hand has preserved its purity through all the ages. Its bright
rays shine into the far distant past, where human research seeks vainly to
penetrate. In God’s word alone we find an authentic account of creation.
Here we behold the power that laid the foundation of the earth and that
stretched out the heavens. Here only can we find a history of our race,
unsullied by human prejudice or human pride.
In the word of God the mind finds subject for the deepest thought,
the loftiest aspiration. Here we may hold communion with patriarchs and
prophets, and listen to the voice of the Eternal as He speaks with men.
Here we behold the Majesty of heaven as He humbled Himself to become
our substitute and surety to cope singlehanded with the powers of darkness
and to gain the victory in our behalf. A reverent contemplation of such
themes as these cannot fail to soften, purify, and ennoble the heart, and, at
the same time, to inspire the mind with new strength and vigor.
If morality and religion are to live in a school, it must be through a
knowledge of God’s word. Some may urge that if religious teaching is to
be made prominent our school will become unpopular; that those who are
not of our faith will not patronize the college. Very well, then, let them
go to other colleges, where they will find a system of education that suits
their taste. Our school was established, not merely to teach the sciences,
but for the purpose of giving instruction in the great principles of God’s
word and in the practical duties of everyday life.
This is the education so much needed at the present time. If a worldly
influence is to bear sway in our school, then sell it out to worldlings and
let them take the entire control; and those who have invested their means
in that institution will establish another school, to be conducted, not upon
the plan
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of popular schools, nor according to the desires of principal and teachers,
but upon the plan which God has specified.
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 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 community 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.
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Principal and teachers should have a living connection with God,
and should stand, firmly and fearlessly, as witnesses for Him. Never
from cowardice or worldly policy let the word of God be placed in the
background. Students will be profited intellectually, as well as morally
and spiritually, by its study.
Object of the College
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Our college stands today in a position that God does not approve. I
have been shown the dangers that threaten this important institution. If its
responsible men seek to reach the world’s standard, if they copy the plans
and methods of other colleges, the frown of God will be upon our school.
The time has come for me to speak decidedly. The purpose of God in
the establishment of our college has been plainly stated. There is an urgent
demand for laborers in the gospel field. Young men who design to enter
the ministry cannot spend a number of years in obtaining an education.
Teachers should have been able to
