Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-08-03

The falr brOunuS nv w NOOstcr, on lhifsddy,
July 9th, 1863 G. f. VoomIEs. Es1., Of
Millcrsburp, was called upon to address the
Teachers, Parents and Scholars present. -
The following is II correct report Of Mr.
NoomlEs' remarks on the occasion
REMARKS or MIR. WORRIES.
,SuntaV Schoot Tocho%, Sctohus o0d
Fdiop Citizens :
Mental Improvement consist in obtaining
a correct and thorough knowledge Of the
material universe. Man, when created
was, pronounced the greatest and noblcst
work Of all that had exerted the creative
energy Of the great architect of the heavens
and the earth.
lfman in his creation, was so noble and
destined for the society of God. and the
sweet splcndors Of Paradise, it well become
HIM to regard as a matter Of the highest
importance his conduct in this life. This
nat turally inclines the mind to view man in
II hrcc fold relation: physical, intellect
ual and moral. The first is within the scope
ola true regard to the laws ofhealth, where.
by the body is kept in unison with the duties
enjoincd upon man to justly earn his bread
by the sweat OF his brow, that the body may
be kept what it was created to be, the
nQbleSt work of all the vast and varied ere
alton, temple of beauty and purity. a
proper guest chamber, for the spirit of its
creator.
The second view surrounds man with all
the blessings and indiscribabe pleasures of
the world. Casting at his feet as il were,
for his pleasure and qualification the full
treasures of the carth constituting him am
heir to all the bountics within his power to
comprehand. Man to enjoy such patri-
mony and properly to control such a mighty
fortune, must be the subject of intellectual
improvement, which is the highest aim of
literature and science With literature we
capacitatc man to impart to his companion
and ncighbor the results of experience and
investigation. In other words he is enabled
in appropriate language to portray all the
beauties, aud communicate all the advant-
ages OF science, developing the great and
lneXhaustiblc goodness of God. Literature
stands as the medium through which man
appreciates orcomprehends the great tlegacies
to which he is made an heir in this world.
and should be the first in the order of his
requirements For such training we leave
the burthcn to parents and schools, iudc-
ouSly provided by the good government
under which it is our fortune to live.
When man, as an author, phylosopher
or phylanthropist, appears before the world
demonstrating our true status and relative
position to nature and the relative position
OF nature to man; teaching us how to illus
tiatc and appreciate a cause from the effect
and effect from the cause showing us the
means whereby all things in this great and
grand universe contributes to the wants and
the aggrandiaemcnt of man, we behold only
a man OF intellectual improvement. He
may be great in philanthropy, and still
greater III philosophy, yet he is only so far
intellectually, improved as to comprehend in
part the priceless bounties so richly and
indiscrimlnately bestowed upon the children
of our race. We may say of him that he
is educated, learned and intellectually ele-
vatcd far above his fellows. But the next
man who shall follow him in the same de
partment of science, and who shall have
fully studied and mastered what he has
written, thereby adds to his own mental
stature the full dimensions of the author
whom he thus perfectly understands.
How then shall the world reap the fruits of
the great master spirits who have hitherto
labored to develope the hidden grandeur
and blessings bequeathed to and carefully
held in store for man-is question, well
answered in Ohio by the voices of over
eleven thousand school houses, in which are
employed over twenty thousand teachers.
with an average attendance of three hun
dred and nlnety-siX thousand scholars. who
are daily learning and being improved by
the wisdom of all the great master spirits of
the world, in all the various departments of
literature, arts and science.
When man has fully apprehended and
appropriated to himself all the learning to
be obtained in our schools, from the lowest
to the highest; when he has graduated and
gone forth into the world as finished zen
tlcman and scholar, he is qualified only for
the enjoyment Of the grand legacy left to the
children of this world. He nay cat and
drink, and clothe himself in purple and fine
linen. lie may measure the earth with a
line, spread 1t out III map, displaying its
grandeur III mountains, seas, lakes and rivers
noting hcmlspheres and zones; point out the
localities OF health, luxury and ease. He
may draw the lines Of latitude and longitude
upon the caith, measure the altitude of the
heavens, give name and locality to the stars
and all the hosts of them, and demonstrate
by science how all these contribute to the
advantage and comforts of man. And vet
he is only creature of intellectual i'm
qualified for pure and proper
enjoyment of the blessings and bountics
pertaining to this world and to this life. For
the persuit Of this knowledge we will still
leave the scholar in the nurseries and schools
so amply prepared and well adapted to that
purpose by the civil authorities, Of which
we are a part.
We still have this great idol in the uni
verse, this heir to all the grand and indis-
crlbable pleasures ofan undcveloped world
before us IN his moral aspect, great learn
ing, great possessions Of this world as treas
ureS, and the greatest physical enjoyment,
ever yet promised, to an unredeemed mortal
being, does not reach man in this third view
OF his character. As in his former relation
he was only required to learn, to COPY after
a pattern, to fully realize the great gifts held
IN store for him. SO in this, his moral
character, he has before him pattern and
a Imoddel Of whom we have all heard and OF
whom we may all read As none of the
branches of science yield to man their bless
ings until he has expended the labor and
toll necessary to equality him for such an en-
loyment. SO in his moral relation he is not
exempted from that labor which will enable |
him to appreciate it as jewel of great price
and worthy of his utmost care and yigiience
for its preservation.
We will here accept the scholar from the
schools of W hich we have spoken, and after
banking them for any instruction which
they may have given in this department,
place them in the Sunday School, where the
primary object is to improve them in morals,
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