Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-09-07

Inc undersigned were
appointed by the Sabbath School, at Mil.
lcrsburg, to solicit for publication, the very
; pleasing and elegant address delivered by
you before the Sunday School scholars, at
their Pic Mic on the Goth inst, at Millers-
bug, Ohio. 9. f.. VooRuEs,
" A. j. BELL,
A. j. MCDowELI.
lcssrs. G. r. Toorhes, 4. j. Bel, anil 4.
H. McDoueH:
The following is, as near as can furnish.
n copy of the remarks made by me referred
to in your letter of the 2Sth ult.
Respectfully,
S. D. MILLER.
Tedchcrs, ,Scholors and FicN,s.
When we take n view of the various in
stincts and propcnsitics Of man, there APP
pears to be no principle of his nature more
strongly manifested than that of sociability.
This truth is illustrated in the history ofev-
cry nation that has been upon the globe
since its creation. And, to-day, wherever
we find man we discover him asSociating
with his fellow men. This principle, how
ever, is not confined to man. 1t is a law
that governs all animate creation. We be-
hold it in assembling of herds We hear
ii
of iomhs in tbn borL; ina 81 dors in thoo
crow;nr of fo,yls onj in tbo .i,,,;nnTofLirds
/ Rnt in man if Is strcngtLrnoJ Lv Tho vor;.
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eolli'uI!lc',: . III; iuc"S an" Se'i''lichtS ll
GEcrE HlIcc,lo,'' in,GIesorS irS nn nn? a'lachhg
ms 'c"o" n'ch; ~ h'l''scIl' in'' irihcilple
ltaaI man 10 WISH INC l'lo'V ulS'aiiI regions
VI l'c S'Vnc, "n" ~ GNiosc i''li'IGl 10 the
archGcr' oi '"G iuroulchI ana roIilns waves
ol tne 5Ga' l pctioVo may I'M" Tlihc'mIc IS
seen Win greater lorcc ~ 'ne young Liner
hanpihcs5, consists chicl'y III asSociatlhg To,
G9'her' 1h'T y, Always seek companions ana
/ play mates; ihcy always dcSlic tnc houcc
+ ana regard OF others, not merely oi parents
b. or other relatives, but OF any one IN whose
y presence or under whose instruction they
, may happen TO be- lhuS 1t Is, that we
. have founded the common school and the
b Oappa'n Schooi places IN winch the youth
+ OF our lahd may assemble together Tor tle
b purpose ol receiving instruction In the va
iiouS arts ana sciences OF the age, qualliy-
II ing themselves tooGcupy positions ol honor
n ana truSt III me- Yes within the sabbath
k OF holiness; to place their confidence and
d trust IN Jesus as the author and iinlohcr OF
y their faIth; to mount up ON wings as eagles
$ ana press towards tlc clty OF ctcrna! rest;
@ Oii ,ni? plinelpno Vi soGiaDHI'N, ieaS,S ana
ol'ol t"i;,ii,cl'h arc hlduc, 80 'at tlIe of
'lcs y, li'inusn,p may I nc s'rehS'hched ana
Nv" Gi G,;oa ~ o' iG H. mus We lnceI 70 d'y'
ny iIicnus II, -, 'nrS sloEci s"fioui'aso y!
enos. o,oo1 " ,no Lii' Tt''i Mo'? mbi
. III III =. s .o''p,o' ,;,L wy ~ ~ VIZ VIZ, !
al al oan V, "','' q ~, " i,.
~ cay l''I'"no WIZ, .nu E,o"'oH' y, ,'po'iy
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III" ,a,,oo nnr Vii wa sb ~ snnI
g II o"m nann n.' I""''' "0' VIII w ''''" " '0"
g ~ Tanainr, ,,'in. i NOT tL;s ,lorios oo,so !;
Il l'oI 80 oI "oo .''i' ~
J. hnJrcyn MJ 70 tho II aauI " r. III h6 tnto
IL .. H. 81 H." ,J'l2,, W.. IL, III,
away inc SINS oi thc "ofiaf our caiiih ui,
n IS one oi no mohlcliafy importance m ! II
lc impressions Sou i,'''Nc are etcI'ia'. ne
le VIII rerounu enncI among 'ho roocGn a,,
,e ca ~ piiSn ~ '"o ioI' III eternal "oe' Il
lie Sapua'n school 'eac'ieT poIl'loh 'T' ther,
IN lore, hot on,y iGSP3SS'o'e puI hohora9le' ~
he you ask me why! because IN 'hc oappa,
nt Schooi you arc eal'ou 10 teach pook, IN
lie doctrines ana pfeccp'S OF which exercise
n greater influence IN cuItiyating ana ennt
ping the mInu oi man lhan any Other
ny IL requires .ho exercise OF reason III 'he eS
aiming ol ITS principles. mus, VIM
Nv you are searching thc scriptures ior u,
lg purpose OF impartlhg instruction to oti
ers, you are improving yourselves; W,
lie arc becoming VerSea IN me language OF u
II law, the prophets ana the apostles. %
re are enabled I" trace tho analogy betwec
natura! ana revealed reIig'on; to study tI
&c depcndcnc,GS and corrcspondcnclcS ol u
rs old and New covenants; to li'tcn to Il
If harmonicS oil both' and to the ansWerl'
echoes OF your own conSciencieS' by con
III pairing prophecy with history, you are en-
n blod to see the proof that Jesus IL the 50
ar Of God. You will see It bcamin!G around Il
m earth on the broWS OF three mI'ii?hS oi tn
is living children OF those who led INN to Va
n vary lo!M! will see it in the broken co
'tS WnnS oi NmeNeh, !" the Scrapcd rock
-cr lSie' III ,he parrcn mus OF SYRIA a!I
thccurScu Nailcy OF thc Nlc, on VIII !