Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-04-29
Christian Education.

mind, the only thing that will
preserve our nation. 1t is no
q lack of wealth that makes
nations fall. 1t is not a lack Of
a great military power thai
makes the nation Kweak. But 9
lack of moral character is the
great cause of national weakness.
The nation that is best supplied
with q strudy moral character is
the nation that will endure unto
the end. For where there is a
lack of moral and Christian char
acter, there is little respect for
law and order. There Is but lit.
tie hope of such an enforcement
Of law as will secure the rights
and liberties of the people. and
where this is so, the spirit of
patriotism degenerates, the ma
ton loses control of its citizens,
and thereby falls an easy prey to
the enemy.
II has been said that education
will solve the worlds problems,
but that depends altogether on
what Kind of an education is
meant. Education and the Cos
pei of Jesus Christ going hand in
hand will solve the worlds pro-
blems, but nothing else will.
That simply means that Chris
tain education will DO the work,
but that education of any other
kind will not do the work.
It is a matter of general OBJ
servation that some highly edu.
Gated men have done more harm
to the country and to the world
than any other kind of character.
1t is an easy matter to point out
men who have figured in the
worlds history who have done
far more harm than any unedu-
Gated man could have done. They
have destroyed more property,
more lives, and therefore more
happiness than any uneducated'
men of like number could posi-
bly, have done. Away with an
education that destroys life and
happiness. Away with any kind
of education that does not have
the Christian element in it, that
is not seasoned with salt. Edu-
cate an evil character. and you
make him a far greater power
for evil. But educate a man,
and develop along with his pow
er to know and to do, a pure
heart that will guide into the
ways of righteousness. and you
have made him a blessing to his
country and a God-send to the
world. He will lift the world
closer to heaven and to God, and
therefore make the world hap
pier and better.
Christian character is largely
the product of christian educa-
ton. The development of char.
acter in the right direction, and
to the highest possible state of
usefulness, cannot be done with
out education, and the education
is not worth the trouble it costs.
unless it contains the christian
element. Therefore, first of all,
we should think as to what kind
of education we are giving our
children. If they are educated
by Christian teachers, who alone.
can really develop in the child
respect for the highest and best
things relative to life, they will
doubtless, catch to some extent.
at least, that Christian spirit and
element of character which
guide their teachers into the
ways Of righteousness.
A Christian education simply
means mind trained to know
and to do things, and a heart
purified and trained to guide
that, ability to know and to do.
into the ways of right thinking
and right living. A man who is
educated to know and to do
things, and has a pure heart to
control and to guide him in the
right path. is blessing to his
country and a God.send to the
world.
It is, perhaps. no more diff
cult to educate the heart than it
is to educate the intellect. We
have quite a good deal of trouble
in educating, or in trying to edu-
cate our children to know and to
do successfully the things that
yield the largest returns in a
material way. We are spending
millions and millions of dollars
erecting colleges and other in
stitutions of learning in order to
educate the mind to think and
the hands to do. We are glad to
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