Wichita eagle., 1888-06-06

built with so much labor and beautified
with so much loving forethOught for the
happiness of your wives and little ones
would be offered In the market tomorrow
morning for any price they would bring?
You and understand perfectly well that
the business prosperity of a city depends
above all oth9r things on the character OF
the people who make up its population; we
understand perfectly well that a people
who would deliberately close up thel
schools would show such want of for e.
sight, such disregard of the first nee DIS
of civilization that they could not prete nd
to hold their own among the enlighte ned
communities of today and moreover
that the coming generation which
should grow up in such ignorance would
be the laughing stock OF the whole coun-
try. Absurd as it seems to us even to Sug-
gest such a thought with regard TO our
secular schools, it would be still more alb
surd for a business man to say that he had
not vital interest in the well being of the
Sabbath school. 1t is not enough that we
train the mind. An educated rascal IS
more dangerous than an ignorant rascal.
If the business of this city is to prosper
and it is to be place of advantage for us
ana for our children, its affairs must be in
the hands of men of integrity and worth
men whose standing will compel the conf
dence and admiration of their fellows, and
this we can never expect unless we see to
II that characters are trained with as
much, nay, with more, care than intellect:
unless we recognize that first great law of
education that The fear of the Lord is
the beginning of wisdom"
Business lnen Of Wichita, it will pay
you in the price of your real estate; it will
pay you in the price of your merchandise;
ii will pay you in the growing prosperity
of this city to support an institution whose
sole aim it is to build up character On a
sound fOundatiOn-even the rock Christ
Jesus This is the message God sends you
in His word:
Riches and honor are with me, yea dura
BILE riches and righteousness. My fruit is
better than gold. yea than fine gold and my
revenue than fine silver. | lead in the way
of righteousness in the midst of the paths
Of judgement. That | may cause those
that love me to inherit substance and will
fill their treasures. "-Prov-S-18-2l.
Third The relation of the community
as loyal citizens to the Sabbath school.
We have looked at the matter as ones
ton of dollars and cents-a very important
view 20 take of il but still one that appeals
to the lower rather than the higher side
of our natures. The Importance we all at
tach to making money is often more mat
ter Of necessity than of choice. We all
attain. Men will sacrifice money, health,
life itself, in some pursuit which seems to
them the MODEST use they can make
OF their powers and which Will
make them worthy to be classed
among the great and the good
What is true of individuals is also true of
communities. We have an ideal Wichita
far above the Wichita OF today. With our
minds eve we see these streets lined for
miles with costly buildings and beautiful
homes. We see great manufacturers
throhbing with the power of steam and
giving new wealth to the world with every
heart Eeat OF their engines. We see our
railroads burdened with the traffic which
they bear us to and fro. We see our mer-
chant princes seated here in the midst of a
continent, a recognized power in the com
merce of the land from New York TO San
Francisco, from the wheat fields of Da-
kOta to the cities of the Gulf. We see our
banks the clearing house of the west. We
see our colleges and universities thronged
with students proud to say that here IS
their Alma Mater We see the daily
EAGLE still winging its morning flight
and still pointing its readers to column
after column after column of prophecies
fulfilled. but under the heading, "Doings
of the courts" We see only one line,
'AdjOurned-no cases on the docket. We
see an eager, busy multitude in the
StTttlS. law tdDlullS. progressive. COH-
tented We see the name of Wichita
synonym for enterprise, success, honor.
We see the Sabbath observed by all as a
day of rest, holy unto the Lord. We see
in every church an earnest congregation
of worshipers listening revently TO the
preaching OF Gods word. And now would
you see one Of the chief corner stones of
all this prosperity? Come with me TO the
Sabbath school and learn the lesson of the
day. This is the title-''At that time [
will bring you again even in the time that
j gather you, for / will make you a name
and a praise among ali people of the
earth. "-Zeph. go. And there before us
in great letters of evergreen is the golden
shall remain in it. But the wicked shall
be cut off from the earth and the trans
gressors shall be rooted out of it."-Prov.
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