Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-03
THE VALUE OF BIBLE STUDY TO
THE EDUCATED MAN. AN EDITORIAL

language Of the Bible. We wondered
whether one could even grasp the
meaning Of that book who did rot
know the sayings and parabies Of
Jesus From Chaucer to Alfre:
Noyes and John Maseffeid our litera-
.nre is saturated with the Bible.
Every educated man desires TO
form for himself a philosophy of life.
Three questions face this man when
he comes to think - three questions
the ages. The first is this: Is there
d God, and, II so, what is his nature
and what is my relation TO Him
Now, there is great company preach
L ing today that the world Is not ruled
either by purpose, will, mind or be-
,,nevolence; that our doctrine of Prov
lidence is childish and outgroWn. They
are telling young men everywhere
that the world is all matter and that
| life and environment are stronger
than the soul; that defeat is probable;
that life is not worth living, not
worth what II costs The antidote for
this subtle poison is found in this
great book Here one Is shown that
God is, that he is directing the worlds,
that his purposes are revealed, that
his heart is good will, that he identf-
flies himself with every faithful child
and perfects his weakness with di-
vine strength The certainty of this
truth lies at the basis of all truly
successful life and effort. 2 :
The second question every serious
man asks himself is about the nature
of hts own life. Is he but a highly
snblimated animal, or q spiritual be-
ing? Is he simply child of nature
or q child of God? is he meant for
the quest of THINGS and the indul-
gence OF appetites and desires, or is
he put here to grow a souls seek the
ideal, and make himself holy as
Christ was holy? Here again as he
debates these questions in his mind
his chief help, ultimately perhaps his
only help, will come from this book.
Here he finds from cover to cover of
this great library of spiritual expert
ence that the end of life Is character,
holiness, likeness to Jesus Christ.
Here he will find that in the hard
struggle to fulfil his quest, achieve his
rCA0I dCBC1atE Saw LIS sui uAbP0ltCOA
from the world, unlimited. abundant,
divine help Is offered him Here he
viii find that the lasting joy Of life is
found In the world of the spirit, not in
the world OF things 8
The third question every serious
young man asks as he, faces life is
this: What is my right relation to
my feIlow-man? Am an individual
with right to seek my own desires, or
am but q member of a great social
organism? Is selfhoOd the true law
of life, or otherhood? Am / here for
ambitions or here on a mission? Are
other men my enemies or my broth
ers is charity or revenge the law
OF the social order? These questions
will face him at every step, and he
will have to make their application
to a hundred social, political and eco
nomic problems of his time. 1t is in
the Bible that he will find the prin-
ciples on which human relationships
rest 1t is there men have always
found them 1t is there they are
finding them today. Even the Social
lists with their fine scorn of Christ
ianity. from Marx down to Bebel have
preached that ultimate brotherhood Of
men which has its origin in the life
and teachings of Jesus Christ. /"