The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-10-28
DEMOCRACY OF No. II.
BY JOSIAH HoLBRooK.

The family is divine instituton-a schoo
ordained by God founded on the constitution
of our natures; always in operaton-somellme
for good, sometimes for evil. 1t is this nsttu
ton which originates and controls all others
tho Church, the State, education, intelligence
Government schools, Legislatures, courts o
Justice agriculture mechanic arts, commerce
| architecture, the fine arts social intercourse
morals, manners, general refinement progress
national reciprocations, future prospects, every
thing human.
The Book of Creation is divine volume,
prepared expressly for the divine institution
always open, everywhere; rich, beautiful, ex-
haustless studied eagerly learnt rapidly, un-
derstOOd correctly, used practically, constantly.
The pebble, the leaf, the insect, manifest d.
vine wisdom, infinite power, boundless good
ness The heavens, the earth, air; oceans,
mountains, rivers, lakes, breezes, whirlwinds,
tsrnadoes, earthquakes, volcanoes, dews, show
ers, storms, clouds, are leaves each containing
innumerable lines, words, and letters, in the
divine volume Every letter in this great book
affords instruction to each member of the divine
institution rich, beautiful, practical boundless
The institution and the volume have tho same
author, making each divine, and each exactly
fitted to the other. This book, If used as in
tended by its author, inevitably calls into action
the eye, the hand the mind, imagination, taste,
judgment, lofty holy aspirations, ardor gen.
crosby, industry perseverance, courage-true
elevation and dignity of character in those for
whom it was designed.
Parents arc the teachers appointed by the
author of the institution and the volume to in
struct the one into the riches, beauties, and
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teachers is not transferable Ii in 10 solemn 40
vast, 80 holy, so intricate, 80 minutcly interviewer
with their very existence, as to render trans
fer impossible, and if possible, sacrilegious,
treacherous, inpious. Conventional schools may
aid this divine institution, but can never take
its place-not in one iota lessen the RESPONSE
bility of the teacher Of divine appointment.
The responsibility Of these dlvincly appointed
teachers is too sacred, too solemn, to be trans
ferred; the fulilment Of it, too delightful to be
relinquished The most solemn responsibility
and the highest, purest delight attached TO hui
manity, are here 80 intimately and indissolubly
united as to show their divine origin, affording
a rich and glorious display of wisdom, power,
goodness, infnity.
teachers Of such high appointment must give
them, and fitted alike TO instruct and entertain
the pupils committed to their charge. To re-
inquish this divine volume for those Of human
origin is impious. To displacc this volume of
matchless beauty and exhaustless riches for
few pages of misty meager, doubtful instruc-
ton is folly added to impiety-rank infdclity
and pitable folly combined
The Book Of Creation is the book it is the
book of all books-the colder Volume Of God"
On it il founded the Book Of Revelation, the
later volume Of the Creator Without the for
mer the latter could not exist Each is a coun-
terpart Of the other, together making a COM
plete whole-simple in their lessons, boundess
in their instructions iimitable in their beauties,
inexhaustible in their riches, lofty in their
sOarings, holy in their aspirations, constant
and constantly applied to the varied number
less, nameless, ceascless wants Of every member
OF the divine institution, for which the older
and later volumes are provided by the divine
and glorious Author Of both
Until these two volumes both divine, are
made the principal books Of instruction, and
parents--the divinely teacbers--ful-
il their responsibility in unfolding their con-
tents TO the institutions placed in their charge
all other institutions must remain feeble and
fallblc knowledge, religion, Government,
wealth, power, must be more consolidated than
difused the true" Democracy Of Science " fall
short Of its legitimate point, and fail Of accom-
plishing its high purposes for human beings
and for humanity.