Chapter 6—Workers in our College
The very foundation of all true prosperity for our college is a close
union with God on the part of teachers and students. The fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom. His precepts should be acknowl-
edged as the rule of life. In the Bible the will of God is revealed to
His children. Wherever it is read, in the family circle, the school, or
the church, all should give quiet and devout attention as if God were
really present and speaking to them.
A high religious standard has not always been maintained in our
school. A majority of both teachers and students are constantly seeking
to keep their religion out of sight. Especially has this been the case
since worldlings have patronized the college. Christ requires from all
His followers open, manly confessions of their faith. Each must take
his position, and be what God designed he should be, a spectacle to
the world, to angels, and to men. Every Christian is to be a light, not
hid under a bushel or under a bed, but put on a candlestick, that it may
give light to all that are in the house.
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The teachers in our college should not conform to worldly customs
or adopt worldly principles. The attributes which God prizes most
are charity and purity. These attributes should be cherished by every
Christian. “Everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
“If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected
in us.” “We shall see Him as He is. And every man that hath this hope
in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.”
God has been moving upon the hearts of young men to devote
themselves to the ministry. They have come to our college in the hope
of finding advantages there which they could obtain nowhere else. But
the solemn convictions of the Spirit of God have been lightly regarded
by teachers who know but little of the worth of souls and feel but little
burden for their salvation, and they have endeavored to turn the youth
from the path into which God had been seeking to lead them.
The compensation of well-qualified teachers is much higher than
that of our ministers, and the teacher does not labor nearly so hard or
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