Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-03-28

put into practical operation a
We need cline upon line, and pre-
cept upon preccpt" in relation 10
moral training; hence, | hope !
may be pardoned for adding a few
more words upon this point Of my
subject. The God Of the universe,
that Being who sways d universal
scepter, has proclaimed, that,
righteousness exalteth a nation
but sin is a reproach to any people"
All experience and all history con
firm this great truth. The principle
it proclaims, has been confirmed by
all the records Of the past. Itmust
be insti led into the minds Of our
youth; early, indelibly implanted
there, until 1t becomes apart oftheir
being Those whose province It is,
and will be, to regenerate theworld,
must fully understand the relations
Of man to his fellow.man, and of
man to his Maker. They must be
capable of unfolding the powers
and all the susceptibilities Of mans
soul, that they may comprehend its
value. They must be able to ana
lyze mans nature, his origin and
his destination, that the peculiar ap-
propriateness to mans condition.
may be seen and shown, and tho
unbeliever be convinced and silenc'd,
or converted.
My subject demands that say a
few words on the use of the Bible
in education. or in schools. | am
not prepared to say that l would
approve of the Bible as a text book.
or school-reader, nor do l presume
many of our educators would so
approve ofits use. But l unhesita-
tingly say, that 1 do believe d por-
ton of Scripture should be daily
read in school, and that the Bible
should be referred to as the source
of all moral and religious instruc-
tion. RI use the term religious
here as simply including the doc
trines ofthe Sermon on the Mount
and the sublime truths and precepta
of the Bible; hence, in q
sense as far removed from secta1-
anism as true piety is from bigot-
ry.
Constant and special references
should be had at all times to the
circulation of the grand principles
Of morality-the great fundamental
principles upon which all Christians
agree, and which dnderlie the whole
fabric of Christianity. In our Com
mon Schools, sectarian prejudice is
not permitted to enter, being alike
forbidden by the genius of our in
stitutions and the provisions Of our
School System. Our Legislators
very wisely left all seetarian teach
ing where it legitimstely belongs
to the family circle, the religious
press, the Sabbath School, and the
pulpit; for they afford ample and
all the necessary means of sectarian
tIaining-perhaps more than is nee
essary But / repeat, that while
moral principles should be deeply
and firmly implanted in the mind
of every youth, the Bible should be
held as the standard, and be daily
referred to as the Fountain of Mo-
rality and Christianity. One of our
State Superintendents remarks
'How much easier and pleasanter
it is, rightly to direct the opening
energies of youth, and cultivate q
love for truth and virtue until their
principles are fixed in the heart and
incorporated into their very being,
than it is to reform the man grown
old in sim"
As stated in the outset, education
in It's full and proper sense; implies
all that is necessary to rightly de-
velop mans immortal energies, and
prepare him for respectability, use
fulness, and happiness in this life,
and for happiness everlasting in the
life to come. Every one is aware
that The most ofyouth are profound
ly ignorant of Bible truth and Bible
history, though they may be what
is termed good scholars in the ordi-
nary branches of science. Very
few have ever read the Bible thro'
let them be pupils or even teachers;
while many have never read a dozen
chapters in their lives
Now, is it not time that this con-
ignorance of the Bible
Of its history and sublime teachings,
were done away, and that more NOR
al instruction, drawn from the Foun-
tain, were impaired to our youth,
by all who teach them ? Our youth
must be made to understand the re-
ations they sustain to all sentient
and nowhere can they
ind this knowledge, except in the
Bible, or as it is drawn from that
Book of Books.
On this point, permit me to quots
rom an able address made by D
Congressman before the Ohio State
Teachers Association. 1t is very
pertinent to the point under discus
sion. -
He says: "Itis needless to multi
ply arguments and illustrations to
establish the position that there can
De no correct moral culture that is
lot based on the principles and pre-
3epts of the Bible; and that our sys-
EN- of popular education will fail
n the accomplishment Of its highest
lesig1l, unless consecrated by the