The place of Christian education in the civilization of the West

Henry Albert Stimson

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. ofThe Place Christian Education Civilization of the West.in the AddressAn • . By Henry A. Stimson OF CALIFOFUNIVERSITY ANGELESAT LOS THE PLAiJE OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IX THE CIVILIZATION OF THE WEST. AN ADDRESS REV. HENRY STIMSONBY THE A. Before the Congregational Club of Worcester, Massachusetts, at its Annual Public Meeting for 1881. "The Lord takes care of cliililiores, andamiually ovtT fi\o luiiulroil tliuusaiid iimnigrants to our that DU what hv know as duIv the arid phiins of tlie far "West, then tlie home of the buffalo and the savage, a new nation wouhl witliin samethe period arise. One-half of the population of the United States to-day lies west of Columbus. force isIn the East the i)laee of Christian edueation as a ei\ ilizing sutfieiently the West is There, in theclear; in it still a jjroblem. midst of a heterogenous and alien jiopulatioii, with few recognized institutions, in the face of hostile forms of religious belief, and amid social and industrial *])roblems as civiliza-new as they are ditficult, the tii>ii that found its early and congenial home in New England is to be ))ut to a sui)reme test. Three different lines of investigation beforeo])en us. Shall we Aveigh and measure the forces the West antagonistic to civilization,at and seek to estimate the o]»])osing power of Christian education?

Sujets

• Éducation
• Western United States
• Religious education
• United States

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• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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