Paragould soliphone., 1921-08-08
Materialism and Christian Education
By F.. STUART YANTIS

verSity. Alter the ialh oIuuoHt accosted him and said, MT. Eddy, will you give, the names of the four new books you referred to in your address, should like to read themE' q think you must be mistaken, ] did not mention four books,s re- piled Mir. Eddy.
 70 yes you did," was the student rejoinder. Finally it occurred to Mr Eddy. but could it be so? At last he turned to the student, and asked
 DO you mean Matthew, Mark Luke and John?" And the student learned the names of four new books Do I knock the University? No they are doing their duty. Rell- zion is not in their line.
 But I am advocating an instltu- tion that will teach Biology, for ln- stance. and at the same time teach that there is no comfort with it's facts. and the facts of revealed rell- zion. A college that will not re- turn paper on religion, with this annotation, 'only an attempt tc galvanize the broken down protest antism'
 There are a great many misunder- standings about the college. one amusing instance comes to my mind In Fulton, Mo-, on one end of Firth street is Westminster College, on the other the State Insane Asylum. Ono man in the height of his dis gust for the college, walked out in the middle of Fifth street, and pointing to Westminster exclaimed Well they make 'em out there, and pointing to the asylum, said and they keep 'em out there. ' Ebert Hubbard, the late Sage of
 East Aurora, made the statement that the college is a make believe and every college student knows it. I have not time to deal with that statement, but will let it fall by the weight of it's own absurdity.
 But let us get right about the Christian College. It is an institu- tion which teaches the Arts and Sciences. the same as other inStitu- tions of higher learning, and in addition teaches the Fatherhood oi God, and the Brotherhood of Man Looks forward to the day when man to man the world OCT shall brothers be- Teaches that it is a great thing to be rich, and a great thing to be powerful, but it is a greater thing to be beloved by many friends" It advocates the relief of the poor, the education ot the masses, compromise in dis putes, and all thru the guidance
 and under the inspirAtion of the Man of Nazareth.
 This Christian College education is now beyond the reach of many ol us, but the youth is marching on It is for us to guide them alright
 Guide each one according to his ability in the way Russell Conwel guides. Russell Conwell, that great preacher of the largest church ir America. That man who has de livered one lecture eight thousand times. That man who has in his lifetime made fortune of clever million dollars and has given it al for the education of young men il the Christian religion. 1 say that each one in his own sphere. of ac tion, and to the best of his ability should emulate Russell Conwell, an( others of his type. No, l am no asking for money, though there art some boys in this town 1 should like to see go thru college, wht are not able to go on their own ac cord. But, a wave of Christian edu cation is sweeping the United States The, enrolment of Christian Colleges is increasing by leaps and bounds Hundreds of institutions are raising money for endowment funds. Some churches are raising loan funds tC aid needy young people. The loar fund of Dr. Sweets, of the Southern Presbyterian church will now sub stantially aid in educating presby terian boys. who need assistance and it costs not a cent for interest Mr. Pritchett of our board of educa tion. informs me that that is on,
 Of the ideals cherished by the board of the Church of Christ. I hop' that the day is not far off when tho influence of the wave of Christian education will be felt in Paragould and in the First Christian church | I believe and predict that the day is coming whom every boy of any denomination. will have the oppor unity to know the whole truth as taught by Christian Colleges. But, while we are waiting for tho wave of Christian education to swing our way, we still have this Mater ialism confronting us. lmpatience uncertainty, distrust, and other vices are prevalent. As aforementioned