Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-07
PRESCOTT WIS, wEDNEsDAY. DEC 2. 1870.

And under no form Of government is this
work so important as with ours. In a
monarch, or An empire you may train
one for king and it will do very well,
though be be but half trained, but with
us all the people are soUeretgns, and they
exercise sovereign power, and upon them
rest sovereign duties, and to this status
they are to be trained, for upon them
rests the weight and responsibilities Of
empire. There seems with us to be a
literal fulfillment of the apocalyptic
prophecy And hsth made us kings and
priests unto God and his father. REV.
lst ch. 8 VS..
Our fathers plainly dscerned the i'm
portance of this work and inaugurated
the free school system, they delermind
that poverty should form no barrier TO
an education which the veal of the re
public demanded. and proceeded upon
the ground that mutual protection and
prosperity demand general diffusion of
knowledge at the public expense. And
submit whether it is not proper for US
their sons. to 60 one step further and
join bands with the Prussians in demand
ing that education furnished at the pub
lie expense be compulsory. Perhaps no
one should be deprived to the right to be
a fool except bis folly may be in the way
OF the highest public good. An impor
tant help can be rendered to our educa
tors by surrendering our children to their
jurisdiction when al school. If teachers
are to be held responsible for the well
and faithful training of the minds of our
children they should be allowed CORES.
ponding authority. They should be al
lowed the right TO control their schools.
The driver of runaway is never helped
by another grabbing the lines. 1t is a
great task for teachers to educate our
children with the aid and CO operation of
their parents. 1t is M almost hopsless
one when this is withheld. or opposed TO
them. Our teachers do great amount
of work for the pay they receive; their
skill has cost them much toll, and time,
and expence. Some within my acquain
lance have been ably filling chairs OF pro
iessorship in College, upon the small
salary of from six or eight hundred dol
lars year. They could command more,
but felt the call of duty aud would not
leave their posts. 1t is hopeful that this
class of workers will keep on sowing, for
though they ''sow in tears they will yet
return rejoicing bearing thslr sheaves
with them" Let US thank God for our
noble band Of editors. Upon his class
rests the arduous task of presenting the
busy active world represented upon pa
per, SO tina, it may be spread before you
and your family in your hour of leisure
aud retirement from labor. And in your
secluded domestic quiet you may see the
whole word passing before you, note its
changes, take lessons from its follies and
mistakes, aud contract IFS turbulent rest
less spirits, with that Of the kingdom that
is not of this world, which is presented to
you in your Bible. 1t is no idle task to
thus pain: The world as it is, daily or
weekly upon canvas, and spread j; in de.
tail before the multitudes. Gentlemen
of the quill can truly claim 'the world
for their parish" AMI it is no small
task to select just those things that the
world should know, from the mass of
rubbish that it bad better not know, and
put it in clear forcible light before US.
giving US facts and not fiction, and ex
ceiling the butcher by giving US meat
without bones. Journalism is ono of the
profoundost sciences. Let none think of
entering upon i! who cannot summon to
his aid the patience of Job combined
with wisdom and skill. When our bills
come to us for payment. We leave the
printers to the last, and if our money has
run out be must take his pay in ''hard
wood or somethin. harder than that
Suppose that we do not get metropolitan
sheets from our rural districts, we do get
manifold more than We put in. 1t is r
good COW that gives abundance of milk
when weH fed. May the Lord bless our
editors. and the people appreciate their
@ .od work among US. Let us thank God
for our able corps of professional men .
Our lawyers who are our askno Sledged
interpreters of the statutes of the land,
have a herculean task. In the interpre-
,ation Of the dead languages there are
rules TO guide the thought aud under
standing. but correct Interpretation of
the statutes implies a comprehensive
knowledge of all of them. There is with
some an unjust stigma attached TO this
profession, but among them all there is
none into whirh the principles of honesty
and sound integrity can be carried with
better success. This profession is graced
with some Of the noblest minds in the
land. Our legal counselors and advo
Gates are worthy of high hcnors May the
principles Of christianity be extensively
carried into this work. and into the hears
Of these disciples of Gamaliel. We are
also to remember with gratitude that
class OF men who heal the body. Their
duties lead them among the sick, the suf
fering, and the dying. They must go by
night and by day, in rain and in shine
The sick are not brought to them but
they are to 60 to the sick, and with pa
tient resear, b they are to ascertain the
disease and decide upon the appropriate
remedy. How much their work resem
bles that of the Master who went about
doing good, to whom they brought their
sick and "He healed them ALL" Let us
thank God for that large class of skillful
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