The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-12-10

- DNSJ WIN SNUNI FOICGS o
Make Studcnt.Lifc Worth While
College Circus One CT the Coming
Attractions.
Morgantown, W. Va.-The largest
crowd 0; the season gathered in Re
cital hall, at West Virginia University.
to hear DR.. Hodges discuss y Col
le3e Education and Young Mans
Religious Faith" This was strong
straightto-the.point talk which was
enjoyed by all who heard it. DR.
Hodges said in part:
There are many young people wLo
would be here except that their par
ents think that the influence at tile
State University would undermine
their religious faith. There is an idea
abroad that many Of the professors
bc antagonlsuc 10 Christianity, but
this is mistaken idea. When | was
a boy in college a wave OF skept.cism
swept over the college world. Oar
wlnism was a its height. People we're
saying, II Darwin's theory is true 1t
! will destroy religion. Even religious
people made the mistake CT thinking
that Darwin's theory w&s necessarily
one OF faithlessncss. One day some
body awakened to the fact that there
really was no conflict between science
and religion. What difference does it
make how God created the world or
how long it took Him? The great fact
is, IN the beginning Cod! No man
has been able to 80 back of this We
are learning, more than ever today.
that semitic facts are in harmony
with religious faith. 1t IS my frm be-
! lief that there is nothing in college
education to-day 20 destroy youaS
mans faith, but there is much in col
lege life to set such faith on a sure
| foundation. Paul told the Greeks that
they were too religious that is, they
| were too much inclined to run after
every now thing. That is not the ten
dency today. The tendency is more
and more towards a firm belief in Cod
How many infdels, atheists, or agnes
tics do you know? Among all the col
lege men | have known as classmates
and students l have only known enc
who really said that he did rot be.
! lieve anything.
The greatest advance in education
the last number OF years has been in
| science. Those OF you who have
studied physics know that energy is
| always the same; none OF it is ever
wasted. Who started this energy?
Who set the universe in motion? No
man can think OF the millions of stars
moving at terrific speed through space
| without conflict or accident, without
H. f,,cr -
OF all students, should be the most
devout. for all science points him to
God
Wo must distinguish between a
mere belief in things and a faith that
works l expect to go away on the
! train tonight. Now, may believe that
the train is able TO carry me whore
want to go. but II my faith does not
cause me TO get on it I will not reach
my destination. Now, people may stop
me on my way TO the train and talk
to me, causing me to miss my train.
| There are some things which tend to
keep college strudent from working
his faith-society, athletics, college
politics and the like. Even his devotion
to his studies may interfere. But there
IS no more danger of this in COLLEGE
than out Of college.
Jesus Christ has the brains OF the
world working for Him to day. Visit
| the meetings OF the great religious
| bodies and note the kind OF men who
are at the head The study of Gods
! works never led anyone away from
! Him. The poets and ecers got their
inspiration from study of Gods
| works. To-day We can look. not only
at the great things which God has
made, but with the microscope We
can study the minute things. but
whether great or small. they all point
US to Cod the place where the intel
| lect must finally rest is In the begin
ming, God As Whittier says:
81 know not were thine islands lift
! Their fronded palms In air;
| only know ] can not drift
Beyond Thy love and CARE"
Student Hand Book
! The Student Hand Book published
| By tho Y. M C. a.. of West Virginia
/ University, has made U.s. appearance.
| and fills a need long felt in the stu
/ dent body. Il IS q neat little book. OF
! ycst.POcket size. bound in q neat lcath-
/ or. in the University colors lt con
/ tains almost q hundred pages consist.
/ Ing Of general information about the
/ University. the rules. customs organl
/ zatons, athletics. yells and songs. and
other Items OF interest TO the students
generally II also contains the stu.
; dent directory, IN much more de
/ slrable form than 10 has hitherto been
/ published. r. G. Smith. rs. IS man.
aging editor The book sells for the
nominal sum OF fifteen cents
College Circus.
Something novel Is promised by the
( Young Mems Christian Association. OF
West Virginia University, as an at.
traction for the college world They
promise a circus, 70 take place shortly
before the Christmas recess. With
many splendid features, novelty acts,
spectacular performances. acrobatlc