Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-06-29

appreciation. When mortsls are employed
Ia doing good to each other. especially i'm
providing for those vino have none to help
them, they are hunnbly initiating him, aud
may expect his blessing upon their endea-
YOURS.
Such were the sentiments of the upright
Lancaster; and the blessing OF his God
gvds upon him, for discovery so excellent,
an Improvement so essential, in the most
Important and difficult of all arts. Educa-
fen, could not nave been accomplished
without the inspiration of that being =. from
yvhom coneM eUSrY good and perfect riff"
The glory OF the Sage, on whose MUD the
wisdom OF the Deity is impressed. Sl made
manifest by useful inventioHs for the benefit
OF mankind, is IS tar superior to that of
the mcst successful military Hero, rs the
comforts OF peace are preferable to the
tumuits and horrors of war. The time will
come when the renown of the dcstroyers
and tyr.nts of their fellow men will be
forgotten, or turned into inf my while
the fame of a Faust, a Franklin a Jcnner,
an Evons, Fuiton, s. a Lancaster, will
be immortal, and CONTINUALLY growing
brighter with the length of days Or all
these benefactots of their species, perhaps
the highest praise is due to him. whose in
genuity has removed the painful obstruc-
paths OF learning, and rendered. pleasant
and easy the acquisition of those elements
which are the foundations Of all other
knowledge. Long, indeed, had the 4pless
pupil of we'll msaning incapacity and la
bor;ouS dizziness been Condemned to
toll and sorrow IN the slow, and tedious,
and disgusting track. in which unskilfuI Pc
uaycgues followed each other.-iong, in
deed, (eyen from the d.ys of HOMER TO
the times in which we live,) had Education
ocen Gastly, though ailegorically) repre-
sented, as plant whose root was black &
tier, and hard to be dug out of the
grouud. while it's flower and fruit were
beautiful and sweet. But, at the touch of
the genius of Lancaster, the difficulty of
procuring this plant Of celestial seed" has
vanished nay, the root itself is sweetened
and made paiatabie, even to the % zUiiuing
schosi-6oy," who now no longer "ereefs,
ike snail. atnsoiiiingiy 10 school,"
The mode of tuition in Lancastrian
SchOor is such as to make it attractive to
the youthful mind, by the judciuus mea-
sures adopted, to stimulate emulation,
without resorting to base and servile pun
ishments by the clearly Ineligible. and,
therefore, easy methods of communicating
Information and by the syste matte forms
Of conducting the Business of the day, which
are SO Contrived as to have a play full and
amusing effect. The delighted pupil of
Lancaster, is e1Gced, and not terrified into
the gates of the temple of knowledge; yet
is wisely trained to- obedience by impartial
and steady discipline, and formed by ex-
ce)lent rules, to useful habits of method &
regularity of conduct.
From the happy combination of all these
causes, results the truly extraordinary fea-
lures OF the Lancastrian system the ceie-
rity with which the scholars are advanced
in learning. and The facility of teaching
much greater number, by the same precep-
tor. than in any other way. 1t follows,
therefore, that general introduction of
that system into practice, would be OF in
calcuiable advantage especially for the
purpose of diffusng universally the light of
knowledge, among numerous population,
at small expence. III this time, particu-
larry, the value OF this improvement In the
plan OF instruction, cannot be too highly es-
timated, when we consider that the patri-
otto and enlightened Legislators OF Virgi-
MIA, have lately increased their Literary
Fund, and will, probably. in short time,
| establish public schools, for the Education
| OF the children OF the poor. throughout the
Commonwealth. When that suspicious G.
vent shall take place, the Lancasir an
teachers will be the most useful and effici-
ent agents, and, possibly, absolutely neces-
sary 70 accomplish the wise views OF the
General Assembly.
ltseems, then, providen.ially intended,
that this recent invention should be auxli-
| airy to the designs of the Legislature, as
well as to the jealous endeavours of
Bible Societies, TO disse inmate the word of
life among the poor in our land. Without
| the know edge of letters. The Book of Di-
vine Wisdom cannot be read and without
Lancastrian teachers, fen, comparative
ly, can attain that indispensable know
ledge.
But the most important trait in the Ian
castrian scheme has not yet been mention
| ed the moral and religious ideas which
are daily imbibed by the young and sus-
ceptibls minds OF the pupils OF this institu-
ton. In the schools Conducted by Joseph
Lancaster, and IN those which are formed
on his model, every thing 10 calculated to
have the happy effect Of intoxicating Chris
sian principles. Not only the sentences
which the children are first taught to read
are impressive extracts from the sacred
Scriptures, but revs renee and love for the
word Of God, are SIX. fully blended with all
their progressive at.ainments. With Joy,
then, may it be idby the friends of the
religo on of our Lord and SAY our Jesus
Christ. that one of the grand Distinguishing
signs of the times OF the Messiah, thai
the floor haze The lyoSfyet freached unto
Men," is remarkably renewed, in this our
dav I'M the tranSarrtonc ot Bii,e Gcripttts