, 1869-04-18
Mr. EFonde on Impractical Teach~
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IN nls aldfess Al the Gn1y eE1ttY OF St AndrewF
higher education is the dero,ion Of 70 much e1oEt
and SO many precious years to subjects which have
no practical bearing upou life. We had : theory at
0114td that our system. however detective In
many WAYS, set, Developed In us some especially
pEscious qualities Classics and philosophy ~
posed TO have m eject on character. and IN II,
specin1E adapted for creating ministers OF rcllV-
ien- The training Of clesgynen Is, anything,
Engagements are nsde with i view 70 II Thn
heaas Of colleges the resident fcltoHs tutors and
professors are wish Ilre exceptions, ecclesi1slcs
f1eht Idea, tne effect ought to have been conajcr-
able We hare had thllty years Of uneXatuplesI
clerical activity among US; churches have been
nsEspapess hare betn poured out D. the nunaTcds
Of thousands; While oy The side Of i there has
ePneS op@sSt oD e. az a,Aessessy Aesesy s959Dhas
lsEe grocer, ne commercial lie Of
f. nai ss s,sT sa and So
hardly bold his ground against competition To1
s csn no longer trust that any article buy tho
!a1se measures, cheating and aaosldy everI1hese.
fet the Clergy hare seen al this grow up in abso-
lute lndiherence; md the great question which 1t
the color Of the eccsesIasttcn peltcoaia Manys
hundred EeEnons have l heard in England. many
dissertation on the mysteries Of the faith on tho
Non % snops and nd ID sn 81 sSso
OF good worfs, and verbal tnsutration. and the+
emcscy OF the sacraments; hit never durlux
these thirty wonderful year, never one that can
fecoleet on common honesty. on those primitive
commandment$ Thou shalt not le aud, Tho1
shalt not steal The tate bishop B1ouiIeld Used %
tell sto1 Of hl1 having been once lAte IN 1la a.
the Cnlsefstiy Church at Cambridge, and of hax-
nheu he Vas himself an uudergra.tuate. Tno
hehop said he *n gacd to see him looking 70 ven
y such urat age "0h Jes, Ny Lord" tno
for. hare heard every sermon TnSeS
has been pEcAched in this church fdY my ypaTh
and. thank God, an Christian STILL" ClxsAcJ
philosophy, classical history and literature rattnz.
A8 they 40. no hold upon the living hearts ard
IMAGINATION of men IN this modern Age, Ieate their
Kor1n{ lntelliEenee prey to Wild 1naag1na.lons.
md make them incapable Of really untefstsodtnr
u much Of the history Of England md scoilxnd as
they know about Greece and Romo-sr they tsd
ever heen taught to open thelr eJes and SEQ Hhak
Is actually round them instead Of cropping 1mou1
books to Ind what men did OF thought It NeT-
lndrtA or Constaut1nopie fifteen hundred yea4
ago, they would QrApple more effectively rtta tne
mofA pestilence which Ia poisoning al the ar.
y hat Insist upon Is, generally, that In country
1ke ousz, where each child that Is born among u
DndA every acre Of land appropriated universal
- Sot youEs' ret upon the rch things with which
he = surrounded. and government 1hsch, unlike
these OF old Greece OF modern China, does nos
permit aupernuous hahiea 10 be srrzn9ied-such .
child, ! Say, slnce he u required TO live, haa
right 10 demand such teaching ~ shall enable him
TO i've With honesty. and take such ptace in
society a. belong. to the faculties which hc h1x
brought with him. And It ought to be the guiding
principle Of al education, high and low.