The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-04-12
MORAL EDUCATION.
THE NEED OF OUR TIME.
Something Cor Parents and their Chill
dren to Read and Reflect Over.
(Lumberton Robesonian. /

The Latin derivation OIL the Woru
education shows it to be drawing out
of the human faculties. 1t means, IN
ITS broadest sense, even more than this,
and requires not only the drawing out
but also the developing and strength
ening of powers which, without it,
might lie dormant. A true education
is not confined to book knowledge.
A man may understand all the dogmas
of science and principles OF philoso-
ply; he may I've able to calculate with
unerring certainty the distance to the
farthest planet he may be perfectly
familiar with the classics and know
all the formulas of mathematics by
heart ; lie may be full fiedged grad
ua,e of half dozen colleges and be
loaded with honorary degrees and yet
he a very poorly educated man. A
knowledge of Latin and Greek stems
and roots cannot put brains into an
empty Uranium. On the contrary
man may never have gone to college ;
he may be ignorant of all the sciences
and languages and ologies and still be
a we'll educated man because his iacui-
ties have been trained and developed
in the practical duties Of life. A true
education fits its possessor to grapp'e
with the stern realities and solve the
weigh,y problems of life. This educa-
ton can only be acquired in its most
comnrehensiye sense when all the pow
ers Of mind and heart and hand have
been thoroughly, Systematically and
harmoniously trained. 1t matters not
how this training is given whether IN
the class room or behind the counter
or between the pillow handles. The
attentive ear, the observant eye, the
receptive mind can gather knowledge
and receive training in any pursuit or
circumstances. Hence, there are many
men who have good common sense
ideas about the practical affairs OF hie'
who are fully prepared for filling then
snhere in the world who are well ed
pc,ted without having read and mas
tered the rules and theories OF a higher
education. But it is our purpose here
to say something of moral education
We have already spoken of the harmo
NOUS training ofheart, head and hand
This is absolutely essentialto com
nlete education. We hear much in
these latter days about industrial cd
ucatien. and classical education ane
scientific education but the truth Is
we need in this progressive age, hear
education more than any oiner S'no
An educated head with no moral prln
ciples or convictions Of right to guld'
and control it is like a mighty 'engin'
full Of steam with no experienced han.
to regulate it. acknowledge is power,
but it is not always applied in tn
. right direction. No ur-educated maj
could do the mischief that Bob lnger
, soil has done and is yet doing. N
! I,s,ntutored mind could originate the at
tractive sophistries of Voitaire ant
generate a train of influences at ono
1 Powerful and destructive. The creates
knaves and impostors the world ma
t ever known have been men OF cult
e waited minds and wicked hearts. N
: educational system can be complete
e valuable to the mind that neglects III
e morals. Moral education is the nee
OF our time. The inherent principle
of right and wrong, the beauty OF WI
: tue and the hideousness OF vice, tn
n rewards or temperance and the wo'
p of intemperance, the value OF honest
y and the dangers of dishonesty-ali tn
y should enter into an education.
love of truth and a hatred Of falls
hood should be instilled into the mint
'r of the young before the seductive II
1t fluences of sinful age have led the
y astray. Convictions Of night and NJ
l. polished manners make the true gel
70 tleman. Moral not mental streng
make the great man. The ioosene
,e Of morals in our country, the prev
;e lence of villainy and fraud, the ravag
n of intemperance, the open disregai
for the Sabbath and religion. the wild
spread practice of lying and deceptis
,e all demand that more attention
e given to the moral training OF Il
. young.
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