Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-12-30

he must reap their fruits as the reward OF
his labor and vice versa. Mind acts upon
mind with the same powers it does Tow-
inanimate matter. Who dog plastic clay
er of the Potter to 8ape or form or the
into any dfnsel form and features and
Sculre life from the inanimate marble?
Like begets like as the mind of the
teacher, so will be the mind of the pupils
If we expect TO reap a rich harvest, produ-
cling knowledge in ten fold ratio, we
must have the fertilizing agents III the
teachers, who will dispose of them in ac-
cordance with his skill and judgment in
practical application. The progress of our
| children in education will be in exact ra-
| ito to the amount of capital invested or
| knowledge in the teacher, who is to shape
| their immortal minds for good or for evil.
| If the teacher is ignorant, unqualified, in
! temperate or immoral, the injury made by
| first impressions is beyond the power of
! language to express. From such seed we
must reap vice, disgrace and shame, with
perhaps ticket Of absence from home and
| lOSSl'C a lNii4i VI Cal Ii NAiN ~
itentiary 1t is idle to expect reward with
out labor, fruit withou. seed, profit with
out risk OR knowledge, or success without
means or an effort The mind of man is
progressive The well trained teacher who
can impart knowledge with success to ten
pupils, can all things being equal, impart
instruction to fifty or O hundred pupils to
good advantage The great want in
most of the rural districts is a sufficient
number of well trained Teachers who have
the ability to impart what they know in
such 81 way as to fertilize mind, expand
its mental powers to reason correctly, and
produce more prizes than blanks. As the
farmer by means of drainage, irrigation
and fertilizing agents make the wilderness
blossom like the rose, and change the
wholeface of nature. So viii noble, gen
erous undaundanted mind act upon mind
and change the whole order of society, po-
liticaI, moral, and religious, and be the in
st1 ument of good to all who come under
its influence. The elements of success in
teaching are the same as in any other pro
lt5SIOI. Viz SfAlll ,tlltisAilGIlt,
and Industry. a love for what is beauti-
ful and refined in nature secures the mind
from low and hurtful passions; and every
advance that is made in any direction for
the improvement of the mind, or the re-
finement of manners is so much done for
the benefit of social life, and intercourse
and good morals in society. Then let our
aim be excelsior, higher and higher, till
we arrive at the summit of the hill of sci
ence, where we can behold all that is beau
tiful in nature and natures God. Free
schools open fountain of light to dispel
ignorance from our land. They are the
sheet anchor Of our social system. They
mould the minds of our youth TO shape
the destinies of our nation. They are the
bonds that cement our Union, and pre-
serve our Constitution. They are the safe
guards of our happiness and inalienable
: rights They are the palladium of our in
dependence and liberty. They are the
: means through the developement of the ell
: ements of nature, physical, mental, moral
E and religious.) to redeem mankind from
5 disgrace and misery. And if there is yet
= a blank for education to fill, 1 leave the
t pleasing task for my readers to perform.
4. T. SCHRYVER.
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