New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-16

The congregation then sang the second
bymn In TIE programme, which is az i1uows;
TO keep the lamp alive
With 81 we hl The bowl
It's wa,sr makes tse willow thrive,
And grace that feeds the soul
The LORD unspsrng band
Supplies the living stream;
II IL NOT ~ our command,
But s,il derived from him.
Mans wisdom IL h SEEK
uis siren 9Th IN God alone;
And cen an usel would be weak,
Who trusted In bis own.
Ra,raas ben .ath his wings
Aud IL his grace cOudie;
This more exs't. the King OF hinss
Than all your works oeslde.
In God :. all our store
Grace Issues fro TIA throro;
Whoever say, III want no more,
Contesses be has uons.
Rev. II. J. SAWYER, of Clinton, n. Y.
vas TIE next speaker h's theme the third OF tbs
above rcsv0'ons, being upon the subject OF Efuc"on
- a business OF the denoulraiOu. iis bad said, Ia
public snd through the prss' often all that he hsdt
sag upon this subject tbs, he was quite ashamed to re-
pes, Il here yet he would do briefly as possible
With denomination, sad he, so young sni fre'h AZ
orrs Education certainly cannot be matter OF inii
ference. IL 10 grave charge against us that have
neglected tao long and the fast 10 serious obssace
which should have been active w,hn US, TO the pro-
duccn Of good traits. WHAT We mean by educauon'
Is higher and meeo perfec, training and development
of the powers ard faculties OF the mlni; such
q preparation az shall best III for tho
mes, impor en-, dulles Of life. Thst W., as
A denomination, stand In pressing need OF this
education no man can for moment doubt his true
that Christianity adapted 70 All capacities 70 the mean
es understanding; bu, Il is nulf siad 10 purer and
better and valuable form In minds which have tbs
sdvar ,eqe of GOO education Nearly all other denom
pslop ms are notable for their efforts In education and
some Of them may said to live upon thls aoae Take
from the Episc pssus their schools sod semnarss
and colleges ard their He would out but
with these Colleges under their control they hand down
their faith and forms Ia unbrOksn security And this
is also true of other denominations But We are
In the background, vls,fuly looking on, but never
reaching step forward. Do not need odu-
cationt think that our form OF faith 10 that
which 10 fitted 10 receive and spprocBts the
highest education and to reap the largest benefit sere-
from. We more than any other denomination, hsve
the m aus ard the power to bring science snd religion
into harmony. O,her doctrines cannot see how q
rgh eOus God could establish fuch u0lyorse snd man
ia tuch relations thereto, but We do see and there
10 belongs u u.s. and may At some future day be-
come our peculiar duty To shOv TO mankind tho tfu8
Of God bis ks and tho beauty, love tn1
harmony rellD all his kingdom This rssolu-
non spesss particularly ~ theological etncstion aud
here ann reminded Of tha rtmarks Of friend ia
card 10 - oon0ibati of manual labor with study sgd
tending o. make the clergy Dd-2 ntent OF many cir
cum.tsnces which are always likely 10 arise. los
Speaker taid, { r myse, dig my own potatoes, and
raise ny csbb.ges add 10 Gsds good proyidencean
50 provided bst not In danger OF starvation during
the Ni0ter approaching therefore FEST an linda
penoeDce very iuporiant u me in my relations with
.be people 81 II will be with you, brothers, N you can
a saddle a IAN
ieishhOTs will or not OF old, theological efucatOn
was thought unimpoIiant the more Ignorance thea.
ihe more zeal the less learning the more uuctlon
They would not take adODksy 20 be shod by who
had not leaned the usde but man just from the
tCuCh he pillow tall csplsly fitted - eXpso ths
Va sesrchab fches and mysteries II GJd-and uu-
,esrchable gihey doubt were, both n the speaker
rd The hearers IL the proper nj nnlstrat'on OF ,hs
vital truth Of the Gospel OF less conso Iuence Than
spo.in a donkey The case lie somewhat
Different Low, bot be- fac' H. we bays not properly at
und,d TO this branch " I'd ieadon, and sad n'e
ounces stare us In the lace. We have no mors
mibftera ~ this daY, than W. had ton yean ayr ths
old % he OF the clerical forest have fallen aud filling
ore by one ard there youn AIS % hll their
places Our age 10 beyond that ora when uuoducated
n deemed The best preachers W. nave ).c)mo
wiser, richer, refined but sin no attention 10
PAID to educa'ion. Thank Cod no gey 7, there are
.houssnd dollars appropriated by Gre who b, goneto
= letter world u meet demand as broad Nc th5
bOuudArIts OF our Economical, n Tho qd5stl a
now 10 not DO We need educsdJn, bu, wnaE a.
The best measures 10 edopI for ,he purp)se Ot ss-
curing IT, IL has been argued f1At W. Wefb OhO3
poor and perhaps II WAS true; bat Is not 80 nor Wa
ere composed NOT OF the sesltAest nor tas poorest
but of the thrifty MIDDLE csss va earn their ofsaf ~
tbe swest ~ rho broV Or sXpensise churches and
ueirtxpef sivs fu Giure liberal salaries 20 nl1s,s,
sYfceniy rthte the idea poverty We are reh enough
wherever aysh use Of money ls lkey TO rnIn'ssr
20 pride or our luxury; but when 10 c)ne " TAX
II the sstsbhhueDt Of schools, mougtans Of dhjgIy
Instantly rise before u.s. and the endOvrss mt " sag
cob go I, require ,hs wbols OF California urned
in,ide out Tho que.tiDn, however, h-eo" shat We
L 4. -. Ae ali al ANA
have ever been suggested or dresrned o. and
fnd thai there L. only one way, and that Is 70 Put
our hspds ia pockets sod pull out the money "o
ueed educstso young ths day ~ OIL dozens u pu'
M, 0w vacant and 20 vhi;h va have nObDdg " send,
A. here are naDy other places where oar f,n az
II out solely becsuse W. have M hbDrsts In the hsd.
Ne 90 not li'teo 10 these demands and pro'ias i3f
rbe,e vaDp COZ sequences will By ard BY sup which
e msIk the folly II course md TAO stupidity Win
which action has been governed
Rev. HOSEA BALLoU Of Medford, Mass,
(srsDc.ueObew Of the celebrated Father Bslsu, de-
ceased spoke to tho ssme resolution He did not feei
that extent Of Indifference 10 the denomination -
education which had stated by his dend but there
was sn eyieen, Of Judgment There 10 an impress
sion abroad that education suficenty provided for
By The Institutions Of other terominatlons Have va
Dot, sAy they many colleges and academies a. tbs
community will support Do we need morei Not In
bumber, perhaps, but her, 10 the point where We are
liable TO mistake duty We have go 70 be educated,
the Lord knows; else we have got 10 de, a. do
DC uinsiloD, as you all know. We shall sssurstygo
backward II we 90 not keep pace with the educational
rDovsmerh Of the country. The question s will you
educate your and daughters In yOur own way, or
will you let oilers do 1t In thss' Aaredy, there are
enough ready 70 educate them sfser their fashios.
Schools and colleges will fix their peculiar stamps upon
the pupils 10 them there are o:csioss ercspnons'
but the rule Is good God has % constituted U.s. tass
any body Of men who will not do their duly "a
the support Of coed Institutions md4 ineu'sSy
psy "a penalty pro,or.ioned their dedoqueney 10
,uppor education among u.s. We masa "a. .s s.a%1
our o.n end, Every denomination OF Christians 'nS
bss lived and done anything pern.nent 70 me s.ra
hss sooner or later become dbuosasned iof ouo