The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-06-18

reach the earth; figures and distances
practically inconceivable. SUI gesting
something of the immensely of the uni
verse A few brilliant intellects are pre-
tending to be able TO draw back the
curtain and look into the future and
communicate with those who have passed
over into the other world l mention
this not to give credence. to it but simply
to remind us that among much that is
real We may expect to discover some
that is counterfeit.
Within the last century and a half the
modern steam engine has been perfected
and the factlitiessfor transportation trans
practically n o n ell iva bic, suggest
formed. Formerly the waters of the
earth separated the land. Now the
waters may be said to connect the land
Within the last century a professor
mechanic from Massachusetts came to
Georgia and there, by an application of
the principles Of mechanics resting sim
ply in his mind as an idea until that time.
perfected the machine for separating the
lint from the cotton seed and thus pro-
duced a commercial revolution in the
South. Within the last three-quarters of
century the science of biography has
been developed. In 1874 it was that the
process was sent from the City of Wash
ington to the City of Baltimore, reading
What hath God wrought" God at that
time had not wrought anything. He had
in the beginning given man an intellect
by which he might have dominion over
the earth and make the forces of nature
his servants. Man, by reaching out into
the atmosphere and extracting from it
that force which we call electricity and
reducing it to partial control, wrought
something little less than miracle
Within tie last half century, gaining
further dominion over the same forces,
he has been enabled to whisper round
the world, and within the last few months
there has developed such an epidemic OF
interest in that mysterious thing we
call radio that we may sit at home
and listen to orchestras hundreds of miles
away, and 1t Is confidently asserted that
the next message of the President of the
United States win be delivered literally
to all people of the United States as one
great audience
Spiritual or Moral Education.
So far I have no doubt we are in full
accord. May we not take the next step
together?
The point which I now attempt to make
is that our educational system will not
reach it's full measure of success if it
is limited to a training and development
Of the physical and intellectual natures.
The product of our educational institu-
lions should not be mere intellectual ma
chimes. 1t must be recognized that out
Of the heart are the issues of life. Mar
shall Foch is as well acquainted as any
man with the power of material forces.
Millions of men moved at his word, but
months after the close of the war and
after he had had an opportunity to make
an appraisement of the factors contrib
uting to the result, he said in effect that
the forces which won the war were spir-
itual forces.
In a recent address the yice-President
of the United States who, If any man
while yet living Is entitled to be so desig-
mated, may be considered an American
statesman, recently said:
"A rare intellectual power is not
sufficient to meet the requirements
of life. The chief need of the world
is spiritual power, force of character,
which is the result of religious con-
victions."
Babson, the statistician, whom have
already referred to, Declares:
I'm order for our investments OF
every kind to endure-whether they
are material. intellectual, or spiritual
our educational system must be
reformed by putting religion in the
foreground. Religion must be the
basis of our educational system and
the primary purpose must be to
Arouse within men and women a de-
sire to serve and a desire for the
things worth while"
There is nothing remarkable about
these assertions when it is considered
that this republic is built upon religious
foundation. In the Mayflower compact.
which has been called the first written
constitution ever framed by free peo-
pie for their own good, it is declared that
the establishment of the colony was un-
dertaken for the glory of God and for the
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