Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-24

Anglo Saxon Worls as much as "a,
please, there arc distinctions arl slna
Ia the sciences 0i lho day Hul III
exquisite enalyilr, 0r descriptive ~
vialurc, ior Whlrh, as Vvhicirs
Anglo Saxon words arr wholly uH-
clual, l cant enlarge upoh lhia
head ami further than n say, that
,hcrs Is bestowed upon lho Throry,
,hc Art and the Practice nj romVn'
sllion in our schools a decided aul
injurious neglect,
Having been So patient with mo
thus far must dare 10 ailllct
YOU with the con sidernlinn or only
orr morc point, the eduoatioi at the
G0sGi character, and ! have dome
And thought the reflections under
this head must hc iIsi, | am exceed,
ingly s0licilous that every member
of this lhrong should regard them
as Rrsf in point OF Importance, "
il matter of great concern nnd pro
found aslonishmoni, that our rSchools,
too GENERALLY, either ignore or neg
lcct the means OF moral culture
Tho school room and fire side Of TO-
day combincd, rather than the pul,
pit and tho press, arc forming the
popular mind. The pulpit is intend
cd 10 supply, so far rs may bc, the
lack Of moral ideas expressed aud
enforced in tho parental and scho'
lastic relations. I'VE must educate,
wo must educate is the shout Of tho
multitude, rs il education, in form.
ing the common mind" necessarily
made il any better; common
phrcnzy this, presume here TO 70
bukc. There Is nothing directly
moralizing, nothing inherently con-
scrvativc in purely intellectual ac-
duioition. Ell purely mental nc
complishment is DESTRUCTIVE just in
ratio rs it divorgcs from the limo of
moral truth,--elSe we would expect
to find the Host cultivated men the
GSst g!cn. Intellectual and moral
ideas both have history, and yet
they are not identical, any more
than thinking right and right think
ing are identical. intellectual ideas
cohcrc in forming the chain of right
thinking; moral ideas intcrlink in
forming the chain of thinking right.
A man may be n literary, Hercules
therefore, and all his forces bo sadly
destructive. A ihan's life is a cheer
less blank unless Ko be morally cd
ucatcd. 1t were better for him had
he never been born. l most unc-
quivocally believe, since the child is
the miniature of the man, that as an
auxiliary Of vast power in forming
the moral character Of tho children
of this generation on a right basis,
tho teacher ought to bo man of
unclouded reputation and Of the
most incxorablo moral purpose. |
uncgnivocally believe that he ought
to labor directly to build up and
give permancncy and power to the
moral character of his pupils. And
in doing this, he need not be u sec
tartan, in tho mean sense Of that
term, as mans creedal opinions
singly or in the aggregate, do not
form the principle ofthis religion
lore to God and to man! | ask with
the emphasis Of ardour, ph1t is a
man ,cOrth ,cithoM m0ral character?
A teacher ought to remember, and
let the memory oft btirden his soul
with soicitude, that he is sweeping
his fingers across heart strings that
must vibrate to his touch when
creations harp strings are broken
and their last echo is slumbering on
the bosom of eternity. And the pu-
pl should labor under the convic
tion, that
"Life is redl life is earJe {
And the grave is not its al;
Dust thou art-to dust returnest
Was not spoken of the soul !"
He should be inspired to study
witc moral motives presiding con
over his literary toll. Lot
him keep his affections transferred
TO tie s6trcc of truth ana love, let |
him never divorce his studies from
tho thought Of his. accbltntabiIity to
God, and tho very sky will bend
down to him and throw its arms Of
light around him! He shall then
move among his fellows with an air
Of majesty, and directly, the COM
muhity whose atmosphere he
Jreathes, shall rock to his very foot
fall! His life will attract divinity
10 itself; and he leaves foot prints
On this old world that the waves Of
emerging ge~ efations shall never
wash out One hand resting, with
spreading palm, upon his text books,
md the other upon the book Of
,coks, Goods best gift, save one, TO
nan" and his eye turned upon the
blazing throne of the last Judgment, !
low grand he stands before us, con-
icious of his own unapproachable
unity and progression personality
OVER him, in the hands of angels, as
witnesses of th6 Souls sublimest en-
is suspended an arch
more beautiful than that fairy thing
hat spans the frowning sky-forge,
rom which arc hurled the bolts That
oil laundering down tho resognd-
ng cliffs of the storm cloud. With
lis moral motives continually ro-
nforced, let him be impressed that
he good he achieves is immortal i
hat this resultant benefit to himself
md others is to contihH6 when this ;
Id world turns, with tottering step ,
nd bending form to lie down in the
rave of the past,-when creations
eath-dirGe is sounded and every
-efY has faded from the blazing cor ,
nal on the brow of imperial Night.
)h. had 1 the gift and junction of
loauence, / would sway your spirits
nth her magical wand for once. In
Irging you 10 a life of intellectual
nd moral effort, my attitudes should
n exnosfllatiOns and my words