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nate III Your organizations, ere there will be
ary reliable guarantee Of successful effort
Il is not suliiciem. hat il be merely evolved,
hut il should b. prominent feature now,
a'I slime forth conspicuoHl>'y in all your
IL .;'.rt;;iiigs. 1t is the Arrl,i.nedcan lever
"Air,i can raise you to cmincncc, cntllronc
y"n safely upon the giddy elevations Of dis
;ii"';i"li, and crown von with the laurel
wreath. He in whose being it is an inhc-
rent principle need not hesitate TO attempt
any thing within the range of reason. Its
potency has elected Tic admiration of the
world, ard held it dumb in aslonisllncni
Eycnplit:cations of its achievements, more
striking than those OF the t:.!led lamp OF
Al!;''l!n, are to be- seen in every Grade Of the
animate creation. from the SMALLEST insect til;.,
feeds upon the fragrance OF the iluwc:i up
10 him whose aspirations and final home
."n beyond the stars. Wha! is it that en-
crgv can not accomplish? It has ,.ot only
'inMc!rd the granitc mount;,ins, hcvcd the
pyramids to their lofty heights and ilnnor-
'ai;zc,l its r"Ssrssors, but it has lccn con
1ucivc Of happiness to our fallen race, ami
populated infinite space with rolling, hurrin"
worlds. And It's trophies will never cease.
anr;l in the spiral cycles of ages the las;
globe shall have been thrown from the rrc::,
central m:ts,, and the sun himself shall lc
70 more.
But the cultivation of the mind. however
momcn:ous, is not the only dr>iicrtum in
this great work OF preparation. It. h:r",:i"S
the polished instrument Of L. own ,rstr"c
ton, where ri equal regard LIS 40: h,."n
pa!,i t" the cu!unc "f tEc heart, rs the ore
is bu' an a@r,it which t;rrirS mo cxrcut:nn
III" motives that originate in tic dark recess
rs nt the other. That the Er,na, heart is bv
n"tu" corrupt and desperately wicked is Il
truth too evident Cor demonstration.
And what prospect is there for any ref
"'mati"n, if il Is lcft +" grow up with ,horns
and !!;Si.vs, under the containillainw inl,l-
ences nf 81 sinful world. until the better feel
ir'. are clokcl aud all its s'.nSiiivcnrss cx-
ter,nin:.c.i: But if it is taken into consider
alton, while susceptible of hciry rightly d.
rcctcd. there is some probability that it will
rr"ducc ahun,i#n: fruit. Then w!,at pain:
are aL*n!u;"!: Necessary Tor proper rc.Ii-
a;!nn of l.,::' controlling power Yl:rv ar,
great, ar.l involve heavy responsibilities.
To "i::.:n upa cli:ll in the way he *hon!.l
20 ouy!;i tn hc the homes; c.ltlr;.vor of
every p.'rls:. !r tie sure reward is to be thai:
'w,m IL: is obi Ii" VIII not lcpar: from il.'
ih" r'r:"r,1.nr @! this duty should not he
q :.':r.i, i: : too uiirn the case. but should
'n.&;n viii the pn!>ttons OF life, and con-
:,;;"..Iv r"',;'in an ol.jcci of the most earnest
.s., .ur. Eu: ;i. terms employed By the
vi. man !U>'. much of their force when
roru;..lv construed. Solomon ,ndoubtc,l-
Is ini"u!r.l to convey what is So cinphat-
:,;,i'y expressed, that is the child should he
'.ainr'l III the way hr silon'd go during the
tim" Of lis c!.;llhcnd, when incapable O:
.li>riin,in:!i'" between ri i;it and wrong, Tor
this sPr"'i:icd period soon Inerges into that
personal accountability when the burden o:
responsibility rolls upon its own shoulders.
And as the years Of minority then have not
all passed away, there arises another question,
about which there is greater variety Of o.
p!nions than the one concerning the mental
faculties. How and to what extent is the
heart to be cultivated? Where the f:lthrr
and mother have been negligent wilfuIly, or
through q mistaken notion of the obligations
incumbent upon them, the individual gen
orally conccivcs, that nothin" more need be
done than The permanent establishment OF
ii mora! character. Il srict conformity to the
common rules Of propricty and the rcqui>i
silionS of the government. Thus it is, that
thousands miss the trnc end for which they
were created, grovcI out their days in mise
ry, and without ray Of hope to cheer
them 60 down into the "blackness Of dark.
ness" And some of the more dcplorabIe
consequences of the Same course are the
Of Germany, and the infdelty Of the whole
world.
The man who is content with being SC
meagrely equipped, though he may have
talents "angcl bright" will find, when he
launches ont, that he 10 not well fitted foI
"the life that now is, nor that which is to
come" But let him find security under al
lAlnighty wing, and obtain the religion
which alone can purge the heart Of all its
infrlhities, sanctity its motives, and throw
around him the mantle of divinity, then
and not till then, is he Thoroughly educated
/ The celebrated proposition of PYrmAGonAs
canIat be more correctly demonstrated
than this yet mankind turn deaf ear tc
4 ii while its enuneiation is .heing tlundercd
into their avenues Of perception by the clh
rion blast Of n million voices from hell am
earth and heaven. If man can fulfill hi:
highest destiny by wotshipping alone al The
shrine of Science, leaving God and Religion
out Of. the question, or orthe alteration o
Others; ggay whS has r be got done i,a as