The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-09-29

ligion and the highest kind OF edu.
cation" he said, ARE working In
different ways to- the same great
ENDS. Education can never be the
substitute of religion, but should
always be its handmade. The Chris
tian religion is not an evolution. II
was from the beginning the faith
that was once delivered to the
Saints" 1t has suffered only in in
depreciation. Certain half-truths
have been emphasized in one age,
and others in another. Human ma
ture has ever built one wall at a
time. One view of Christianity
which exalted faith and debased
works, held Europe for centuries in
its iron grip. The reaction has be-
come complete in the modern world
With Goethe's Faust we are apt to
translate the verse in St. John, In
the beginning was the deed" II is
this materialistic view OF Christians
ity that DR.. Few took exception to,
and said in part:
This passing from one extreme to
another in human history, this spir-
itual ebb and flow, Of which the
growth Of Christianity itself shows
abundant illustrations, seems TO be
an essential part OF our human ma
tnre. II has been hard for the gen
erations of mankind and for all ex-
cept rare individuals in every age
and country 20 comprehend a religion
of all life.
| This tendency towards lop-sided
development inherent in human ma
ture itself has doubtless been ac-
centuated in the English race land to
a less deree the same Is true OF al
Western Europe) by the fact that II
has derived its literary and art cul.
ture from one source and its religion
from another. Its literary and ar
ideals come from heather antiquit,
and its religion from the Hebrews
IL has been hard to unite In one per
feet whole these two elements OF /;
civilization whose culture comes from
one source and whose religion come
from another. The result has beei
austerity and barrenness along will
moral intensity on the one hand; AM
beauty and fullness OF life without
moral meaning on the other hand
J Puritans and Cavaliers; and Il
neither class Is found the highest o
the fullest kind Of life. And onl
rarely have the wisest men, throug
. fuller comprehension OF the mean
ing OF life. been able to lift them
selves high above the limitations an
littleness Of the Puritan's creed, an
the luxury. the moral abandon an
the expense OF spirit In the vast
Of shame Of the Cavaliers life. Thi
power to combine a full and beautl
full living with moral energy an
enthusiasm for the great causes Q
men has been a hard lesson for tn
race TO learn. For IT'S own complet
development and for the PROMOTE
Of its great work OF completely r.
deeming humanity, the church mus
Joint hands with education and thes
two mighty agencies for human II
demption must work together "a
wards the same great end.
ut Is all the more necessary 70
religion and education to work e
gether because lust as II has bee
difficult for our race to develop
harmonious civilization whose en-
ture comes from one source an
whose religion comes from anothe
so IN education also there Is q col
responding dualism. Education
western civilizations arose out {
Christian origins: the school Is Of
ganically q development from IN
monastery. But al the Renaissanc
pagan literature and pagan idea
became the subject matter Of educs
ton; and the merging OF these "
elements into one harmonious who
was beyond the power OF synthes
Of the earlier ages and IL still beyon
rrr systhatic power OF American ci,
ilization. And 80 Il has come to pas
that here in Christian America v
have the al too common spectacle /,
a great big pagan university with
little Christian annex, IN the shape {
Young Mems Christian association
and here In land where churchs
are more active and stronger tina
elsewhere In christendom. we has
[ built up a vast system OF public edi
cation. which h the only system {
!, education that has ever IN the hli
tory Of the world been completed
divorced from all moral or religion
Intentions. In this situation beyon
Question lies one OF the grayest peri
70 American civilization In plas
81 this situation we need a religlo
|, Of all life and an education tina
seeks 10 develop all the faculties 4
men.
This inheritance Of our cultur