Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-11-05
Public Education.

There is time when it is not only par
donable, but duty, for those engaged in
Industrial pursuits, to suspend labor. tho
lawyer to leave his briefs, the Judge the
forum, the physician the couch Of the
sick. the 'hnnlngian the sacred desk, every
vocation Of life, to mingle III the stated
public exercises of youth in the halls of
science. All should manifest BY their
actual presence the deep interest they have,
as guardians of our free institutions, in the
proper training Of the young, in moulding
in honOr's path, for undying bliss, the
everything mind. No one is so humble
but that he may add something in the
counteuance and support of the we'll doing
and continued efforts to excellence Of those
who are to be the inheritors Of our homes,
the oceuplers of our country, the custodi-
ans of its Liberties, advancing power, aud
enduring stability.
No one can mingle in the ranks OF
youthful purity and innocence, without
feeling that silent power that whispers
from above. Lucrative ofi:o holders and
rulers, who profess friendship to every body
and practice it to none, may learn frouI
the teachers unappreciated, uurewaide',
yet arduous and momeutous calling, how
sordid and miserable is selfshness Ia
the school room, they may find minds Of
the highest order, laboring from year to
year iu advancing the interest Of the rising
generation, looking steadily forward to the
spirit world, fOrgetful alike of their own
comfort and meagre support. The studies
and the labors of youth, in claiming the
attention Of the wise, the great, and the
powerful, confer mutual benefit, for, look
ing at the tiny arms of childhood, they may
behold q faithful mirror Of what they
themselves once were, and hear the silent
admonition Of what they soon must be.
Sound moral education is of vital i'm
portance. No system of instruction is cor
rect that does not fully develop aud
strengthen uudying principles Of the purest
morality and a due sense Of the omnis-
cience and the omuipresence Of God. An
intellectual man without principle, is cspa-
bic of doing much more mischief than be
would be if he had been deprived of cdu-
cation. Let all be properly educated, and
the inflel can not throw bis cobwebs of
mysticism over the eyes of men. If others
have not the power to reclaim him, they
may at least set bounds to his contamina-
ting doctrines, which entail immortality,
impiety and their natural consequence,
misery, among the living, aud the mos,
intense anguish among the dying.
A moral and an educated people will
never tempt the integrity Of their rulers
by throwing crowns at their feet. Kings
can never reign where virtue iriumph>;
they are found only where the progress
Of civilization totters, where intrigue and
pervade the higher ranks, and
ignorance and degradation the lower.
Where these classes exist, no matter what
may be the name Of the government, it Is
not free country. Liberty and equality
may be vociferated throughout such a land,
but the laboring many are slaves to the
privileged few. The latter may declare
wars, plan campaigns, mark ou! fields Of
battle the former, like brutes, are led to
slaughter, aud made the puppets of gen
erals and kings; homes are desolated,
churches desecrated, and the religion OF
he Bible, which proclaims all men breth-
en, is crushed, so that the many may be
degraded, and the few aggrandzed,
Let the laboring man, let the woman
tolls by the midnight taper, let al
feel the Calling CHAINS of isuoranc',
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