Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-09
THE VIEWS OF A STATESMAN AND
AN UBIQUITOUS WINDOW TAX
BIZ BISHOP W, A. GAMBLER.

RN~N~@N~-N
OF the Great Northern Railway, Is a
man of wide observation and very mark
ed intellect. He has managed so wise
ly the transcontinental line which Re
conceived in his mighty mind and built
without aid from the government, that
1t alone of all the Pacific railways has
never defaulted on its obligations nor
felt the hand Of a receiver. He is a
good Judge of men and things, and when
he undertakes to discuss subjects Of
public interest. as he does often, he
always says something worthy of care
full and serious consideration. His adj
dresses upon such themes are character
ICED by brevity, clearness. vigor and
independence.
Recently he had occasion to address
the faculty and students Of the Will
in the course of his remarks he said:
This is the finest sight I have seen
for many days. A school OF this kind
should have a good endowment Of at
least 100000. Then it would never
die. 1t can not be killed. Give it
money sufficient to secure an income OF
$4,000, and 1t will live.
There is something about denomi-
national college that always appeals to
me. 1t is a character-builder. I be-
lieve in keeping a boy in the religious
path of his ancestors. I do not care
whether he is a Methodist, or whether
he is a hard or soft-shelled Baptist
Too many young people are sent to the
non-sectarian schools. They begin to
read books that they do not understand.
No one is by to guide them, and they
gather a great many --eas which lead
them astray. In the christian college
they stay by the old precepts; and the
foundations which were laid in the
home are builded upon to the great ben
eft of the student.
1T is a sad condition, but 1t is never
theless true, that in the great Univer-
sity of Minnesota over five hundred stu
dents failed in their studies last year
Such is not so much the case with the
students of the UNCONVENTIONAL college
A great percentage of them make good"
This is high testimony to the value
of the denominations college, and this
witness is true. Let us note in detail
the points made by Mr.. Hill.
The UNCONVENTIONAL college is a char
acter building institution. That fact is
most important. knowledge is valuable.
but character is more so; intellectual
culture is good, but moral culture is
Indispensable. The destiny OF the in
dividual and the welfare of the country
are affected more by the moral eleva-
ton of the citizen than by mere intel
lectual acquisitions. Life is determined
O. va
than by what they know; more by the
motives which fill their hearts than by
the notions which occupy theit heads.
knowledge is power" but 1t may be
power for evil as well as a power Tor
good.
In the importation of knowledge, per-
meated with the highest moral and re-
ligious influences, the UNCONVENTIONAL
college has decided advantages above
all other colleges. 1t is able to en-
force moral principles with the sane
tions of definite and positive religious
truth. Hence the result which Mr..
Hill notes: THE UNCONVENTIONAL coll
lege is a character-builder." The ten
dency of such an Institution is to SEM
forth graduates with lofty manhood as
we'll as with cultured minds.
CD Denominational colleges build up
character in the students which attend
them upon the moral foundations which
have been laid previously in christian
homes. This is a fact of great signir-
icance. Much idle and shallow talk has
been INDUCED in depreciation of ira
ditional beliefs" and inherited faith"
but parenthood was divinely provided
for the preservation of faith in the
earth and the uprooting of ancestral
religion in the neart OF a youth at col
lege is a most sad and perilous thing.
Mr.. Hill is right when he says, IT be-
lieve in keeping a boy in the religious
path of his ancestors" 1t is most un-
fortunate when a young man begins in
a pert and spurious independence to
despise and pour contempt upon the
deepest and hottest convictions of those
who love him best, who have the most
unselfisn concern for his welfare, ana
who have done and suffered most In
his interest. 1t is a beautiful ana
blessed thing when he builds a lofty
and noble life upon foundations lalo
in love, hallowed by prayer and conse-
Grated by libations of parental tears,
fragrant as the dew of the morning
sprinkled by the tender hand of spring
upon opening flowers to refresh them
with new strength at the dawning OF
day, that they may be prepared to live
unwi thered beneath the burning beams