The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-07-19

nature. intellectual education, in
their view, when universally ap,
piled, will introduce the millennium.
The story of the bustling little man,
in conversation with wise old
man, illustrates the absurdity OF
this theory. The bustling little
man could see nothing but excel
lence in knowledge, but the wise
old man led him to see that knowl-
edge was an increase Of power,
| and then by number of pertinent
illustrations, convinced him that
power might be a bad, as well as a
good thing, and needed directing, as
well as a horse or ship in order to
serve good purpose. Goods
grace in the heart said the wise
old man, :swill render the knowledge
Of the head a blessing, but without
this, it may prove a curse instead of
a blessing 81 see, [ see, I see.
clearly" said the bustling little
man! The history of the world
shows the correctness of the old
mans philosophy. 1t was not ig-
norance that made Egypt, Babylon,
Greece and Rome fall into decay.
These countries abounded in learn
ed men at the time of their greatest
degeneracy., It was vice running
riot in the midst of the movements
Of their genius, while their orators
were charming listening senates
with their eloquence, their philoso-
pliers were delighting their schools
with their wisdom, and their poets
were immortalizing in song the
deeds of their heroes.
There must be an education Of
the moral nature to keep the race
from drifting into ruin. The con-
science, rightly educated, directs
in the path Of duty, and wars against
the opposite path. The will, rightly
educated, chooses the path of duty,
and refuses the opposite path. The
heart, rightly educated, loves the
path Of duty, and hates the oppo-
site path.
Moral education includes, besides
the development of the conven-
tional proprieties of life, that inner
transformation of character which
comes from the word and Spirit Of
God. Divine truth must become a
part Of the daily food of the soul.
1t is the medium through which
grace is communicated, and thus,
the subject of it is transformed af-
ter the image of the great Creator.
Genuine Christian morality is from
within. 1t is not like paint, put on
the outside to please the eye, but it
is like health, working from within,
and making outward beauty, be-
cause there is inward beauty to
produce it. Therefore, while quench-
ing your thirst for knowledge at
the Pyerian Spring, drink daily,
drink deeply from
''Siloah's brook that flows
Hard by the oracle Of God"
That will not only assimilate, by
the Transforming power of grace,
your moral nature to the moral
nature of God, it will also sanctify
your intellectual culture, direct you
in it's application, and qualify you
as no other accomplishment can,
for the trials and duties of life, in
whatever sphere you may hereafter
move.
| Y. While attending to yoar INTEL
lectual and moral culture, do not
overlook the Importance Of physical
education.
The mind can be, and often is,
educated at the expense of the
body. But the body, so fearfully
and wonderfully made, the temple
of the soul, needs educating too.
If it is so enfeebled by the educa-
tion of the intellect, as to render a
person an invalid for life, it is
! questionable whether the time and
means spent on such one sided
education might not have been
spent to a better purpose. The
pomologist looks with suspicion up
on the bright blossoms of a young
fruit tree. He regards them as the
precursors of disease and decay.
He will therefore destroy most Of
those blossoms to save the tree.
The young tree that is allowed to
bear burden Of fruit each year is
exhausting it's vital force in the
production of this fruit, and will in
consequence, be a weakly tree,
destined to an early death. 1t is
like the precocious youth. The
mind, in this case, should receive
less educational attention for few
years than the body. The same
practical sense shown in the edu-
cation of a fruit tree, should
be shown in the physical edu-
cation of a human being. BY
proper care of the body, during the
critical period Of life, such physical
vigor may be secured as will prove
reasonably certain guarantee Of
future health to good old age. How
sad is the neurology Of early genius
James Gregory, the inventor of the
rejecting telescope, after a brief
study of the stars, took his flight to
the starry worlds in the thirty
seventh year of his age! Mozart,
the greatest musical genius of mod
ern times, after making the earth
vocal with melody almost as sweet
as that of the angel voices on the
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