The History and Operation of Cedarville College

14 deal ~an be done for good in our society by school teachers trained, not only in education, but in the principles of Christ as well. Christ, Himself, said of his own people ''Ye are the salt of the earth"· 6 Salt not only provides seasoning but it hinders decay. Trueblood says "If we succeed in destroying the race, that will be partly because of what has been developed in colleges, and if we come out into a brighter day 1 that too, in part, will be because of what college men and women have thought. 11 7 (3) A young person trained in a Christian college should have a proper balance of truth. "Christian education insists that piety is no substitute for scholarship, and that scholarship is no enemy of piety. Both may move on together in beautiful harmony. Christian education recognizes the legitimacy of all genuine areas of knowledge, but insists that God be taken into account in connection with every one of them. 11 8 A person trained in an independent small Christian college will not, therefore, be a fanatic, because he will consider truth in its proper relationship to other truths. He gland sets forth certain objectives which are general in defining Christian education. Since they define the hopes and ambitions of Cedarville College, we shall quote a few of them in this paper. 6Matthew 5: 13 7Elton Trueblood, The Idea of a College, (Parker Brothers Publishing Company, 1959), p. 2. 8 Martin Hegland, Christianity in Education, (Harper Brothers Publishing Company, 1959), p. 4.