New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-15
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| language 90 tie si1rlted AIS
TIE bs@ss Prince Of Hell,
| II van rev projects ives
! Truth empire = r. Pc
By vanity AID es
| ,Heli ooc0ss God only >on,
In spite o. foes DIS cause GOES o.
Let not suppose hoVever mat 10 CANCER :
% be anticipated from tins source or 'nas 10 e
/ fsr.s az necessary on the part Of the tnnstan
\ C-g-ch u Arrest tie tide % lnrtcuiy that 5
sweeping away many 0i the youth Of oar and
/ Although these champions. % their pfo-uoslica'
] 49, of the sree5v doRsa- q Christianity naFe
/ been most voeiuLy disappointed !et u = box 81
be concealed that poserul, eNteDslte aA1 :! si--
ate efforts are even Low empo! 60 % sap me
/ foundations O. Christianity and ID Drns ilt' en-
I teuut AID NEGLECT the Holy Book OF TOD. Inc
/ ooer suf uubIashIng sttscks winch are made upon
tn Bible ard upon a. that IS sacred, oy lectures
periodicals and lnfiel tracts. and the EXTENSIVE
Dissertation Of Coils h0v csy, are fearful sgus- cal
cu,sted 70 awaken the vigilance 20 the friends c
/ Religion. snd % lead them earnestly 70 lnllte
What are the best means 90 arrestlns these terrl-
/ be evils
ri. As nv obiect 10 the present discourse IS o
| show thst the Sabbath 5ch0o. 8 the great osrner
y IafGe.itv. shall proceed. Iuthe second place
/ o. r9lrt 5at some ~ fsf prominent causes " ne
DrsrQIfncf II Infirtiy. u order That " may see
| y bat s best calculated 70 remove those causes
AID thus 70 dry up a. the fountain heao tne 'Prns
/ from which these b,ter and pern,cious waters
/ a1w.
/ Ffrsf Among the prolific sources Of lnHfeAiy
me- neyis-f 7f e4rly moral culture % be regarded
/ a. one % the most fruitful
/ u cannot be denied. that IN the education oi
youth. whether By parents or teachers a. me pre-
seat day there - too great an Inclination mani
tested 70 cultivate the pArsic1 and the Eietec'
! q the neglect OF the moral nature. That very
part Of tie EXPANDING nature appears % be the
| most cruelty neglected which . exposed . the
| most danger. and which needs the most sedu.ous
I attention. five neglect % instruct the minds OF
the Young 10 the truths OF Science, the EVIL res 2
! ing from this crmi1s. neglect. though much y DC
I depiored s simply 4 negstion O. the ENJOY meni
! and utilty which would fov tom Guilty. ated
| intellect 70. 90 with the moral part OF man ne
elect % cultivate this. and . 8 not mere! the ne
gstive u good . IS positive aud iar-reaculng evil
/ Ignorance IS the absence q knowledge and thaI
u all Vice s hot merely the absence oi y iftle'
but 10 j. the presence OF the dominion 81 rs oppo-
ste Avoid the Temple OF Know edge am you
lose the bright crown with which she encircies the
| b-oys Of her sons iorsske the Temple OF Virtue.
and YOU not only torego the golden girdle which
she binds around her vutaries but you receive IN
/ stead thereof pernicious viper into your bosom
o guax a. your vItas and % muse - poison into
your heart sad Jeremy Tstlo % lady who
vas too negligent in the moral and religious edl-
I
educate YOUR son 0r rest assured that satan VIII
DO it for ycu There IS no such thing as the
human heart though It be but the heart OF a child,
remaining un0ccupied 10 viii be either imbued
with moral principles, or Il will be filled with
such as are false II Is a garden which, u not
early pre0ccupied with salutsry and wholesome
plants viii very soon be 0veuun with rank and
nOxlOus weeds.
