The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-26
That Loitier Education.

That Loitier Education.
/. But God hath chosen the foolish
things OF the world to oonfound the
wise; and God hath chosen the weak
thinga OF the world TO c0nfound the
things which are mighty.
2. And base thlDgs Of the world, and
things which are dospised. hath God
chosen, yea, and things which are not,
to bring to nought things that are. +"
list Corinthians, /: %, 2S.
May God bless His word, we have Sc.
lected as our text while we attempt to
make a few remarks for His glory.
May He direct our mind and guide our
pen, so that all we mey say, may fall
upon the readers ear. with no uncer'
tain sound. but with that sweet melo
|dy OF Christian love and charity which
the spirit of Christ inspires. We
love the Bible, and know IL TO be O
I'm old time by the will OF man; bu
holy men Of God spake as they were
moved by the Holy Ghost" And we
believe and feel impressed with this
" hat eeems to our mind both reasona
lble and logical, that Gods Holy Spiril
that Indicted 1t, is the. only true inter.
Ipreter OF IL.
We have not yet been able byany
magical continuation, or educational
lsleight of hand, to learn and digest its
Sublime truths, only as God hath re
tvcaled them unto US by His spirit.
I'sNow we have received not the spirit
lof the world, but the spirit which Ia OF
God; that we might know the things
THAT are freely given to US Of God"
| No educational lever will ever bt
liable to pry out the great and mex
lEaustabie treasurers that are conceal
led beneath the lines Of the God writ
ten Bible. Education In human af
fairs Is commendable. and proper, ane
fright, II used for Gods glory, but VIZ
dare not place 1t in the advance Of
Gods spirit as means to teach mer
the way OF life. II We do we shall
most hopelessly fail. For it 10 writ
Item Il will destroy the wisdom OF tn,
vice." 'Fcr after that In the wisdom
Iof God the world by wisdom knew
mot God, it pleased God by the fool
|ishness Of preaching to save them tina
believed" We ask the readers indul
lgence for few moments, right here
Ito allow us to notice an open lette
from our dear Brother Hubbard. whicl
WAS published in the REPUBLICAN, o
IApril Goth.
we ehall in noticing It, try to Civ
1.-The patient reader no cause to reRre
hearing what we may say. We writ
lin no Esprit of controversy, Tor tn
sake Of controversy. We never invite II
land it has been incentative and desiJ
lin all we have written to be good
hut our brother has seen fit to take e.
lception to what we have said, slmpl,
las far as we can see. because we hol
l.. u
1.-THE spirit OF God was the great eli
lment OF effective force of salvatio
work, or In preaching and spreading
1.-THE gospel, and before which all othe
means was fruitless and vain an
paled into insignificance when com
Ipared with that Divine, Holy and ir
lcomprehensible Comforter" whic
Jesus told us the Father would send II
His name to teach US all things. W.
lsay our brother has taken exception
Ito our views ON this line and In advo
lcacy of his theme he tries to make US
appear as opposed to education in a
liar as ministers OF the gospel are COZ
lcerned, which Is emphatioally a
Terror. We hold this no more, &c
never less.
Spiritual power wrought in the HI
Imam heart by the power of the Hoi
Ghost. first, and above all. afterward
lall the education the mind is capabl
lof. This Ia our view. us the Spir
teaches us. We stand upon 1t, and
standing upon 1t, Satan can never Ca
lyle us. Our brothers open letters
US we have rad with much regre
We have loved Brother Hubbard, al
thank God for the sweet spirit
: Christian charity that abides in OF
heart. We love him still; Gcd blei
hun. We feel real sorry for his sal
THAT he ever wrote It. and our fir
Thoughts on reading 1t were like thi
brother Hubbard, thou art beside tn
iself, much learning doth make the
linad." And We just thought IL tn
Iopen letter OF his was the fruit of edl
cation In him, we could sympathize
little with the grand. spiritual. godl
linen of his conference, and not VOL
der at them for making some kind {
effort 10 get rid of 1t, for Indeed I'll
more others might have OF this kin
n of education, we must say, the less {
u 1t we want, and we will never fin
q fault with any conference In weedin
/ 1t out.
g We feel 1t our duty to run over Il
i-lLhoughts he has expressed about u
!. In his roundabout, head-oyer-hee
!; sort OF way. As to our being ign
y rant. untruthful. misleading, and sia
!. dering and "yenturing to bring up Il
l. dead,p we will notice all in Il
same spirit which has characterize
-lour former articles. As our object
ito do good, In u good spirit of 10y
land charity, and will say to OIL
brother, In the face OF all he has sal
about us,-''none of these thins
move us.r First, We notice what /
-says about our venture to bring u
tho dead.n Brother, we see nothin
lin this sneering fling but sheer mol
sense, and therefore pass 1t by.
In 3tics your request that our "futul
heroes shall be- more In accord wit
our IDEAS" Allow me to introduc
then, your eloquent Aaron" He
your Hero, but we want to borro
him just for moment. and will r.
turn him, as soon as we get throul
with him.
Well, Aaron was eloquent, that '
admit, and dare not doubt, for Go
tells us he. could speak well.' 81
God puts Aaron with his eloquencs
the second place. Moses LIS given Il
pre.eminence. God tells Moses Ill
this. Thou shalt speak unto hi
= (Aaron) and put words in his mout
lie snail be to thee instead of n mout
and thou shalt be to him instead
God DO you see the point2 God
wisdom iirst--Moses. Eioquenee ed
ication, the divinity OF the school
lsecond-Aaron. This is 10 accord wi
tmy IDEAS Can't you seea Spiritual
first, education second. And while v
do not know. and 1t IL not essenti
flor US to know nor to divine the pu
pose Of God in sending "Eloquel
Aaron with Moses. this we do kno
THAT Moses was Code first man.
was nearly always And the Lord sa
unto Moses" and often Tho Lol
lspake unto Moses. say unto Aaron
Aaron was eloquent but was not sur
lily to be relied on as was Moses. Yt
8 recoIlsct what a '.tangle' he was
while Moses was absent forty da.
Il lcn.z In, Ia