The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-29
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brutcs would disdain to perform
How many young men of promise bright
candidates of future greatness. are lust
going forth into the world, but are liable TO
fall whenever the first temptation ure-
SCENTS itself. They are easily woocd from
the paths OF innocence and uprightncss bv
the seductive voice of pleasure and blan-
dshmcnts Of vice What is the matter
with all these, you ask. ! answer that
their wills have not been educated Con-
science is not the controlling power You
ask If it is a part of your business to in
siruct the wills Of the children you are
teaching. | answer as much your business
rs II is to instruct them in their studies
We labor day after day, week after week
month after month, and year after wear,
from early mern till dcwy eve. to teach our
scholars the multiplication table. to divide
one fraction by another, to compute an
nual interest, 10 parse a noun in the prcdi-
cate after an iniHnstiye verb in the nomi.
native or objective case las the subject may
be. TO change the signs OF all the the terms
of nm algchraic quantity enclosed in a
parcnthesis when preceded hy the miut-
sign and sp on al lihitum but what docs
all this amount to, If when they leave orr
instruction. they have no we'll defined idea
of right and wrong If they have not lcrn
taught to dctcst hypocrisy and deception.
aud to prize frankncss and tmthfulues-
If they have not been taught 90 control
their temper and passions and 10 be for
bearing and ohiging; if they have not The
power TO resist the temptation even if it
comes in fascinating forms and 10 say no
with an emphasis that needs no repetition
This may he n different presentation of the
subject than HAT which is customary to lc
presented, but believe it is the true one
The will is the controlling power in mans
being. DR.. Holland has truiy said "tho
will is the backbone Of success" Strong
determined wills are the hest legacy % per.
son can inherit. hnt hcy need disciplinnr.
and the time most effectively to 10 this is
in carly years When Napole1n said to the
French Assembly, Il generally do what :
undertake. when our honored chief ma.-
istratc said II will fight it ont on this Inc
If it takes all summer The Assembly Wa~
more than half saved and Richmond was
more than half captured. sAll our Heaven
lY Father demands of any Of us is thai
the choices of our wills shall be for those
things that cOnducc most to our happiness
and his glory. This inclination of orr
wills makes christians of us all Not only
in education. Int in all branches of indus
try. and in all professions in life, liiic
things are the requisites of success Ma
AAl' : II uu'lt9l WI IL II NlillN ul tHEiNIhll'l
of the tiniest particles. Domestic felicity
is secured. not by talent not by wealth, not
by the exercise of any mighty faculty but
by kind words. "A forbearng spirit, and lit
tie deeds of charity and Kindness. Little
acts of courtesy or civility have often
proved to he the passport to success and
affuence You can he a man." coming
from the warm heart Of the philanthropist
has saved many man sunk in the lowest
depths of inebriaton. when all the laws OF
God and man might thunder in his ears I'M
| needed Some of these men have become the
brightest ornaments of our land, and whose
words of eloQuence and wisdom we all de
light to hear. Surely we all can do a thing
so small as this to augment our own happl-
ness and the good Of our fellow-man.
Events of vital importance to nations have
Often depended on some trivial crcum-
stance
Hugo says that the victory of Waterloo
was due to the fact that Il cowboy SAID go
one of the generals Fastening with rein
forccmen;s to the field of conflict. "tallc
this road instead of that and in cunsc-
quence the glstoning points of their hayon-
cts foretold their coming in season to en-
courage the hearts of their fellows, and by
means of this road they were enabled to
arrive little sooner than the French rein
forcemcnts, and the field for England was
won How different the political sky IL
/ Europe would have been. if long after the
/ roar of cannon on the plains of Waterloo
/ had ceased if the same cowboy had SAID,
take HAT road instead Of this. But gaze
far down the vista Of ages to mans prime
val home, Mari, how one act of disobcdi-
cncc, paraking Of the forbidden fruit of
one forbidden tree brought death into our
world and all orr woe, and tell me If little
things are OF no account. But have pur-
sued this thought sufficiently TO show its
bearing and importance. In a brief sum
mary Of this subject. claim first that the
intellect, sensibilities and will demand
equal instruction and training and that
our great mistake among many teachers
has been the concentration of all their force
upon developing the intellect. Secondly.
that the best time. almost the only clicctual
time to induce a love of study, to render
delicate and acute the sensihillties, and To
train the will So that it Shall choose the
right and cmphailcllly reject the wrong. j.
in early life, much earlier than many sup
pose, Thirdly, that we too often judge at
the result, without inquiring the cause, alJ
have termed these litlc things moi because
they are, but are too often so considered
will close 10y saying that the best way '1
acquire success. prominence or great this e,.
Is to perform faithfully tie daily duties #
our work. however trivial they may seem
The teacher that does this will receive h.
reward, although he may labor I'm some So
ciudCd spot far from the busy Muuls ci
men. Consciousness of duties well perform
ed will sWectcn his slumbers The lcne.ac-
tions of those he has blessed will ice con
ferred upon him, and when lac shall have
entered upon the trlition al perennial bliss
he viii leave behind n memory thai Will