, 1866-04-27
TRUE EDUCATION.
Our Needs and Duttes-Lecturc bF ZION.
II. 1Sateman before the Eouk
county Ecachcfss
SnAtirutt.

rdtk Avenue Methodist Cnngch wss well n!lcd Of
"Wednesday evening. BY very select audience, 10
ara1 an. actscss hF Hun. Newton Datcnxa, DID,
Superintendent Of Public fnsttucion in this Stale,
delivered before The Cook Cana1y T.aehera' H.
stituie.
Thaepcakcr, in opening hsa ,cctu1e, dwelt 1t zone
length On the decline OF public ,htuze as lEu2 The
r.uit ef neglect Of moral and religious culture IN
CIR prbllc schools. Too much Intention had ben
devoted 10 The mere intellectual trann; Of youth,
and 100 little to III. moral culture. II was Is ct.eu
tisl 10 le lroi, po,.c that Children should bc pro
pIty instructed IN the one III the other, for all
The education in III: world could no.*psrssat In
rnosa!lty in men unless 1t rested upon reiEt$ua
basis. The r1:ll OF the Stale 10 provide for The
moral education Of lis children sc>ts nruu tac
IT all 1* sc4eulidc branches, ant he [.hc speaker
Mas pzufoundiy convinced 1aat this N Isl be ttont
Tic Rniiou Of this in 1hz schools oi the Stale.
t.e medication Of ytneraitn to tae snissaaSi sup aa.i
Beng. ehouo b. a. clear ano bold. 4: emphatic anu
JOYOUS. u. tue uoc:,.ne Of the tclasl nssfs
or Msn. lie would tusi>s. MOREOVER. that
adore should IL III: GoI Of the Bsa!c: and the
Ght1> >uatiiy that Of tue Gu.pets-uonc o' ths tee-
stripped of cic.y attribute Of which bad man Led
he afalo but tia, Jehovah who nEote with MS O. gu
s;un to The world 1n1oa- b Je-us cnns..
lie nsu,,eiy holy. peaoaI Goi-:hls !:
tac God 10 whom tae State eaou!a
lily lc4Cl Ne EI1luIcI III U0N AQa IL ~
Impossible found my ey.tcm OF Christian u1otass
e1c q. ihe Christian fath. aud tho ouiv way 10
sn,.rk iAe orcay oi public yisluc IL to uphold The
chsi-.:au :asth. 1;r intellectual an1 M3.e.1a
..ronsh hsvc far ouI.tupped t1- pr.-rrss Of OIL
suoTal advancement, and we usdst I'll! h1cs
spun the onlY uEc support, which Ii the chris
t:s: rrlis,on. This na> The very cornc9
.'une OF the great c1iecs founded h,
cEr Pus,:an fsshers. the fountain heat
Of our .yetc Of 1re schools. aad by virtue Of th1
cotcrI,tion Il c have f,tcutne C1rat nslfon. ohal
NOW l, 5eet tha', snd .h!nS 10 upaold The Itepns
he: 1t in the interest Of Ihc Ch.i1ian re'sio,
;Aat tree schools were foaut:ed by taese eesac7
Meu. such Il tt1in1p. vans one OF the Essential cc
meuis Of tue ssates1u 4nshlp i. might be ex-sn1!t
ard in the cateet ot cur IAIt laaleaitu President
wEcse cha-3c.tr Nae b3sel np3n these pfinciosG
which Ettcd him for the tusden- Of ns great o9les
1hr spc-kc1 alluded to the ini1e& o. parents al
koule- n equally tmpoztaut element In tile iss'n
.nr ui Il E:s to b. ftlrcI TIA. ta,s.
:n,ch neglected by uicn Of bu-ines=. rho tcso:ct
more .s;en. ION to ie;1 Ga1uc.7 concerns than Il
The moral wcl1-s,rine u iheir children. There VA
no plea Tor .ach neglect: and ii business affair
c4ulc between. Then hnsfat.* ousht 10 be siczi
feed. Al~o IN c7n*truC'sug scheme Of pnb!i
instruction Reference should D.. hid 10 IL
ch:tdttus rlalion to Our Rep1bftc1n form Of Cav
sHuuent, For this rra-On oar tye:tMs Of cducstio
shuu.d differ IN many respects from those pursue
N u!hc7 coutttes. II ;hcse requirements are fa
filed i. VIII give TO The body Tu'1tc citizens VII
viii illustrate the h.suiy or Republican t1tttrutfo2
as il j. trpr1 thcsc source: that the stability an
:.orr Vi a natton cone--