Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1912-12-25


Morgantown, w Va-The largest
crowd of the season gathered in Re
cital hall, at West Virginia University,
to hear DR.. Hodges discuss A Col
lege Education and a Young Mans
Religious Faith" This was a strong,
acknowledgements talk which was
enjoyed by all who beard it. DR..
Hodges said. in part:
There are many young people who
! would be here except that their par
ents think that the influence at the
State University would undermine
! their religious faith. There is an idea
abroad that many of the professors
are antagonistic to Christianity, but
this is mistaken idea. When l was
a boy In college a wave of skepticism
swept over the college world. Oar
winism was at it's height. People were
saying, IL Darwin's theory is true, It
will destroy religion. Even religious
| people made the mistake of thinking
that Darwin's theory was necessarily
one OF faithlessness. 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, God!' No man
has been able TO go back of this. We
are learning, more than ever to-day,
that semitic facts are in harmony
with religious faith. 1t is my firm be
lief that there is nothing in a college
education to-day to destroy a young
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 new thing. That is not the ten
| dency to-day. The tendency is more
and more towards firm belief in God.
/ How many infidels, atheists, or aguos-
tics do YOU know? Among all the col
lege men / have known as classmates
and students l have only known one
who really said that he did not be-
lieye 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
thinking of God. The science student,
of all students, should be the most
Of
God.
I'VE must distinguish between a
mere belief in things and a faith that
works l expect to go away on the
train tonight. Now, I may believe that
the train is able to carry me where
want TO go, but if 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 mis- 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 seers 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 God, the place where the intel
lect must finally rest is In the begin
ming, God AS Whittier says.
az know not we're thine islands lift
Their frondcd palms i'm air;
] only know J can not drift
Beyond Thy love and care."
Student Handbook.
The Student Handbook. published
hy the Y. ". G.. A.. Of West Virginia
University, has made it's appearance.
and fills a need long felt iu the stu
dent body II SIS a neat little book. of
vest-pocket size, bound in a neat leath.
or in the University colors II con
ta.ns almost hundred pages. consist
ing Of general information about the
University, the rules, customs. organi-
zatons, athletics, yells and songs. and
other Items OF interest TO the students
generally. IL also contains the stu
dent directory, in a much more de-
s.raDle form than 20 has hitherto been
published. p. 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, az an at