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The captain of a ship is often called “a
sea-captain,” which has somewhat the
ring of an ambitious title,but is notwholly
improper, since there is a sense in which
the ruling of the vessel is also the ruling
of the waters.
At Roxbury, the birth place of Jay
Gould, his heirs propose to build in his
honor a Memorial Presbyterian church
with three hundred sittings. Perhaps
it is not amiss that the structure is to be
raised of the stone called “serpentine,”
which is “usually of an obscure green
1 color, often with a spotted or mottled ap
pearance resembling a serpent’s skin.”
This fact, at least, will seem to many not
altogether lacking in suggestiveness.
Rev. S. F. Smith, D. D., now eighty
four years old, is full of life and vigor,
and preached three times on Sunday
> April 30th. At a recent “reception,”
I says the Standard, Chicago, “he talked
enthusiastically of questions which had
arisen in his mind on his recent studies.”
These are pleasant tidings from a ven
erable man, thirty-four years the other
side of “the dead-line” which the taste
of a fastidious age affects to draw for
pastors and preachers! Are the drawers
of the line always quite sure of their
> own life intellectual and spiritual—quite
| sure that they are not themselves the
I corpses they see ?
Light ought to attract; our nature was
> made for it. On the night when all the
electric illuminations on the World’s
Fair were kindled for the first time, fifty
l thousand people gathered to tho sight
in this night of time should shine
does shine the cross of Christ and
are drawn to gaze on it. The
is coming when the whole eartli
SnA?BP oe bathed in its glory; unlike the
&BB whose light reaches only half the
at any one moment, this shall
day all round the world at once, a
tV at divides not its empire with
aud yields not its empire to night,
eye shall behold, and every heart
|||Mall love, and this shall go on ‘ and on
A census by the government of Hiinga-
shows that the population of that
includes 185,000 gypsies, two
■Bhirds of whom are litterally nameless.
sounds strange, but there are two
B things in our civilization which are
B nearly as bad; first, the endless repeti
tion of certain names until they lose all
of distinction and discrimination
secondly, the adoption, for the sake
discrimination and distinction, of
Mimes which suggest ludicrious ideas
IKind provoke derision. Any City Direc-
will furnish instances of both kinds.
■By the way, the need and the efficacy of
S names in the matter of distinction and
is really much less than
■we generally suppose; and the gypsy
would have fewer difficulties in it
we think.
The “Illustrated American'' pronounces
co-education of the sexes “one of the
blunders of what we are
to style modern progress and
resulting in “scandal upon
and disaster upon disaster.” It
||Btys: “An official of one of the three
colleges of America—the only one
BBthe three where co-education, as it is
llllßierallv understood, prevails—once
in the hearing of the writer, that
he had no doubt that many of tl.e
||||B students were innocent when they
HUBered the university, ho was forced to
that few of them were so when
HBicy left,” Now, we. are quite sure that
case was not so bad as this startling
;';>;Barge would make it; but the bare pos-
of having these things occur, nay,
BBp bare possibility of having them said,
BBght to carry decisive weight with the
an the prudent.
“Medical Reconi'’ informs us, in
gflK light of recent statistics, that, physi
constitute the class who more than
■K other resort to suicide. This is a
to us.. But perhaps it is ex
■Hßned in part by the fact that physi-
are precisely the class brought most,
gfl||Buently face to face with scenes of
and this familiarity may blunt the
gßßsibilities, and breed indifference, and
the soul against terms of man's
|||Bkter end.” Then again, explanation
be partly in the alleged fact that
HB calling of tho physician servos to sos-
the sceptical tendencies of human
and, if this be so, there need be
Bb wonder that those who drift away
IBm the thought and fear and love of
should in like proportion lose sight
the true mission of life and lose sense
Bof its true value Is wrapt up in that mis
■ sion.
Harper's Magazine has been seized by
in Turkey as immoral. We
gßaveno information as to the reason as
fjßgned for this repressive action, but
||Be«ume that the “Illustrations'’ had
to dd with it. Not that
a ’ is marked by any special
in this line; but that our ma-
BBzines generally have gone somewhat
BBray here in the tourse of half a cen
gggßy. They have granted themselves
and more license, it seems to us
|||Bd to say the least, have drawn nearer
nearer towards stepping across the
glßtermost limits of purity and modesty,
hope that this protest of the moral
BBise even under Mohammedan culture
availingly suggest thecal) for reform
BBthat matter. We commend to the ma
■■Bines, one and all, the example of Wash
BBton Allston, tho painter, who, after
a picture, returned the money of
lie Ocistai ftita.
which he stood in
and destroyed the picture itself from the
apprehension that it might have an im
moral effect on some perverted imagina
tion.
