Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-03-31

say every morning, - The heavens declare the glo-
ry of God, and every evening be can hear the
stars, like that inhumerable multitude "which no
man can number" roll out their glorious anthem,
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almightyfs Has it
rendered him less happy, less promising Of future
usefulness. 10 that you have set before him the
beauty OF daily prayer and praise, insructing him
to say 10 every hour Halleujah, for the Lord God
omDipotenl reigneth!p No; it has produced only
the contrary effect True knowledge is a 2" Siloas
brook, that flows fast by the orseles of God
Christianity and Science have been joined by God
himselfthe author of both 10 indissolable wedoek,
and what He has 'jooed together, let no mere man
putasunder" Intelligence and morality are thet"o
ndispei sable columns in the support of our p'liti-
cal prosp. rty, aud although reined education
without religion. may avert its influences only Tor
good upon some peculir minds, ell experience
teaches that national morality is not TO be ex-
pected whore religious instruction is entirely
ignored. As nation, partly owing to this prevail
ing iies OF nonpreucs and partly to ourlucre-lov-
ing, incorporating mania, our systems Of education
too oae-side ODE really, and deeply beneficial
We concentrate too much force on the develop
ment of the intellectual, neglect too much the
soul and the heart the moral and controlling
powers of human nature We do not aim at train
ing. and educating the whole man, as to oonan
heaven keep us Ours is purely intellectual
discipline. Readiness of arithmetieal calculation,
memorization of the events and chronological Ia
bes Of history, knowledge Of the chemical afinties
OF the elements, or the paths, Names and number
Of the stars are not with US necessarily associated
with purity of life, integrity of SOUL and honesty Of
purpose. We excel every other people in sharp
ness, do we equal any other in upright open
heai ted honesty? IL is time that we ask ourselves,
are we not l4boring under mistaken view ofwhat
constitutes real e1ucation9 The intellect is not the
"divinity that shapes ends" Reason is not
the only interpreter of Life. Judgment is not al
vays the guiding star of destiny. No, the heart is
general the guide, the passions are oftenest the
agerts of human conduct Tbeintellect specuates
the reason representation cites authority
but feeling, passion, ami impulse act,-put forth
their energies ndrealize their aims. Unless these
then, the hot-bIooded offspring of the heart, be ed
ucated also,-unless they be brought under the
restraint of sound and salutary moral discipline,
unless they be trained to consecrate their fiery
valor I" to the service Of Virtue, they will be just
lk ly to step aside from Wis IONS way, and enlist
under the black banners of Error. Intellectual
acumen, and secular intelligence alone will not do.
Something more than the head Of man must be en-.
lghtened. And no light exists in this world, which
ike religion, can iu inmate the dark places OF the
;t fb a., of, L.
which "shineth more and more until the perfect
day." The beloved sage who sleeps beneath the
hallowed groves of Mt Vernon, has left this in
junction. Never allow education to be divorced
from religion and it was, believe, the pitby re-
mark of lord Wellington, "Dissever Religion and
BdueltioD end you only make men clever devisl"
The intellectual superstructure however beautiful
and imposing, opposes but feeble barrier to the
assaults of temptation aud tho inroads of crime,
less firmly secured upon foundation of good NOR
ais Thus it is to be founded upon rock" where
"the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" In
no other case have we any sure guaranty for its
stability, in every other situation the beautiful and
stately edifce is liable to become as sand before the
billow,-chaff before the whrlwind.
True it is that knowledge is power" yet th
does not necessarily imply "power" for good
It is according as it Is directed by noble or de-
PRAYED passions, that il becomes the " tremendous
engine of good, or evil. The educated hand if
controlled by an evil impulse is successful in for
geries, the profound chemist in poisonings, the
instructed fnaucier in swindling operations.
Il is a notorious fact that many Of the finest in
t,lects, many of the most accomplished scholars
which the world has ever produced, have prostitu.
ted their brilliant gifts and rich requirements to the
dark service of sensuolty, inftclty, and crime, and
while the heart Of man, his moral and religious ma
ture which constitute the better half is left ne.
elected and undeveloped fact with his passions sti
acting as his reckless guides, what better,-what
other result indeed can we reasonably expect7 The
fatal consequences of this most njudicous course
Of educ ition rapidly becoming apparent. 1t IS
asserted upon reliable authority that education, and
an increase of crime are already among coexist-
ing facts. A keen, savage, and remorseless monster
of deprAvty Is raising his titanic front of terror
over our beloved land. This dread Mokanna,-
THE CORRUPTED HEARr,-envelOped in the slveIy,
shining veil Of enlightened intellect, is ike that
fearful Prophet, conducting thousands OF our youth
down to his clarnel chamber and pIedging them to
bis service 10 the very blood Of soulsW Decisive
ly beautiful and glorious, dazzling his victims as h.
decoys them on TO death, how earnestly do We long
to tear aside his radiant mask, aud bid him Shrek
in the ears of bis deluded followers,-
{" Behold your Light, your star.
We SoOHld be dnpes, and victims, and ye dre,-
Hers-judge II hell with all its power to damn,
Can add one curse TO the foul thing 4 an -