Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-09

construction OF railroads. telegraph, vari-
Ous Kinds OF manufactures, &c.
The discussion was concluded by Prof.
ShauS who said that the city teacher is apt
to have to contend against too much news
paper reading while the country teacher
has not enough. He urged upon his hear
ers the Importance cf kayiu, suppressed
all newspapers of an immor..! and scESa-
tiOnal character, and having their place
supplied by others of high standard.
Newspapers, well selected, are valuable in
the school-room and tend to awaken
thought among the pupils. He commend
cd the pl:In OF Mount Joy teacher who
placed upon one end of the school black
board the principal topics discussed in the
daily papers, and then got the pupils who
had read the papers to state orally or write
out what they had read and remembered
on these topics. The topics embraced
agriculture, history, geography or other
matters OF instruction. One advantage OF
TINS method is that the teacher himself
must be area,ier. In closing, Prof. Sllaub
took occasidn to compliment tho members
OF the institute who had taken part in the
discussion OF tins important subject.
Music-''The Wau,lcr-Stan."
Dr.. j. II. Shumakcr commenced Il lecture
vi
Recitations.' tis necessary for the tcacl.-
er first to know what to do. and next how
to do it to ascertain what the pupil knows.
what he ought to know, and the best
means of impartins that knowledge. The
best preparation for recitation is that
which is gained outside the text book.
Among other methods DR.. Shumaker rec
Ommen;led for small children the recitation
in concert; let all the children answer Il
given question in concert. Another meth
od is that OF rotation in answering qucs
tiOns; another still is the monitorial meth
cd, where the pupil answers question il
he can, and il he cannot, asks some Othcr
member of the class to answer. Another
plan is to get the pupil to write down at
, once from memory all they know Oh any
given question. Then give them the text
book from which the question was taken,
and have them add to their written an
awcrs all that they have omitted. These
and other methods were explained 1T con
siderable length by Dr. Sliumaser, vino
concluded by recommending that the pupil
DC made to rccitc i'll his own words all lie
knows of Il given topic and b. assisted to
! cultivate the power of expression.
Adjourned to 0 clock, a. III.
! Vending On InscrsOllisn,.
W'nclay ErenmJ.-The entertainments
was given in Fulton hall. 1t opened will.
Il fine vocal composition LET the hills
| and wales resound, finely rendered By The
Lancaster Quartet, consisting Miss Lai.l
Bear, SOPRANO, Miss Edith Johnston. con-
traltO Mr.. Drachbar, tenor, and Mr.. Mel
linger, bass.
Hon. Geo. r. Wcniling, OF Chicago,
was then introduced and delivered :.
| scholarly and logical lecture OH Ingcrsoil-
ism. The lecturerdii! not discuss the sub
.iect from 4 distinctive Christian stan.:-
point, but rather from q business
point Of view, and argued that if
tic athcstical principles of IIyersoll
and his followers prevailed the entire
/ supcrstructure OF society must he destroy
ed. and the commune with all its horrors
| be buit upon It's ruin. If ln.crsollism is
| right then every man has the making OF
his own God every church spire is ~ mo!,-
! u:nent of stupidity the sisters of charity
had better be laundry women, and priests
! and preachers pei!agOgues Consider Is
business men the untold millions Of money
involved in religious enterprises and tho
! HUNDREDS; OF millions o! men engaged di-
rcctly or indirectly in them !; and then i'm
aginc the effect that would be produced on
tiOn. and the throwing of these immense
armies OF rciigiOn;sts out Of the places
they now occupy and into competition
with those engaged in other interests.
Thus, looking at the question oil religion
from a mere selfish view it will be seen to
conserve the peace, prosperity ana happ;-
ness Ofthe people. The lecturer disputc,!
the truth of InYersOlrs statement that
leach nation has created it's own god"
and said that each nation hrs created lis
own idol and substituted the idol for God.
! The history of all ages shows that among
idOiators Of all classes who wOrshipcd ami
mails and idols. there existed in their
minds a longing after and worship OF Ono
unknown Supreme Being. IngersoIl says Il
belief in God springs from fear, and q
desire to placate the Unknown. On the
contrary all history shows that man in his
darkest hour turns with love and faith to
God. Atheism is the white headed and
cravcn-hcartcd coward of the century, All
men have moral ideal, in which they are
ever in search, and ever have been thrjunI,
all the ages ; and yet none Of the .rea:
men Of the world, Plato, Socrates. Pytha-
goras or others, have ever satisfied tho
mind. because there was no accepted
standard of right or wrong, of truth or
error, until the appearance Of Jesus. He
is the one ideal man of all the world All
sects, no matter how much they differ liz
matters of detail, accept Him as the
Master and accept His central doc
trine that all men arc equal. Tho
truth that God exists and that Christ is
the highest moral ideal is accepted by all,
and it follows that so much, 1T least, ..r
the Bible, as bears on the ideal man, must
DO true. With these truths cores the
church, which is only the aggregate of All
religious teachings and influences. Tb.
great want Of the business community i;
first stable government second. opnor-
tunity to accumulate wealth, and third.
the pleasures of the home, the household.
The highest civilization couscrves these.
and Christianity conselvcs the highest civil
ization. The lecturer concluded by draw
ing startling picture of The evils that.
must surely follow the overthrow OF IT,
hgicn and the establishment on it's ruius
OF dark, unsatisfying disbelief, u philw.o.
ply uHIuickeEel By conscience hereafter
un'iglitcd by hope. While the home i,
the pivot on which turns the structure of
civilized life, the commune is the twin
sister of iniidelity.
MIR. Vending is 4 speaker of great pow
er; a man OF fine presence, powerful! and
flexible voice, ready and rapid delivery.
and graceful gestures. lie spoke for .usc
two hours and was listened to with the
deepest interest by the large audience in
attendance. The above is the mcyest out
line of his lecture, but is al we haze space
to report.
At the conclusion OF t,.c lecture t. =, Ian.
caster Quartet san. Good Night. Celoyed, ,: