Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-31

Il
the stats Tesoherv Meeting
IL would b unbecoming 10 express any L
doubt Of the attitude Of the law-Nbiding people \
Of The commonweslth toward the Law thst
has been possed we must take for graz ID |
that the law will b obeyed, that II viii have
the CO operation Of teachers, and Of the tlirec-
tors who are required 10 enforce Il under |
penalty Of forfeiture Of their stats apprcpria.
ton. 4 is needless TO speak Of the results
nom legal point Of view--the law must be |
submitted 10 the test Of time But the moral |
results Of such work present . difiicult ques-
tion--so many external forces enter into the
inner process, and affect the ethical results.
The externdJ forces are not all. The same air
| and soil surround the rose and the beet
| The character OF the plant however, IL do
t6rmiued from within--but 1t II our duty to
| plough the field and fertilize the soil. So
also it b the imperative duty Of the family,
the municipality, the state and the school, to
see that tho external forces brought to bear
upon the chlid's life are the best we can give
We must withdraw a. far q possible all
causes Of temptation from family, social and
school life; We must SEQ that circumstances
have their full moral effect We must not
allow children t. form habits OF lying or vul-
sarity In their play. The location and sur
foundings OF the school house should be fitly
chosen No wiser board Of directors with
build adjacent TO saloon or hotel, for in
But on the side OF the self.determinrng
power Which .,as ocSn; :. ,A 70 develop early and
ical viii, how are We TO influence the child :
We hear some foolish prattle about the ques.
: ticn whether moral instruction shall be
. De whole relation cf teacher to pupil, II not
| moralf The very TACT that You challenge his
obedience and respect Ii strong moral In
fluence. bit the only onef Can we do NO
point and lead up higherf Can we enter
Into the habits and lives Of the children, and
: influence them for goodf II 20, howf You
may teach physiology and hygiene
1 prove absolutely the danger Of this OF
that course Of life, without result Tho devil
= knows the ten commandments and the
; revelation Of God In Christ, and yet Il
Q damned. All depends on what We make Il
. be involved in the intellectual studies. YOU
: may go rafting through ali the bones Of tht
8 skeleton-l forget how many there are, ant
!. don't want to know-you may teach tina
!. drinking alcohol will soften the bones, OF
u smoking tobacco injure the skin, and yet &c
/, | nothing done. You may drill your pupil
"a until they can repeat the names of all thu
e bones and muscles, which is more than
', Philadelphia surgeon can do and after al
never reach the ethical nature 1t is not from
lack Of knowledge that Gods will is disc
N beyed, but because men "iove darkness
a What shall the teacher do 4? Watch tn
a, child's habits. Go back TO his family life, I
\, his freundshdft--studyh his whole habita,
70 Where there Is well-regulated family life
m you will hardly need any commandmen
at other than "Honor thy father and thymother,
and If you do your duty they will bless yo
as faithful coadjutor. You will find tha
you need more than textbook k--more eve
TO than the too-common object lesson OF tn
to drunkards staggering presence yo
" must get into the chld's life-penetrat
)n its soul and draw ii upward by that infnit
of love which has reached you and through yo
g. reaches the child. How did the Saviou
" teach the Magdalen2 Did he tell her thi
lie and destroying that nerve? No, he spoke
.. her as one who loved her soul, and cha
ee lenged her to purity Of life as the dictate
IT her own conseience-and she "bathed ii
lis feet with her tears" do not say you sha
not use the textbook, or fail to teac
the evil effects of vicious habit upon Il
body; but i do say you must come to u
he child with a soul determined to do hil
an good-to help him against evil on ever
hand. And you should go about this wor
like people of common sense, being caref
-. how you talk of what touches the famil
so Your relation TO the child as teacher Is art
W. fetal parenthoOd Is GodOrdained; an
er though the father be drunkard or u
III. mother courtesan, the child Is bound
he honor their fatherhood and motherhoo
a., q. into the family through tho child, but in
iie the family life first and through that 10 Il
ms child.-Anattf 10Y is drawn aside to plt
les billiards and read "Bufialo Bill" don't
ey prove him publicly give sa MIN bad 'sara nam a.
~. | love in that--but go to him and to his paren
IN quietly and talk to them as their friend-t
'g- to act as He would have done who shed II
no blood for you and them; and so you W
at reach the family and the boy, and by
en- other way under Gods heaven that / kno
of.