Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-12-21
ou- words and actions, in which consists
so .,v..J fa,,,

proof upon this point as our own exper-
fence has written indellibly upon the tab
let of every mind that moral training is
essential to the well being Of every indi-
vidual. and to the very existence of socie-
| ty itself Because it imbodies in it the
| Great central idea truth and every thing
else, that has, for its object, the common
veal
But the sacred pages, almost on every
| line, enjoin us to cultivate the virtues, and
warn US of the penalty annexed to the
commission Of crime, or the omission of
duty, and the latter, of all other authority,
we ought to obey.
| The design of education is to make men /
better, and that is no education at all
which does not conduce to this end. The |
Importance of attending to this division of
our nature is incalculable. as it Is only |
through this medium that any good can
be wrought upon the human family. 1t
is mans great pilot, and if properly train
ed in connection with the physical and
mental powers, he is able to pass on life S
L buTDuicut OCcdu AiluVut u NICCh. 1ICt
me illustrate The mighty ship Is launch
ed in he tracklcss ocean, her proud deck
is firm and able to wi.hstan the heavi-
ness of the surging pillows; the compass
is on board to determine the course, with
the instruments to ascertain her latitude
and longitude. The ship is new and firm
the happy crew start out to sea with
buoyant hearts for safe journey. Soon
the clouds blacken in the distance; the
zigzag lightning is now wildly seen, fol
lowed by the rolling thunder Nothing,
as yet, seems to frighten the crew The
sterm increases. and soon the stern ship
is driven against huge rock and dashed
to pieces. There was no faithful pilot
there Moral training is as essential to
the man as the pilot to the ship. The
body is the hull, the mind the compa SIS,
the morals the pilot.
While it would seem impossible to be-
stow too much attention upon mans
moral nature, and l may say that it can
not be ii taken in connection with the
other powers; yet even here, if due re-
gard be not had to the body and mind, ma
telial evils will ensue. Suppose for IA
moment we return to our ship. She IS
t now in bad order; the compass needle
has lost its polarity. An excellent pilot
is on board; she starts out to sea, and.
. however well qualified he may be, do you
suppose from that imperfect instrument
the bearing could be determined, and from
the want of this know ledge she is again
wrecked upon the reefs; but if perchance
+ she should escape the rocks, her hull be-
. ing weak, she springs a leak. The pumps
: are set to work, but the water increases.
The crew and passengers arc all called in
10 assist; but with all their labor the
, ship soon goes down, carrying freight,
!, crew, Pilot and all She's lost Man $
:, moral pilot may be well trained, but ifhis
d mind be not trained, ii may be very tiiifi-
cult to determine his course to he useful
% i'll life, and if his body be weak he Is los,
q tn the world. More than this, ri, id NOR
# ais, with an unframed mind, leads to the
20 greatest superstition, and are capable OF
r being led by the sagacity of one, or few
:. men, into the gfossest kind of errors, and
d to the annihilation Of Other races; using
- that ve.Y power which was designed iol
N the good Of the race to the destruction ol
] the same. ho does not shudder al Az
), tee barbarism aud the car of Juggernaut
n i This is even to be seen among christian!
N OF antiquity Where did you ever behold
a. such antipathY as existed between tht
Catholic and Protestant part of Ireland
or between the established chuich and The
dissenters of England? All this grew ou
of religious or moral zeal, without tht
proper balance of mind to afford a check
e. And this feeling is not altogether don,
n away viii in our day. and the fact calico
so forth the following from Moore:
Id THAT mad as christians used to be,
About the thirteenth century,
There's lots OF christians to be had
~ In this the ninetcenih, just as mad.
~ A salutary check for these evils may b
u found in we'll trained body and mind.
IT, But the evils arising from The develop
II ment of the ply sicai To the entire negle;
he of the mental and moral development
~ can scarcely be portrayed. lie is "a cank
VI er to society, and like ihe amy wolm de
VI yours every thing that comes in his Way
Ao and like the pestilence corrupts every
~ thing in which he con es in contact. W
80 ind an example in the form of a Jeffries
y and, ii you viii pardon me for the allu
- sion, I'll say i'll the form OF a PIobst, th
". perpetrator OF the bloody murder of th
~ Deeling family.
- ~ The angry Bear, the fierce Tiger. ma
prey upon other animals to satisfy til
~ cIavings of hunger, or in self defence; bu
~ man, in the light we now present hin
ne can spill the blood of his own kinsnsa
an for the gratidcation of his own tendis
~ purposes. His desires are sensual, h
ns proclivities are base, his purposes are evi
'no Who does not know that he is bane I
lne society? But the most terrible position
'iu which we can view man is in the deve
~ opment of the mental capacity, to the el
ish lire neglect of the soul The former cas-
- just illustrated, seldom, if ever, has Il
'ed mental acuteness to attain position, hen,
- can only injure that with which he COM
se' in contact or falls in his way; but he WI
8 has mental acuteness, may, by that ing
the nuity, have thrustin his power who
or nation. And when his selfishness is n
ing exhibited in d wanton massacre of
hat subjects to secure his selfish ends, it m,
the be IN the most merciless tyrrany. \
uct charity, no mercy can be attributed
hat him; but tothe end that self be served.
for would. Herod like. see innocence welt