The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-10-27
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THK SABBATa ScnooL-Tts a,rnee.-
Next 10 The pulpit, no institution. perhaps,
Of late years, base had a stronger lnflieace
on the morals oiihe people OF England and
the United States, than the simple institu-
tisn Of the Sabbath School. What Martin
Luther commenced in the adult-school Of
Christianify. Robert RRikes finished when
he fret assemb,ed his little Sabbath School
10 one Of The email towns Of England. We
have been led to this remark from the peru
sal Of an excellent article on the subject ot
Sabbath Schools, in recent copy Of the
New ork Sun, which assumes the broad
ground that il these schools, as at present
Conducted. were closed for one generation,
religion would iangnish, and but fe ~ church.
es be needed TO hold the worshippers among
the next genersiion. The preachiag Of the
gospel is hardly more necessasF 10 tha ex.
tension Of tbristsniiy than Is the teaching
OF The young the simple lessons ofinspired
truth
Train up child Ia the way he should
: CO." says the wise man, sand when he Is old
he will not depart from !" This, il is
true, ne may forfeit for a time; when the snn
OF prosperity shines on him. he may become
7 proud aud boastful Of himself; when heaitE
timparis yigor to all his energies Of mind
and body, he may not dolly reflect upon the
uncertainty Of life, and his dependence, for
alf his mercies, upon his creator; and when
the world, with its temptations and vanities
beset bin on every side, he may yield aud
/ tsil into gin; but not ~ these can entirely
destroy the principles Of religion and virtue
early planted in his mind. They wiil,when
adversely clouds his path, when sickness
hoinbles his thoughts, when the penalties
OF vice preys heavily upon him, revive in his
soul and lead him TO seek At the Throne Of
Mercy pardon for bis offences and consoa-
tion in his SuGeriBgs. The lessons of youth
viii become the comfort of age, and the
/ truths OF religion gverepose and confidence,
after the periis Of stormy life. The gInw
Of life re-kindled in his breast will tighten
the burden OF deeling yesrs; and catching,
as he neeTs the dark portals of death, 4
! glimpse Of that bright promised land beyond
the grave, he will depart thither leaving be-
hind his Testimony to the truth and the pew.
er Of revealing religion
! We have many notable examples of the
revived influence Of an early training in the
truths Ot Christianity. Men who rose TO
the ioftiest summit Of human fame; men Of
strong passions and consuming smbitisu,
who in the sharp conflicts Of lille, seemed to
forget oil but themselves and their early
prospects, have, i: the evening of their
days, refreshed their weary spirits by seek-
ing that balm Of consolation which religion
alone affords. Il isthe grand object Of true
religion to harmonIze mankiDd--to teach
I them That they are members Of one family,
bound to each other BY the strongest and
hOiest ties, and that, as their origin is one,
so their destiny is one--n they but live by
the light which heaven has revealed The
true organization Of Society is based on
Christianity, and in the Sabbath School and
the house OF Worship, the principles Of this
organization can be best illustrated and
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We might dwell upon the sof,ening and
refining influence OF Sabbath Schools on
the character OF teacheas as well IS the
, taught. Our aim. however, is only to eu-
!, courage an Institution whose benefits to our
country cannot be too highly estimate /. as
, we regard late lligence and religion u the
, securities offfeedom, 50 we esteem and gen
crate the agencies for their d3usion. So
long as we have schools in which every
I youth in the land may obtain an education
, of the intellectual powers, aud Sabbath
! School, in which the Holy lessons Of Chris
, tisn love are inculcated, we hare no fears
: for American liberty and American prosper
8 iity.-Dstroit Times.