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the course so plainly as that I cannot mistake the way.’ “ ‘ (1794) At disappointments and losses which are the effects of providential acts, I never repine, because I am sure the All-Wise Disposer o f events knows better than we do, what is best for us, or what we deserve.’ ” Chief Justice Marshall spoke o f Washington’s relig ious life as follows: “ Without making ostentatious pro fessions of religion, he was a sincere believer in the Chris tian faith and a truly devout man.” A visitor to the Continental Congresá, in the early days of our colonial history, inquired of Secretary Thomp son how he might be able to know General Washington from others. T o which he replied, “ You can easily dis tinguish him when Congress goes to prayers. Mr. Wash ington is- the man who kneels down.’|£ This word of description applies to the Father of his country all through his public life. m m A Safe UniversityiDes Moines OME one has said, “ Education is America’s most nearly universal passion,” and the great rush o f young people into our universities and colleges in the last ten years ’seems to: fully verify this statement. But the thoughtful mind is led to ask if these universities and colleges are all alike, so that this great mass o f young, receptive American life can be thrown into a great hopper and distributed indiscrimi nately among them ; or, are there essentials in education which one school may lack and another school may provide, and which should lead discriminating parents and young people to choose' one institution rather than another ? Is there nothing in the choice o f a college that is of more importance than its location, its bigness, its expensive buildings, or its popularity in the athletic field? We answer emphatically,— there is. The moral and spiritual life of our young people is of greater importance, than all o f these, and is inseparably connected with their education? On the one hand, it is possible to properly care for the spiritual life and in no way hinder the intellectual training; on the other hand, it is possible to train the mind and leave the moral conscious ness in darkest ignorance. John Hustin Findley, on the editorjal staff of the New York Times, as quoted in The Educational Review, says ¿’ “ Education is of national con cern and the men who are called upon to endow colleges . . . . have a right to ask, ‘What kind of an education are the colleges offering ?’ ”, Then he asks, “ What are the col leges turning out today—moral idiots, or sane citizens?” Dr. G. Stanley Hall, in his work on “ Adolescence,” calls it a blind and ignorant assumption that the three “ R ’s” or any merely intellectual training can moralize.” In his great editorial Henry Watterson says, “ The paramount issue underlying democracy is the religion of Christ and Him crucified, the bedrock o f civilization.” And it is cer tain that if the professor in college sneers at the Bible, the deity o f Christ, and the supemátural in salvation, he is breaking down the moral fiber of the young people, and helping to train them to become super-men intellectually, but morally ignorant. The choice of a college, then, should be governed not only by the essentials which the college offer^, but also by the essentials which it lacks. ,¡ Des Mjhnes University, has in no way lowered the standards of scholarship by the position it has taken. It recognizes the claims of science, properly so called, and the men in charge of these departments hold degrees from the best universities. But the vagaries and speculations of evolution are not found in its classrooms.
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H ere G eorge W ashington W orshiped . INTERIOR ..OF CHRIST CHURCH^ ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, SHOWING THE. HIGH PULPIT AND :S$UARE..'PEW So ONLY THE MAHOGANY PEW TOPS AND THE DARK CRIMSON ALTAR COVERING, RELIEVE" THE GLISTENING WHITENESS. ; -----------= ......... ' • - = ' interesting summary of evidence seems to establish beyond reasonable doubt the fact of Washington’s baptism. P rayer at V aulrv F orge Here is the prayer offered by General Washington at Valley Forge: “ Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy.protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit o f subordination and obedience to government; and entertain a brotherly affection and love for each other and for their fellow citizens of the United States at large; and finally that Thou wilt most graciously be pleased to dis pose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility and pacific temper o f mind which were characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without these things we can never hope to be a happy nation. Grant our supplication, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.” E vidences in H is L etters General Washington’s letters abound in evidences of his deeply reverent nature. Here are some selections: “ ‘ (1778) The hand o f Providence has been so con spicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an, infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not grati tude enough to acknowledge his obligations.’ “ ‘ (1791) The’ great Ruler o f events will not permit the happiness of so many millions to be destroyed.’ “ ‘ (1792) But as the All-Wise Disposer of events has hitherto watched over my steps, I trust that, in the impor tant one I may. be soon called upon to take, He will mark
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