THE MILLENNIUM.
BY 6. G. HILLYEB.
Continued from May 25th.
Howjshall the universal triumph
of the church be brought about? I
answer: By the church itself, in the
right use of those powers with which
it is already endowed.
Take notice, when I use the word
Church in its collective sense, I
mean, as before stated, that great
Ecclesia (assembly) of true 'saints,
who together make up “the body of
Christ.” To this, people Jesus has
committed the work of discipling all
nations; and to qualify them for that
work, he has givento them the Holy
Spirit to guide, to enlighten, and to
comfort them; he has also endowed
them with “Power over the nations
to rule them with a rod of iron, even’’
(with such power) as he had “re
ceived from his Father;” and finally
promised to give them the Morning
Star, —the symbol of his perpetual
presence. Now, since the day of
Pentecost, Jesus has been on the
throne of his Kingdom, at the right
hand of his Father, clothed with all
power in Heaven and on earth. From
that exalted throne, he has hitherto
administered the affairs of his King
dom, on earth, by the agency of hi s
Holy Spirit, through the ministry of
his saints, whom be had so fully
endowed for that very purpose.
Hence he is now, as truly present
with his people, as he would be, if
he were visibly present with them
on a material throne in the City of
Jerusalem. Therefore it is manifest
that the Church, by the right and
faithful use of the powers with which
she is already endowed under the
guidance of her exalted King, is
abundantly able to achieve her com
plete triumph over all the world.
It is now time to notice the Scrip
tural view of the subject.
The Messianic prophecies of the
Old Testament are very numerous.
It is hardfy too much to say, that a
‘‘coming Messiah” is the
thought of the entire volume. The
prophecies, however, vary greatly,
in form, in extent, and in detail.
Some are concerned with his lineage,
some with the manner of his coming,
and others with his functions. But
all agree in representing him as a
great and exalted personage in whom
“all the nations of the earth should
be blessed.” Amidst such diversity
of statement, it was inevitable, that
some prophecies would foretell facts
which others would fail to mention ;
a iid yet, when fairly interpreted, it
is believed they never contradict one
another.
It is important to notice these di
versities of statement. I have no
doubt, that a failure to do so, will
account for the utter misconception
of the Messiah which possessed the
minds of the Jews while Jesus was
on the earth, —and it possesses them
still, and explains, to-day, their hard
ness of heart, and their unbelief.
Reading one portion of the prophe
cies, they thought they saw the M es
siah coming as a temporal sovereign»
ruling the nations literally with a
rod of iron, and dashing them to
pieces as a potter’s vessel, till the
whole world should be subjected to
his authority. But they must hav e
overlooked those predictions which
foretell his humiliation, and his suf
fringt,—how he should be “num*
bered with the transgressors,” and
suffer death as a malefactor. Had
they duly considered these varying
statements, they might have learned
that this meek and lowly sufferer
would presently be transfigured into
the glorious sovereign who should
rule the Kingdom of God. But, en.
amored with the glamor of earthly
royalty, they despised the humble
Prophet of Nazareth, and fulfilled
the Scriptures by erncifying him.
It was a grievous blunder, and griev
ously have they answered it, by
nineteen centuries of exile, disper
sion, and persecution. This melan
cholly example onght to warn Chris
tians, of this century, to be very
careful how they interpret the
prophecies. They are in danger of
making a mistake, concerning the
second coming of Christ, very simi
lar to the mistake of the Jews con
cerning bis first coming.
But let us return to the question;
bow shall the triumph of the church
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY. JUNE 8,1893.
jmplished? Turn to Psalms
3. Here we have the an
swer in a nut-shelL “Jehovah said
to my Lord, sit thou on my right
hand till I make thine enemies thy
foot-stool.” Here Jehovah presents
himself as the paramount and effici
ent agent in subduing his enemies,—
the whole of them, i. e., the world—
to the feet of the Messiah; while th e
Messiah himself is invited to sit at
his Father’s right hand till his ene
mies are subdued under his feet.
