Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-10-09

life, or, rather. from what does The dulles of lie,
which under obligations PERFORM afise Do they
How, necessarily from the relations ex, between
God and man, and between AMI his fellow man! They
undoubtedly d. NhngaTe being these various relations
which exist between God aad and between and
his FELLOW mani 1t certainly God. Who then can
prescribe these various duties and teach them IN language
perfectly adapted the capacities, understanding and
Of man in childhood middle iie and mature old age
Il IS God only do this And this he has done in
Bible, (as before shewn.) Here IS perfect
SYSTEM of moral duties, which obligatory
PERFORM and which arise OF the relations stand in to
God and But every other system of moral instruction
imperfect, for this simple reason, that they haze man for
their author Shall then, while have pesfect sys-
of morality; imperfect system into the hands OF
of schools who employed, By
child (who should be and dear
ves) teach them the end OF their eNis-
tence--to educate only well theif pari in
time; bot to be heirs eternity If thus
can expect teachers! If look for chill
be well instructed in morals. viii look for i'm
possibility Besides would guilty of very
allied condemned iii the lt chap. of alicha l4h
''Cursed be the derciver, which hath in his flock MALE
vowch, sacrifset Lord corrupt tning.''
God given command educate your children in the
way they should go And, how educate them i'll
the way that they should go but by nsiructng from the
book. which God has given teach the the iii which
they should walk. Here have that which may be
male, perfect, without blemsh,
given for specific purposeto rule direct in the
and happiness, and the school educa-
design of being way should
co. bring practice contained in the
Bible. If we then, Introduce into our common schools,
any thing place Bible should occupy,
guilty ing unclean and imperfect thing, iii the place
perfect system, God provided and required
purpose But will any say, that this
duty binding only rents, when engaged nstructng
children: but binding, them, when ,hey send
them a school Il teacher2 The Parent when sends
child school. them employing another perform
work; pa duty the
Bible, certainly his duty the teacher the
school, makes of the best system i'll in
tructng his child The parent delegate another
duty, nstrHrng his child, render
iuprupe should be given the
systen should be parent actually employ
giving :he There doubt. in
my nnd tho bad of morals, which exists.
alarming the present time, is owing, in great
degree fact, the Bible, has for time been,
holly discarded from schools, and
quenty the YOUTH from the best of all
ystes, entirely neglected by parents tn prove this
poinl, only compare the neghborhood, has
ersally made of the Bible school book: with
discarded And how viii they
pare for morality! As q general fact. reference to
ortuer, you VIII ind then good, INDUSTRIOUS moral and,
may say, religious citizens But, reference
latter general rule, you viii find them directly the
verse. ". NJ. u. /
p. s. The remarks sRchmond,' deistical re-
marks of "a lover of consency;' but which appears be
pen, my Introduction, will noticed
the proHf time and place, if permitted. w. NJ. b.