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Christian Education
great principles of God’s word, and in the practical duties of everyday
life.
In the name of my Master, I entreat all who stand in responsible
positions in that school, to be men of God. When the Lord requires
us to be distinct and peculiar, how can we crave popularity, or seek
to imitate the customs and practices of the world? God has declared
his purpose to have one college in the land where the Bible shall have
its proper place in the education of the youth. Will we do our part to
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carry out that purpose?
It may seem that the teaching of God’s word has but little effect
on the minds and hearts of many students; but if the teacher’s work
has been wrought in God, some lessons of divine truth will linger in
the memory of the most careless. The Holy Spirit will water the seed
sown, and often it will spring up after many days, and bear fruit to the
glory of God.
Satan is constantly seeking to divert the attention of the people
from the Bible. The words of God to men, which should receive
our first attention, are neglected for the utterances of human wisdom.
How can he who is infinite in power and wisdom, bear thus with the
presumption and effrontery of men?
Through the medium of the press, knowledge of every kind is
placed within the reach of all; and yet how large a share of every com-
munity are depraved in morals, and superficial in mental attainments.
If the people would but become Bible readers—Bible students—we
would see a different state of things.
In an age like ours, in which iniquity abounds, and God’s character
and his law are alike regarded with contempt, special care must be
taken to teach the youth to study, to reverence and obey the divine will
as revealed to man. The fear of the Lord is fading from the minds of
our youth, because of their neglect of Bible study.
In the system of instruction used in the common schools, the most
essential part of education is neglected, viz., the religion of the Bible.
Education not only affects to a great degree the life of the student in
this world, but its influence extends to eternity. How important, then,
that the teachers be persons capable of exerting a right influence. They
should be men and women of religious experience, daily receiving
divine light to impart to their pupils.
But the teacher should not be expected to do the parent’s work.
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