David wrote these words under di
vine uspiration. Compare with
them Peter’s words on the day of
Pentecost, Acts 2: 30-35. Compare
also Heb. 10:12-13* In the light
of these Scriptures we are forced to
conclude that Christ, after his ascen
sion, was enthroned at God’s right
hand, there to abide, till his enemies
are subdued under his feet, i, e., till
the triumph of the church is estab
lished over the world. Hence we
need not look for his second, visible
advent till that triumph shall be
achieved.
The second and third verses of the
Psalm plainly showd that Jehovah
will employ, as his instruments, the
inmates of “Zion” to accomplish this
great victory over the world. Zion
certainly represents, typically, • the
church, out of which he will send the
rod of his strength,” i. e., his people
as his moral forces. The third verse
makes this clear: “Thy people shall
be willing (to freely offer themselves
for service) in the day of thy pow
er.”
This interpretation, of the 110th
Psalm, is strongly supported by Dan
iel’s vision. (See his 7th chapter.)
In his dream there passes before him
a vision of four beasts, one after the
other. Associated with this vision,
he also saw the Son of Man coming
in the clouds of heaven, to the “Anc
ient of days,” i. e„ to the Father.
“And there was given him dominion
and glory, and a kingdom, that all
people, nations and languages should
serve him; his dominion is an ever
lasting dominion which shall not pass
away, and his kingdom that which
shall not he destreyed.” Compare
these words with Acts 1: 9,“When he
had spoken these words, while they
beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud
received him out of their sight.”
It was a cloud in which Daniel
saw “one like the Son of Man’’
carried up to the Ancient of days,
and it was a cloud in which the dis
ciples saw Jesus ascend into heaven
where, we learn, he sat on the right
hand of God, henceforth expecting
till his enemies shall be made his
footstool.” See how exactly David’s
version was realized in the ascension
of Jesus. But David tells us that
“the kingdom and the greatness of
the kingdom was given to the peo.
pie of the saints of the Most High
etc.” Here we find the “Dominion
of the saints” under oie Messiah, dis.
tinctly foretold. And in the Acts of
the Apostles, we see that dominion
formally inaugurated by the out
pouring of the Spirit upon the saints
on the day of Pentecost. On that
day Jesus began his Messianic reign
over the nations in the midst of his
enemies, through the instrumental
ity of his saints. On that day his
saints became a power in the earth.
And under his diyino providence,
and by the agency of his Spirit, they
have already made great progress
towards the conquest of the world
for Christ; and according to the pre
dictions of David and of Daniel, they
will continue to conquer 'till the
whole world shall lie at Jesus’ feet.
Thus the triumph of the church will
be won by the church itself in the
right use of its present rich and
abundant resources.
When this great acheivement shall
be accomplished, then, shall be ful
filled the Messianic prophecies of the
Old Testament, which so vividly des
cribe “the latter day glory” under
the reign of the Messiah. In that
day the heart of Israel shall turn to
her long Lord, the vail
shall be taken away, and with the
eye of faith, she shall look, with pen
etential sorrow, upon him whom she
bad pierced, and be in bitterness for
him, as one is in bitterness for his
first born, When Jews and Chris
tiens shall stand together, in full fel
lowship, upon the basis of a common
faith in the crucified One, and with
them shall all the nations of the
earth be blessed.
Other topics, of great interest, are
included In this subject. Some of
these I propose to notice m other
papers.
73 Wheat street Atlanta.
COMPENSATIONS.
Who ever wishes to get along with
average contort must study God’s
methods of evening up the troubles
of life with compensations. This
method is broadly disclosed in the
book of Job. The spirit in the New
Testament calls op the tried to con.
sider how God made up to his ser
vant Job in his later years all and
more than his losses in his earlier
life.
The closer we study the question
the clearer will appear the truth that
over against every evil is a good'
And over against almost every good
is an evil. “Every rose has its
thorn,” is the common way of put
ting it. Even that most excruciat
ing of experiences, a tooth pulling,
is compensated by the comforting
reflection that the tooth will never
ache again. »
One of the painful things which
happened at the Nashville Conven
tion was the severance of the tie that
bound some of our most honored
missionaries to the convention. The
question was a simple one, and was
settled as it should have been set
tled; settled in the only possible way,
still we can but regret that the
separation was necessary. But there
are compensations worth considering.
