The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-23

GlIdG VIII G@hC GuC lAouDlC W 1loGiSS
that the man or woman who cannot
properly attend to the little things
the details of his OF her avocation is
most likely to prove q failure in the
more important matters with which
they have to deal. Thou hast been
faithful over few things, l will make
thee ruler over many things is the
language of nature as we'll as of Rev.
elation.
In countries which rely upon large
standing armies and coercion for
maintenance of the government, the
elevation Of the citizens is not so i'm
portant as here where, in the Ian.
guage of the declaration of indepen.
dence, the just powers Of our govern,
ment are derived from the consent of
the governed. With US the whole
fabric of our Union depends upon
the aggregation of the individuals
who are the inhabitants Of the coun-
try. It's progress and elevation de-
pends upon the wishes of this aggre-
cation of individuals, and this mass
of citizens can only be improved by
forces which act upon the individuals
who compose it. No force can be so
dangerous to republic as ignorance.
1t abounds in prejudice, in passion
and in jealous rage towards all pro-
gress and improvement. 1t is the
easy prey Of the demagogue-the fer
tile resource of the agitator. In all
the ages Of the world, it has been the
source from which opposition to the
establishment of unknown truth has
sprung. 1t has the blood Of the
martyrs and the Savior himself at its
door. In obedience to it's behest,
the pioneers in science have always
been impeded, and even the great
Calico sleeps as the murdered vic
tim Of its intolerance. 1t has been
the curse of nations-the bane of
individuals. It is that negative foe
Of mankind which must be driven
from our midst, because it paralyzes
all that is good, and dwarfs the God
given intellect with every noble aspi-
ration of man. The transformation
which the Omnipotent Creator
wrought upon the physical universe
when by the word of His power spoke
the fat "Let there be light and there
was light" changing darkness into
day and revealing the glorious mys-
teries of creation was not greater
than that transformation which
would be wrought in the domain of
mind if educated intelligence could
be exchanged for ignorance. Oh
what change! The work cannot
be accomplished in it's perfection by
finite man. For more than six thou.
sand years the higher instincts and
aspirations of man have been warning
with the baser elements Of his ma
ture, and the work is yet in its in
fancy. The most enlightened ma.
tions are striving to go on with the
good work in which perfection can
not be attained, though there appears
to be no limit to the progression
which strives to reach that state.
The civilized world to-day enjoys the
progress that has been made in edu-
cation. 1t has not only given to the
nations of the earth the material
blessings of commerce, Of 7Taaiilroads,
of ships, of telegraphs, of hundreds
Of factories that supply innumerable
necessaries and luxuries to man, and
the various discoveries which con-
tribute to his health and his comfort;
but it has given to him social sys-
TEN which is ennobling and pure; it
has secured to him protection and
the exercise Of rights which we're
never known before; it has enabled
him to grasp the truths of Revelation
and derive from them a pleasure and
hopes which are heightened by the
beauty that is unfolded to him; it
has explored nature with her Won
drous glory, and wrested from tie
silent rocks and trickling streams
and majestic dome ofHeaven secrets
which the centuries that are gone
have never told before, and from
which to-day "man looks through ma
ture up to natures God"
This diffusion Of education has
brought new factor into play be-
tween nations. That period has not
come of which Pope sang:
"Au crimes shall cease, and ancient frauds
shall fail,
! Returning Justice lit aloft her scale;
Peace DER the world her olive wand extend
And white.robed Innocence from Heaven de-
scend.
No more shall nation against nation rise,
Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes,
Nor fields with cleaning steel be covered DER,
The braZen trumpets &indle rage no more;
But useless lances into scytheS shall bend,
And the broad falcon in a plough.share end"
And yet the diffusion of education
and the progress which it has made
tends to the settlement of national
disputes without resort to war for
three reasons. i. The improvement
that has been made in the implements
for war are so GREAT that nations re.