Evening star., 1926-09-16
EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
Answered BY DIR. S. PARKES CADMAN

Questions from Teaders are answered
president Of the Federal COUNCIL ot
pear to Be representative 81 the trends reno Sf
thought in the many letters which he
receives.
BROOKLINE, Mass.
My husband considers that the en-
| tire training of our two boys, aged
IN and 3h. respectively, both physi-
cal, moral, mental and spiritual
should be my charge and mine alone
until they are 10.
l do not agree with him and would
like very much to have your opinion
as to my husbands attitude.
Answer--This husbands theory is
pedagog1cally and psychologtcally un-
sound. If he holds aloof from the
training of his boys until they are Is
they Will hold aloof from him after
reaching that age.
The training of children in their
more tender years may we'll be left
to their mother, although even here
the right sort Of husband can par
ticipate with benefit to all concerned.
But If division of responsibility is
to be made on the basis Of age, the
line should cut much lower down
than is. Put it, say, at 5 years in the
case of boys.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.
Why Is there such breach be.
tween preachers and the higher bibli.
cal scholarships?
AnSWel-The breach Is not as wide
as 1t seems. Prudential motives which
are not altogether blameWorthy often
explain the preachers silence on
controverted matters. He is tender
Il AI,o III
thodoX, fearful that in cutting out
the foreign substance deeply i'm.
bedded in sacred beliefs he may re.
move their living tissue. So, like
st. Paul, he postpones the publication
Of visions Of truth he has glimpsed
in his private study. Yet II this
process is carried too far, and by it
he stiles convictions which have be.
come certitudes for him, he injures
his manhood and his ministry.
Moreover, the higher biblical schol.
arship is not a unit in it's utterances
on all the problems presented by Holy
Scripture. Why, then, should laymen
expect the average preacher to rush
boldly in where experts fear to tread?
To be sure, reverent learning has
placed the light Of the Bible on a
golden candlestick. But we must not
forget that its radiance shines in
many q pulpit and home immune to
exact scholarship. No preacher can in
terpret the Book by the sole aid of
eruditiOn. He needs the Spirits
breathings behind it's printed pages
to make them glow with their original
purity and power.
Undeniably, certain conclusions
about the Bible and it's divine author
ity in the Jewish and Christian sys-
these conclusions is a disastrous pol
icy. On the other hand, one fool
liberal whose speculative tendencies
riot unconfined is more injurious than
a dozen conservatives who keep the
even tenor of their restricted way.
Speaking broadly, the educated
minister makes good use of the as
sured results of historical criticism
applied to the Bible. The minister
who lacks training. however, fears
them. He sees their destructive as
poets vividly, but he does not realize
their great and lasting service to
religion.
NEW YORK CITY.
Do you believe that the United
States Government should recognize
Soviet Russia as a sovereign state?
If not, why'not?
Answer do not. SO long as the
Soviet administration repudiates con
tracts, and matches or enters into
conspiracies against the domestic
peace and unity of other nations, re-
fusal of our Government to recognize
such an administration is, in my
judgment, warranted and also wise
Nor do | believe that Great Britain
would have recognized the Soviet
administration had not commercial