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May 26, igog.
THE KIND (
Christian parents frequ*
appointment and grief, th:
who have been sent to pro
pense, are returning home
1 entirely unsettled or posit
cism. In the class room o
Itual atmosphere of the col
religious beliefs have beei
tific assumptions, or have
tional ridicule, and as a c
youthful mind has been sh
We frequently hear, as
tude toward our traditional
ditional advisedly) that it
not fear the search-light ol
we readily assent, with tw
the traditional faith, whicl
title to confidence, must sU
until, by an intelligible
proven to be erroneous. S
religion, the old-time Gosn
I And as an evidence of this
in all branches of scholars
character pay their rever
faith.
Another requirement, \vl
and unassailable, is that si
demolish the spiritual stru
though it be but intellect
pils, unless they can furi
stead. To do so is in tell
scientific and ttnscholarly
Northmen wrecked the civ
to supplant it with nothin
savagery. Historians of a
ism. Truth is progressive
dency is to refine. It not
being. It incites to ever
tendcncv is to exalt the n<
It leads upward as it leat
dency of learning is towa
in man. The course of its
the direction of immortalil
resists the suggestion tha
existence and then vanisl
refuge may attract a sordic
The prospect of endless p
truth and the realization o
the well-balanced and ratic
a right to rebuke and dent
chosen strongholds.
The question, then, wha
mount. Will our boys and
speculative adventurers in
ignoble'notoriety ? Or will
reverent, conscientious an
who bring to the class ro
quate and mature scholars
a refined and ennnbl^i no
Ipleter e^rasp of truth becau
in Him who is its author]
I
THE PRESBYTERI
DF COLLEGE.
intly discover, to their disat
their sons and daughters
minent colleges at great ex
: with their religious beliefs
ively on the side of skeptir
in the pretentious intelleclegc
or university, cherished
n opposed by radical scienbeen
subjected to open irraonsequence
the faith of the
taken.
an apology for such an atti1
faith (we use the word tramust
stand on its merit and
t modern learning. To this
0 provisos. The one is that
1 by its fruits has proven its
ind unimpaired and unmoved
demonstration, it has beer
uch proof against evangelical
el, has never been furnished
, the leading men of learning
ship and the leading men ol
cut tribute to the Christiar
lich we believe is reasonable
keptical instructors shall no)
cture of faith and hope, ever
ually cherished by their pu
lish something- better in its
ectual vandalism. It is unr
in the last degree. The
ilization of Southern Europe
g better than their inheritee!
11 ages condemn the vandale.
It is elevating. Its tenIrishes
the finer fibre of our
higher ideals. Its righteous
ibler qualities of our nature
Is onward. The logical tenrd
emphasizing the spiritual
? progress is unfalteringly in
ty. The untrammelled mind
it life simply means a brie!
hing like a vapor. Such a
1 nature, but not a noble one
rogress in the perception ol
if possible attainment allures
>nal mind. Such a mind has
>unce agnosticism in its own
it kind of a college, is para[
girls be under the tuition ol
tent on some new species ol
they receive instruction from
d capable men and women
om the furniture of an adehip,
and also the example ol
having a clearer and comise
of reverence for and faith
M.
AN OF THE SOUTH.
THE CHURCH C
One of the commonest pi
, opportunist. He is the man
himself to the conditions abc
i and shape those conditions.
He is but the clay between
masonry. He contributes n
the world's knowledge, eff<
position, place, wealth, and
surroundings. He is not po:
case he can not be. And tak
ephemeral of the world's <
tempered mortar in which
crumbles in the crush or
[ men's souls.
i There are religious and C
are the people who are alv
i justing ourselves to the ti
[ age," of the conditions in w
( sweet morsel under their ton
| "we face conditions, not a t
pie who forget that conditio!
j 1.1.^A. r* 1 i ?
r iiiiu mat uou nas given nis
f 'litions. Tliey are the peop
i "progress in truth," forgett
the apprehension of truth <
; are the people who misinter
t Word by conveniently maki
! notions and interpretation.
make hasty generalizations,
; porary conditions and passii
ally adhering to the great
? principles of revelation. 1
. roundings for God.
I From its nature opportuni
fixed principles except that
may hardly he called a prim
It lacks certitude. It take
; roundings altogether. If the
a given condition ceases to b
it finds a new setting. In <
[ the certainty, the permaner
i Gospel plan and the divine
I be seized and used, and is G
t pose, not that we may simpl
t
The churches of Scotland
: lost several of their most
i Marshall Lang, of Aberdeen
i and intellectual minister of
i son, Cormo Gordon Lang,
and has become Archbishoj
Scott, minister of St. Geori
i tinguished minister of the h
[ newly elected principal of
i Edinburgh, is more widely 1
, him Dr. Robertson Nicoll sa^
and the most Christ-like ma
t was in his daily work and
dence of Christianity. Th
i never lost their joyful conf
owe this to him as much as
5
OPPORTUNIST.
oducts of the times is the
who seeks to accommodate
>ut him rather than to make
He originates nothing,
i the stones of the world's
othing to the sum total of
ort, or results. He seeks
success entirely from his
sitive. In the nature of the
e it all in all, he is the most
:reations. Like the badly
the stones are bedded, he
fire of the times that try
'hurch opportunists. They
rays talking about our admes,
of the "spirit of the
hich we live, who roll as a
gue that hackneyed phrase,
lieorv." They are the peois
are themselves a product,
people power to make conkli*
\irlin fliltil' iliof fUnfft ^
'?? ?? ?iv/ niai ciiv.iv i:>
ing the difference between
ind the truth itself. They
prct the adaptability of the
ing it fit in with their own
They are the people who
being led astray by temig
incidents, instcatl of loy,
unchanging, fundamental
'hey substitute their sursm
is changeful. It has no
of accommodation, which
ciple so much as a method,
s on the color of its surk\r
rlmnorp if n 1lo?rr?C \ATU~~.
J ?
e, its li.inds are empty until
;very way it is contrary to
ice, the fruitfulness of the
method. Opportunity is to
od's gift to us for that purly
fit ourselves into it.
in the last fortnight have
valuable leaders. Principal
i, has long been a scholarly
the Kirk of Scotland; his
is in the Anglican Church
p of York. Dr. Archibald
?e's, Edinburgh, also a disCirk,
and Dr. Marcus Dods
the Free Church College,
known in this country. Of
/s: "He was the best friend
n I have ever known. He
conversation a living eviere
were many who have
idence in Christ, and they
i to anv."