Let me point out some of them.
1. It emphasizes the individuality
of our brethren and sisters. There
is no little danger that in these days
of colossal organization every where
for eyery thing, the individuality of
people will all be squeezed out
Baptists have a special mission in
the world to keep this prime factor
in a healthy development to the
front. It is based in our system"
There is some danger that even
among Baptists it may be over laid
and lost sight of. Indeed, we greatly
need for the reviving of this doc
trine stalwart examples of individu.
alism in religious work. Os little
pessimistic examples of contrariness
which go sometimes by the /line of
independents, we have had no lack;
but for men and women of the high
est grade of intelligence and piety to
go against the board does not prove
that board is wrong, but it does
prove that there is still thinking
room in the denomination. Just as
certain as there is much real deep
earnest thinking , there will be sotae
differences as to methods.
The event at Nashville gives oc
casion to rectify a tendency of evil
omen which shows itself in the al*
ready too much talked about loyalty
to boards, conventions, etc. It is
not a hard thing to make a mistake
just at this point. A thoroughbred
Baptist is loyal to the King eternal
and to nothing else. One who reads
the papers with a sharp eye discov
ers a strain of language about human
organizations which did not origi.
nate in the holy land. By imper
ceptible degrees the agencies we
have devised for our convenience
come to bold the place of master a
over us. It is no small thing that
now and then this conceit gets a big
hole knocked in it. The right to
dissent from majorities must be kept
in mind, and there is no way to keep
it to the front, but by exercising it
now and then.
§till another compensation is the
emphasis put upon the fact, that
there are more ways than one to do
many things. It inheres in humanity
to take narrow views of nearly
every thing. Our way becomes, be.
fore we know it, the only way. And
what is worse, too many come, by a
shgrt cut, to regard the way as of
more consequence than the thing to
be done. Our methods after all are
not perfect. They may need read,
justment, at any rate, there are other
ways. It will not hurt at all every
now and then to strongly emphasize
this truth.
I am for organization and I am for
our board. The Board did all it
could do, so far as appears But I
am more for the inalienable right or
every Baptist to think and act sos
himself than for any one set of agen
cies. That right vigorously exer
cised will give strength to all our
agencies, reconstruct, broaden, re
adapt them and keep them in work
ing order. The man on the other
side is a very useful person in our
economy.
J. B. Gambrell.
WAS IT A MIRACLE?
Far back in the region of mist and
fable, primitive people were in the
habit of assembling themselves to
gether in thankfulness to one of the
many pagan deities who was wor
shipped as “the god of the harvest.’’
The Chinese still retain this custom.
It prevailed even amongst the an
cient Hebrews. The supposition is
that it originated in the, pagan pre
lude to what we know of Jewish
history.
Bethat as it may, the Feast of
Weeks or harvest feast—after
wards known as the feast of the
Passover—was in vogue at the time
of the advent of Christ. And it was
on the occasion of this ancient fes
tival that the assemblage tqok place
in an upper room in Jerusalem, an
account of which is briefly given i.<
the second chapter of the Acts c*
the Apostles. ’ ■»
Even from a purely rationalistic
standpoint, that short chapter in the
New Testament presents one of the
most impressive episodes in the
whole history of the human race.
About one hundred people, most of
them from the humbler walks
of life, had met to keep an appoint
ment with one who had died and
been buried a few weeks before-
There was no misunderstanding ag
to this point, because his death and
burial were matters of public noto
riety. But it was nearly or quite as
notorious that he had come to life
again. Both facts were as well es.
tablished as any fact could be by
human testimony.
These people, then, had assembled
themselves together by his direction,
and were awaiting the fulfilment of
his promise. Beyond this, ther e
was no fixed purpose. They had
formulated no plans for the future,
had no creed, no ritual, no ecclesias
tical polity. There was no discus
sion, no dissension, no excitement-
All was silent, earnest expectancy.
All were of one mind, that is, atone
in the belief that the promise would
be kejpt.
Why it be thought incred
ible-then, even from the standpoint
of modern psychological research,
that this little Galilean community
should become what people would
now call claraudient and clarvoyant?
