Identifier: tigerstudentnews06unse (find matches)
Title: The Tiger (student newspaper), Sept. 1903-June 1904
Year: 1903 (1900s)
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Subjects: Colorado College Student publications Colorado College student newspaper College newspapers and periodicals
Publisher: Colorado College
Contributing Library: Colorado College, Tutt Library
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hat wediscover, and of the glorification of mans lifethrough such obedience. No one now believes that the truth taught tomen who are to be ministers of Christ is differentfrom that taught to other men; or, if he does be-lieve that, it is to him a belief that they are nottaught the truth at all. are being determined, being made the kind of menwho are to obey or fight against facts. We arehelped if we have an occasional vision of this su-perb being, the truth, which was here before usand will be here after us, and against whom wecan do nothing. To hear some people talk youwould think the truth was some delicate femaleapparition with unsoiled robes who could nevermake her way through this rough world unlesssome of us took her under our patronage. Sheis so modest that she would never make herselfheard unless some one went noisily before her.Far be it from me to belittle the idea of battlingfor truth; happy are they that are found fightingfor her. It is the most dire of hallucinations that
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A Students Room in McGregor Hall. The truth is not what men happen to think, butis the great world of facts of life and God outsideourselves and independent of us. Things are asthey are, and mans duty and privilege* is to findout how they are. It is a great state of things, asupreme quality of things, we come to think of italmost as a great life and power of things—thetruth of things. Not only is the truth the greatfact, it is a great power: we can do nothing againstit. We often try, through mistake or wilfulness,but it is of no use. Much of our current language gives evidenceagainst us. We talk, for example, about deter-mining the truth. We can determine our attitudetoward the truth, but the facts do not concernthemselves about our opinions. It is we who we can ever really triumph over truth. You mayarray the powers of earth and hell on the side ofwrong, but you cant make it work. If it is falsethe thing will have to go even if the foundationsof the universe go with it. There is no

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