, 1863-11-24
THE CHICAGO SABBATH SCHOOL
UNION.
Doctrine OF Human Depray1ty.

The services were opened at s O'Clock, by the
Rev. Mr.. Wm. Har1ha, PAstor Of the South Pres
b5te1ian Church, who introduced them By few
remarks, and then called upon tho choir to sing,
The reverend gentleman then read the verses in
the third chapter Of st. John. from the 18th verse
10 the e7nd. Alter the reading. he offered up IN
earnest ard eloquent prayer.
ReT. Mr. HafhhA then said, that the Committee
had resolved to hold 1ta Unions ali over the city,
On the North, South, East and West sides, and not
conhnei 1t to any particular district.
The minutes Of the last meeting wcse then read
by Nh. Bortree.
Mr. Hareha read paper for discussion on " The
Teacher Builder; The Tools, aud how to use
them.f
It had been said that children were born in sin,
and shaptn In 1niquliy. But the pastor Of thst
Church, and DR.. Bushnell, did not agree with that
view Of the case. He thought It was rnonstrous
eoaa na ap ia sesent :a
without amy good influence affecting him, He dfd
rot moan to cay that either he, Or the persons
he had 1snso, designed to deny TIE ghle doctrine
rot necessarily dep1nved, that all depended upon
education ard the influence of circumstances. Il
child could be made to awear and Sin By exam
q soa xa1is;Ss fet and believed n
6e 5e1s M 5ss ~ set
means Which children could Be deyed M snd an
uvated- Kindness was 3 great Influence kind
words, kind voice these were Of the utmost
her. Mr. Williamson eaId that, b. Bushne]
notwithstanding, the human eonl WAS eoul in
IT'ns and that without tho highest help nom God,
tool box which the clergyman had on his dtsE-
that toolbo1 was the Bible! Ana there Tas none
other. 1he t2ols IN that holy book must be used
love and dfaith-apd this Iaet led to earnest prayer
and II that failed, which it nereg could, When
BSyt Sy God as'5 f ht xs4 make II
:cncew requisite to the end And 80 IN he e.
e1clse Of these holy TOOLS intelligence. and love.
snd prayer, and faith, and perseverance,, We might
He,t G9pe 70 5est9fe the mined souls, and through
Mf. SHtde then made few remarks,
The Rev. Mr.. Stoughton eaid that he had
thought during the discussion which had taken
place tnat evening" that It was the mission Of the
sab6ath School teachers to tnculcate In the minds
Of ~ the little children that they could do better
a.o "a nT & better hsn eny had done who were here
:or children, to adoEn them with the pearl without
Which there corld be 10 real worth. nor BEAUTY
md sod,, withoa. which they would st.r1e q
Of Garth Children were not to be educated for
few years, but for ali time, and 10 Be- copnected
With With he asttinles oft1e coming age, Children
Wete Eot to be regarded as innate sinners He
utterly fepudiated whether It were orthodox or
estrodoI that any little child need, By tie neees.
a4t1 - 4ts 0AtUtc. E10W up Into evil Ways and es
eentAl eln. Ae did Ior deny the intellectua,
schene OF moral redemption. BE believed IN =
sort o. depraStty-but moi a necessary deprsyitT.
One fault was that VIC did not, and apparentiv
could not, at present, get eoon enough At fhe
minds OF children ard bias them towafd God and
his holy faith But because We had not been AHA
to put around them the everlasting asms Of Goa.
and ptnttsste them with the Influences Of thc
Church, Was that apy reasoa why We shonld
call them deprascdf BE believed that chlI-
drcn were dted for the company Of the
Of the great and sublime Master, was the King
dem Of Heaven BE could neyer believe that chil-
dren were doomed TO grow up In the service Of the
Devil In order 10 get material ont OF which to make
Saints. We were to blane, not tho hearts OF the
children. No question was more p:rp1eIiue or |
bad more occupied the attention Of ministers,
thzn what ehonld b. Gone with the children Of the
church. Foolish people had said that children,
alas were too young to be brought under the In.
people for the most part prevailed In the mean |
y hlle, whllat the Christian was not teach |
trE, the dCrn and the void were; and |
when they were considered fitted for Christian
teaching. It was found that the soil TO |
be cultivated was already occupied by the DEVILS
ero~ tha and that in order to get 1t the mind tho
otce pure and beautiful mind OF childhood, ttls |
its1. deadly ruhbith must be Eemosed out Of the
way. Ard Rhy this: Why not hare done this |
n eins
Be COL cluccd by calltrg upon all to belieye in |
the bf nuty and Eolnoss, ana puntY Of chiIdhood
snd 10 eeyote themselves body snd sop1 to rhe AL
vatIGn OF tie Children wLo wert to become the |
Q! tLr It Il htrat!0n. md II not the axyiofs
at lcpst the tuil4ers up Of thr great Republic.
upon which were Let Tie hopes Of tho void.