The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-19
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PROGRESS.
BLRBOuRsNLlE, May 6lh, 1884.
Mr. EditOr-Mau 10 a progressive
being, We fad him in one part Of hia
earthly existence as ignorant aud help
leSS as the irrational brute ereStioa aud
as passive GSthO lump Of clay in the
hands Of the potter. aud susceptible Of
receiving any and every Impression
that external eircumpIanees may bo ca
pSblO Of making, and in nnely.uiuO ca.
seS out OF q hundred, man is just what
ho by hiS own excrtiOnS and those Of his
fellow men have made him. Hence il
necessarily follows that il we desire or
ever expect TO elevate tho raco aud to
conform their natures and their lives to
the principles OlrightoOusuess and truth
ii ia of tho utmost importance that eve
rylhing Of religious and moral nature
should be thrown around him in that pc
rod ofhls life which MAY be properly
termed the period Of development
The mind like the body, grows aud Ox'
pands from infancy 10 manhood. And
it ia an exceedingly rare instance wherO
man who has grown up under tho re'
straining influences Of the groOt priuCi.
pies Of religion aud moral honesty
throws of these restraints and becomes
aproaigate aud vuguboud upon the face
of the cOr,h--a poor miserable Offcsst
from society and finally dies among the
dark clouds Of hopeless despair.
If you trace tho history Of these uD-
fortunate beings, you will in almost ev-
cry instance be able 10 trace the cause
of their downfall aud 6nal ruin to the
want Of proper influences being thrown
around them in their youthful days
This generation will,be held responSi'
bic OF the bar Of the Judge of oil the
earth for the moral and intellectual char
ucier Of the generation that 10 to super.
csde them. II we wish the generation
that is 10 step upon the stage Of action
after We have gone 10 possess higher at
laiumenIs Of Intellectual moral and re-
lsious powers than we possess If We
wish them TO take hold Of the car Of hu.
man progress and driyei il forward witir
greater velocity thsn We have done. II
ne tails llle NJ
the great levers BY which tho'racO IS TO
be elevated TO higher and happier ex.
islence, we must put those levers into
their hands and withull instruct them
how TO use them. l Ircmblc under the
weight Of the great responsibility that
rests upon this generation, all growing
out of this one single idea. If we de-
sire to turn away the judgments Of God
from our own heads and The heads Of
our children we must throw AROUND them
all those influences that viii develop
their moral and religious notions. !
am glad, however, that lifelong night Of
apathy and ignorance is going away be.
fore the onward march Of civilization
and christianity, and that even here,
where slavery and sristecrscy combined
have denied 10 the masses OF the people
the benefits Of public education or free
schools, We have now established q sys-
tenn Of which perhaps is not inferior to
npyin the land. Seeing then, that we
have made this important step forward.
il remains for the people to introduce
into its departments men Of high moral
character, such as fear God, love right.
eousuesS and eschew evil. None others
should be permitted TO dcsecrato the
sSnetitiss Of The school room. We hope
in God that our people will see to this.
W. W. H,