Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-11-03
An ideal man and
HOW MADE
A Paper Read Before A Great
Holiness Meeting at Meridian,
Miss" by DR.. Besire.

body, mind and spirit, capable
OF untold developement. The
IDEAL man is one that has all
three of his natures develop
ed in the proper way and proper
proportion. 1t is presumption
to think that we are prepared
for life with only one side of our
nature developed and trained.
The ideal man is one that has
the highest possible develope-
ment of spirit. mind and body.
Cod has given us the ideal in
Adam and in Christ, the Sec
Ond Adam, and although the
Devil has marred man and drag
ged him down. yea through the
second Adam, Christ, we can be
lifted up. even through the
world, modern education and
the Devil are against us. the
word of God and Christ is suffi-
cient. God has said, Train up
a child in the way it shall go,
and when he is old he will not
depart from it." There is no
place like the home for the lay
ing of the foundation of charac-
ter in a human life. 1t is there
that a child's first and most last
ing impressions are made.
There he finds or ought to find,
the material out of which he be-
gins to build his ideals and con-
eeptions of life. The child comes
into this world knowing less and
more helpless than any creature
on earth and is dependent upon
its parents will and instructions
for its preparation it should
have to meet the responsibilities
and duties of life. To assert
that because a child is human,
and it must of necessity be
turned over to the powers of
evil. and be allowed to run the
course, and SOW it's wild oats is
an insult to God, and a cowardly
Sinking of responsibility.
Why not from the beginning
surround the child with the
thought of God, and a holy at
mOsphere.
Next to the Christian home in
training a child and making the |
ideai man. is the Christian |
SCI a......,e has ...-t
IT, r.as-- "a. ~ 4 all relig-
ious education is TIC develope-
ment Of the whole man. 1t is
this point that the Christian
school must accomplish, if it
realizes the purpose for which it
exists. While its distinctive
aim is commonly thought to be,
so far as a religious instruction
is concerned, the training simp-
ly of the spiritual nature, it is
nevertheless true that the life in
a Christian college should lead
the student to coordinate and
develope uniformly all the de-
partments Of his being. 1t
should furnish him lofty ideals
and exaulted inspiration in the
three fold life that he lives. He
should rejoice in the innocent
games on the play grounds, in
the exercises Of the class room
and debating societies, and in
those of the Bible class and
prayer meeting, as all being
legitimate sources of strength
and power.
The Christian ideal should be
permeated and include his entire
school life, and all that he does
should be essentially in making
up his religious experience and
establishing him in true holi-
ness.
First we will consider his
spiritual development. Per- {
haps if | were arranging this in {
strictly climatical order, this I
phaze of Christian education t
should be reserved for the last,
but / believe in the view point {
Of the great teacher, heart edu- |
.ofion ic tho basis foundation c