Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . vantages of a university of which God is thefounder and perpetual chancellor. God mademan an educable being and placed him in a uni-verse admirably adapted to call forth and developall his powers. Illimitable space is the seat ofthis university ; the remotest stars lie within thepale of its campus ; the sun is but one illuminatedvolume of its universal library ; within its ScienceHall, roofed in by the vast dome of heaven, everyscience may be studied at first hand ; and so com-prehensive is the course that no one can passthrough all its grades
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . vantages of a university of which God is thefounder and perpetual chancellor. God mademan an educable being and placed him in a uni-verse admirably adapted to call forth and developall his powers. Illimitable space is the seat ofthis university ; the remotest stars lie within thepale of its campus ; the sun is but one illuminatedvolume of its universal library ; within its ScienceHall, roofed in by the vast dome of heaven, everyscience may be studied at first hand ; and so com-prehensive is the course that no one can passthrough all its grades and carry off all the people who are hungry for knowledge andhave not the means and the opportunity to pursuecollege studies, are in a university after all, andthere is no limit to the variety and extent of theknowledge they may acquire. Hugh MillersSchools and Schoolmasters were not collegesand professors, but the world around him, thequarries where he cut stone, the educative experi-ences of real life. One may be in the classroom. Rev. Ng Poon Chew. 1898.] THE CHURCH AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 69 every day, and learn much, if his eyes are he cannot go to schools and colleges and studybooks written by men, he may, in Gods Univer-sity, study treatises written by the divine hand. THE CHUECH AND THE fourfold mission of the Church, says a wri-ter in the Baptist Union, is the salvation of theindividual; his edification in spiritual graces ; hiseducation in useful knowledge ; the evangelizationof the world through him. The young peoplessociety is one of the means through which theChurch is seeking to realize this mission. By itthe experience and wisdom of the older membersmay be projected into the future of the need be no rivalry nor jealousy between theold and young ; no seeking on the part of the oldto shift their responsibilities upon the young, noron the part of the young to displace the old. Thesociety affords an opportunity for age
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