Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-06-06
Selections from Education Journals.

ScACCtiOLS II jill Giu>ksdoIcA OOA1AuAsss
Epils of Ignoronce, and benefits Of Knowledge
Ignorance is the parent OF superstition, which
has upheld the most grievous tyrannies, the COW
ering by which the human mind has been kept
dark and dismal, the cerisher of bad habits
which have demoralized society, the supporter of
Extravaganza which has ruined individuals and
nations. It's ignorance which devotes the poor
to the craft of designing knaves, that perplexes
and bewilders the mind under difficulties, that
fosters the for deusive pleasures that causes
lpeopie to be covetous of property, and yet ex-
travegant in spending it on their lusts 1t makes
men live as though always in labyrinth, and
| die in awful uncertainty. The ignorant man
exists like wandsref who knows not his desti
nation, and dies like one of the lower animals
as though possessed of no soul.
Knowledge is he parent Of true devotion, and
secures to man ne freedom to worship God, &C.
Icording to the dictates OF his own conscience
IT'S the light which disperses mental gloom: tits
the corrector o vicious habits and propensites
it's the next Of kin to prudence, which teaches
persons how guide their affairs with discretion
IT'S wisdom which guards the poor from the de-
signs of tbe crafty; that leads men through diff
culties without distraction; that cultivates the
taste for spiritual and intellectual pursuits; that
makes men charitable, because 1t teaches them
to be frugal; that guides through life without
mystenousness, and enables us to meet death with
iortitudes and with hope full of Immortality.
Parenta! keep your children in constant at.
tendance ala good school.
Chrisiianst encourage and extend education
by every means within your power.
At a stated meeting of the board officers and
managers OF the American Sunday School Union,
held at the Society's house, l46 Chestnut Street.
Philadelphia, April 10, 1882, the following pre-
ambie and resolutions being proposed and consid,
cred, were adopted
"ln view of thesignal tokens of Gods favor
towards the Sunday.Schooi institution in the Uni.
ted States, especially during the last year: and
considering the Importance of reducing, to some
siHPie ana general principles, system Of reli-
gious education SO necessary,-so well fitted to
the character and institutions Of our country and
promising such vast results; considering, also,
the advantages which flow from mutual conf
oence and sympathy and how much this conf
dence and sympa;hyare increased by personal
interchange OF feelings and views:
"REsoLvED--That it be recommended to the
suPerintendenis and teachers of Sunday schools
IN the ohited states TO convene at some suitable
Tune ana place, for the purpose of considering the
principles OF the institution; the duties and ohIi
cations which attach 10 the several officers of Sun
IVY 'oe' inc Dest pans oi organizing, instruct
ing, and managing Sunday School IN its various
departments, and such other topics as may per-
tam to the general objects OF the convention.
"HEsoLvED,-That it be further recommend
ed to the superintendent and teachers Of auxil-
iary Sunday Shoots, from different parts of the
country, who can make it convenient, to hold a
meeting In Philadelphia, on the 23d day of MAY
next, 1.-THE day succeeding the approaching ami
yersaay OF the American Sunday -SclIool UnlolI,
for the purpose of cosiderng the oregs ing resou-
ton; and if approved, that such measures be Ia
ken as shall be deemed necessary, respecting
time, place, and arrangements for the proposed
convention, to secure the accomplishment of the
desired oGiect."- PHILADELPHIA Journal.