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Plat Pill fnu ]Bo? A Message to the Young People of Western Washington A Christian education is within the reach of every young man or woman who wills to obtain it. Impossibility, in edu¬ cation, is an old-fashioned word with a definition but without a meaning. There was a time when a young Lincoln, with an insati¬ able thirst for learning, was forced to beg the loan of books and read them after sixteen hours of strenuous labor by a flickering tallow candle or the smouldering embers of a cabin- fireplace; and a young Dr. Marden, on a scanty wage of twelve dollars per month, supported a helplessly dependent sister, eked out a scanty living for himself, and veritably forced his way up through Colby Academy. In comparison with that era, the youth of today—and especially our youth—have an education—and that a Christian education—virtually thrust upon them. “Doth not wisdom (education) cry? and understanding put forth her voice?” She standeth at the gates and entries to the cities and crieth to our youth: “Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is unto the sons of men.” If these words, spoken by Solomon one thou¬ sand years before the time of Christ, were true then, surely they are truer now. In fact, our Union Conference is massed with opportun¬ ities for the youth. Think of it! An academy in every con¬ ference begging and bidding and challenging the best to enter her class rooms! Solomon evidently was writing of our age and our conference, for truly education stands in the city and the country and the byways calling and beckoning to you. Those who turn a deaf ear to her call are evading an educa¬ tion: education evades no one in this era. What will you do? Around this question revolve tremendous possibilities. Into your answer are telescoped the grandest opportunities of this world and the world to come. Then, what will you do? You haven ' t any money? Our school was made for you. Our schools are made for boys and girls of grit and gumption, ( Continued, on page 41) Twenty-seevn
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