The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-01-27

Another reason why . young man should be
ambitious to secure n Christian education u
higher society. A man may be well educated,
but without the moral element In his education
he win not be admitted into the highest society.
upon every other man. This influence. silent
and unnoticed, II either for good for evil.
As there Ii nothing noble In Ignorance. IL fol-
nuence. Christian intelligence developes man
illness. We are all moulders of character. But
there are too many who mould them poorly.
can stand than that of Christian intelligence.
Be ambitious then to secure q place on this
rock Of safety, 40 that your influence may aid
you may become strong and influential mem
Der In the society In which you move. He lives
in vain who does not help to make the world
pier. Human society IL chain of which every
Individual Is n link. II, then, we wish to
strengthen society we must first make every
must teach them to ascertain their place and
their work. To equip them for this work we
must educate them. In order that they may
derive the greatest benefit from education we
must arouse their ambition.
There Is still another important reason why
young man should be ambitious to secure an
education. II will make him do more and
better work. He will be able to do more, not
only for himself, but for his God and his fellow
men. Education has peculiar influence ON
the human mind, In this, that II stimulates IL
To better efforts To grow strong, we must do
more tomorrow than We have done today. The
work of the educated mind always grows bet
ter in quantity and quality Intelligence pos
sesses a refining force, and this force Is notice
able In all the accomplished work of intelligent
men, II also possesses an expensive power
which enables the educated mind to enter
regions UNEMPLOYED. What, then, can be more
inspiring in the literal sense of the word,
education Is the development of the social and
mental faculties, an unfolding of the mind.
The mind possesses many rich store-houses,
and education IL the key that unlocks their
doors, and thus places at our command those
means by the proper use of which we become
true men and women. We will never know
our strength IL we allow our intellectual facu-
ties to remain dormant. True men are only those,
who use judiciously every faculty they possess
God did not place us In this world hop-bogord
When He gave us mental powers He meant that
we should develop and use them. When he
gave US golden opportunities in life He meant
that we should grasp them. Our aim in life
not reach the goal, we will, nevertheless, grow
strong in striving for the attainment, We
can never hope To become perfect; all we can
do is to approach perfection, and the important
thing to remember Is that education leads us
upward to the acme of perfection.
These are but few OF the many reasons why
we should educate and be educated. II we
our own battles. We must not rely upon others.
The young David of today slay the Goliaths OF
prejudice, folly and intolerance not by using
the armor of kings, but as did David OF old, Dy
the weapons procured by themselves. The
weapon which will enable us to Stay our most
formidable opponents, vice and Ignorance, Is
Christian and only Christian education. The
old saying: IGNORANCE il the mother OF
bliss" has died its natural death.