Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-31
From tho Educational Monthly.1
Sanctitied Education.
by REV j. p. sMELTzEn, D. D., OF wALlIAL-
LA FEMALE COLLEGE.

LA FEMALE COLLEGE.
No subject can be brought before tho
minds of tho people of more Importance
than education, sancti(ied by religion.
Wealth may secure the qualification of
earthly desires; pleasure, and it may be
lawful, always satiatcs its votaried aud dies
with using. Next to Christianity, the
education Of tho intellect is tho most i'm
portant duty of man; and in connection
with that religion, it is the only acquire.
ment that accompanies man to lilo tomb,
follows him across tho cold "river," aud
oliugs to him as he moves onward, and
onward still, along tho corridors Of ali un-
ending hereafter.
This earthly existence is not tho whole
of life. 1t is tho starting point Of an
eternal existence. If tho starting point bo
in tho right direction, tho. course will be
onward, upward, Hedvcnwatd, towards that
mind whose infinite powers grasp all possi-
BILE knowledge. Two influences meet man
at this starting point of his existence, to
guide him in tho road to happiness on earth
and glory hereafter. The ono influences
his moral nature and leads up to the holi-
ness of God; tho other, his intellect, and
directs along tho path Of science and truth
towards the Omniscicnt Mind of jehovah.
! These two Influences combined mako up
what is termed sanctiGcd education. Al
though either may exist without tho othor,
yet the highest typo of man Is the Christ
ian philosopherj and the better docs he
accomplish the object OF his being, wbcn
both influences lead doross lifo's turbid
waters to the haven of bliss, where the
montal and moral will be fully developed
under the teachings of tho Omnisoient.
Il sanctfied education brings to it's pos
SCISSOR blessings uncomfortable. Sir Isaac
Nowton was philosopher and Christian.
IIo mastered the alphabet, and combined
svllables into words, and by study, under
stood Tic olcmonts of o common school cdu.
cation as other cbii.!l,rren. This did not sat
isfy this great and good mun. When sent
to market with corn, he was found III q
hay loft at tavern, studying tho problems
Of Euclid, and meditating on tho laws Of
Kcplcr. IIo devoted his timo and talents
to study, aud mastered tho thoughts that
puzzled tho brain of others, as his Principa
and observations on the prophecy of Daniel
will testify. By study, which was source
of enjoyment to him, he presented to the
world his three great decovcrics.-tho prin.
ciplcs of fcxions, the nature Of light, and
the laws Of gravitation. Although he rose
high in the scale of mind, yet he says ol
himself: III seem to be like child, picking
up shell here and there on tho shore Of
tho great ocean of truth" Hume says O
Newton, that he was the "greatcst anG
rarcst genius that ever rose for the orna
mcnt and instruction if tho human species.
On his tombstone in Westminster Abbey
is this inscription: "Let mortals congratu-
late themselves that so great on ornamcn
of human nature has existed At last thu
earthly gave way, and Newton dies. Win
did he carry with him to tho spirit.land
Earthly possessions2 These he left fo
others. What did he carry with him
Education sanotified by religion. AS h
stopped into the river Of death, all earthl
possessions were left upon the shore;; ant
the mental and tho moral education mt
religion ho carried to tho promised land
Suppose hc had false notions Of scioncc
advocated principles not in accordance will
universal law, or had not reached tn
highest point attainabo to man; his mine
was trained and ready to grasp tho tIutl
when presented in that world whore erro
does not exist. What rogrots would follow
such mind7 Only that ho did not dcvot
moro time to tho improvement of tho month
and moral man. Arc not these blessing
worth striving for? Is thero anything
earthly to bo compared to mind adornet
with sanotiGcd cducation?
Man does not 1.-Two for himself. Itis hi
SOLEMN and imperative duty to assist hi
felow.men. 1t mattors not in what dc
partment of life his lot may bo cast, h
should strive to elevate and bless his race