Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-16
Epworth League Discussion.
STUDENTS RECOGNITION
NIGHT.
Prov. 1.2-7: 1 Kings. s.6-1A
Bv Robert D. Burbank,

By Robert D. Burbank,
President of Baltimore Conference Epworth
League.
The league devotional meeting 1or
Tomorrow is reserved. as the topic IN
dictates. for students. and especlahy io'
the students who have been away 1ro"
homo attending schools and colleges
and are Just returned for the summer
vacation. There is a three-fold purpose
in making this students recognition
night: First, to welcome home the STU
dents who have been away Tor nearly
a year, and connect them up with the
work Of their home chapter TOT the
summer. for the mutual benefit OF the
student and the chapter; second. to con-
slider student life from the standpoint
of Christian service. and third, to come
to a closer realization of the futii1ty
and foo,ishness Of mere learning which
has no relationship to the life we l'e'
and to distinguish between knowledge
and wisdom.
Students spending the first Sunday OF
their summer vacation at nome %, w.
find a warm welcome in their hoI,e
chapter" tomorrow. and VIII De aoie
to help that chapter much by brihsins
new plans and efficient service lor lH1 9
summer months, ana tne Stuuei.t - \
find themselves in need Of just the kind
of work their home chapter can give
them, for it will be the best recreatloti
they can get.
In this meeting the students Will De
able to furnish the life interest or
heart interest" out of their personal
experiences and observation or Chrls-
tian service at school or coliese- me
opportunities are innumerable WhetheI
the student be in the city high school.
sity. Those who have attended lnstl.
buttons of learning know something OF
the pitfalls that await the weak, ana
they also know of the strength and aid
that is assured those who ally them.
selves with the Christian agencies OF
the schools The flrst-hand stores OF
experiences in the work OF the Y M. e
A.. Y. w. c. A., the student yolun deth
League will be OF great interest 10 the
students home chapter.
| Students, too, Will themselves be In
spired by the interest taken In their
for practical and personal application
of the new methods and plans they
| have learned about. and II they happen
to have been attending one Of the
great state universities. which are
often SO permeated with a spirit OF
agnosticism and skepticism that the
| Christian student finds 1t difficult even
to maintain his faith in God. then they
! inspiration and IMMIGRATION which
! summers hard work in Epworth
! League and church service can give
| them For the benefit of those Ep-
worthians who are planning to go
away to college next fall the most
useful and interesting discussion would
!, be of the merits and faults OF the state
universities compared with those OF the
| church universities, especially II rep
resentatives of each can speak on the
subject from experience.
! If King Solomon were living today he
would probably have NJ. A., Pho. LID.
and several other titles written after
| his name. He was a scholar OF the
| greatest wilson in the world. and the
! Book of Proverbs was his master the
| sis. He believed strongly In college
! education; he believed that the attain
! ment Of wisdom and knowledge was to
! be priced above any of the things of the
! world: he believed in the instruction or
! the youth SO that they might attain
unto this all important knowledge:
4 But" he said-and in this he showed
| his wisdom most of all-"the fear OF
the Lord is the beginning OF knowl-
! edge" Wise men cannot get along
| without God-only fools can do that!
Solomon had some excellent ideas and
he said some very wise things, but the
! trouble with Solomon was that he got
| so wrapped up in his wisdom and un-
| Outstanding and riches and power that
| the Lord had so graciously given TO
| him that he presently got to thinking
about the gifts all the time and forgot
about the Divine Giver. He got so busy
| building a wonderful temple to God and
| so interested in making 1t the most
| beautiful and gorgeous AFFAIR IN the
WoBld that he almost lost track or COD,
whose worship the temple was to pro-
| mote. His wisdom and power went to
| his head-he piled magnif1cence on
| magnificence, triumph on triumph.
| The tragedy Of Solomon's life teaches
| US the distinction between knowledge
| and Wsdom-between learning and ed
ucation. Solomon started out right-he
| was wise in his youth: but he grew into
| a lopsided character. for he failed to
| develop spiritually as he did mentally.
| Mere knowledge will never open the
gates of heaven for any man. and no
matter how many advantages 1t may
| confer. 1t Is not the chief requirement
for heavenly citizenship. Education"
| says Ruskin, lis the leading human to
what is best, and making what Is best
out of them; and these two objects are
always attainab together, and by the
same means. The training which makes
men happiest in themselves also makes
them most servicea BILE to Others"
| The values of education are not to be
discounted; God can wonderfully use
every man and woman in the task of
redceming the world, but He can use
most effectively those who are mentally
equipped to solve the problems Of life.
Yet nothing can take the place of Jesus
Christ in our lives. Education dedicated
TO Him through our personalities is
| the goal. Wisdom must be linked up
with the Word. who was in the begin
ming with God.
Harness knowledge and intellectual
attainment to the Christian program ::
| allow Jesus to motive every effort of
mind and soul; face every problem, per-
sonal or otherwise, with sincere pur-
pose: link our united forces together in
the work of the kingdom. THE fear of
the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"