Editorial September 22, 1945 Issue

Strive for Christian Culture!

John Randall Dunn

An interesting word is "culture." It is derived from the Latin, meaning "to till, or cultivate;" and Mr. Webster gives this thought-provoking definition: "The enlightenment and refinement of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic training; refinement in manners, taste, thought, etc."

Can one divorce true culture, therefore, from Christian precepts? Could the gentle Nazarene have been other than a man of the greatest refinement? One could not possibly picture him as uncouth either in manners or in speech. A much-loved hymn speaks of him thus:

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