The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-19
TEACHERS OF MORALS.
PAPER NUMBER THREE

We must remember on that moral
law il grounded IN Gods nature; y That
man, being III tho image Of God, partakcs
OF the divine nature aud that God is /
working ont Ills divine character
through man. Hence, all men are teach
ers OF morals. But there arc CLASSES 81
men Ia every community who are the
leaders in morals The first 81 these has
been noticed The minister Il 4 tc9chor
ofmornls ID by his example a. man
by virtue 81 the prominence Of hi- posi-
ton l2) because be u ~ ambassador
for Christ and we shall discover that the
minister il not nm isolated individual inI
regard TO personal iniluenceupon society
from tie standpoint Of otmorals
We wish in this paper 70 notice the
teacher as leader in forming thcmprals
Of q community.
!. In the first place, we believe TINT
the teacher Is teacher Of morals be-
cause Of his position.
This Is the same reason given under
the heading a Minister q Teacher Of
Morals and its truth Is even moro APP
parent in the case Ola teacher. For ~
teacher stands 10 closer relation 20 the
children aud youth, aud hcngc to Tie
community az large than does the min.
istcr For on tie one hand tho tcuchcr
is before lis pupilsa many days IN tEc
week as the minister i hours Again,
the teucher has All thoseundcl hiscare
while tho minister has only small ror-
ton The teacher is placed in his posi-
ton Of influence by law written and
unwrlticn, perhaps ihe latter being more
potent His work aud hcnce his influence
comes 10 them most iorcclul because,
from tie way oi the world, 10 affects
them most practically II is recognized
that trained ability - necessary ny u
means OF gaining livelihood, and every
boy and girl Il, by each days work in
school, more or less plainly telling the
story Of his on her lilc whether their
daily bread will be earned By hurd,
rough, manuel labor, which, indeed, is
honorable enough, or 10y thc use oi
trained mental powers.
The parents. true parents, teach their
children to accept and follow theirtoach.
or in the mental influence, SO that they
most naturally follows them in the NOR
al influence. On the othcr hand, children
are often taught and this is common
idea Of people, that the minister is sim.
ply trying to circumscrbc their liberty
aud hence is a person 90 hc Stunned.
teachcr gains lis position Of influence
by ldw-law Of the community the
minister rcochcs his By winning his way
into The hcnrts Of the people. Nearly
all recognize tho material side Of life as
being the more practical Only Few,
comparatively, recognize, which it 81,
TINT the spiritual side oi Tie is the moro
practical The two are, however, SO
closely related TINT il docs not seem
legitimate TO divorce them and The
teachers position is most important
one IN mcrsiur tho one, the practical, in
TO the other, the spiritual, Of which lat
ter moral Inv is.a part.
Hence, the position 81 teacher ceases
TO be means oi livelihood merely II
becomes means not only ~ impartiua
instruction, but power Tor forming liz.
and that by example as The twig IL
bent, the tree * inclined, is an old say-
ing, bat very true AMI its application is
quite per tincnt just here.
H. Because he Is teaching thc young
mind how 10 think and will, and then
how to act.
To this end they must be proficient in
science and language. Bot the teacher
who considers his or her duty ns fulfilled
when the pupil has been taught TO add,
subtract, multiply divide. work in irac.
tons, parse, write compositions, essays,
the use al lines, angles, curves and "a
smattering Of language, would much