Teaching the issues and the faith for today

Humanity is on a long march toward as yet, ill-defined goals. Our problems are many, and our intelligence for solving them is questionable. A bit of doggerel which has been going the rounds illustrates the point. In this doggerel, three monkeys are described as conversing about the rumor that man descended from monkeys. They point out that monkeys would not build a fence to keep other monkeys away from the cocoanut tree, meanwhile letting the fruit go to waste. They say that monkeys wouldn't beat their wives, get drunk, carry guns or knives, or take another monkey's life. In the end they conclude that Man descended, the ornery cuss, but, brothers, he didn't descend from us! Crude as this doggerel is, it suggests that, as people, we are not doing so well viewed from a relatively unintelligent point of view. The problems which are upon us will be solved-and note that I say will-by the two constructive forces in the world today: religion and education. Since our business is education, let us consider our part. As we do so, let us, with humility, remind ourselves of certain obvious truths

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