education: the
lone, the church and the school.
The speaker thought that with
the early home instruction the child
should receive religious teaching nd
should be compelled to attend church,
or, better still, the parents should
take 1t to church And right here
Permit the writer to observe that
II the parents of some children, big
enough to know better, had been
with those children when Pros. Zen
Tison was speaking those who un-
fortunately had seats near the young
ones would not have been annoyed
by their chattering.
Frof. Keniiison would, II asked
II attendance upon the religious SER
vices of school should be compulsory
answer in the negative. He illus
tiated the value of a knowledge of
ancient languages to the student Of
out of the Bible to save him. but
could read English could get enough
uot OF the Bible tosave him. but
there is much in the original that
can be known and understood by only
those who could read the book in
its original tongues.