St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-09-19
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teachers while they instruct their pu
pills that text books are only guides.
and should he freely questioned, insist
that their own ipsc dirt, must he Ie-
ceivcd and not questioned. Now we
mrckly urge that the teacher should
/ tion of the rules of instruction he lays
down. aS those found in the text books,
and that he should feel that he is max
ing progress every time an error i'll his
prcccptS are discovered and exposed by
/ his scholars. 1t is IL humiliating fact for
our schools that the largest portion of
the greatest original thinkers, are not
those who have received the highest adj
vantagrS of systematic teaching, but
are rather men and women whose i'll
tcllrctual powers have been trained in
poverty, away from all schools, and
have studied and mastered the arts and
sciences, while earning their bread ut
some manual drudgery. EIihu Burnett
mastered many languages, and became
one of the finest linguiSts of his age,
while working mt blackSmith'S forge.
Farrady. the philosopher of England,
lived and died without any mathcmat-
zeal Instruction, yet he outShonc all
modern investigators in Il field where
to he the most Indispensable. These
examples might he multiplied, and
they illustrate the necessity of different
instruction. Scholars should he taught
that they can solve with facility any
original proposition that may he pro-
pounded. 80 they can attack and con
qucr the unknown. instead of glibly re-
citing what has been learned to them.
The Montpelier IIdtchmdn doesn't
"crccd'' on the horse. In his address
at the New England Fair he grew clo-
qucnt upon the horse, and declared
that from the settlement of the colln-
try. the horse has been Intimately and
h"m"rahiy associated with our religious
life" "WitlIuut the assistance of this
noble animal. our religious congrega-
tionS could never have been assem-
/ hlcd. nor our churches sustained. And
/ 50, in the cNubcrancc of his affection
/ for the cause of religious knowledge
and progress. he rcncwcdly declares
his Glove for the spirited dcnizcnS of
the stable.
I'VE have known that Mr.. VI. had an
ardent admiration for good horse.
and an ambition to have IL model stock
farm but his innocence and >cnSihility
are Il new revelation. 1t is we'll for Il
clergyman To like Il good horse. hut it
is ridiculous for him To give profcS-
>lunal and theological reason for it, 1t
is not necessary that he should rcpudi-
ate interest III the mobile animal.
but it is simply absurd for him to
e" into the breeding and training of
fast horses on purely religious grounds.
He may make Il jockey of himself to
his hearts content: delight himself i'll
the GLOSSY coats of his ncighing stall
ions, and in the gentle whinnicS of his
hr0oding mares; he may disport him
self on the track with gig and whip and
nag. but t" try to make people think
that he does ii in the interest of pirtN.
OF that the church is highly benefited
10y his stock horses and fast driving. is
more ridiculous than his actions. ST.
Paul became Il tool in glorying,' but
then he had something To glory in-his
trials. and conflicts. and pcrilS. and
| this modern apostle is also IL tool in
glory ing. but with IL differences, be
cause he glolic> in studs and lillicS and
mares and race courses, and imagincS
( that without the assistance of the horse
it would hc impossible to keep religion
on the earth. His love for the horse.
his training and racing propcnsitieS,
might have been passed over i'll silence !;
but when he comes to proclaim his rca-
SONS for horse breeding and training.
he invites public attention to his folly
and ahSurdity. He had better have
stuck To his horses. and let his friends
furnish rcaSonS why one of the most
prominent clcrgymcn in the country
should devote his 'Sanctiicd intellect
to the breeding of racing >tccdS.'
'Ih,,., la, L a..
and Il camp-mccting in Lamoille coum-
ty the past week. OF the clmp-mcct-
ing the NcWSdcdir, SAYS: This camp
meeting has been an advance in the
cause of God III this region, and we
hope for greater fruits to he gathered.
During the meeting % ministers of our
own denomination and few of other
denominations were present. 10 gave
evidence of conversion; all of them
youthful. All Christians were quick
cncd and Il large number profeSscd to
have obtained entire holiness. The
most perfect order prevailed during all
the religious services. The numbers
i'll attendance increased from the first
meeting until sunday. when about 2OOO
people were present. These grounds
have been leased for 20 years, and we
look for still greater success in the flt
IRE for camp-mcctingS in this section.
The Woodstock SfdHddrd thus speaks
of one of its former townSmen "Mr.
julie +. Perkins. son of Col. Orson
Perkins of this town. has been engaged