The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

CiiV SIfS dIUl0 me
maze Of hap-hazard unrelated studies
me power trained by logic to grasp
Ieiateo Ideas IS still fettered unless
tneFe Is combined with il the mower
framed IN language to express to
otieFS the thought. Against our mod
cru pfoouctS OF American School the
carnegie Foundation brings the
charge OF lack of and thor
ough1esS; and the Oxford authorities
aou the charge of the lack of owe
or hard, sustained mental work.
Vision Of True Ideas.
Happy IS the youth who has the
vision Of true ideas; happier still the
Youth who has become imbued with
IDEAS energied into worthy motives
to noble nds The product of true
education is the ever progressive,
noble Self-hood, empowered with in
ner strength for outer service. Such
education should make vital Horace |
Aanns motto that no position is ig-
noble where the duty calls; that the
spirit carried into the work ignohles
| or degrades it.
The agency needed to promote such
standard Of scholarship, character,
II conduct, is tho college posses
sing the atmosphere and equipment
for sue work. The very mission of
the church seeking the highest in
terest of the entire man, is consis-
tent with the noblest policy Of edu-
cational idealism; including among
its text books the Magma Charta Of
national liberty, the >Bible; teaching
OF original, duty, and destiny. Mr..
Gladstone said: I'VE talk about the
questions Of the hour. There is but
one quesJion-how to bring the truths
of Gods word into vital contact with
the min and heart OF all classes Of
people"
Solve Social Problems.
Here is the solution of our COM
pick social problems. Wealth owned
and controlled by the unscrupuious;
poverty crying for lives necessities;
ignorance associated With prejudice,
vice and passion; intemperance ignor-
ing law and defying both God and
man-all combin to form the social
explosives that imperil the wealth Of
Church and State. Such evils must
be overcome by the power OF truth,
wisely applied through the tWO-fOld
agency of education II evangelism.
!. Supreme Need Recognized.
The supreme need OF religious edu-
cation in our nation is more and
more recognized, Whatever the agen-
cies advocated, whether standardiz-
ing Sunday SchCo OILS or whether other
means are used, the fact still re-
mains hat greater responsibility Is
incumbent on the church to furnish
leaders and teachers adequately equip
ped for such work. Again: the church
school is necessary to train leaders
for the prime work Of evangelism a.
home and abroad. Since the age
limit OF conversion is being reduced
! with each decade, it is q signlfican'
: fact that the trend OF evangellstlt
work Is more and more concerned
with ung life, involving tn
evauseIiZing and nurtur1nB agencies
Of the home and Sunday School. Tn
= Layman's Missionary Movement t
~evange1ize the world in this genera
ton challenges the admiration OF tn
Christian world. No less in1portan
, is Christian education. the conserv
= ing power, securing the basis Of sup
= plies for this divinely COMMISSIONS
conquest Of the world
= Church School Necessary.
Without disparaging other contrib
utjng agencies, the church must D
responsible for its necessary leader
ship. The church school therefore ]
needed not only for the church ltsei1
but also for the sake Of the natio
:. and Of the world, for the salvation G
which the church exists. To fail her
: would be r%ecfeant to a sacred mis-
sion. for the church has no more f1gf
to turn over to others her work c
education than her evangelism, chal
= NV or any other work. Such a mis-
= SISIi 40 OSAAAAo 49,
- appointed duty resting upon us l
sharing with the other educations
forces seeking to reduce the dark zon
10 OF error.
ar Bond OF Sympathy.
"a How significant then IS the euucs
A tional revival now growing with Il
10 creasing interest in our country. Ho
"a significant also is the fact that wtt
j, such an educational revival. thel
=. seems TO be growing a closer bond
x. sympathy among the
forces Of the church anu state III OF
20 midst. The conference OF educatIC
held some time ago in Raleigh III %
hall OF universal education ella
If Heartily believing IN the t:nriStlll>'
e. ness Of this work, We confidently re
~ ON the cooperation OF all tt
10 churches OF the State-and therefor
1peal to the pulpit to inculca1e II
supreme duty OF universal education
to IT, like spirit our church has declare
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