Very soon they became conscious
of a Presence the reality of which
they could feel, but could not ade
quately describe in words. They
likened it to an overpowering at
mospheric wave, to “a rushing mighty
wind,” the influence of which was
manifest and irresistable, though,
like the wind, visible through itg
resultant action only. This, however,
was merely their first impression,
for very soon, they became consciou g
of the actual presence of Him who
had come to fulfil the promise.
What was the purpose of this ex
traordinary meeting? Not to grati
fy a mere idle curiosity, certainly.
Nor was it to bewilder and so mys
tify a few simple minded people as
to make them act as though they
were beside themselves. Rather
was it not to manifest that the reve
lation which Jesus had made before
his death, was now to be continued
and completed through living hu
man beings? This little Galilean
community was to develop what ho
had previously revealed to its mem
bers concerning the principles of
the inner or spiritual life of man*
In the men of that Society, as in
him before his death, was the union
of two natures, distinct yet insepara
ble. These were now to be harmon
ized and placed in proper and or
derly relations to each other; to be
made one in them as in him. The
mission of these men wag then, to
bring the wcrld into harmony with
heaven; that is to say, to place man
in his true relation to God.
It baa been said that this Pente
costal scene belonged to a “super
natural age,” that it was a “miracle,’’
and that “the day of gnch things is
over.” But wherefore? Was not
the meeting itself a matter of course?
Most of those who attended it had
personally seen and associated with
Jesns before his death; most of them
had personally seen and talked with
him afterwards. They felt that
they could not be mistaken as to bis
identity. Even the skeptical Thomas
had become satisfied on this point.
All remembered his promise. What
more natural, therefore, than that
they should assemble themselves of
"common accord in one place” under
the conditions named by him, and
confidently await the fulfilment of
that promise?
The manifestations which they
witnessed, whilst beyond 'the range
of ordinary experience, do not seem
to have been regarded by any one of
the society as miraculous or super
natural. There is nothing of record
to show that even the most impres
sional among those minded
people regarded the occurrences as
being “beyond or above nature.’’
They probably realized, as we do to
day, that “nature” is but a symbolic
term employed to indicate what lit
tle we know, or can know, of the
aggregate of cause and effect; and
that because we do not fully under
stand bow a thing is done, we
not therefore rationally conclude
that some law of nature has been an
nulled or suspended. Besides, in
the present case, was there not a dis
tinct intimation, amounting to a pos
itive promise, that whenever and
wherever the same conditions should
be complied with, the same results
would follow? Or, in other words,
where and whenever two or three
should be gathered together in His
name, there would He be found in
their midst.
William L. Scbuggs.
THE BASIS OF SELECTION.
“It is capable of being made to
seem very absurd that a congrega
tion should ask a*man to come and
be their teacher, but insist that they
will only ask him with the under
fitanding that he belieyes what they
believe, and that if ho comes to be
lieve otherwise t!ian they do, he will
go away and teach them no longer.”
These are the words of a man who
suffered the pain of seeing the ab
surdity mentioned in these words.
He saw it as an absurdity because he
had reached the plane of a principle
so much higher, on which plane he
spoke and lived; he was pained to
see it because he loved with a great
love the possibilities that must re
main impossibilities so long as this
absurdity remains. To the great
soul nothing is so painful as little
ness : to the deep nature nothing is
so painful as a shallowness.
The man who said, “I would that
I could put the privilege of that
ministry before them as it seems to
us who have long lived in it. I
wish that some one here this morn,
ing might so see it that it might win
his life. I believe so fully that the
Chirstian ministry in the next fifty
years is to have a nobler opportuni
ty of usefulness and power than it
has ever had in the past, that I
would gladly call, if I could, with
the voice of a trumpet, to the brave,
earnest, cultivated young men who
are to live in the next fifty years, to
enter into it and share the privilege
of that work together ” —the man
that could speak thus had his fitness
to be “Servus servorum Dei,” or, as
he himself said it should also be
“Amicus amicorum Dei,” —a bishop
in his church—seriously questioned.
And why ? Simply because he was
accustomed to say such things as
that the people, the laity, have the
real apostolic succession—in a word,
because he stressed the spiritual
above the technical in the beliefs of
his denomination. So the near
sighted individual is ever hampering
the man at the telescope with “fool
ish and unlearned questions.”
