Afternoon Classes - That Evil Invention!

Light May Seem At Times To Be An Impertinent Intruder, But It Is Always Beneficial In The End.

A Christian Boy Or Girl Can Learn Mathematics, For Example, From A Teacher Who Is Not A Christian; And Truth Is Truth However Learned. But While Truth Is Truth However Learned, The Bearing Of Truth, The Meaning Of Truth, The Purpose Of Truth, Even In The Sphere Of Mathematics, Seem Entirely Different To The Christian From That Which They Seem To The Non-christian; And That Is Why A Truly Christian Education Is Possible Only When Christian Conviction Underlies Not A Part But All, Of The Curriculum Of The School.

And God Grant That His Fire Be Not Quenched! God Save Us From Any Smoothing Over Of These Questions In The Interests Of A Hollow Pleasantness; God Grant That Great Questions Of Principle May Never Rest Until They Are Stettled Right! It Is Out Of Such Times Of Questioning That Great Revivals Come. God Grant That It May Be So Today! Controversy Of The Right Sort Is Good; For Out Of Such Controversy, As Church History And Scripture Alike Teach, There Comes The Salvation Of Souls.

A Public-school System, If It Means The Providing Of Free Education For Those Who Desire It, Is A Noteworthy And Beneficent Achievement Of Modern Times; But When Once It Becomes Monopolistic It Is The Most Perfect Instrument For Tyranny Which Has Yet Been Devised. Freedom Of Thought In The Middle Ages Was Combated By The Inquisition, But The Modern Method Is Far More Effective.’ (1923)

In Many Respects, My Work Is Very Enjoyable, For I Seem To Get On Pretty Well With The Fellows And Enjoy The Work Of Instruction As Well As My Own Studies