The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-31

thew have the privileges ana fecelre
he benefits of its reiiglou rhee.Insac
and it is well; It is Just INA n sJi
90 tho service that without fuss and
force, really serves.
However Indifferent a student may
he to many Of the actlNitleS OF Sucn an
organization it is incumbent upon MIN
in the name of good 70
s,,nnort an organization which IN us
incidental life has interWo oven 1tseI1 50
Intimately into his everyday soclaI tA-
istence. The best part OF an
tion's life as the best part or a sooo
mans life. are chose little unremeH.
bered acts Of kindness ana OF rove.
The Y. NJ. G.. A. stands as an outiet ior
these little, "t'e, %
an outlet for unselish social service.
The work for new students. the IN
formation bureau, book stu
dent handbook and college directory
are all contributions of the I. M. =. a.
to student life. The Bible classes with
an enrolment of 47o, and the MISSION
classes with an enrolment OF 80 nave
]nickene an interest in Bible stud
and missionary activity that has con-
trihuted to the higher tone OF campus
life. The fact that an alumnus, Eu-
gene r.. Barnett, is to be largely sup
ported by the students on the foreign
field. has brought the University into
more NIld1 SldllOh i lC
movement and has reacted with IN
creasing power upon University lie.
The ~neighbOrhoOd Sunday School
work carried on by twenty students,
who walk miles every Sunday after
noon into the rural districts affords an
opportunity for genuine service ana
diminishes the truth of the saying
that the University Of North Carolina
is a mighty lighthouse that casts its
clear light far across the borders or
the State and nation while its base
is in darkness and ignorance.
For every service to be genuine and
worth while, it must spring out OF the
inner. spiritual essence; it should nave
a religious basis. The Y. Nj. c. A..
it's third appeal to this spirit
ual self. The association. as has been
said, appeals to- the social instinct
which finds expression in the UNIVERSAL
brotherhood of man dedicated to serV-
ice. And now finally it believes that
such a brotherhood of man should be
based upon the fatherhood of God.
True religion. it believes, is not only
rightly relating oneself to his fellow
men and feeling genuinely a brother
to every man but it Is also rightly re-
hating oneself to God and feeling deep
1y the dignity of a son of God. 1t be
lieves hat life must be at once SO
cialized and spiritualized. Christ has
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social and spiritual life. He has been
the sympathetic brother to man and
the strong Son Of God. 1t is the
Christ life after All that the Y. NJ. c..
A. is striving to bring before the stu
dents of the University.
1t Is we'll at this formative period
in the students lives, when the plas-
tic mind takes on it's life mould and
the growing character takes it's
life trend, that such a life as His
have a part in that mind
ling and in hat character build
At this period when views of
life by reason of a study Of its science
and philosophy undergo revolutionary
changes, when some of the old reli-
gious views conflict with reason. the
world seems turned upside down, and
all things seem out of joint, it is well
at this period to have an organized
religious force at work in the stu
dents life Strengthening out these in
tellectual tangles and to hear above
this tumult Of mind, and soul. a voice,
clear and strong, saying: Let not
your heart be troubled, neither let it
be afraid" In the strength of that
voice, however far adrift he may be
amid the eddying currents Of a cold
ntellectEaItsm, his heart becomes
.steadied. his faith and he
knows that the world processes move
OF in their divine and scientific plan.
there is nothing out of joint,
he is still related in this world
program to his fellowmen as brother
and to his God as Father. Such Is
the spirit of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association Of this University
F. p. G.
Chapel Hill.