Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-30

worldly wisdom. Nevertheless the
effect was depressing.
The old fashion of electinE clergy
mon as presidents of institutions of
higher learning is rapidly passing:
a business man who is IL money-Get-
ter is preferred. This is less i'm
portant than the fact that tho con-
dition which the old order implied
is also passing. There arc some col
lcCcs today that seem to be without
a spark or a flash of Inspiration or
idealism or religion. Avowcdly, they
are merely training young men for
professional positions: they arc
| frankly on commercial basis. The
craze for vocational training has
swept educators off their feet; al
| tho, happily, tho leaders are now
turning back to the earlier. sancr and
more Scriptural ideals.
What tho College Prcsidcn, said
| The Bible idea OF education is not
the acquisition of mass OF facts and
! theories. all soon to be forgotten. II
is rather the development of the spirit
ual aspect OF man. Clearly, from the
days of Moses to tho letters OF Paul,
the Scriptural conception OF human
growth is that man should know that
God is. and that His nature relates
Him personally to the affairs of man $
life. In other words. to be Godwisc
| is true wisdom. Gods existence and
Gods will are the supreme factors in
| the training OF the human spirit. That
there is a living God. and that He
means something. and means II tro-
mendously. to every mortal life is the
heart and height OF the Bible teaching
about education. To know God is not
only essential wisdom: 1t is also ctcr-
nal hfc.
All OF that sounds like Sunday
f4r... La l1sH
| 1t Is the most practical truth in the
whole world: 1t Is tho final compcn-
dunn of the uttcrmost wisdom OF the
teachers OF the race. The truly wise
are they who see straishtest and hold
steadily to the great simplicit!cs and
| intcSri.ics of life. They believe the
| fundamentals OF reverence. truth.
honor. duty, patriotism and service.
and believe them implicitly. y supreme
moral purpose moves them. Their
powers arc all trained 10 serve these
great ends.
Some years ago l was talking with
the head OF one OF tho three largest
universities in tho United States.
He fairly startled me with the tensity
OF his carnestncss AS he told me of
tho confidence brought to him by
students. and of his own absolute CON
viction that Christianity, applied. per-
sonal. lifc-chanEing Christianity, was
the greatest need OF these young mon.
He said that to put the power of Christ
into the lives OF these thousands of
youth was more important than any
or all or their classroom studies: and
he was outspoken in his cagcrncss
that some special measures might b"
taken for the promotion OF a revival
of Christianity in the student; body.
Getting Down to Bed Rock
Is It not evident that education
which does not mako tho student
wiso toward God may be more of
banc than n boon? Obviously. true
education goes deeper than the
soil of life. We arc now witnessing
in all the world an education that has
nothing to do with books; 1t may he
called education by cataclysm. Tho
past six years of awakening and up
hcaval of life over all tho earth have
bcen more of an Intellectual and
social quickcning than centuries OF
formal schooling.
Undoubtedly there Is now stir and
fcrment and power enough among
mankind In the mass today to wreck
all of our inherited civilization. un-
loss IT all be guided b~ a spirit OF
reverence and responsibility. There
is no hope that education can avert
this possible calamity: many uni
vorsity graduates are leading tho
forces of unrest into extreme radi-
calism. only the tested impulses and.
Inspirations and inhibitions OF Chris
tisnity can meet this universal cm-
crgenCy. This Is day to remember
that "Jf any Of YOU lack wisdom. let
him ask OF God. who Eivcth to all
men literally, and upbraidcth not
and 1t shall he given him."
Getting right down to bed rock,
VIC cannot overlook tho fact that the
sunday school. aud all that. IT rcp-
rescnts. stands for an education
which relates human lie to God ani
to the eternal vcritics. Il nwakcnsI
and implanis the pivincst impulses;