The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-23
TELLS Of IMPORTANCE
OF CHURCH SCHOOLS
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tian forces. After man is saved the
more UNCONVENTIONAL education he has
the more he can do in the kingdom of
God as represented by the activities
of the church God maintained
school of the prophets for the educa-
tion of his representatives and if the
Father put this much emphasis on
education we certainly ought to stress
it more than we do. No church has
ever existed for any length of time
and maintained its status in the world
of christian endeavOr that has not edu-
Gated its people along UNCONVENTIONAL
lines as well as used the greatest mis-.
sionary activity.
"The way to get UNCONVENTIONAL
schools is by putting them side by side
with missions in our prayers. The
way to get them endowed is to hold
meetings and get money for them. We
ought to put as much emphasis on the
building and maintenance of our
schools as the state does. We must
furnish them and equip them with
every requirement SO that people of
the denomination will rally to the
school and send their boys and girls.
THE Baptists of Mississippi have
no conscience in regard to Christian
education. They have no sense of re-
sponsibility towards the success of
their schools. We must wake up and
realize the great danger from this in
difference and neglect. The church
that educates and evangeliZes is the
church of the future and if the people
of this state do not send their children
where they can come under the inhu-
ence of UNCONVENTIONAL forces they
may as well expect to lose ground.
We must save our goys and girls, edu-
cate them in Baptist schools, and send
them back to their communities to fur
Their Baptist influence there.
Discounts New Theories.
1--WE are IN crave danger from out
side forces. God have mercy on the
man who has SO much education that
he claims kin with a monkey. We
should not have a man in our schools
who does not believe the whole Bible.
We may be narrow, but we want to be
narrow enough to stay in the track of
Gods Book The churches who have
pastors who do not believe the Bible
and skip around with their own the
cries generally have very small con-
gregations and smaller circles of influ-
ence. We have got to stand on the i'm
perishable rock and not deviate from
the faith as handed down to us by
our fathers. Any deviation means
weakening of Gods cause and a throt-
Ting of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
AS long as l am president of the semi
nary, | shall remain orthodox. | am
convinced that that is the only safe
method. When any of our schools
break with Gods word, we are cast
adrift, we have nothing upon which
hnI
the Bible is the foundation of the
church. One part of it is as true as
another. A rejection of one portion
means that we will not accept all the
rest in any degree of certainty. Ig-
norance is no sign of piety and | do
not believe that there is the least in
consistency between the plainness Of
the Gospel and the highest education
in the world.
In conclusion, Dr. Scarborough made
a strong plea for the support of the
Woman's College. He stated that the
greatest compliment he had heard Civ
en- to the school was that every stu
dent last session was converted with
the exception of one and that she had
been converted during the encamp-
ment. "Of the thousands that have
graduated from school before CONVEX
sion," said he, 81 can count upon my
fingers the number that have given
their hearts to God after their leaving
school, II this school is converting
those who are sent here it should be
upheld by you and given your most
loyal support" The speaker paid a
glowing tribute to DR.. Johnson and his
success in handling the college.
The sunset service of yesterday
afternoon were conducted by the Rev.
W. E. Allen, of Florence. This after
noon DR.. ]. B. Lawrence, formerly
pastor of one of New Orleans most
prominent churches and at present
secretary of the Home and Foreign
Mission Board, will conduct the SER
vices. Everybody is cordially invited
to hear this prominent divine at
o'clock