The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09

authors mind was IA clear and sound
rs it eyer had been in robust health. II
is recorded also of MahOmet, that his
genius and cloGuence were never be-
fore so inspiring, AS when he addressed
his followers from the litter on which
his body lay. already under the grasp OF
death. And We can all recall instances
of departing friends. who have displayed
in their last moments the most lucid and
| rational comprellensions of things sur
rounding them. The nervous Organiza-
| ton, Of which the brain is the center,
NAV become diseased, but it is only the
| instrument-not the source-of mental
| life and manifestation the mind is still
! impaired and lives on after the destruc-
| ton of the body.
ut cannot be-" says Bulwer, ''that
| our life is cas- up by the ocean of eterni-
| ty. to float Il moment upon its waves,
| and then sink into nothingness, else
| why is it that the rainbow and clouds
| come over US with a beauty that is not
| of earth, and then pass off and leave us
| to muse upon their favored loneliness?
| And why Is it that bright forms of hu-
man beauty are presented to u view
| and then taken from us, leaving the
| thousand streams of our affection to flow
back in Alpine torrents upon OF hearts?
| We are born for a higher destiny than
that of earth. There is u realm where
| the rainbow never fades, where the stars
| will be spread before us like island that
slumbcr upon the ocean. and where the
beings that pass before us like shadows,
will stay in our presence forever"
Vast fields OF thought, broad land
scapes of beauty mighty forests of brave
deeds. s!umber within the breast of
every child, as in an acorn mighty for
ests sleep. The law Of mind is, THAT
it scattereth and yet ~increaseth." Ever
true idea which you awaken in the mind
of a child is Il key to unlock new treas
urcs; it is to the mind as the opening OF
n gate into n more magnificent garden.
The child whose mind is thus aroused,
NAV develop into the hero who shall de-
fcnd the liberties of his country the poet
who shall gladden. the world with song.
the philosopher who shall discover the
laws of nature. or the missionary, like
Livingston, who shall explore new
countries, and carry with him, and dis
seminate Christian civilization.
Ii the mind is a vital existent. pos
sesSing powers. it must have developing
conditions. The seed may contain ger
minant mower CAPABLE of covering CONT
nents with fields Of golden grain, vet, if
it remains shut ND in the granary or
buried under Il rock it will never be any
thing but dry dust. 1t is so with mind.
However preat its latent powers, though
il contains the germs of seraphic genius,
unless il is placed in certain conditions,
il will remain dormant. The mind, say
some philosophers. is like a blank sheet
of paper ON which YOU can inscribe any
thing. Not so. You can inscribe moth
inc that 4, moi there written in rudiment.
Ynu can in,pl,nt nothing that is not
there in Germ. Give it soil. and fear
not. ..,ike ivy il can thrive in all
weather. b,ove oppressiye castles from
;ts bosom and make the fallen ruins a
hcJ ON which to spread out its branches
luxuri,n,ly IN the SIM.
Now. he teacher should understand
the elements adapted to educate-draw
firth into yioorous growth the mind,
and hrino them TO bear upon its sensi-
b;li,,es and nowcrs. Education. then. is
Growth not the growth of ANYTHING
Unmarried 10 it. but the growth of itself
simultaneously and synimetrically. Ety.
moloeicnlly. the word educate means
| drawin" out. and what is growth but the
drawing out of our latent energies into
| HIGHER form of life. instruction is not
education. instruction means ONE
thing put into the mind, but unless what
is pnt into the mind helps to draw out
the mind, it is Il bsne rather than a
| boon. Then what high qualification is
! required of the teacher who would I'M
| dcrtake the directing of the mind in
knowledge, Surely, no one should un-
! dertake it unless he or she be enthusi-
a,ts in the work. This was the secret
| of DIR. Arnold's success in Rng6y school.
| Abiding to the Roman history he was
| then writing, he said, "HOw | thirst for
Zama--the great battle which decided
| the tate of Hannibal. He carried this
| spirit into the schoOl-room; his pupils
caught the same spirit, were inspired
| by him with the grandeur of their work.
The teacher, in order to attain the
greatest success. must make his vocal
ton his life work. In all departments
| of human effort, constant application to
the work in hand Unnecessary to success.
| Your work is one worthy of your best
powers through all Your life, for there
i, nothing so beautiful as the growth of
mind. The growth of a flower, rising
| from the earth, budding into vigor, null
tiplying its leaves, and blossoming into
perfection, is beautiful. The growth
! of a nation, rising from a barbarous
horde, widening its territory and pro-
crossing in civilization, until it
takes lis place among the nations
of the earth, is beautiful. But the