Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-11

| ciples of the Christian religion n that
the Sabbath day was wholly dedicated
70 that purpose. Then every one of
us should put in the first item of his
program to attend church. Sunday
school and Bible study Sabbath day
both morning. noon day and night, to
this department of our lives. AS
the president of one of our col
leges has said. Education should give
the student a body strong, supple and
well trained and adapted to its task;
and intellect able to perceive its rea-
son and thinking and a will to act per-
sistently and faithfully TO the accom-
plishment of every purpose that may be
| desired. They should have a heart to
love. n conscience to feel the right and
| repel the wrong and a cultivated mag
ination to appreciate the beautiful and
to outline the architecture of life, and
above all the courage and the vital splr-
itual forces that shall direct and hold
US in the true plans and programs OF
life" Under such a definition no one
can be educated without religion. 1t
is not by accident that the first great
commandment given to men is "Fhou
shalt worship the Lord. thy God and
Him only shalt thou serve.
Keep Sabbath Uay 1oy
God has generously given six days
in the week for secular work and
carrying out His mighty commands to
""go forth, subdue the earth, and have
| dominion over it," but He has just as
positively and more intensely com
handed you to remember the Sab
bath day" and to give that whole day
TO Him, to your better self and to
those holy practices and purposes that
shall give you the real basis and foun-
dation for all success in life.
Especially to the teachers and to
the pupils in the schools / wish to
say that it is my candid opinion. bas-
ed on the authority of Gods Word and
His commands, that there should be
no study or period Of time given to
secular study on the Sabbath day and
a little investigation will clearly show
that this demand of God has the best
of psychological and physiological
principles upon which to rest. First:
the physical being demands the rest
and the change. No machine of iron
or steel can endure the constant
power, and punishment of industrial
life. and no human body can stand a
seven day week of hard study and
application as is required by our
schools and colleges of today without
rest. Psychologists have discovered
by thorough investigation that a
complete change of thought from one
line to another is essential to the
best mental progress and work. Then
furthermore basically and fundamen-
tally we are thoroughly discovering in
these days that religion is not only
beautiful in sentiment and marvellous
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tural departments of life. but as a
basis of business it is absolutely es-
sential to real success in life. Prof.
James. with a number of other
psychologists. and now Roger Babson
and many other scientific writers, are
analysing and bringing out the fact
hat the basis of all business and
true success is found in the vitals of
the Christian religion.
Worship Essential to Education
The word worship is a comprehensive
word that almost includes everything
in religion; but first Of all it means
recognition, acquaintance. love. honor.
obedience. and devotion TO the Great
God himself. 1t is no wonder that
Jesus exclaimed through the lips of
John the beloved. This is the eternal
life-to know Thee, the only true
God" and il is evident to the most
casual thinker that to know God. the
great Creator of this vast universe, is
the greatest knowledge that human
mind can grasp. We stand in wonder
and awe at the majesty of a scientific
mind which can grasp q large portion OF
the truth concerning any department of
nature, science and life. but how vast
must be the mind. how marvellous the
imagination. how infinite the vision that
can comprehend even a measure of the
realization of the character and mind.
the spirit and the loving heart and the
power of the Great God who made us
and the universe in which we live. No
education can have a beginning in real
ity without this comprehension and re-
alizatiOn. and this comprehension and
realization must not be simply inter
%lectual, il must be of the great inner
perceptions that are deeper and more
powerful than the intellectual percep-
ton. We can know the dimensions of
the house through vision and through
the intellect, but it is only through the
heart and through the great power and
passion of a true love that we can
know the dimensions and the dynamics
of a home and its happiness. SO Young
people, if you are TO get an education,
if you are TO build character. if you
are TO make preparation for a success
full business life. remember that your
work in the church is the first item to
be placed on the program of education
and the development of the normal and
perfect life.
Church Place for Worship
The church of Christ is the place for
the worship Of God. IT is the only
institution built. arranged and equipped
for that purpose. We can worship in
other places. under the stars, out in
the woods. and in the places of pleas
ure, but the chances are we will not.
The majority of the great men of
history who have influenced the lives
of others have been regular attendants
at the church in divine worship. Wash
Gladstone. Webster. Lincoln,
Grant. Lee and Roosevelt are notable
examples.
Study of Bible Essential
The study of the English Bible is
also essential to any thought Or scheme
of education. 1t is the basic book of
history, science, h~umanology, and es-
pecially is it fundamental TO all knowl-
edge of God the future and to any deep
analysis of human life.
AZ to literature, n cannot be said