The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-04-06

which was book Of prophecy, becomes q
book Of history.
Evcry Non tie architect Of His DUN Fortune
BY Miss Maria Cole.
"Heaven helps those who help them
eelves," is !. tr;te maxim. He who re-
solves upon doing thing by that very res
olution secures aid. We must make the
most Of small opportunities; and progress
at the best is comparatively slow, and great
ends are reached stepby step. We must
be sewers before We can he reapers.
S"ccs.s-By Mr.. Henry Locke.
Persons of all ages and conditions labor
for success, but from different motives and
with different standards. The man who
intends that the world shall be the better for
his having lived can truly be called Sue
cessfnl man.. Some laudable purpose
should be formed early in life, and perse-
vered in. One actuating motive mus; be
love of labor. A man who would be- sue.
cessful should choose some pursuit conform
ing to histastes.
Music-Chorus by tho School. =.
Ny Pictures and Their Keeper-By Miss
Ada Gordon.
This ever-present picture gallery is the
mind, and conscience is the warden
Some of the pictures are bright and clear;
some are twined around with the myrtle Of
sorrow some are yelled by the cobwebs of
time. In these pictures see history Of
my life. Among the workers in this gall
lery are Memory, Charity, Mercy, Anger,
etc. These pictures can neither he changed
nor destroyed. None of US have pictures
80 good that they might not be better.
Languaqe-By Mr.. VIM. Alden.
Language is 4 prehistoric subject, and
its origin is in disnute. If this origin was
divine the earliest races had furnished them
a language complete to the extent of their
wants; if human, the language Of the saw
age men Of prehistoric times must have
been at first merely grunts. Language is
rational and emotional, and one of the dis
tinguishing features between men and
beasts is that man has reason and beasts
have not. But small proportion Of the
American people use language correctly.
As to the requirements Of children in this
particular, much depends on culture in the
family. q
The calisthenic exercises of the forenoon
were, by request, repeated, and drew forth
much appl .use. .
Plant Lye-By Miss Ella Veeder.
In the three Kingdoms the plant life
holds an important position. An infant
plant is - tender ~ young child. Few
Of them can endure great changes. They
are the ministers of man, and there are few
places on earth where they are not 10 be
found. Every flower has written all over
it, leaves some sweet lesson. One o1
Christs grandest figures for His believers
was, II am the vine, ye are the branches
Human life may be compared to plant life
which develops until reaching full consum'
nation in the flower, then droops and dies
to produce the ripened fruit--our future
and higher life.
What Shall We Read By Mas HAITI,
Lathrop.
From what we read it may fairly b<
judged what we aim to be. Through books
We should seek to cultivate the mind and
ennoble the principles. the first being a
means to the second. The characters OF
books are a. different a. the characters Of
men. Some of the best men who evel
lived have left US their thoughts in books
and so have some of the vilest. We mus
select with care, taking what is profitable
and leaving what is bad. In good book
We have the spiritual presence of thei,
authors and through these books we may
always be in the highest and best society
although it may he that we are excluded
from what is considered the highest in ou
own town.
Music Chorus by the school.
This concluded the essays Of the gradu
ating class, and Prof. Kiehle then delivere'
an address upon -
EDUCATION BY THE STATE.
which was listened to with the closest at
'tention and of which We present herewith
a full synopsis:
As some man with clear insight into hu
man nature and the hidden sources Of owe
has said: "Let write the songs of a peopl
and I care not not who makes their laws;
90 they who seek for their ideas and fortune
the frmest foundation say most wisely
LET us teach the children and we car
not who teaches the fathers" Hence
is that the subject of education is no,
most ardently discussed by the family
the Christian church and the stat
with apparently conflicting Claims
But are these claims conflicting in reality
or is this time, when, by the attrition c
diverse opinions in free discussion, har
mony of interest and cooperation shall b
secured to the advantage Of the home, tn
commonwealth and the church? My con
| viction that this is the truth moves me t
the discussion, atthis time, Of the subjecto
Education by the State" for the purpose G
| showing in what it consists, and indica
ting its harmony with every other claim
even as itself is the fosterer and defende
Of the home and religion Of its people.
To meet the objection of those who fea
the high interests of the soul and eternit'
shall be sacrificed, class of defender
would belittle aud ema culate the work o
the state 20 that the man who most effect
ually ignores all that pertains to the no
blest part of man, and to the Maker of tn
| world shall be most servieeable to tn
state, and seem most just to those who, agree
ing in the importance of the religion
training, yet do not agree in much tina
pertains to it.
There is third class Who, upon the higl
claim Of religious instruction, and sus
tanned by the precedents Of the past, woul
ob,rude upon the state the specific work 9
the family and the church.
1t is the hypothesis of orr government
that the world is - happily adapted t
mankind, that 80 far as he can be free,
from enthralling power and influences, an
enabled to zee and know what good there i
in store for him, he will obey the incen
tives to honorable industry, and find hi