The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-11-29
For he Star of the North.
EducatiOn.-NO. 9.

and moral being As an intellectual being,
he commences his career by first prailIiDg
the A, B, C's, perhaps, al his moIher's
TO the old school house, 10 meet the pleas
ant smile and cordial welcome of his teach.
er, who is ever faithful 10 guide him ia
wisdom S ways !; and assist him in climbing
f.the hill of science, until be has acquired
sufficient scholarship 10 emanate from the
old school house and take his place among
the college students, and acquire a knowI-
edge OF facts OF higher nature; trace
them 10 their source, and learn how man
first became acquainted with them inves
tigale their relation TO each oher, and how
he is benefited BY having a knowledge Of
them.
And, as a moral being, We find him oc-
cnpying place in a great moral govern
ment. aud in a sphere which calls forth his
intelligence. and makes him useful ant
praiseworhy being to his fellow man.
And dulles OF an important kind, 10 perform
in relation 20 Supreme Being, the Creator
eand Governor of all things, which effect
him through lime, and equally through all
eternity and BY his dscharging these du
lies well, he is made an honor 10 himself,
and benef to the society of which be forms
part.
Hence The intellectual faculties are the
means by which man is 10 determine
bis field of labor the power which i'm
Pels him o action; aad the helm which
guides and directs his moral career: lhere-
lore, the training, which the intellect re-
ceives, il fdences the person in all his Jour
ney through life. You will please allow Us
10 call your attention TO the person, Who has
always had piousIraining, from the earliest
period ol his childhood, who would spurn
the IDEA OF doing anything dishoGorabe,
mean or wicked, as an example OF Ibis
And why +! Is ii because he is not tainted
with The fallen nature of man Surely not
I've must all participate alike in shat fall.
en- nature because, none os US have been
born of parents. who KEEP, the Moral Law
inviolaIe neither can we live without vio-
.lating this Law and therefore. must be
come iableio the penalty of broken law,
which is sin and dea h. But Eve Think The
secret is this, il doing evil is held up be
fore children, as something that all respect
able people deiesi and as that which will,
Il not abandoned, effect their happiness
through this lie, and equally through that
which is 20 come, and IT, on the other hand,
the mind Of The child is impressed with the
idea, that doing good, and pracIicing virtue,
will lead him on the ways of peace ard
happiness and thereby exlracI the dregs OF
bitterness which our foreGaihers dropped
into he cup of lite bul which does not
get thoroughly instiled therein, until all
become old in crime and Iran<gresion. The
child will have deep sense OF right and
wrong, ard 1--WE lhiuk) love for the one,
whicb they naturally hated, and a haired
for The other, which they naturally loved,
and thus be led 10 do right, because they
have been taught that it leads Them in The
ways oil peace aud happiness in This lie,
and eternal Joy and felicity in that which is
beyond The confines of mortality. Aud
shun the doing of wrong, because they
have been taught il leads 10 misery and
woe, iniusing The bitterness already in the
cup of life, throughout the same, making
the persons life completely nauseous TO
himself and equally so 10 every person,
with which he comes in contact, who is
possessed OF refiaed feeling. This 1--WE
ihink) will be The case with pious training.
And further, We have the promise OF Sa-
cred Writ thar i: will be so, which says:
"Train up a child in The way be should go,
aud when he is DID, he will not depart from
teaching is such as agrees with the Bible,
thai they will not be forgotten, or the pre-
cepis we have endeavored 10 instiIl into the
minds of those children, we have had un-
der onr charge, be forsaken; but our teach
ing aud precep;s will run parallel 10 the
.child's intelligence and coniinne to direct
his ways, and influence bis actions through
all the journey of lille.
Therefore, the importance and response
bility OF training youth are very great, the
trainer will be fiung them for life OF M
firing usefulness: or fitting them for a life !
of idIeness and dissipation. Then, my feI- |
low teachers, if such is the responsibility |
of teaching, lei US not enter this great and
glorious work without considering whether
we are filing the minds under our charge
for unFemiuiug activity in doing good, and
10 be ornaments ia society or for life oil
sloihfnlness aud incidence. and to be nui-
sance, if not arcurse TO society. FlLo.
O1angsOil1s, Nou- IL, 1865.
newly married couple went 10 Niagara
On visit, and The gentleman, 10 order to
convince hs dear that he was as brave as