Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-29
The Conservation
of School Life
TeAt: Proverbs w.. LIB.
Sermon by
Z REV. FLOYD W. TOMi<i<S.

Christianity has Il relations Ia our
lives In every particular and expert
cncc, and SO il is wise for us 10 tiinl:
now. as Christians, we ought u study.
our schools aud coll rp.s are opening.
thousands OF children and youn:: pco-
PIC are beginning their school or col
lerc year. Aud those of us who have
graduated are called upon by the sam.
summons TO advance in KNOWLEDGE by
reading and thought. for cducutiou Is
:, perpetual NECESSITY. ana IL is ncrcr
completed. We all ought 10 be earnest
students always.
:" hlcfica has reason To bc thankful!
Iof her educational system. No couu-
Try has 50 many aud such sIl..ndid
schools and colleges as the United
states. ana the army OF teachers. with
Out lew EXCEPTIONS, il coi,poScd Of
earnest and devoted men and women
whose whole desire is 70 help ,iiuv.
VINO are younger with til. wisdom.
which they themselves have acquired.
confess To an Unbouudcd admiration
Ior our American teachers and pro-
fcssorS, Here ANA there we und =
man, ana more rarely "a woman who
has lost faith in God and Ills work.
ara who dar"s 10 speak lightly of
christianity and 50 hurts the faith OF
the young. II Is an awful sin to GREAT.
houbl IN the minds which are heinz
SNAPPED Tor S"ud or evil. ana tius. who
so 40 prove themselves uur; FOR iii.
position they hold. no matter how- h;..l,
'hc,r Intellectual Staruin;, o, how w-Jd,
spread tl!"!r reputation. I:i,, m. ,.r..,
oo"y or our teachers can b. rightly
'"tch as high !uindcJ and ,ousr.r,t.I
men ana women In whom ~. can ,,l.,..,
confidence. They help our cnil,,r.n am,
"uF youth toward tho attainment; r.,
pure morality and lead them To COD H.,
'hciS personal influence. az we'll as IT,,
'helr Instruction.
OUR MINDS AS WELL *
OUR SOILS GIVEN no IuD
Let lib remember. first that our
ih!hds. as we'll rs our souls ana nodj,s
are given by God, and therefor. ,t.t,
cultivation is - part Of n,,r ..r,.i,.',
toward Him and toward our fellow
men The bog who goes 10 sch.oI -
iui"!ilhS GODS will as he studies even
as when hc pyay>. our Schools :uJ
c"iefes are not secular Institutions
tn.E ar. part or our religion
neither We learn in our Childhood Ia
spell and rrad'-oi, in our later years
10 th!nk ana reason and solve prob
icins, va are entering into Tho lnru.
me which cod has prepared Tor ne a
NE OF knowledge ana usefulness. cod
- wisdom Therefore :ill Shat w..
learn from books or from un.,,,. ,r
from our mutual associations must b..
- Kind ~ revelation from Him. Hcuc.
the cNh!ihti"n which knowledge brings
IN. boy learns 10 respect himself an,
the world in which lie lives as h.
80 s'cp' 'i' !htr!'h -i"S
""'''"' u" F'aI!zSa II or
nc "'."I "'a"h nearer |" COD
', 49, ~ i'"Fi!S' Hch""! h!s
- l"hS"'''t.u ne1ausr II OPENS path
,'""'" our ''n+'' '.'tas Us :" snare in
MS love and Ills plans, opens Ia ~
IN" door "i fellowship and communion
80 +, wa. ina, Chris, r,,,u.s. ST.
rim. us in this. as IA All things an
..Xalni,l. ~ nuor p!ctur. could ..r,..
THE walls az n scnool.ooin or OF a hov'-
or girls owI, HON. room ;i,nu r,,o, nr
Holman fiunt's christ I'm The Temple"
'rl. fac, til. i:ov chris, is b.:lit!-
fu!. strong. ,,urc II brings ~ mimi
tnos. Hines OF MISS Muloct.
rnis. this l.. Thou. so i'll. naintcr's
dream
OF .,ur-ol.d. imaginary CHRIST
Laden with attributes that make no,
Cod
But Jesus. Son ~ Mary !owIN. Wis,
Obedient, subject unto rnrruis mild.
Meck--as the Nook that shall Inherit
earth
Purc-as til. pur. in heart tina, shall
see God
The picture cot which Dean F'arra,
saws: '.No ,n.di.vaI uaiu.cr no, .y.n
Da Viuci or I.uini ar Eapha.! ever
painted So pure an ideal OF the Hoy
Christ'D brings TO US the insp!raiiuM
az learning Tile .'n-uriur' and aslii,I.
questions" seemed 10 bring eternity
near to the Christ -child, even as tru.
study should open To w. the eternal
truth spreading like an infinite sea and
calling 10 us To take Il sh.tr. uf its
beauty and strength
SI,n,Ip M. ,.r,,,,-u
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