Just now a whole denomination of
ministers are making themselves ri
diculous and displaying a bigotry
that is puerile and using language
that is, to say the least of it, un-
Christian, toward a man who has
merely pointed out the errors, or
rather the incompleteness, into which
the technicalities of a human creed
have led them. Their actions are
forcible illustrations of how blindly
following the letter may violently
oppose the spirit. It reminds one of
one who should say we should leave
not a particle of the elements at the
Lord’s Supper because the English
Testament says, “Drink ye all of it.”
The culprit,’as he is regarded, who
is undergoing trial, may have made
some errors in interpretation; who
can say? But so long as the spirit
that characterizes the now notorious
(though more justly noteworthy)
inaugural address actuates a great
mind, is there much danger of seri
ous evil fromjits investigations?
Both these instances are but the
outcome of that short-sighted fallacy
which, in the Jews, caused Christ to
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say, “Judge not according to the ap
pearance, but judge righteous judg.
ment,” and caused the Jews to say
though they confessed the divinity
of his words, “Howbeit we know this
man, whence he is; but when Christ
cometh, no man knoweth whence he
is.” They always gave more weight
to the letter of the prophecy than to
tho spirit of its fulfilment. Time
has proven their mistake: it also
showed the fallacy of judgment in
the first instance noted above; and
will doubtlless likewise reveal the
error in the latter case.
The time for the election of a
president for Mercer is at hand.
What shall be the basis of selection ?
Shall D. D, be a necessary qualifies,
tien, or shall the absence of D. D. b o
required? What does D. D. mean|?
It means that, in the opinion of some
college, a man has attained a certain
eminence in the ministry. What
does it signify in connection with his
candidacy for the position of presi
dent of Mercer? It guarantees his
honesty and uprightness, his unsel.
fish devotion to the cause of man’s
spiritual good, his faithfulness. It.
ought to; but are these the special
qualifications of a college president ?
This degree implies rathor advanced
age and long experience in the min
istry. Are these things such as to
fit a man especially for managing
an educational institution? More
often they do not. The treatment
of spiritual pupils involves a disci,
pline vastly different from that in.
volved in the management of the
pupils of an educational institution 5
so that it is usually the case that the
more suited a man is for the minis
try, the less suited he is for the
management of a school. There are
exceptions; and fortunate indeed will
it be if the Board finds one of these
“solitary superlatives” with broad
enough talents to fill both spheres
equally well. If he have the quali
fications of a president the D. D,
cannot be any objection.
Shall he be a Georgian? Not un.
less a Georgia college president can
be found. Shall he be a young man ?
If he has the qualifications of a col
lege president. Shall he have had
experience? Yes, if with that ex.
perience, to make it valuable, he has
the aforesaid qualifications. Rather
let him have the qualifications alone
than the experience alone. Shall he
be a Ph. D. or LL. D. or have
studied in Germany? He must at
least have learning enough to be im
bued with the sp ; rit of progressive
scholarship. Often the greatest value
of a degree is.the incentive to scholar,
ship and the general broadening in
cidentally acquired in getting the
degree. He should have some knowl
edge of progressive University meth
ods and standards. But a big brain,
with a big purpose and big energy is
more important than a decade of
study in Germany
i In short, a certain amount of tb®
superficialities is necessary,absolutely
, necessary; but of themselves, in
whatever quality, they are sadly in
i sufficient. How often do we see this
i in the ranks of our educators! We
i know that to be successful, a lawyer
must love the law and follow it long
i and earnestly, a physician must prac
• tice medicine exclusively, an author
must write assiduously; but hereto
fore we have seemed to think that a
man who has devoted; twenty or
thirty years to thej ministry, can, at
■ the age of fifty, suddenly become a
successful college president. It can
not be. He must love the possibili
ties of teaching more than to put it
off so long. ■ He must feel about it
as the ministers quoted above feel
about the ministry. He must not
take it up incidentally, or because he
feels complimented by his election,
or because it is a prominent place in
the denomination, or because there is
a comfortable salary attached to it.
He must not take it as a means for
4elf-glorittcation.
Let him be a Christian man, who,
with other Christian men of to-day
realizes that Christian education
the inculcation of the principles, the
life making principles, not merely
the dogmas, of Christianity pure and
undefiled—is the hope of the world
and that the schoolroom, especially
the college recitation room and presi
dent’s office, are second only to the
pulpit, and in many respects, supple
mentary to it, in the accomplishment
of this work. Higher education i g
not inimical to higher Christianity,
necessarily j the Christian teache'r