The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-11-21
For The Lanca,tsr Gnua,,a

For The Lancaster Gazette.
"Peace on earth and good will to man"
will come in the maturity of lime, bat
only when the appropriate conditions sre
attained. 1t will not do to say, 1 have
arrived at more exalted plane of e1is-
tence, spiritually or iotellevtu ally, than
you. l have bad glinpses of superior
light; yon are wrong, you are in error
and darkness: you must receive the
truths ipropOse::to you, you must rise to
my sphere: and then go to work with
such physical levers as we only know how
to use, TO prY men up TO superior con-
ditions, for which their undeveoped state
does not affiliate, Rubbish brought to
the surface by violently agitsling the
waters, sinks 10 the bottom when the sur.
face becomes smooth. So all great phi
lantbropists and relormers who labor 10
indoctrinate whole communities, by at
tempting to force upon them prscepts and
opinions which they are not prepared TO
receive, or even to comprehend. will find
the masses subsiding. or ebbing back to
their former condition, when the purpo.
ses which SET in motion the forces used
have expended themselves or have been
withdrawn; and it will be well if commu.
mites thus acted upon lave not been
brown back, instead of advanced, in in
tellectual and moral progression.
Seed thrown upon barren, or rocky
soil will perish for the want Of nutrition.
: Before mature fruilags can be looked for,
+ the plant must be placed in soil contain
ing the elements to iced and suatsin veg
table life. Throughout the whole econo
my OF nature, there must be fitness of
conditions. All develop pmentes, whether
of matter or of mind, are governed by
immptable laws, which suffer no violation
The worm that crawls in the dirt and
slime; or the plant the lowest in the scale
Of Vegetable life. may be perfect in their
state, but no culture can make Of one a
man. or of the other the stately oak: bu,
: both the worm and the plant will become
|. the best Of their kind, by the best con
ditons. And so of ell things, The best
sam Piles of natures hand,work are those
resulting from the most favorable states.
But no exalted positions are gained by
attempting to lvrce conditions. Every
growth of nature must he fed with food
suited TO its development. Meat is not
given to babes So the attempt to force
ideas or conceptions upon an undeyelop
ed mind. beyond its capacity to receive, or
its powers to digest, is a palpabe viola
ton of nature economy; and instead Of
advancing, hinders the termination and
outgrowth of mans legitimate attributes
Improper cultivation relards or distorts
, tie growth of plants, as miSdirec'ed or
. iltimed education oorrupls or perverts
. The development Of mind. Unloldment
and development is the law of the uni
verse; and underneath every stratum of
the vast domain of creation; there lies a
! divine principle, tha: must have lis per-
feet work.
,, What tten is the great duty of man
| as teacher; or what can he do to improve
himself and his racer He is the best
, qualified TO become a teacher, who best
knows himself. And he will do himself
and mankind the most good, who sets
himself to work to remove obstacles which
+. stand 10 the way of the free course of
e, human thought. Bring man up to what
he is, and bid him move forward. Bid
him inquire for the why and wherefore OF
(, everything that concerns himself, in his
y present, as we'll as his future being. Do
!, not ask him to surrender his thoughts and
, conscience 70 your keeping because you
4 imagine that you have discovered new
y truths, or better way. Present him
!. your truths and rtApctions. and call upon
!. him to compare them with his experience
j and with his reason, and ses if they are
q truths to him 1t may be that the mu
g tual conflict of your minds may be mu
N tually advantageous, you may, learn al
" much from him, as you impart.
The foregoing thoughts, though some
l. what loosely thrown together, suggest tn,
s. following. Development is gradual bu
l. certain event, governed by immutabl'
y laws. All growlhs, whether Vegetable o
animal, attain the highest degree Of per
4 lection under the best appointed condi
,e lions. That, hi herto, many OF the al
tempts at reformation have been we'll in
ID teeded, but uDwlse'y applied: becaus
Is pyshical means have been relied ON t,
y establish belief in proposed dogmas. be
It fore the mind has been prepared to re
III cieve them.
st Faith without evidence, is impOSsi
ot BILE; therefore, human reason shOul,