The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-23
Liberty is writ in world- Of Are;
The eyes OF the bonincn,
Wherever they be-.
Are Lii with ihtir Wild ,ln.ir,.

Liberty j. writ in world- Of Are;
The eyes ui the bondincn,
Wherever they BE-.
Are lit with their Wild desire.
As the laundering trains dash by
hearing emi%rantS from ocean t. ocean,
silence head, the truth: MIN mus: be
free. Temples of worship dot ever,
valley. and their spires. like index lin.
gers, silently point To the throne of Him
that rcigneth. speaking alike /, init III
or saint. Parents, who. more ia n
an1ht else, hold in their hand, tn, lI-
turc destiny of th world, need the silent
power of mental and moral woith. j.
is all in vain to heap nimonitions up5n
the heads OF youths. that they Shual |
improve their time. bend cyrry curr..
to the cuitiS alton of the mind. indulrr
in the habit that shill hinder Tn. wor.-
.lngs OF strong. earnest and vigorous
thought. while the clear eve OF cii
hood reads with u1crring sight The in
consistency between the words Iul l:i,.
motive forces of their lives about il. Il
needs strong mechanical power to fore.
water higher that the fountain head. AMI
few children have more natural talent
than the ptrent tree, or more Developed
power than they receive the impetus Tor
at 4 mothers side. There i, Il silent in
iluence that all can feel. Vet none ~
plain, that sends out Il family of chill
dren like the Bccchers of our day. t.
places OF eminence and power. Tn"
memory of Il parents hour of closet
prayer, from which they come with the
glory oi Gods power resting upon their
features. will be to sons anl dlu .ilt -.
that g" forth 10 struggle alone with the
stormy cloqucnce of earth. the little ILLS:
but the spirit giveth life.
teachers, II matters not whether YOU
stand behind the sacred altar in females
that wealth has built with II lavish cx-
pcnd!ture, like a Whitnii.lI. viii, htl. ~
his great master, Il mountain for Il ul-
pit. and the heavens for II sounding !
board; or behind some bare and buN-iiAr
desk in a dingy school-room. >urcc,s
must ever come from the silent puHcr of /
worth, that all may gam, but nuur c.,n
Words may be is clrrr AMI
rs arctic Ice, but they will ever
a. cold and powcrlc =, ii they are not
welded with conscious strength and
heart fire Of earnest feeling. have
of pity almost akin To- rontrmp.
teachers who say, IL ahominarc
school-teaching, and Inevrr would teach
I dag II II were not the 1u"'r. Sc. ri
earning the money. knu" rUHrr. 10
5et = certificate" from oar kin! hrrrr.t
commissioner, ant ! have don. ~ .lr
| ever cxpr,. t. TO-" .,I.n
-eaclicrs are Il disgrace 10 oar lf,trr.it,,
ind the sooner they can lind hu,iuc>s
the level OF their Intellect and
he low plane of their motive, tn. better
{ will be for young and old. No one
bear the title who CANNOT
,ring some honor to the fam ly cscitch-
One sentinel cannot gu.ti.l the
leeping thousands from the enemy. but
{ each onc on duty stands III his poSt.
he work will be well done. As leach
rs. we have all found thai to govern, or
%ontrol, requires ii style of merit that
rental power cannot grasp. The rule
[ the rod andferule is over. The teach
r who thinks Il school cannot he gov
rned without them, is the Rip-Van-
of our day. To tame the spirit
y brute force is only an Acknowledge
tent of moral weakness. / have Wis [
ed many schools in several of the n
nitcd States, but have never been 50 a
struck with the silent power of o
oral greatness, rs in the James Street h
'aded school. in Chicago. Mrs. Jones, T.
e Principal, had given to her care the e
ughest element Of the city. to-wit: ;,
nal drivers. street loungers, Sc, "
lSh, Dutch and almost every other ma =
N seemed to be represented. The
urse and vulgar qualities appeared to
We been completely taken out of their Y
lures, and the refined, gentle and III
ldiouS inserted. There is no parade ~
power; a motion. Il quiet word, or Il nc nc
ntle smile controls the whole. al ri,
'st reverence the quiet enthusiasm by
It thus inspires 10 earnest work and Is,