However painful the reflection, it Is to be feared
that there are many well-meaning and affection
ate parents who spend large sum, OF money In
what Is called the education OF their children, who,
AZ the same time are lesying the moral part Of
their nature % be educated by the Devil az his
Will. Well were i for the rising generation u
this defect IN parental education were always
supplied by the piety and vigilance Of the pro-
.essed Instructors OF youth. Alas n IS too true
that seminares OF learning OF every grade, with
but few honorable exceptions. seem but % per
petuate the evil we dep.ore. The anxiety among
the instructors OF our children seems too generally
to be that their pupils may be-or at least that
they msy dDpeGr 20 be-grest rather than good.
And even In those higher Institutions Of earnll z,
where pious and faithful instructors would fam
give 70 the moral nature Of their pupils that at
tention which rs transcendent importance de
msnds. their endeavOrs are often rendered utterly
truitess because, from previous neglect OF early
moral culture. at AZ age whcA the mind was more
susceptible aud the heart more tender the princl-
already obtained hrm bold ~ the mind ana to
this very neglect, added 10 the natural corruption
OF the human heart is 10 20 be ascrIDed that many
young men. who have enjoyed all the advantages
Of a liberal education. 20 forth from our Colleges
and L Universities % treat the Bible either with ST.
lent NJ elect aud contempt or with open aud IN
disguised hostility aud thus the ranks of Inhdel.
ity are swelled by the accession OF highly edu-
Gated. and yet. for the reason before assigned,
haif-efucaief men.
it Is an astounding fact, Il true, as u has some
times been asserted that the progress of lnfielity
Is accelerated BY the extensive diffusion OF high
literary advantages. and that 10 IS az the present
time upon the increase among literary men. / ah
not yet prepared b. admit the assertion but, sup
posing ii were true, What would II prove That
Science aud Literature are umical 10 the Religion
OF the Bible b no means. That extensive ltera
~ requirements are oi no value No. IL would
only prove that liberal education may prove
great blessing or great curse, according as u IS
grated upon a mind which has received early
moral culture, or upon one Which has not and the
tact itself # TACT It were would be the most pow
eru argument TO persuade the phIlanthropic and
the wise % seize hold Of the rising generation. at
the very earliest budding Of the mind, and engrait
upon the intellect and the heart the principles Of
moral and religious truth. Nor l. II among the ed
ucaed only that tins eject OF early moral culture
tends % the increase Of luudelty the same cause
Will generally b. followed by the same results 10
every rank and grade OF society among men.
Secondly Another cause OF the increase Of la
fidelity . ignorance 0ffhe contents ftts Billie In
hdeIs have often boosted OF the number OF learned
and scientific men who have ranged themselves on
theirside and the names OF NoltsIre aud Rousseau,
OF Hume and of GibbOn, have been proudly her
aided 10 the world, as OF authority sufficient o.
command the assent Of the multitude. " thOut
stopping 20 show, A. Il would be easy 10 do thst
Christianity can point - e list Of names TAR more d
lusiriOus IN the annals Of Literature It IS a suih
Gent reply 10 this claim D. remark that however
learned those or other intdel writers may have
been upon some subjects they have displayed and
IN many instances confessed an almost entire IL
nOrGnce OF the Bible. Scarcely any Of them have
siienuvely examined il from begisuing 70 end,
and the knowledge which many have OF is con
tents Is confined principally q the history Of sam
sons foxes, and Of Bslaams ass, and few other
narations the hsckneyed subjects OF their oit-re.
pested burles que and rdiculr.
Many inidel writers have acknow lodged their
ignorance OF the Bible, while AZ the same time
proiessedy reiuting IT'S claims. Whatever such
writers may think Of their own consistency
they have evidently shown themselves the
originals Of the portrait drawn by the Apostle
Jude, OF certain dreamers. who spoke evil 81 the
things which they knew not. IL was 4 noble re-
ply Of the great SIR Isaac Newton 70 a certain
Dsisfica friend, expressing his astonishment that
So prominent philosopher should be a believer
sha RInia 4s h.Iravn nFFnusa I have