Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-11-18

/ In langunge of that warning by
divine instruction delivered to Lot,
while the destructive ruins visited
upon Sodom, were pending, in the
distance. .Upgetyou, fec from the
pestilcnce, tarry not in all the PLAIN !
+ His Honor made some interesting
and appropriate rcmarks upon the
subject of education. Man is en-
phatically creature of education,
his true character and real abilities
are undeveloped and Unknown with
out it. Is thateconomyobscrved in
the works Of creation, the inferior
animals arefully qualified to actout
the designs for which they seem to
have been formed, by native !netlnct
The eagle whose towering aspira-
tions incline him to mount alone the
warning clements OF the raging
storm. and from the exalted sphere
of his easy recumbance to look at
the portentious scenes below, recelv-
ed his instruction from the hand
that made him. The whale of on
ly three or six months, that pierce
the waters with the velocity of the
morning lights just as perfect in
acknowledge essential to his pre-
servation and pelpetuation in life,
as the majesty Of his whaleship,
who sports and gambols in the vast
waters ofsthe ocean, thousand
years
Man, however, the excellancy OF
that wisdom exhibited in the works
of creation, knows only what ne
learnsl The boy reported some
years since in the writings OF Sir
James johnson, to have been raised
in a cave entirely excluded from in
tercourse with the world, atthe age
of sixteen, had learned little more
than might have been learned by
the brutes. The excelling of his
superiority, however, is found in the
great capacity to receipe instruction.
Asa grant in lieu of instinct, our
Divine Benefactor has surrounded
him with well instructed helpers,
upon whose shoulders He rests the
responsibility Of his instruction.
1 The parents of the rising youth
bear the fearful responsibility OF
their education. If neglected: they
become ahewers of wood and draw
ers of water" for others In your
hands is chiefly intrusted tho re-
sponsi5ility to unfold and develope
4 the powers which heaven hasgrant-
ed latently in that noble youth !;
should he ignorantly drag in tho
wake of great and distinguished
lights and close the scenes of his
7 earthly probation, without due de-
velopment Of the powers which
heaven has so graciously bestowed,
sthe fault.lies chiefly at your door.
Ponder well the charge as entrus-
ted--if educated andinstructed-
may cheer, sustain, gladden. your
heart in the advanced years of de-
1 clining life In the walks Of the well
I instructed and intelligent farmer,
he may leave thelands with improv-
ed lights Impractical chemistry, and
all the improvements OF learned ag-
riculture. As a mechanic he may
aid in the gigantic works Of subdu-
ing tho lightning to serve man on
earth, and constrain the secret laws
of nature toaunfold their charge to
the world in all the magniticence of
invention, and improvement, As
the physician he may constrain the
secret laws of nature to reveal their
treasures for the benefit Of suffering
man. AS the divine, he May explore
the rich jewels of the Dis'ine record
revealed to man, and as awatchman
on the walls Of Zion, well instruct.
ed IN the richer treasures, may time
Iy lift his warning voice in the sai-,
yation Of many Of his fellow men.
AS q statesman, he may bear the
national standard amidst applaud
ing thousands, to the safe port Of
popular liberty and national inde-
pendence.
Without education, however, we
f'orbear to trace the rugged scenes
of his folly and Ignorance, through
all the course Of Fife, in every sta
ton where he may happen to be ex-
alted, his inability and reproaches.
resulting from the want Of educa-
ton, viii snaite your guilty con-
science with the seating rebnke Of
not having discharged yonr duty
with the guilty condemnation. that
your neglect. your parsimonions-
ness, your want Of forecast, has
drawn down a son from the high
walks Of the learned circle, to the
obscurity of the ignorant and the
unlearned No excuse OF apology
will lie; the world demands Il at
your hands and heaven has made
provision for it.
Nor can we entirely pass the OBJ
LEGATIONS resting upon the mother.
From your soff hands the child re-
ceives his first impressions, much
rests upea you to form the carly
impressions ia favor Of literature
and morals Though we are aware
that you cannot entirely control.
yet should the promising yonth. in
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