Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-10-15
importance Of the Sunday School.

The human mind, III lis idcipiency, Is but
a germ which, influeHced by proper culture
and sui,a able conditions. grows mo Strength
and symmetry and fsuufulne,s or, II under
opposite influences, to moral weakness, pro-
portions detorued and de(ortnlmg and,
morally, of unsightly 'epulslvene,s. 1t has
often been compared 10 an unwti,'en page
mon which, as il is unfolGed il lifes cot Sc,
are written The thoughts ana faces which con-
stitule our store Of knowledge. princl-
pies Of virtue or vice, The lessoHsot good
or evil. which make our lives beautiful and
ennob!ing or debased diseased and bhgh'-
ing 10 surrounding lives. How important
il is, then, that the wet-wIsIieis oi mankind,
hose who have the highest good Of thel.
fellow beings sincerely at heart, should looA
well TO the best means Of accomplishing the
best results in the social and moral world
the proper raining of the your2 and most
useful exercise OF more natufed minds and
hearts For these purposes, We have many
means,-the home 2Ircle, the day >cnool, me
press. the lecturers stand, e'c., and most
powerful of all, most important OF all, most
sacred of all, the Church. with her strong
auxiliary, the Sunday school, the impoi-
tance of which it is the duty assigned ds to
consider at present. And here allow the re-
mark we need the Sunday-scnool. he con-
dition and wants OF society demand Il. II
stands forth ,o-day an important factor II.
the social and moral problem. Examine,
if YOU please the condltioA OF socIet! IN our
own country, its wants and requirements,
and what have We 10 fill he place OF the
Sunday school, were it abandone what
else so well adapted to induce systematic
study of the Bible, the precious ore from
which the most impor ant lessons of life and
truths concerning life are to be drawn, or SO
conducive TO mental cultare,where old and
yourg can meet together 10 interchange
IDEAS and discuss ;he most deeply interesting
aad sublime subjects known 10 mao What
more refining and cheering than the Sunday
school music W hen well conducted and heart
ily engaged in, or so properly attractive 10
the brisht-faced, light-hear,ed boys and
girls, OF so nice to occupy their time ana
thoughts Of otherwise perhaps idle or mis-
spent hours, as properly conducted, lively
Sundav-scilool The Sunday school as al
institution fills, and well nils, place
means of education which without 1t would
be almost void.--Christian Life, London.
Here is what John S. Wise, The republi
can candidate for Governor in Virginia,
thinks of the situation of political affairs in
that State:
Everything looks favorable for Us. My
audiences are uniformly large and friendly,
and we are gaining every day. have made
fifty speeches in the Southwest and in the
Valley, and the situation in these pivotal |
sections is most auspicious. The Democrats
cannot beat US unless they stuff the ballot |
boxes, which they are getting ready 10 at
tempt This pretended conversion of color
ed men TO their side has no real basis. The |
colored men are all right, but the Democrats
are getting ready to account for losses of Re
publican votes in districts where the colored |
vote is the strongest. They intend 10 try
and count some OF that vote for their own
ticket. think, however, that they will
fail"