Smyrna times., 1858-09-02


u '"fec natures are wanting, or have been sufie
n eu TO become effemnate or useless for the wal
ot ol application or development, it can be but a
NY balanced, Intellectual machine, and althoug
G some OF It's parts may be perfect, its manifesto
t lions will be defective for the want of concerto
a "c'ion' IT, for instance, the intellectual pow
= erS are alone the object of attention, while tn
moral and social, or propulsive feelings are un
+ educated, or if either one is develoDed by dis
clPIlne at the expense of the others. it will HI
IKE building a monument with too narrow
foundation, and leaning so far that the centr,
, OF gravity is without the base, so that in tn,
one case the mind will fall into blank nfideIitv
d"d IN the other into fanaticism and snpersti
tion' Ihe person upon whom we would loot
as a being possessed Of right character shoulo
be educated upon the firm basis of the whole
ln'n'' rising forth in good proportions full. free
ana perpendicular, so that when it is fully com.
FIetcd It Will defy the winds and storms of limo
and stand forth as guide to all coming after
Mankind are naturally fond of display. and
apt to consider the means by which hard.hana-
ed industry gains its honest livelihood. as nm
becoming and even disgraceful. Then like the
tather Ike the son, as the ability is obtained or
possessed to maintain a cour;ly establishment
the idea prevails that useful service is soma
thing to be resorted to only in cases of emer-
Sency; that the gay, the fanciful and orna.
mental are the only worthy objects of atten.
ton; that the useful ard necessary pnrsuits ot
life are to be left to be performed by others
whilst that which is beneficial, and which tho
more common situations of life REQUIRE. is +,
be discarded.
Mental imbeciIity accompanies physical no.
glect, and 'twcre as vain to look for n stronr
weIl'balanced mind, thus matured, or rather
Kept from development as to expect the ivv
which for years had clung to tie trunk Of tho
oak to retain It's upright position after the tree
sremoTed. Therefore, a great tention sbould
oe PAID to the harmonious development of tho
'hree natures with which we have been creo-
ted and as a teacher has so much 10 do with
The formation Of the youthful character. il
should be one of his chief studies to see how
he can best effect this result-strivipr. both he
prccept and example, TO inculcate this imDor.
'ant principle into the minds of those with
whom he Is associated. Not too much circun,.
scrihed in his laoors by the s,ntnd limits of his
salary but looking into his own heart and coo.
scIence for the rcward-in the assurance of
"n'y iaHhiuiiy performed, mankind being made
the better for the part he has performed IN the
drama Of creation
Contrast the prosperous condition of the in.
ha6Itants OF this enlightened country with ,bn,
OF -tany nations OF the Old World, with no
general character save what has been fnauuftc.
tuTed behind a throne, and ask yourselves wba,
or who has caused this diifercnce-this disoosi.
ton, whilst taking due care of self, no, to be
unmindful of the rights and immunitjes Of So.
clety! wl!l tell you 1t may he found in the
enlightened and educated character of thn in.
habtants Yes, the teacher has done il 10
h'm we are indebted for this exalted position in
The catalogue OF nations,--lor the general diff
fusion Of education in this country is the main
distinguishing cause which has led to this uni |
Versal standard of character Yes Ills the faith
tul, plOus teacher, with the minister of the Cos
pei, that is destined to revolutionize and evan.
gellze the world. We see them spread abroad
o'cr the land wherever the foot Of civilized man
has ever troll, cxcrtlug an influence more potent
than an army with banners. From inland TO
border, from centre 10 strand, all DER the
countries and isles of the ocean,--where they
turn their course, ignorance and superstition
fee away like dew before the morninG snn.
have sometimes in fancy endeavored to lift the
veil from off the dim future and pic ure to fond
agination the situation of those disembodied
spirits who have been called beyond the pale of
chance or change to realize the Just awards of
their stewardship whilst occupants of this ter
restrial sphere. Low down amongst the iends
of Pandemonum sits the rnmseler, surrounded
by the lost spirits he hastened down to perdi.
tion, bowling like mad furies 10 the agony of
their torments "where the worm dieth not and
The fire is not quenched," ,"-reelzing in the
tullness of their submated being, the length
and breadth of their ruin dwelling, as cycle
upon cycle of duration shall have told its wont.
ed circuit, upon the inlerminablo extent of that
pangs OF EXTREMIST woe. Near to him is the
usurer. and the man who las made money his
ldol-shutting their minds from being influ-
enced by the better feelings of their natures,
--crcumscribed and isolated within the narrow /
circle Of self-slriving for pecuniary emou
ment by whatever means obtained, |
of others rights, and claims of associates, or
the world at largc. They, too will have an
eternity to review, with unavailing tears and
lamentation, the errors of their past lives
Think how much better it would have been forI
lhem--hOw much more like rational and intel |
ligent creatures they would have acted, to have |
made wise improvement of their three score
years and len--did their lives reach that mum