The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-03-13
EDUCATIONAL.
Address of Bishop Whipple, be-
fore the Minnesota State Teach
ers' Association.

ers' Association.
FRIENDS: did not come to youl
gathering to deliver q formal address
| am here as your fellow-worker in
the holy cause Of education, to confer
with you Of the trust which God has
committed into our hands--a trust We
hold as stewards for the millions which
are to people this land. | have nc
claim to be your teacher. for am my.
self yet a learner in this work I ask
that | may speak to you y n brother
to his brethren Of the thoughts which
move my heart, aud speak IS frankly
as man speaks to the loved ones OF
bis home
I THE PUPILS IN SCHOOL.
The childhood committed unto US is
the childhood of eternity. We take
the mothers prid. and the father e
darling ut the ag-. when habits are
being formed, to pr pare them for q
! sAsS AsSu ShosA So w b"CNCls w e
must know our work. We must grasp
its relations. We must fulfill the trust
which is committed to us, or we are the
most shameless trifiers that ever med
died in holy things. We are the guides
! Of children who shall live forever No
| less q standard can measure the teach
er's Office. The culture 1T which we
aim must be the cultivation of all that
makes humarity-body, soul and
.sivia- 1t in sia. .i..0~ti.,,. ..f tl,a hot.
man. 1t leaves out nothing. Ii cul-
| ture means 10 train the body simply,
we shall have y race Of giaiiators,
nation of untamed wills. Of unbridlei
lusts. OF mere brute force. If it be t.
educate the mind simply, we may have
u Danton. u Robespierre, n Mirabeau,
u RuIoff, for our graduates. Such
culture will bring US in the far-off fu-
ture mot so very far-of either to the
goal which France has reached The
teacher must take into his view hu
manity, with ali Of its marvellous en-
dowments, as the gift of God. He
must study its relations. He must
know its laws. He must be Godward
the guide TO the children of the State,
to tit them for their duties here and to
prepare them for the life which is be-
yori the grave.
Think of these boys in school as the
men who are to mould the State, as
those who will, in turn, shape other
lives. and whose influence is to 90 on
forever. Think Of these girls as
daughters, wives and mothers, Think
how our acts as teachers in guiding,
shaping and moulding these dear chill
dren, will be felt forever. Think how
hasty word may crush 4 gentle spirit;
how the lash of discipline may :asten
upon a child lifelong fetters; how
school life with us may he the turning
point between goals as widely sun
dered rs heaven and he'll.
Iii. lEfASIEh A4N ssShooL,
Think Of all this and you will feel
that no human words can measure the
dignity Of teachers Office. l know
no market price for work like this. If
men come here with selfish ends to
labor for a hireling's wages, a scourge
of serpents Is not sharp enough to drive
such traffickers in human souls from
our homes. The moment We learn
that there is God, and that humanity
Is dependent state Of being, We have
compassed every argument Of religion
and have clue to guide Us through all
the entangled paths Of human life
This central fact must te the basis up
on which we rest our obligation to
every institution which binds us To
society. These institutions are the
gifts Of God for meh. They are no
priest-craft of any sect. They belong
to humanity. They are as universal
az the world. There are three institu-
tions In every christian land, the home,
the church, and the state. They are
each and all the gift of God. Take one
away aud humanity is a wreck. The
teacher Is a trustee for God to fit AMI
prepare the children of u Christian
State to assume relations hallowed by
God = eternal law; his Office and his
work must be looked at rs under God's
aIl-seeiBg eye; 1t must be measured by
his law.
THE FAMILY AND THE SCHOOL.
Thus done, the work il builded on
the rock to last forever. It needs no
argum' Mt 10 prove that home is the
gift Of God. The children taken from
the home, the teacher must have q
mothers loving heart and q fathers
watchful care. The teacher must day
by day. and week by week, cradle in
his heart these little ones. to shelter
them from every harm, to train them
to be all christian manhood and
womanhood may be. Even heather
men recognize the rights Of home in
their heather way; how much more
In Christian lands is that home to be
cherished where the name Of mother
has hsd . new meaning since 1t restei
On the lips Of the child Jesus. The
parent is to the child In Gods stead .
ruler. protector aud . guide. With
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