The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-04-30

raj tendency to procure and ap-
tpropriate and hoard up this world s
wealth, the nobler and better senti-
ments, such as generosity and be.
nevelence are dwarfed, and narrow
and sordid selfishness implanted in
their stead, and they come to look
upon the acquisition of money and
property as the highest end, and
ambition of their lives. With them
it becomes the end, not means,
not an instrument to be used in
doing the worlds work, but the end.
An individual thus trained and edu-
Tcated can see nothing desirable in
wealth, farther than as it can be
used in his own elevation or in min
istering to his own selfish desires.
And if such an individual does not
become the perpetrator of some of
the great crimes that the inordinate
desire for money brings about, yet
he must become selfish and miserly,
and wholly fail to perform his part
on the stage of life
1t is eminently proper that our
children should be taught economy
and thrift Taught the value of
money and the Importance Of ac.
Touring it, but it is equally import
ant that they be taught the proper
use of it. That it is not to be used
simply as an Instrument in eleva-
ting themselves, but as means in
their hands of promoting the well
fare and the happiness of their
fellow-men. 70 be thus used, they
should be taught to labor and toll
and sweat for it, and to economize
and save it.
ITO catch Dame Fortunes golden smile
AsSiduouS wait upon her,
And gather gear by every vile,
. That, justified by honor
Not for to hide it in hedge,
Nor for train attendant,
But for the glorious privilege
OF being independent
Again our children are taught that
all their intellectual attainments are
just so many instruments, to be used
in elevating themselves. AS il that
noble steamer was built simply to
carry it's necessary crew, and suf-
ficient fuel to drive its own ma
chinery, and that while thus engag-
ed was fulfilling its highest destiny.
These are only means to an end.
The steamer is constructed for a
purpose, and while it is necessary
it should be cared for and supplied
with proper equipments i is only that
it may be useful in performing labor
for man.
And so it is with man. He is an
actor on the stage of life. His edu
cation and training and the world
wealth he nay acquire are the equip
mepts eisat III lin rur uire greal
work before him, and that work is
to make the world better, and the
worlds people happier, and from
this work we haveno right to shrink
Every human being who comes into
the world, owes it to himself, to his
fellow-men and to his God, so tc
live as that the world shall be better
for his having lived in it.
! Mans great work is to conquer
the world, not merely to discover
and appropriate its surface, but te
cultivate it. Remove forests ano
substitute in place thereof the grain
| producing fields, and the grass grow
ing meadows. 70 delve in the mines
ond make available the wealth
boarded in the bowels of the earth
To seize upon the very elements
and make them subservient to the
will of man.
But if it is mans great work tc
conquer the world, his creates
work is that which he performs az
an instrument in the hands of Coo
in civilizing, humanizing and chris
tianizing man. and duty-stern and
inexorable duty demands that eact
and every one shall perform hi:
part of this great work. And ir
this way
eve can make our lives sublime,
| And departing, leave behind US
Footprints on the sands of time"