Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-06-07
THE NECESSITY OF MORAL TRAIN.
ING.


Rev. Arthur Little. of the New En-
IL I,.-....-.: ,LL C,L;.
SlaAu congregational CHuicH, OhicaSo,
on a recent SUNDAY preached on the
Sub:oct. "a Tr.,rod Moral Nature
s'pJoo'' !Iaincu Nlo, al A>"'ui
Necessary to Full-GrOwn Manhood,
taking for his text the following:
put Strong meat peionSeln 10 tnem Una. arr ,
on Jun age, even those VINO Dy reason oi
use nave their senses exerclsca 10 olscern
both good ana evlL-HeDrcics q. IA.
The following extracts are taken
iioIi VIC ie'eIcnu Seh'ioin"n us
course:
OuIte enough inclined arc We tn mt orr
trns. in trained INTELLECT. Indeed. there are
ard wnrsb;ncd If ~o ta;, ne o. nnonle II will
not ,.e for iacL Of tnowladge
This is indeed IN orr when manual train
ino.sshools are becnminu nonular and felt 70
he n ntcessifv The right hand is learning n
GINNING in aIl workmsnshin II never knew
hefo,r There Is no dennrtment in business
that docs not demand sill and 10 not willing
to nav for skill. If we are to have mechancs'
We meet tn train them io II we are tn have
hook teepers and accountants VIC expect To
train them IF we are to have architects. en-
9ineors' miIers. railroad ofiicials' detectiyes.
salesn,en teachers musicians. orators. law,
yers doctors we expect TO train them. The
1ueS,inn which 7 am concerned IN ask ia.
Xhetker we are not in danger of forgetting
that ono NAV no, a mechanic artisan soldier
eIiitor doctor nnblicist orator etc without
being n manrwhether orr fondness for
enecialties may not make m,r training one
sided and defective The Thought 1 would
ercised and trained or there cam he n, win
able reliable manhood The man who il
morally robust is greatly wanted inst now
here in Chicago. Moral rectitude eOmpcn-
sates for many deac;nnces elsewhere
We could nerhons yet along for awhile with
ont any more smart men-keen. adrOit men
with whom success is everything and honor
roth;nr nrov;JoG NC could ;nnro.,so the NM
her If tbnron~hiv re,ishe trmstworthv men
with whom II would he sa f. to leave the hooks
or the banks or the puhIic treasury. or the
home for a few boursrmen who woi,id have
some slight nreference "a tn the character of
the clients whom. MS attorneys thew defend
man who would no WILING to wait until the
norfnme of tho orange hIosso,ns ba do narted
enjoy moneS bonestiv attained better than
ilj-gotten gains SmcS men mrr nossihlc The
moral nature can he trained We NAV have
race Of mora, vwmnosts The owe 10 mt more
resnons;vo to tHc light tho limos To Dnre air
tho oar to mnsic than an ;nc;nient moral nat.
,,re 70 INCONSISTENCIES tra;n;nr II will either
SI,,mhor ~ 49, ohnnr,naii, ,,nIess n he
t.;noS W. Ioomd g.. ttn' Snur 10 .s+oi
asG ue 1;t;no ,,, Ur riahtoousn.ss
Thc othicai facmItv CON ha trained To alert
moss to raii,bil;tv in its ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS tn
swift ana ''nerr;yg decis;nns tn clear discern
mnnt Of" Of thim~s th.t I Iif,er ~ 0-o,
Howl Nv e,se"the wav almost evervtbinu
oomos .aisyhnse ,vho h.1 yeasnn Of nse have
tbn;r .sersaS, evorc;S.d 70 diSS.arn both GOOD
Sa"oritn vor1 snd S,onies hsh;ttbn resut of
i"n, and coraf'I % ra.n;so' ~~u,nost;c .ctiv;tv
II ;s fat", :" snnnose that re moraI nature
docs nnt ne :" ag constant and carefu train.
inc 90 the nhxscoI nr mental We NAV mt n
down as s :. pcerta;mtv that a negIected moral
not,,e will ha q d;;st t m;sieadnr moral
nat,,re whose end viii he blindness bl,Inder-
iuSs uiSoStSIs uCo1h. IL 10 ~ iOhS oS"e Va eAiS
oYnrc;sed 70 d;snarn both GOOD and OWL
Hahits fo,,n oar,, Thercfora tho wort of
moral tra;,,mg must bar;n verv Young and he
Continued wt5 Utmost assidnity and fsithfni-
oon Noth;o <'Is 'sar,nS ~ IN nni,nd train-
me-, ono,t th stoeIx Az, bandl;nw If the
nhi,S 80, .h A. ,,nt ~ Tan;n~ CON.
Tho da,,@sr IL that t h I ",,sr IN.
r,Iy masSesSw;ii early "et the asccniencv.
Th39+ IL the tro"hlo wiifb ~. nbi,dren nf dir
time Thex have e;thnr hecn neulncted or
pprntpsti"a un;cn of eomsc;nncn - s;iencad aud
M "nnnt;tos end Sos;raS hovo The ni.ce Of
nu r. ON" aImnst s,1rnI, forbodcs evil
when there 10 rnnid upfnISigv Of onv Of the
other nnworS either Of the hndS or mind in nd
vance If tho moral and snrit,Iai The moral
sense ought tn no eWarc;S;na itself nc soon Mt
Least .s any other This was the snnreme
&C., g" @" tha ;uinn r.; ths, Chr;s+;an h"mes of
New E =, taT nmty was tbe rst midd1e and
iaSt unrJ haa,, h., Il" nb;,T ~ nnah," and
~ o,"oht not" were ,,nrv fam;,;ar nbresas A.
tempts were made to Quicken the conscience
mistake lThe Now England narcnt would
have been wiser if he had given more
play to the emotions. made more fire.
u,lent appeals to the affections, striven
TO create n more genial and sunny atrnOsDhere
i'm the home. But duty WAS the watch
word and ..usefulness" the end in life
Conscience was supreme over the feelings
emotions, appetites and passions. But
now children have what they want-what is
pleasant for the hour. The moral develop
ment does not keep pace with the physical
the social, the intellectual. tits dwarfcd. The
too laPdy o she maturx IS
ever good to smoke, it isn't good for boys to
smoke; but they want to, and 80 they do. If
II IL ever right tn drink. II ia certainly not
right for children tn drink: hut they want TO-
and SO they do If it is ever night to keep late
hours II isn't right for children to do it: but
they want to- and so thew do. If IT rs ever
place tor children: bmt thew want to 20. and
SO thew do. They do not like to be curbed
held in. restrained. exercised in moral gym
nastics. They chafe under it. Hence the
Juvenile crime. Hence the great mass of men
who have almost no moral nature to which an
anneal can he made-men tn whom II signifies
nothing to tell them .athey ought" Their re-
want TO-" Hence. under powerful temptation
they fail. unable to bear the strain. Hence,
when religious life is or seems to be super.
induced uDOn the former life. there is no basis
and the Jealous iaborer Tor souls violates the
laws of God and man by forming an unhal-
lowed alliance with a convert.
no,,h,,oss q ,vom d;so;n,;nod etb;c., natrre
doubtless wen d,scpanea etniGa ,ndo
=, ,; mou ,,la., h;h - H,;S ,nnoiasS aSor,oss
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