, 1879-01-20
Duty .lrO MINORS.

BkMAOS IL iAUk. eHl&t.
Prof. ewing preached yesterday nosntnea
tic Central Churrh taking ns hts text:
Traln up cbill III thc WY he .'soald 80, vi
when ho II old he will not depart from -FtN,
Eria., 0.
Tho convcrso Of this familiar text Is as .rusu
the direct statement: Traln up cldd ioIa
way lo should not 10, and Whon he Is odA
will not depart from 1t. II tlo ts reared inne
ness Of III vice, Of under tho tn!1tcneo Of odJ
gaules and pleasures, he will not depart ira
these modcs Ut wasting lEfc. Tie middlss III
late years arc colosed by tho first yesrs AIpu
language Is gRinol in carly life, mud u M
rarely can the llps md tongue learn 10 .pess
we'll new language iu alter years, 30 our phrs
!cai u11d mantnt habits and tastes aro buItr
III thdle' ssns cssly days, and be they gooia
bad, they rctnnIu by Us to tho end. TherI1
many aphorissns' 70 this effect. Tho expres.tss
"rhc child Is father Of tho tnnn," aud "iu.
tncns OK tho tnannar In wliellthe wisdom Gil
ages has expressed itsclf over thls. queasloa-
tue rearing Of tho young. When tho. pofts.A
"'Tis education forms tho common Enipd,"h
did not pause to define education, for pcsi
never dctino their terns, but tho great truthtl
tllc verso IL to ba found IN the idca that Ill IT,
surroundings Of carly life are cducatlon1',-st
turc, anu books, mud iabors, aud plays, and soor
pan.ous, and that by these tho twiQ is bent, II
thus Is bent or made eroct tho old oak Of sus't
qucnt centuries.
How perfectly dependent the last ycan ~
upon Tho tlstt twenty, may hs inferred nut oaI
Iron! what Solomon Inns said In our text, W
3ron what other deep studcuts VI edusa3*a
llAyu sald In their caltncat houra nftcr ye1na
the most patient study. Aristotle sa5s y!
hat Il IN t,f frrrr
mankind have beun convinced that tho fat1
smpEres depends On tue education Of yoath
Tho Latin Quint!}an says: ~ concludu ~
there aro great resources to Go found IN eala's
whleh ar0 permitted to vanish With thu 1osst
iul years. It Il evident, therefore, that aota
negligence" !" Thas Ia to say, II q nation ~
itarlf poor IN good, aud true, and brave nra5
Mced not tlatna Nature, but u.ay take toltxi
tue TeproAch Ut not hayluK formed lnta NJ
down from aucfent names the uttcfa'.esi4h
tlaa polst tacUtne more lluulerons until, t1N1
yoiutue might bu tl1lcl with tE.e reflections
statratnen aud philosophers over tbs rea:L:s
VI tho State to cslucatlon.. E4.nuud ta4
;11 a Na, l. .sG .s enIfs 9sispss s.,as %
Should 10 tho asst object Ut Ruveloutl.
These uru opinions enough to illustrate
lfaat, shn thought OF all timce. when tAs sEs
t!ons Of youth to age, Of childhood to O"
uDo1s HuFG pQe4cu uaueF ftHl4Ms ,.
It bs!uE confessed now by VI all, aud doss
less without = a!nglc dissenting voice. thatp
education Of tho young lnu.s prccc,le Vi : sass
all successful forms Of society, wo should ~
Inquire what Il thla education which ~ taGo
the state, and the CHURCH, mid all tho sa'it9r
Mon ansttucslan In rcading, writing, aad ny
metic can exhaust the meaning ot the ~
cttucattun, uoF can u BE- that care Of to1a
WHICH y eald to 6stnx surh good and sals'!,s u
national life. While this comn,un.sceool. !, ~ =
cat!on posscssea great power. It cannot at ~ -
dctinftlol Of tho statesmen wh9n they saf safns. g.
ration raves the Government; and wien ",
ttllau saLI that there ale Eo.uuFccs III }9ss
which country ncsleets 10 Ia loss, ho ~ ~ H.
mean that our children should posstss ths ~
With easc and accuracy. Whom Solomon "
that tug man would Hot depart lrOtn !ae ~
which he lad hee,a tsaiIcd TO 70, ha da =.
lhcau that our old sucn would ueYcr luFeet p1i
10 read mud write after they had unrr 1ta,ts ~
those arts. Eosdtd our modern poet n,eap ~ !,
and writing, tlie OLD tres would incline u ~
direction. MOI In all these wise ustcraussa%r
gardInR tbs edueatlou. Of Youth, tho Word 81
cation stRn!hes broad mental and moral os',t
aume1t of wateh taa studY OF books 10 ,,aa,s sI
Or col,ees 10 t'nly part. large part nasst .a',t
but not tho whole. That education Of the tV1re =.
which will help REat the youuy aud thea u. s!x.a
csety must bo q development Of al tl!c = lasn ~
powcrt Of youth and sntIvctlon VI ~ t,ry
harmful powers. BETTER for mankind u ~ -
auu for the individual Is a, education ~
school of Aonur ant Industry than IN tbs seHs. ~
Of tho classics aud seicnecs, II wu could la
only Ont shape Of thia development, \ glaM ~.
a. hlstory will show us That mankiad u lms'tJ
ed not only to great scholars, but also 10 g. n;
characters, aQd that .we have draWn ~ m1., in,,
blessing. tron npble Apatts as NJ ltass '.srt I'M
profound inteltrcy. 1t Is Antazlu4 hoT ~. 4
Vi thoae whom w,& &rall berocs-.nd belJ, ". ~
ont who lives for 0thcts--eul'le to us tiot ~ - Il
raillent OF tho schools alouc, luk in the sa'' ''
lore, aud selt-uenial, md integrity. ,,t
wv petAaps deceive uurtclyea bY calllh2 ~. 'e
Which tle pubiic's children ind III .be ltr =:
schools education. 1t " III error muell l'ks
Of ti,cn Who tou church und eyer a11c',ss-n I'D,
feel that thea aud there thu, Iuuhh n, ~
w. s-a l'sF-t trt. a--~%--.,s s"rar'ti u y