The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-23
NEED OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

During the year 1919 a committee of prominent
men of America visited war-torn Europe to ascer-
tain just what steps should be taken to put those
nations that had lost so much during the war on
their feet or to rehabitate them. Without eX-
ception they brought back the report: what
Europe needs is more religion in business and gov
ernment" With nations that have had the in
fuence of the church for centuries before gov
eminent was formed being in need of more re-
ligion in business and government the question
naturally arises as to what is wrong. 1t can be
answered in the statement that men have for cen
turtles been selected for positions of leadership
both in governmental and commercial affairs for
their intellectual culture, rather than men of high
ideals with vision of moral idealism. They were
educated under system that leaves Christ out
of the curriculum. An education that does not
have the balancing influence of the Bible is nee
essariy bound to go on the rocks 9a\C1
What is true of Europe isA il. a more or less de-
gree, true of America DOWN here. in the South
land, where wa are mot in touch with the con-
slant increase IN our foreign population, pos
sibly do not fully realize the tendency of today to
make intellectual culture the highest aim of our
students We do not mean to decry the fact that
higher education better fits for the problems
of life, but we agree with President Wilson when
he said Education bears it's best fruits when
associated with religion" ,A}kIb
So long as our constitution and laws remain asI
they are, the responsibility for putting moreI
religion in business and government through thel
educational plan must necessarily rest with thei
churches in maintaining their denominationali
colleges, for it is there where the intellectual
culture and moral idealism or religion are COM
bined and the students from such institutions gol
out into the world well fitted to become Christian
leaders in all walks of life. We do not mean tc
say that everyone who goes out from church
institution becomes an outstanding Christian
leader-there are exceptions of course. (lou canI
lead horse to water, but you can't make hin
drink) But, in such institutions, the religious
training is emphasized and if boy or girl is
susceptible to the training they come out better
equipped than they would had they gone to an
institution where such training was entirely neg
lected, or, as in many cases, made light of.
So it is that the work of the public school, the
state universities, colleges and normas, is sup
plemented by the efforts of the church schools
t. n'le developing the mind and body, also /
develop the spiritual side of the students
Just now the PreSbyterians of the South are
working for a great central church school at Mem
phis, Tenn. That they will succeed, no man can
doubt who knows Presbyterian determination and
Presbyterian iberahty. That they should succeed
Is statement unnecessary to be made The school
viii be established il Will be managed by intel
lectual men Of deep piety and from it will go forth
to bless and uplift the race a great many brainy
and consecrated students.
People who make good do not have to make ex-