The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-01

But the church claims even a high
el mission in her scheme or educa-
con Mo- only would she BRING -
Gear the intellectual forces. or ever
lhe great moral principles Of right
ana wrong, IN the training IF t1ose
committed to her care, bat she would
seek to give ~permanence an1 soliCity
to character by basing it Grmiy upon
the Rock OF Ages that only sure and
safe against the storms OF
ire. The church recognizes the
three-fOld nature of complete educa-
ton, and While she would not ignore
the importance of both physical and
intellectual training, she feels that
unless these lower departments be
dominated by the spiritual. there is
no true education IN the highest sense,
ana that IN proportion as the highest
IS negtected, must there be weakness
and failure in the man or woman
deprived Of the birth-right of the
soul to its expansion in the higher
realms of the spirit. To accomplish
this it is essential that the mental
faculties be brought in touch with
the inspirational influence of the
Great Teacher, and that the princi-
pies governing the spiritual relation
of man should be inculcated by both
example and precept along with the
laws Of science and the great facts of
L al lSOSS. / lit
church has long recognized her priv
ilege and opportunity in the matter of
educating youth in such as
to secure the all-round development
Of the physical mental and spiritual
nature. True, the ideal has not
been attained in every instance, but
more and more are the leaders IN
church college, if properly constituted,
obligations and responsibilities III
this matter; and the church at large
is aroused to the fact that if the
young people are to be developed into
Christian manhood and Womanhood
the colleges under the control of the
church must provide distlnctlVely re
ligious training and environment
along with Instruction in those
branches OF study popularity regarded
as the principal instruments of edu-
cation. 1t is true there is nothing in
h~erently religious or irrellSlOus in the
general college curriculum, but the
mere mastery of its courses of study
will not produce the broadly cultured
man or woman needed for the spirit
ual as we'll as the intellectual uplift
Of the world unless there has gone
hand-in-hand with mental training
the culture and development of the
spiritual nature. Hence. we find the
church college, if properly constituted
following this Qua purpose with one
end in view-the building of both in
tellectual and religious character to
the highest point compatible with in
dividual capacity.
The church has done much on edu-
%catiOnal lines for young men, and
something for young women; but if
she would discharge the whole Of the
obligation she sees in this matter, let
her regard this as the day of her OPP
portunity, seeking by enlarged bene-
ficence to make her colleges ana
secondary schools equal in the facili-
ties and advantages they offer to the
best equipped non-church institutions
in the land. In this day of enlarged
opportunities for general education, it
cannot be expected that even church
people will send their sons. and daugh-
tiers to schools with meagre and in
adequate facilities when the doors Of
SO many ~splendidly equipped institu-
tons are opened to them. To com
pete with these, endOWments are nee
essary for our churc schools, and
our people OF large means Will have
to give of their abundance, while
those Of less ability must give even
from their penury, in order that our
! boys and girls may have along Wit a
distinctively religious environment the
best advantages of instruction that
can be procured through the agency
Of money in the way of able facu!-
ties, carefully selected Libraries, labor
atories with latest scientific appara-
tus, and all that goes to make a
college of the best type
Already our own church has made
most commendable advance in these
lines, and with far-reachfng wisdom
and q just appreciation of the great
tissues involved, she is planning a
great educational campaign for the
purpose of still further increasing the
efficiency of her schools and colleges
BY affording the best possible ma
terial and intellectual advantages IN
der the influence Of Christian ideals
In this great enterprise she should
have the hearty cooperation OF all her
membership. not in gifts alone. but
in the support and patronage Of all
who are interested in the highest char