The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-05

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three or four generations living together,
say forty or fifty In all. The parents
cannot govern their own children, for
when any Of them disobeys or does any.
thing wrong, there are always uucles or
aunts or grandparents 10 take their part
and shield them from punishment II .
mother tries TO teach her children she
cannot because the other children do NOT
have lessons, and this uncle or that aunt
tells the children there il no use In get.
ting those lessons. Besides this abe can
get no quiet time or place 10 hear the
lessons Tor the noise aud play OF u dozen
other children, II one man and his
wife wish to keep tho Sabbath the others
scold and sAy they are lazy, or II
they wish to have family worship with
their childrsH they cannot for they al
ind no time or place Tree from Interrupt,
ton. This hSlRE all together IL in fact
one Of the great causes Of hindrAnee 10
men In becOming Christians. 4lh. The
theory Of AeSeF dividing 10 impossible In
practice Fur two or three generations
/, may do II the parties can keep from
QuArrelhng. but by and by the family
would numbSr thousands and to live all
together would be quite impossible.
Hence division must BE- allowed at last,
IRd II allowed At all why not as we'll at
dnt as al last
The other aide argued. lst. The an:
cisnt cages all teach that brethren should
live together and have all things COM
mon, and this Il the only respectable
say to DO 10 China. What 4 shameful
thlng It would be as soon a. your father
IL dead, when you should be mourning
for him and comforting your mother, 10
20 at once 10 squRbbliDg for the inner.
I,anNe hs has left you. Is this the
way 4 dutiiuI son should do? ID.
Dividing would make the poor so poor
that they could not live at all. A few
acres OF land used in common would be a
great help to support the family, but Il
divided into Eve or six portions, 1t would
simply amount to nothing At all. Also II
the family have but one small house how
could Il be divided into Eve or six parts
Sd. If the property be divided the mother
and younger members Of the family
would suffer. The mother would be left
out In the cold, and would have TO 60
from one sons house to another like u
beggar. II there were young brothers and
sisters the brothers would find that their
older brothers had used up their portion
before they we're able to take care Of It,
and as daughters get no share OF the faith.
ers estate in China, these young sisters
would be left without anything at all, or
any one to find them 4 husband, or to give
them a marriage outfit.
Each side tried to answer the argu-
ments Of the other, making an entertain
ing and spirited discussion. Few Chi
nese have ever dared to question the
wisdom Of the rule given by the Chinese
cages, that families should always stick
togs,her, and this discussion gave a good
msny new ideas TO many Of those who
heard 1t. This subject, as we'll as those
Of the essays already spoken Of, was cho-
sen BY the students themselves, and the
arguments we're their own. These things
show that the new aRd better ideas oil
Christian morality aud civilization are
taking hold Of their minds,. and that they
will not fail to make their influence felt
on others. Our constant aim in our
school Is not only to make Christians Of
the students, but to make them educated
and influential men. To do all this is a
very hard work. Many things are against
Us, and few in our favor. We need your
prayers and sympathies, as well as your
contributions in money. These young
men are surrounded by many and strong
temptations, and only by the special
grace Of God can they be preserved and
made good and useful men. In this, as
in other things, u trust is in
the blessing Of a prayer answering God.
We don't expect that they will all be.
come preachers, but We certainly expect
that some OF them villas many perhaps
as there Ia any demand for at present
Others will become physicians and teach.
era, and all will take a much higher
place in their professions than others,
owing to their superior education. II the
young men in this school are enabled by
Gods blessing to ill these several pro.
fessionA and adorn their Christian char
Acter, their influence for good will be in
calculable. Nearly all now in the school
are the children Of Christian parents, who
have sent them here at considerable sacri.
Gee, and are praying that they may be.
come good and useful men. This Is a
great help to Us, and makes us feel that
our hopes will not be disappointed.
During the past year Eve Of the pupils
have become ChrIstians, and now all the
hiRh school, and four OF those in the pri-
mary school, are Christians. One boy
died this year, which is the first death
We have had in the school since It's com.
mencement thirteen years ago. He died
very suddenly OF cholera-was taken sick
10 the morning and died the same We.
ming. We have, however, good hope that
he has gone to be with Jesus. One boy
was dismissed for bad conduct, and one
had TO leave because bis father violated
the agreement made when he entered the
school. We have a large number Of APP
plications to enter the school this year
more than we can accept. We are going
to enlarge our buildings a little, SO that
we can take 40 scholars-20 IN each de.
partment. We appeal to you to help Us
by enIarging your contributions, so that
we may be able to support the additional
number.
Very sincerely yours,
c. W. MATTER.