The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-12-25
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self, of things, and of God. Sin
has tendency to hamper and con-
tract the human mind. I don't
know that the fall affected the body
as TO its formation, but there is one
fact never to be forgotten-the
mind constitutes man as man.
This is what needs to be brought
or led out, developed, expanded,
yea, polished. Without this lead
ing out the mind is destined to re-
main in narrow compass through
a long life-the man lives and dies
a mere pigmy. Had Shakespeare
Christ in the lalter.line, he would
not miss the truth: IGNORANCE is
the curse of God, knowledge the
thing wherewith we fly to heaven. -
Ignorance is the productive Of
gime-a really educated, polished
gentleman seldom leads in mobs,
ribts or lynching this is confined
principally to the baser sort The
evil Of ignorance must be realized
andseeognized before any steps to
1 KNOWLEDGE and education win he
taken. The situation must be seen
and felt. This subject Of educa-
ton slumbered long time-too
long for the good Of State and
church. twenty-five hundred
years ago God said: MY people
are destroyed for lack Of knowl-
edge" 1t is his serious charge
against us to-day. Self-respectde-
mands the education Of our chill
dren. Self-protection demands the
education Of the rising generation,
The freedmen of this land to-day
are more anxious to give their
children education than thousands
of the whites 1t is truth in the
history Of the world that the edu-
Gated have always ruled the nation,
We had better wake up, or else we
will be outstrippedl Unselfishness
demands that the able, the strong,
help to educate those that are una
bic to educate themselves. Bear
We one another's burdens comes in
here, as in other places. There is
positively no investment on earth
that declares more dividends, here
nor hereafter, than money invested
in the education of worthy young
women and young men, especially
upon promising young men called
to the ministry. The selfish and
stingy say, let him educate him
self. This he cannot do, within
himself hundreds have tried it
and failed. Give the young man
fair chance-he will refund all
invested in him. Ex-Governor
Alex. H. Stephens, OF Georgia
helped to educate 10, and but a
few proved failures. Educate that
promising young man for the min
istry, and he may save his thou
sands Of souls, otherwise, he would
save only hundreds. The very class
that cry out against higher educa-
ton, clamor against colleges and
universities, would be the last to
send for an illiterate physician, to
employ an ignorant lawyer, to vote
for an ignoramus to represent
them in the legislature of congress.
This very class demands an ed
ucated ministry. Ignorance proves
disastrous to fortunes and lives,
and the condemnation to immortal
soulsl One is more successful in
combating sin than ignorance;
the Lord can forgive the former,
what can he do with the latter?
He will punish it, when there are
means by the use of which one can
become wise. The greatestt-eeause
for alarm in this country is not the
whiskey tariAiic, not the negro
problem, not politics, not emigra-
ton, but covetousness, which is
idolatry in the church Of God!
Ananias and his doom was bea-
con light in the opening of the new
dispensation to all future genera
tons. Shun that fatal rock? The
Methodist of Georgia are well able
to endow Emory College before
Christmas with half million. [
know numbers that could give ten
thousand dollars each and never
miss it. No mother is competent
to train children without education;
the farmer would be more success
full with it; the mechanic could do
better. To say the least, no one
should oppose education There
is not a man, woman, child, black
nor white, rich or poor, high or
low, bad or good, on Georgia soil
that is not benefited by her collie
ges. Who are our best legisla-
tors, judges, congressman, editors,
school teachers, physicians, law
yers, ministers? Say it and tell
the truth-our best educated men.
W LANE.
GORDON, Ga, SEPT, II, 1888.
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