Trevecca Nazarene University - Darda Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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DR. A. B. MACKEY, M.A.. LLD. President

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TREVECCA NAZARENE COLLEGE l4Je .-Accept tlie C Laiie

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Dr. and Mrs. Mackey OUR... PRESIDENT S Education is a factor of wealth. Dr. P. P. Claxton would say that It is one of the three factors of wealth, the other two factors being native ability and natural resurces. Education is the only one of the three which can be increased by the efforts of man. Solonnon asked God for wisdom and knowledge and the Lord gave him knowledge according to his request, but in addition he gave him honor and wealth. The story of Solomon has been repeated in every Instance In which the individual asked God for wisdom and knowl- edge. It is true today that students of Trevecca Col- lege who ask for wisdom and knowledge and fail to ask for honor and wealth will receive both wealth and honor as a bonus. Education that does not take God into account Is not a producer of permanent wealth. A nation or people may become strong and wealthy and remain so for a while, but the Bible says, Blessed is that nation whose God is the Lord . Therefore, we must have Christian education to both produce and pre- serve the wealth of the world. There is a type of wealth that does not consist of silver or gold. It is a spiritual wealth, and that wealth Is produced probably by three factors to be found in the spiritual world. Native ability In the physical vorld has oftentimes been described as what we are born with therefore, native ability in the spiritual world is what God gives us in the second birth. Also, if the natural resources in the physical world are the things of which we manufacture our food and cloth- ing. It is appropriate to say that the supernatural resources in the spiritual world are the things out of v hlch we feed and clothe the soul. The Word of God Is the bread of life and we may have a robe made of righteousness — not self-rlghteousness, because self- rlghteousness Is like filthy rags. It Is the righteous- ness of God that properly clothes the soul. Again, neither of these two factors in the spiritual world can be produced — they are what God endows us with. Therefore, education as a factor of spiritual wealth Is the only factor that can be increased. One of the maior things in education is study, and the Bible says Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. If education is so Important, both In the physical and spiritual world, why are we not more interested in the promotion of education? The United States of America spends nearly twice as much for whiskey as education The Church of the Nazarene In the Southeast is spending about one dollar out of one-hundred dollars on Trevecca College. One of the reasons that we do not have a greater interest in education is that we do not know the value of It. So, let ' s make a part of our educational program the study of the value of education. Back of all the medical science of today are the college laboratories of yesterday. Back of the church of today are the Christian students In the colleges of yesterday. Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt; Daniel went to the University of Babylon; Paul sat at the feet of Gamaliel; Martin Luther went to the University of Wittenberg; John Wesley was an Oxford student. I trust that we will invest more than ever before in Christian education.