The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-05-13

- EA known personally
all the men who
ye been prominent in England dur
1 the last fifty years, in business
klItIcs. or literature, and OF the sixty
|pst prominent men, fifty.four have
,ep protesting Christians"
'Ii Mr. Gladstone was right, and II
Ia question of ones relation to
krist rs the leading question which
knfronts a student, 1t is very impor'
Ind that he settle II early. Indeed this
festion lies at the basis Of all educa-
bn. What is the real object of edu-
,tIonY 1t Is to increase ones ca
4 city to know God. and to make him
hogn TO others. This Is what educa-
bn Is for, what life is for. "And this
life eternal that they should know
! ZEE the only true God, and Jesus
hrist whom thou hast sent" John
f:s).
/ l. The keenest delight OF which we
he capable comes to us from know
God. When the devout astrono-
| er Kepler made his great discovery,
j exclaimed. 20 God. think thy
koughts after thee" There is no
teater Joy than this. unless II be that
seeing Gods character reproduced
our lives. If this be true, then edu'
btion is not optional with us, but
operative. We are bound TO cultivate
fery talent which we possess, be-
huse each is an avenue through
Bhich God can reveal himself to US.
De are bound to open every window
i our soul towards jerusalem" and
b in the light of Gods glorious
ruth.
No wonder the Great Teacher said.
fake my yoke upon you and learn
\ me and ye shall find rest
Into your souls" Young people have
Iouls as we'll as minds, and the former
iced training quite as much as the
bitter. II Is possible to develop the
bind at the expense of the soul, and
b leave the spiritual nature in "a
varied and stunted condition. In
! Iced, Is II not possible for a student
b 20 forth with a well-traired mind
md irreproachable morals. and still
fll far short OF being a whole man.
Iecause he does not know God? "Hav
hg no hope, and without God in the
|orld." The Greek student does not
keed to be told that without God"
beans atheist"
II. The superior advantages which
1tudents enjoy make 1t doubly impor'
|ant that they should become &C
buainted early with the Lord Jesus
EDUCATION enlarges ones capacity to
bee and foresee, to do and to undo. 1t
hultiplles his influence, and thus in
'reases his responsibility, since the
feliare of others depends upon his
hctlon and attitude, No educated per
BON can possibly live Christless life
'ithout leading others to do the same.
'fhis consideration should have great
feght. A professor in large mill.
parry school recently told the writer
hat II was the thought OF his influ'
fuce with the boys which led him to
fecide for God and put himself on rec
frd as a Christian.
III. Again, the peculiar temptations
fhich confront student make an ac
fualntance with Jesus indispensable
Among these may be mentioned:
ta) The freedom from home re
ftraint. The strong. steadying hand
p the father and the indescribable in
fuence OF the mother is lacking. There
no younger brother or sister to be
konsidered, not even the restraining
{hfuence of someone else's sister
The consequence is that one grows
selash and comes to think that all the
world was made for him.
. lb) The petty vices which prevail
20 commonly among students. BY the
'lde Of the writer in college sat the
Valedictorian of the class. He was
well-disposed man, but he had ne
nFgious principles. When Others
erank he was not strong enough tC
ieiuse After graduation he studied
av and became one of the most bril-
ant and promising lawyers in the
Nate. Temptations now grew stronger
and more frequent, and having no ac
oaaintance with him "who is able t
ave to the uttermost," and "able t
leep you from falling" he soon los
us standing and business, and diet
common drunkard.
lc) Not the least of the dangers
snich confront student is the temp
ntion to doubt. He lives in an atmos
paere of inquiry and criticism. Oh
aeories are being laid aside and ney
acts are constantly being discovered
rossibly he sees some Of his instruc
'ots, for whose ability he has the high
W respect, utterly Indifferent to tn
.'alms Of the Gospel. Literature 4
,ull Of covert sneers at religion. He |
.u't at the age when his critical facul
ues are being developed. and he be
.lns TO question everything which h
Oaee believed Add to this the natura
.ullngness of the heart to have It SC
'uu you have a combination OF Gil
samstances calculated to shake tn
uongest faith. Some indeed. thin
va sign OF superior intellect to doub
Wy this is a mistake. II is sometime
sign Of spiritual blindness, and ofte
moral obliquity. A large part {
le skepticism Of students is OF tn
'aH rather than OF the head.