The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-03-02

WhyP Because they have not been taught to
know the true God. Cur children when born
are as ignorant as the heather. They must be
taught. and taught right; and when taught to
/ know the true God, and that from Him all our
blessings come, and that eternal happiness at-
ter death is promised to those who love, honor
and obey Him, thenrespeet parents, and all
good men, will easilyEfollow. ~
To cultivate, the sentiment OF CONSCIENTIOUS
ness otherwise justice, is more dittlcuit; and
can ondy suggest that as the suPerntenden1ts i n
and teachers give their time and laborfor the
cbildYens' fbeaeht without any reward, they
sbonld.be taught- Justice ide1Sands from them
thatthey try hard to study and obey the rules
of the school that if 9. book is given them to
read Justice requires the book should be re-
turned az soon as read, that another scholar
NAV have it to read. Another means might
be- to state cases now and then, either ideal or
real. recurring a Just decision; make them ar
| bitrators and have them to decide how the
case should be determined If wrong, instruct
them right. An ingenious superintendent or
teacher will be able if his mind is bent in this
direction, to find many little incidents in school
| life that can be used to cultivate and strength
en- the sentiment of justice.
They should be instructed, too, that to all the
organisms of man-both mental and physical
our Creator has affixed certain laws, intended
to aid. foster and bring these organisms to per-
fect;on !: and as God is Just in all his dealings
with his creature man, He has affixed a just
punishment to every man or child Tor every
violation of any of these laws, whether done
through ignorance or Intentionally. Ii they
put their finger in the fire. pain is the sure pun
| ishment. And just so sure will the punishment
follow in all cases of violation of these laws OF
God. u.
Mothers have great responsibilities in rear
ing their offspring. They most commonly for
the first three or four years of childs life, act
in the capacity of the Sunday School superln-
tendent as to their instruction, for during that
time child's time is usually spent at the moth
ers knee. All children, without any ,idea OF
stealing, so soon as they begin to craw! about,
will lay hold of any pretty thing in thel! reach
and cling to it. 1t is the mothers province to
learn the child what it can safely take, and
what it must not-what belongs to it, and what
does not and what belongs to its little brother
or sister it must not take. In this way both
Justice and honesty are implanted into its ten
der mind, and its moral organs are cultivated
in early life.
To illustrate the advantage to society of cul-
tivating the moral organs suppose an lsland
populated with 1000 families of all ages, whose
moral organs had been altogether neglected, so
that not one on the Island had any beneyo-
| Ience, veneration feeling OF Justice ke-
member, if you cut off one limb OF tree, the
one left will grow faster; so with the organs OF
the brain. Ii the moral organs are neglected,
the organs of theft, hate, &C., grow faster. Ii
the intellect be sharpened while the moral Or
pans are neglected, you are educating that man
to do evil. He will feel no regard for the con-
sequences of his acts, provided the injury re-
sulting from them fall on others Under this
state of. things what would be the condition OF
the society of these Islanders !? The imagina-
ton shrinks with horror at view OF the MUIR
ders, thefts, robberies, arsons and inhuman acts
of Injustice which every day might witness
This is no fancy sketch, for Africa is now the
picture realized.
On the other hand, suppose another Island
peopled with 1000 families, whose organs of
beneyolence, veneration and justice had been
highly developed and the evil organs dwarfed
How different would be the state OF the socle-
ty. All kind, all good, all seeking how to make
others happy, all venerating their parents and
their God, all seeking to do justice to all and
in all cases, all loving God with all their hearts,
and their neiehbor as themselves, and in all
transactions anxious to do unto others as they
would have them do unto them.
There is one subject, however, although not
connected with the manner of Sunday School
instruction. is yet of great and growing lmpor,,
tance and is really at the foundation of all
Sunday School operations, and that IS how to
raise funds for their support. Having suffered
from this difficulty myself, and not being able
to offer satisfactory remedy, can only make
suggestion. Inasmuch as the parents have
not been taught the necessity and justice of
giving aid to Sunday Schools, even for their
own children, il would seem that the only way
to bring about the proper feeling is to learn the
children, by bringing little gifts every Sunday,
to create q fund to support the school. Ihere
are about every residence few old rags, wal
nuts, hickory-nuts-in some places, pecans,
sedge grass, small patches of grass that may be
made into hay, broken pots and ovens, and
many other things. that 60 to waste, because
what can be found of these articles at one
place are not worth taking to a market. But
if each scholar could be induced to pick up
and wash clean such rags as could be found
about his house, say only one pound, 40 schol-
ars might bring 40 pounds, which, at % cents
Der pound, would be 81. If each scholar would
make and bring sedge broom, 40 broohs
would be worth. 25 cents per dozen, or in all
rs cents. Say each scholar brings one quart OF
walnuts, hickory-nuts or pecans, 40 quarts
make bushel worth 81. And so with black
berries, fruits and many other articles. Be
sides the benefit of the money which could be
thus picked up from what would otherwise be
wasted, this practice would not only cultivate
habits of industry among children, but would
exercise the intellect in thinking over what
they could next take to school. A man can do
no good thing without making some sacrifice.
When a child has to labor to make these little
gatherings, to that extent he makes sacrifice
of his labor. A sacrifice always insures
blessing. And finally. this process, we'll carried
out, and coppers included in the gatherings,
would not only make all the scholars produ-
GERS, hut would enable each school to provide
its own support.
I have thus drawn, what at first designed,
that is, q mere draft of plan.