The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
PREPARATORY SCHOOLS, COLLEGES mi ACADEMIES
vision tina, had been beckonins mo on

vision that. had been beckonins me on
for 30 long.
And yet these passionate moments Of
light and promise were succeeded by
tho same old darkness And blindness
and cropping as I went back to my
labors under our present system Of
modern education. with no sort Of ade-
quate provision for these finer and
OF youth, which were ever haunting me
in my work for them. Well. to pass
over ages In experience, II not In time.
In my last ba~ccalaureate sermon on the
subject "Divine PotsntiAlities," I found
myself. unknown to myself I may truth
fully say, uttering words that were liter
ally put, n you choose to say. not by
an inspiration, at least, but By the In.
tuition Of my sp4rit. born a. men are
born In a moment, yet proceeding out OF
the past with its longinGs and yearn-
ings for some way or system to put
these finer and greater things into tho
education Ind tho life Of youth, that
they may have. In addition TO all the
culture and the knowledge and the train
ing Of tho regular or set curriculum,
these things Of the spirit and tho heart.
and h principles Of mans in its daily
Oitgoings and incomings In the world.
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be the bloom md tho fragrance. and In
tho end the fruit Of existence on the
earth.
Secondly. there n the scope and the
methods Of this new department Of
education. the department Of spiritual
instruction and development. First.
there must be spiritual instruction.
There must he. II you please. this part
Of educational instruction given the
spiritual nature Of man. and given in
as full and as scientific a way a. We
give instruction to his intellectual ma
ture. This will embrace the kind Of
work done in those schools--ehall say
where the best effort has been made
TO meet this great need in h education
of youth. Blu as YOU see there IL In
initely more than mere instruction
aimed IT and intended in this new de.
partment. 1t proposes spiritual de-
velopment. Hence the scope OF tho new
department Is nrst spiritual instruction,
and secondly. spiritual development.
Now what methods have I IN mind?
Briefly. all those methods proposed and
employed In those schools that are do
ing most for thes spiritual side OF educa-
ton. Then l could mako provision for
the more careful and complete scientific
development n training OF the spirit.
ual powers OF mans nature.
In a word l will say that what I
have in mind is a department of spirit
ual instruction and development founded
on the spiritual principle laid down by
, Paul. the man who saw as no other ever
saw the shining heights to which hui
man character might attain. 'thos who
have their sense exercised by reason OF
use to discern both good IN evil"
In a word let me say that the Thought
full will zee here, especially by reference
TO the Greek. that We are told that
spiritual nature of man Is like the In
tellectusi and physical. having powers
like these that are capable OF instruc-
ton and development, and that they are
10 be developed in the same way, Eek
erciscd." note especially the Greek word,
not in the hit or miss way OF the past.
but In the same regular scientific
methods We use with the intellectual.
Then we are as clearly told by impllca-
ton that as the mind has Its Vorld. and
the body It's. so the soul or spirit has
it's world for the exercise and employ
nient and perfection of Its powers. u
world AZ distinct and definite ~ that
mind of the world for attachments and
achievements and e~ljoyrnents of the
soul or spirit Of mdn. and a world not
only OF the future and everlasting. with
his infinite superiority Owe he tenn
porai possessions Of man, but II Is also
n present world. and m for the soul
or spirit OF man 20 enter and pOssees
and enjoy here II now. In n word we
may by a wise system OF spiritual edu-
cation rcate In youth as ardent spirit
ual loves and interests as we see ever
possessing mans intellectual nature. by
, n wise system OF education we may VI
construct and develop the spiritual ma
tute Hs To make men as anxious or laipori-