Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1875-11-14
EbeneZer Items,

To the Editors Of the Chronicle:
I am happy to inform you that
Ebinezer is looking up" and the
clouds that so recently yelled the
future, are changing from leaden to
a golden tinge, and the tempest that
gathered ominously is giving way be-
fore the progress Of the age, and we
cherish the hope that the day is not
far distant when prejudice will trem-
BILE, and skulk away before love and
charity, 1.-The best boons to mortals
given"
Our Lyceum still continues to grow
in interest, and on the night of the
30th of October, according to previous
announcement, Rev. J. f. Goldman,
by invitation of the society, gave one
of his finest and most elaborate Iectur es
on the subject of education. It was an
able effort and one calculated to do a
community good.
And we judge from the large number
present and the breathless attention
that pervaded the entire audience,
that the lecture was highly appreciated,
anu wiz hOO SOOn NC loiSOtlSh oy many
seeafer ea snd is abofnlgs flsPa PeaaFnaesy Is 1B6f 16f
the good of humanity.
The Committee on Lectures report ed
that Geo. Washington, Esq, of Knox
Vile, woul deliver his famous lecture,
entitled "dKnocking About in the
Field of Letters,"- Saturday evening,
Nov. Goth. The occasion is loo Oked
forward to with no ordinary degree of
- n1E
ed, we hope our people will turn out
en- n1dSSe, and that none will be so neg
ligent or Indifferent as to fail to avail
themselves of the benefits of this lit
erary treat.
We have a spelling match the 18th
inst, and as it is our first, we expect
good deal of awkwardness, and a
general stepping down and out"
| must not fail to state that we have
one of, if not the best public schools 10
Knox county,, outside of the city. The
school is in charge of Prof. w. r.
Murphy, who is a wide~a,w wake, ener-
getic, efficient and progressive teacher.
He is working with telling effect upon
| the youth of our vicinity, and wehOpe
and believe that the substantial men
of the community will rally to his
support and establish a permanent
school in our midst. An effort is being
made to secure the Peabody fund, and
there is no reason why the enterprise
may not be a complete success. We
have the teachers, the children aud the
location. All we want, or need, is
simply a determined effort on the part
of all. Will we work with a cOmmOn
interest for the common good? i so
the merry shoutOf school children will
be heard ten months in the year, and
the ring of the bell from a modern
school house will wake the morning
echoes, bid dull care "begonen and in
fuse life and business into the haunts
of sluggish mOnOtOny. Oh! may not
only our county, but our beloved and
hOnOred State, at an early day learn
to appreciate and value the advantages
of wisdom. May she rise from that
accursed position in which ignorance
has held her with almost a death
grasp, to the front rank among her
sister States where the finger of scorn
is changed to honor and glory and in
f1uence,
There is but one avenue leading to
this result, and that is education.
Our success as State depends upon
the education of the masses. Let
every community feel, realize, and act
upon this principle, and soon
healthier state of things will possess
our State Government.
Now is the time for Ebenezer. If
she fails now, likely she fails unchang-
ingly, and her youth thrown out upon
society ignorant, unsuccessful in life,
and a curse to our Government. Will
she realize her position and lay hold
of that lever that moves the world at
its will, sweeps heavens with the ken
of its vision, dives through the i'm
mensity ofspace, explores the farthest
nebulae that hangs on the outskirts of
creation, lifts governments into en-
lightenment and encircles humanity
with freedom, love, civilization, re-
finement, honor, fame and prosperity.
FREE THINKER.
Ebenezer, Tenn, Nov. 9th, 1875.