The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-03-20
For The Cecil Wing.
Education Essential TO the Well-Being OF
Society.

{ The word Society is very comprehen
sivc in its signi!ication All the Ma
, tons of the world form one great soci
city: and this is divided into smaller
and these smaller are in their turn sub
divided into societies still less and
thus VIC go down from one degree tC
/ another, until we get within the mar
row limits of our own town or district
! These societies exist in order to secure
the peace, happiness and prosperity OF
the various individuals who compose
them. Laws are made and rules laid
! down to restrain the excessive indul,
/ gence of our natural rights For the
good of the whole community, men are
compelled to yield to each other in
moderate degree, SO that all may be
comfortable.
Thus we find that ii is impossible for
any man to live either proftably, com
fortably, or even safely, if he is isolated
from his fellows. He is one of the
members of the family, and is depend
ent upon the others for all and every
thing that renders life desirable. God
has made us social beings, and has or,
dained us minstering spirits one to
another.
The duties and responsibilities OF
each individual member of this family
in its smallest or most subdiyidcd form
or in its greatest magnitude as family
of all the known world are many and
great Every one has part to play
in LIES drama, which has a greater or
less influence, first, upon those who
Immediately surround him, and then
gradually upon all humanity. This in.
| fluence pcrvadcs everything and every
person and no one can escape it. There
fore. in order that we may do our duty
faithfully, in the various positions to
which we are assigned, we must know
what to do, and how to do it. Teach
ing us this, is what EDUCATION STRICT.
! LY MEANS
Education NAV be divided into two
great heads-Intellectual and Reli-
gious The advancement of the one
almost necessarily implies advancement
III the OlucF
The Education of the intellect of a
man results as follows: 1t teaches him
his superiority over the brute creation
and the various uses to which he may
| apply it; it gives him information of
all Improvements in the mechanical
arts since the foundation of the world
it imparts an extended knowledge Of
agriculture, science, literature and the
fine arts; it acquaints him with the
manners, customs and habits of men
whom he has never seen, and countries
which he has never visited by it he is
enabled to look back thorough the long
history of the past, and, Judging from
it, to determine what is eXpedient in
the present He is also made to I'M
derstand human nature, how to touch
the secret springs of human action it
informs him what the wants of his fell
lows are. and how best to provide for
them; it fits him for every field OF
labor in which he may be placed. His
Education shows him how he may
work in every individual instance to
the best possible advantage. In short,
persons invariably WELD an influence
in society, either for good Or evil, in
proportion as their intellects are edu-
Gated However. the education Of the
intellect is not sufficient of itself, for its
influence NAV, and as often is, directed
for accomplishment of bad as good OBJ
,jccts-
This brings us to the other part of
the subject, and that is Religious Edu-
cation. This is what makes man
truly useful for good and holy purposes
in society, teaches him to abhor dcgrad.
ing associates, those who would drag him
down to their own vile haunts and des-
troy him, soul and body, for time and
eternity. But the education Of his
youth protects him he hears, perhaps,
a fathers prayer, or sees a mothers
tears, Though many miles distant they
may be.) An inward voice of early in
struction whispers, GO not in the
path of evil men-avoid it-turn from
it." HE'S SAVED! He presses on
ward, and ever upward, still bearing in
his heart that impressive legacy, early
Religious Education.
The principles of religion and virtue
must he instilled into youth by degrees,
in such measure as they are capable of
receiving them, for children are mar
row-mouthed vessels, and great deal
can not be poured into them at once
When we contemplate what man is,
what an amount of veal or woe he is
calculated to spread Throughout the
world, we then realize the Importance
of early training the mind to noble and
lofty aspirations, uprooting and check
ing those baser feelings which are in
hcrent in our sinful natures, intoxicating
such truths as will fit him for an hum
bic artizan, or assist him to fill con-
scientiously one of the proudest stations
in the land
= May Education spread throughout
the whole world; may it be properly
understood and appreciated, and may
the choicest blessings descend upon it
in all its forms, especially the Public
School System.