The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-01-12

asked Brown il he wasn't going 70
treat. ''Whaton this trader Ger
tlinly, trade IS a trade BIC or lit
tie. Well, what will Won have p
"A glass OF wine, said Jones The
wine WAS poured out, and Jones re-
marked that he preferred his wine
with an eyg in it, The store-keepeT
handed him the Identical err which
he had Just exchanged for the darn
( ing needle. On breaking it Jones
/ discovered that the err had TWO
Fo!ks: says he, Look here YOU
must give me oa1'ber daraiug
needle
It Is a sad thing to see Il man
( pledge every power Of his manhood
To Mammon, TO he bound TO a dol
( 'ar like Mazeppl 20 the horse. or *
OH IN the fable, 10 the wheel. Il IS
sad thing to see the noblcr ma
I ure wither under the baleful clutch
| IF greed. 1t IS sad thing to sec a
man reduce himself to fossil in
! this universe, but grieyous to behold
! he GorEon Of avlrice petrify The
palpitant heart Of a great nation
In addition to this sordid spirit
/ there is a disposition among large
/ class Of educated people 70 shake off
as the trappings of a worn out
! superstition all belief in anything
which cannot be tested by the senses,
| md measured by the intellect. In
iced our age is charged on all
sides with signs Of the passing away
! 3f Old things: signs, such rs have
! not been seen since Luther's voice
| rocked Europe And in view Of
! ,hcsc barren, materialistic tendencies
of our age, | propose TO speak with
/ I'll the earnestness Of heartfelt sim
'erity OF the present pressing de
/ n3ndS for an education conducted
With referance to man, not merely
S an intellectual. but an instinct
! We spiritual being. In the various
theories Of education that have of
ate years been advocated bv the
/ lhlest educators in our own country,
england, France and Germany, and
! 10 a greater or less extent brought
nto practice, this important phase
IF education has been left quite out
/ 1l sight, rs something well enough
It's way. but that can be left to
axe care of itself I'm proof of this
{ refer vOu to the writings of the
worlds greatest educators. Prof
Ivndal, Prof Henlrev, Prot HuK-
cy. Prot. Paget. Herbert Spencer.
Dr. H0rdsOn. Prof Far3dav. Prot.
Nhcwell DR.. Youmans and Prcsi-
.ent Barnard. And whatmav be said
be- the predominant idea Of these
reat leaders of thought In regard 20
lUcatjon p ] answer the scientific
md practical idea , The idea that ed /
.cation consists almost exclusively /
n learning and being trained 10 dis /
over and apply the laws Of nature, +
% trace facts 10 their scientific caus- .
D., and advance logically from caus- .
= to lucts that 1t consists IN devel- I
pping that power OF the mind which /
-ecognizes positive knowledge and /
implies that the development OF the /
other faculties OF the nina Is uu-
important and uncsseutlaL
And this | believe 70 be fatal cr-
ror in the education and philosophy
Ji our age an error that Is bnng-
ug unhapplness upon our race, that
: tending 10 deaden il not destroy
III faith in those spiritual instincts
md spiritual susceptl1lilucs, which /
constitute the basis OF hyIng hope
md faith IN immortality, and
through winch man may Know, IN
uItve.y, without thought, some OF
One highest truths, truths which lie
beyond the reach and discourse OF
reason. For that part OF man nature
winch the training now advocated /
calls into acuonls not the wholeot ms
complex beng. spiritually, ana IN
JellectuaIIy even, 1t is a very small
part. 4 man may oc very able and
very eminent as a scientist, I'M
menscly learned, aStonlshlngIy acute .
and yet be q poor creature tired by .
'ne true criterion ana hi5he9y 7i"IIu-
'Td o. huhlai!Iy' lie may Do "
stranger TO al the deeper JApeIiehc-
Is OF the SOUL ihoraily ana "e9IIlc..- I
caiiy lnGaseI' lailA' luilSIy' &C. go
luIc. "IIn great ,'c'l'l'y oI Jan
tlere may De an uV'eI want oI me me
Llor HE J. therefore, WISH % p'o'"
lo1 more '2elA.lil1'ii H. III IL - II'I'iO'.
91i1lii4eii' lioV IA Us iii''" ','9'i' l' -.
hi'DI!c SENSE ou' j" Us oIo''ulS
"es1 hlediIiiS'Iei'O'l'I- 'l'o7e Joi'4 l'ie>
determinations oI nlliIu anu lII'i =
oil taste ana ieellnS whose dcVeloP- .-P
'nent alone can restore 10 oui Ic'eI
isA' Eel.ui T"ce INC peace anu ! ! e' u
ehce oi a happy past Anu ! "o'c I,
o." VIII not Ieiusc col's'''oi. ,.,. .,'loi. ~
Jiiis important ''I'So % lllo'l !'. '.1'io'l ..
oy using an ,.ISuliie!l1 ... 9'liiii''i ~ o''0
an embryo ciIizeh Oh 'hI7 'ITo Io'uo-
nc once usea TO me "Ilel I lliS.s'sr ~,
upon his STUDY ill9 Svool"'i5 ny (
ialiier never s'uoIoU s'u,. Jo5iill '''" ''o
never lo9I Als9e!i lAo Jl''0S' /!
The materlallstlc philosophy Whlch F.
obtains so widely among the lutell- /
.-pur which leads Its VJtIrlUS INTO