The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-23
sr,,,E FREE rIINl<ERs.

Mrs. Kate Tlimble- Woolsey, OF Gov
3ington, Kentucky, opened the lnterna-
tfonal Free Thought Congress at Brus-
sells last Saturday with very eloquent
Invocation to the "invisible, e.erhat.
Infinite force. power, intelligence. OF
whatever Thou art, called God. she
asked all sorts of questions. pre-
snmnbly for the purpose of JUS
tifying Gods ways to man, ana
left the subject very much where
she found It, without having
contributed in the slightest to the RID
die Of nil the ages. There We're about
one thousand delegates attending the
convention, and out of that large num-.
Der of the brightest intellccts In the
world" as they would probably de-
scribe themselves. there was not one
man or woman who could help Mrs
Trimble- Woolsey out Of her reyerent
doubts. But the whole scheme VIII
go on working itself out In some way
and we believe in the right way, wheth-,
err the Free Thinkers like 1t or not,
or understand it or not. or cun explain
| IT or not. It has been going on now
| for about SIX thousand years. and in all
this period the Free Thinkers have not
contributed anything to the intellectual
apprehension Of the Deity or to the
comfort Of a single human heart.
Centuries ago zophar the Mama
4 thite, representative Free Thinker
OF his day. put number OF
very hard questions to certain man
of liz whose name was Job, and among
them this poser: "Canst thou by search
ing find out God?" And Job answered:
mo doubt but We are the people, anu
i wisdom shall die with you, : AID, finally.
/ after much disputation and many
| doubts, as the narrative renli ]itlhe
| Lord turned the captivity OF Jop
/ when he prayed for his friends; also
! the Lord gave Job twice as much az
he had before;;' 'for he had fourteen
| Thousand sheep ard six thousand cam.
els, and thousand yoke Of oxen, ane
/. thousand she asses 80 Job died
being old and full Of days. lopha1l
ana Eliphazhnd Elihu and Bildad thu
Shuttle and all the rest OF the Free '
Thinkers who almost worried the li lf'
4 out OF him, they died also.
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EDUCATION As COLLEGIATE a y
4 STUDY.
I From tho latest number Of tho Rich
y mond College Bulletin we are PLEASED
q to learn that during the coming ses
q sion a course will be offered in 9TH
i history and principles of education.
a The aim Of this course is thus stated
ITO ascertain the contributions whic
J, different civilizations have made Y
educational theory, and at the sam
4 time to find tho bearing of such theor
:, upon the solution Of the practice
!, problems of education as we hay
8 them to-day The study of the ideal
and problems OF other times result
!. naturally In an enlargement Of on
. own Ideals and better appreciate
\ OF the problems Of the present times
!, Such an addition to the curricul,il
5 OF college is commendable. Ever
year our colleges are turning o.
! graduates who 30 into tho field {
teaching. Yet they 90 unequippe
. with tho peculiar knowledge Of I'll
methods and science Of the professlo
!. which they arc about to take UP. The
o possess fact s and theories acquired I
a college. but whether they have ad,
quite ability 10 properly impart thes
4 facts and theories may seriously ]
o questioned. The possession OF a co
q leg degree is not prima facie evlden,
d|spf ,thasfact that. Its holder is u goe
al teacher. II. s.
1t seems wise and right. therefor
4 that those Of our college students WI