The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-13

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/ SForgantown. ". .va.-The largest
4 crowd Of the 0saSon gathered IN. Ete-
J cifal hail. A. west virginia UniYoEsity,
10 hear DR.. Hodges diScen8 - Cor
I Jeee Education and . Young Mans
I RsligiouO Faith" THIS Vas strong
! straieht-to-che-point talk which WIS
I enjoyed by all Nho heard l. Dr.
i Hodges said, IN Part:
! There are many young people ~ao
would be here except that their par
oats think that the influence et the
state University would undermine
/ ry,eir reliRf6es faith. There Is "a idea
/ abroad that many Of ne professors
/ are aptaRohfstfe to ChEisttanitys 1nt
this is a mistaken idea When vas
/ a boy in college a wave OF skepticisn
4 swept over the college world. q OAR
winfsm was at its height People were
I saving. IL Darwin's theory is true, It
| wiz destroy religion Even. religious
people made the mistake OF thinking
I that -parvyfn's theory was necessarily
one OF faithlessnesS- One day some
body awakened to the fact that there
rea Nv was no, conflict between science
| and relIRion. What difference does ie
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 90 back Of this. We
are leafnfng, more than ever today
that Seentihc facts are In harmony
%ith religious faith. It IS my hrm be
lief that th0re Is nothing IA a coliese
! education today to destroy young
mans faith, but there is much IN col
tIeke life 20 set such faith on sure
/ foundation. Paul told the Greeks that
they we're TOO religious, that 49, they
we're too much inclined TO run atter
every new thing. That IS not the zen
i-dency today. The tendency i9 more
( nd more towards dEm belief in God.
How many inhdels, atheists. or asno!-
ties do YOU know? among all the col
flsFe men have known rs classmates
ana students / haze only known one
who really said that he did. not be-
Iieve anything
..,rhe grsatest ADVANCE In education
the last number OF years has been IN
science. Those Of you who have
studied physics know that energy Il
always the aame; 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 conhict or accident, without
thinking Of God. The science student.
Of All Students, should be the moat
devout, for all science points him to
God.
we must distinguish between
mere belief In things and a faith that
works expect TO 90 away on the
train tonight Now, Imay believe that
the train is able to carry me where l
want to go, but IL my faith does not
cause me to get on it viii not reach
NV destination. Now, people may stop
me on my way to the train and talk
to mes causing me to miss my train
There are some things which tend TO
keep a college E4rudent from working
his faith-sOcIety. athletics, college
politics and the like. Even his devotion
20 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 today Visit
the meetings OF the great religious
bodies and note the kind Of men who
srp At the head. The study q Gods
yyorks never led anyone away from
Him. The poets and seers got their
{uspiratIou from \ study Of Gods
works. To-day We can look, not only
At the great things which God has
made. but -Evith the ulicroscope We
can study the minute things. but
whether great or small, they AL point
Us Il GOO, the place whore the ntob-
Ieet must HEaIly rest Is In the essin-
ning, God As Whittier says:
IT know not we're. thine islands Life
Their fronded palms IN air;
I only know I can not drift
Beyoad Thy love and care.
student handbook.
The Student Handbook. published
bv the Y. NJ c. A. Of West virginia
JTzivsrsity. has made its appearance,
and nils a need long felt in the stu
dent body II is neat little book OF
veat-pocket size, bound IN neat leatn-
or. in the University colors- It con-
tafns almost a hundred pages. consist
ing OF general information about the
I-niyersity the rules, customs organs-
zstons. athletics, yellG and songs, anq
other items Of interest to the studeuss
generally. It also contains the stu
dent directory. in a much more DE-
sfrabIe form than 1t has hitherto been
published. z. c. Smith. 10, Is man:
Igiuz editor. The book sells=1er the
nominal sum OF fifteen cent?
/ College Circus:
somethinE novel is promised By tAe
-ounE Mems Christian Association, q
!. West virginia University. as an at
! .-.i,,, gor -he college world. ThOS