The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-06-06

No wonder that they have had so lit
Tie to do with religion since religion,
lately, has. had so little to do with
them. This mutual indifference must
not continue. Religion is Life. God
llness is profitable unto all things,
having the promise of the life which
now is and of that which is to come -
Inc progress Of physical science
follows in the wake of Christian ac-
t1v1ty. Great minds have most
leaned Godward. Sir Humphrey Da-
vey said, Il envy no man his quality
OF intellect, be it genius or power,
wit or fancy, but | would prefer a
firm religious belief to every other
blessing Linnaeus, among his
plants said, God, the eternal, omni-
sclent. omnipotent, have seen as He
passed by and have been awed' New
ton, at the close of his Principal"
says, This beautiful system of suns,
planets and comets could havve it's
origin only in the command of an in
telligent and all powerful God" KEEP
Ter in His Harmonic of the Uni
verse; cries out, "All praise to Him
who by the light of nature has kind
led In us longing for the light of
His grace that He might lead us to
the light of His Glory. o, God, | read
Thy thoughts after Thee" The depth
and grandeur of intellect of any age
or nation accords with the depth and
grandeur of religious sentiment,
Spiritual truth goes in advance of
scientific discovery and mechanical
invention. Wycliffes light, "The
for nf hn D0f~ TO-
was shining and Hus had aroused his
countrymen to intense activity before
printing was invented Puritanism in
England preceded the invention of
pocket watches and of the telescope
and microscope, and laid the founda-
ton for English and American liberty
before Watt or Arkwright were born.
The zeal of Edwards, Whitefield and
Wesley dissipated mental lethargy
and paved the way for Morse, Field,
Edison and Wright. With the three
IRIS" of our grandparents day, read
in, rittin' and 'rithmetic," we must
join three other Rs"-"Reverence,
Righteousness and responsibility" In
Cairo university the students seek to
pass the mental possession to the
heart by the constant bobbing of the
head.
Cecil Rhoades, in his requirements
for admission to Oxford, shows the
characteristics of well-balanced life.
They are: Mental, calling for literary
attachments and scholastic power
4-10; Social, calling for force of char
acter devotion to duty, protection of
likeness, $40; Physical, skill in out
DIOR Of ~ hut
a proper proportion for both sexes.
In one of the plays of Aristophanes,
an Athenian woman thus addressed
Lampito, Lacedaemonian wife, 20,
Dearest Spartin! How beautiful you
look, sweetest one, how fresh your
complexion! You could throttle an
OK" She replied, "Yes, / think
could An old English book of ETH
'quette recommends blood-letting to
ladies just before going into society
in order to present the paid COM
plexion so much admired by the OPP
posite SEX" We are making progress
to the ancient day conception of beau
ty. Yet with all our getting the soul
will never be satisfied outside the
possession of Him who is the source
of all light and life. When Jennie
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praise, and with her couch covered
with flowers, she, the idol of all, and
with the plaudits of the multitude
ringing in her ears wrote these words,
I'm vain seek for rest in all created
good,
1t leaves me still unblest and makes
me cry for God.
All, sure at rest can not be,
Until my soul finds rest in Thee"
But what is the purpose of an edu-
cation? If it is culture for the sake
Of culture, knowledge for the sake of
knowledge, 1t is the soul of refined
selfishness, for all strength is given
for the sake of weakness, all wealth
for the sake of poverty and all knowl-
edge for the sake of ignorance When
we eat food, it is means to strength
as an end; the strength is means to
work as an end; the work a means to
salary as an end; the salary means
to pleasure, education investment or
something else as an end. But what
Is the supreme end, the chief object
Of life. The chain will certainly end
either in self, or in God and human
ity.
Isaac Watts could be witty as we'll
as serious, and he said,
There Is number of us creep
Into the world to eat and sleep;
And know no reason why we're born