Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-11-01
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COMMON SCHOOLS.
NUMBER TWO.

Nh Joseph Udsoa-MY DEAR SrR:-In the close
Of my first number, in January last had endpaynr,d !,
place he Common Schools. as a necessary consequence
a head Of the Billie, Now the reason hat we sow 81,
many seed by the printed page and see SO few flowers
IS. The people are not taught To read niegently and
with abiding convictions. leman said 10 me. per-
apS five ye1rs p1s, he had JUS completed tour for DIS
nbullag the Bltle under the direction Of some society-
Seven hundred and upwards bibles had been left by HIM
but says be- "amenlable 10 tell unless teachers are
sent 10 teach the PEE pie 10 read them. had bitter 90
back and bng back al leas five hundred of the COMES"
The veal and energies Of the land are exhausted TO
send the printed page. Should not the friends Of the
Bible take deeper interest in the Improvement of tho
Common Schools. Toeive the Bible unasked 10 the To-
noran aud hos unable to read is like easling the seed
wheat IN lie woods, buduga granite temple in the
forest for the n savage.
he pull pin also, chat most important and enfctual
guard, support aid ornament of virtues cause" stands
on Common Schools. When the messenger of truth
speaks to the cong Igaiin, he addresses mind his ar
gnmenls fre>uppose mind and unless The people's
seh"l5afe raised The audience up 10 the pulpit where is
he minister's Influence have often listened 10 good
aud c Argument itom he sacred DESK and have been
literally nslnuuded to tie people, with wandering
i@hs and Earan counienances, ready turn away If
any thing should happen 10 pass, at The very moment
loo, When he speaker was ednclng an important
conc usun. has, with shame, reminded me of ner-
sons 9r"spng after something that he was u.t able to
touch with The ends his fingers when every eff ri only
pushed the object little farther from him So with the
preacher he vas atoring get hold of the attention
Of the people, bnt the mind feeble 50 wandering
So vacant hal there was grasp and the great truth
ell roweress. Consequently such preaching is as hap
less rs 10 make mark on the ocean So it is with The
preacher when he breaches to The uneaned or Ignorant
Seeing they see not, neither do they understand" and
through You would say respocl Ivy TO he learned
eIegyman. IN the language of the English sermonzer
the sthoa master often muses. what the preacher never
minds The preacher should not only see that the
ifn'h Tails from his lips, bPt also That The people are
capable of receiving it, Now we ring the Sabbath bell
long and loud, but forget open or unlock the Church
door, The mind. Theuvilaon goes out 10 the people to
come and hear, bat the boiled door Of unorauce orbds
them In enter. Give good Common Schools and these
difficulties vi not exist Thy viii not only plough
but reap for he preacher.
The blessings ola free press are also depepdent ON
good Common Schools. Sir, the American nevspaper
press hi cen hundred IN namber pouring annually among
us ten millions OF printed Sheets and these damp sheets
are billing upon Us every morning thick snow fakes
IN snow storm and the people are eagerly gazing up
had, with mouth and eyes, and hands wide epen ready
10 swallow favenuuusly thing that drops and this
reminds me OF scene in sick ROOM W here The mother
WAS holding across her lap sick child neihbor being
present examined the tongue and pulse of The child and
hrmbIy remarked TO the mother our child will die
How do You know" said the mother you can't read?"
II W snail The people possess sannd thinking COM
ranng mind, capable of dsc mir ang and of indunp Of
prlbabIlles?l'y improving lhfr Common Schools where
nlneeen onl OF twenty recevea their education Where
he editor will always bring just such goods to market
as will sell. and the only way in prove the article
Sold Is to improve the purchaser and his only be
done by Common Schools all the land Before |
leave this part my subject will ask the politician
why il is that tie mersl frothy rant the most EMMY
declaration, will 90 downas well as the best aronmeni.
because, sir, IN vacuum guinea and feather 90
down wish equal rlpidity.
As regards the connection between ignorance and
crime the single position that lnow wish to assume is
mat from The very nature OF man. unrducated mind is
educated wee" God made TO know he is the
creature ofeducaon, made 10 be educated and if he is
not educated he docs not fluff his benq and mnst be
miserable. Now the miserable man easily becomes the
criminal All see that wckedness leads TO misery and
1t Is equally certain that misery leads to wckedness-
wise sage was once asked who was the most miserable
man, he sad tina. man W no read on rary day.
Yes. you may place where you Ilt ase. You may
dry up 10 the niemost the fountain of his feelnps the
springs OF his thoughts, and the idea that he was born
toknow and learn. will survive it all. It's allied to his
nope oi Immortality Ii the divine pari of his nature
when barren ignorance cannot reach There is in a
f'9ht educaton divine ymy which turns all the
paset paris Of man nature inlo gold. The Greeks tell
u.s. mat when the frs rays Of The morning sun fell upon
NV statue OF Menenon, 1t sent up music II is only after
!ne "5s' rays OF knowledge fell upon man. that his ma
9'e oScooIses harmony. The writer was onoe passing
,''uusa s'r'ei, IN neighbong town. ard saw nailed
u one u lie street posts, tn Naninp ,1us fuod
III lhisSree will be shot" a friend who was with me,
'eaih a. y Mess d gs can read hey are pretty badly
u" mere Now, Ued has moi oily written his laws
upon tile m tho tre,e tho