The Greeley tribune., 1911-11-23
What the Church is Doing For Young People

vounp people Is to see the things In
The fine arts that enrich social NE
Those of us who feel the necessity
OF mathematical proof for this posi-
ton, may say: I'VE are all asnos-
tics as regards the view that archi-
lecture and sculpture, painting ana
engraving, fine arts, all, have any
very large place in the life or the
shepherd who would be like Jesus.
All. but He put pictures into words
and made them live. Take the PIC
turesuue away from this master,
and the artistic glory OF His teach
ing function is a pathetic ruin. ior
He is no longer even the great
teacher. And. if you still press me,
shall ask: who is the inspira-
ton of Christian art?" Would you
fling syllogism at Him? See Him
with a picture of Caesar in his
hand. The Master now forced to
be logical? No. But with stroke
of genius divine He makes use OF
the image of the Emperor to secure
attention, then, with the instinct OF
a perfect pedagogy said: RENDER
to Caesar the things that are Cae-
sar's and to God the things that are
Gods"
=. Through Bellies Lettres
%. Fiction. Tolstoy's "Resur-
rection" has become text book in
prison reform. Master and Man,
humane, realistic, Christian, teaches
that the great man may be only
servant.
(2). Poetry. BIowning's saul,
at, tyx raf.
ton, furnishes a most striking ut
terance on the divinity of Christ;
while "The Death in the Desert
measured, weighed or sounded is
tremendous and shows the English
seer, Subtle asserter of the soul"
fifty years ahead of his times on
Johannine theology. prophet OF
the living God crying "the Savior
ing people OF a century unborn.
Gardeners English Bible at Litera-
ture" and two little books of Will
liam Newton Clarke's, The Use of |
Scriptures in Theology" and 1.-The
Ideal of Jesus" are for the leaders /
in this day of Gods power. Here
tofore, pure criticism, alone, has |
But for the elect OF the
hour, the whole field of bellies let
tres bears luscious fruit In profus-
ion and variety. The most thought
full and thoroughly trained of our
young people have come under the
spell of the masters whom l have
or under some of their ilk-
and who would have our youth blind
and deaf and dumb and dead in the
realm of the high themes that treat
of earth, heaven and hell as God
has revealed them to the men of
Light and Learning" known among
ls as contemporaries? Baptist
'oung people afraid and unprepared
o interpret the polite literature
hat is rich In cultural content for
biblical introduction?
8. Through Scieace
%. Economics. Men well
Inown in the, world of eco
lomics hold that the laws that
control the winning bread, un-
poetic as 1t may sound. are
# prime importance In any civil
ization. Certainly, the argument
hat shows economics as basal
cience in society has great weight
len of the President Hadley type
re most admirable educators, rec
'gnized by our chief executive, and
We are glad to note that our great
have served perplexed
aptains Of industry, hosts Of Ameri-
an students and a multitude of
tumble home toilers in the art OF
,etting daily bread on basis of
hrift and fair play.
Darnh111r,,
Pedagogy. Not to weary you with
'edantry, there is a shining point
where psychology. sociology and
pedagogy glow with the hopes of
.wentieth century philosophy, cor
iscate in an intimate contact that
seems almost conscious effort to cor
'elate for cooperation in making
eaders for the kingdom of God on
earth. We have just begun to feel
hat the rights of other people are
sacred. Who Of us recalls the word |
comfy" put to such use in public
speech that one was reminded of the
brutal game of football? In the |
light OF the accredited truths in the
trio Of sciences under our present |
We have new visions
Of the possibilities of the individual. |
On the other hand, 80
ciety ID not in tune with the Infinite
until individuals are brought to q
full realization Of their birth rights.
Faintly. under the new regime. our
children have begun to learn these
ideals from the press, from the pub
lie schools, the colleges and from
the Christian consciousness of the
people at large. The common theme
OF psychology, sociology and peda-
gogy is Life: the Science of Life"
The average high school graduate of
today knows more about biology
than his college bred parents knew
twenty-five years ago. Really, this
whole field is devoted to leadership,
Our young people have been learn
ing through the study of human na-
ture, two vital lessons: Know Thy-
self; Fit Thyself." Hence, the choice
OF calling begins to assume due
consideration in all first class
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