The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-15
THE r1mEs-R1cHMosD VA. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER Is. 1895

poor drudgcry; 10 see them 80 on their
hopeless way. while so many pass JOY
fully 20 college and university does II
not almost bring tears to the eyes Anu
yet the Angels may smile; Tor they -.
how IL is The good Providence OF 'ou
Is not partial and the Great Educator
has schools and colleges or Ills own mat
we wot not of. What tutor had Ming
David2 Who taught Homer where did
SHAKESPEARE aud Burns get their euuoa-
tiou2 what professor did tcrNhntes re-
we're? Where was King Alfred brought
upg And what courses did Washington
and Patrick Henry follow And how
many millions are yearly spent III the
yanities Of machine education, IN Trim
ming and cramping and pressing hearts
and minds into psychological monsirosi-
ties and IN manufacturing frauds.-that
think to climb Parnassus-Dy amt oil
Greek,
In the multitude OF councillors there
f. safety. and ne that handleth "a matter
wisely shall find good. Educational IN
stitutions are unauestionable blessings,
and help on ,he general man. But they
have no monopoly Of life, Of sense, or
success, or of happiness They are
great machines They are wholesale ana
ganeraiized applications of means ana
methods, the secrets that have led 10
success And the very best OF them are
but exneriments on large scale. They
are great mills. that DO divers WotN.
Their grist Is human beings or lhhnl'e
dignity. And the question, the iearlui
responsibility is when the hopes anu
treasures OF families are tuin"l'1 i''o
their hopper; and the seed, that had
germ I'm il goes In and comes out ground
into -four. or If IT IS the latest improve
ment. q manufactured article It's mol
yiduaIitv has been lost. heart. soul, mlhl'
and body. have been uolisheh, snai'"'
favored and taught ways Of worhins "S
absolute substitutes for human D''"-s.
All wholesale and machine-made Work
Is largely OF the same character.
Largely. schools and colleges shape up
and helm the multitude. But he VINO DE-
slros 10 be a man must educate hmselI
in the great school OF the wol" anu
under the care OF the great t."uca'oi;
And i'm spite Of all our sTand IDEAS ana
efforts, God at last educates vs. Gnu
shapes our ends 10 Is not I'M man that
walkoth TO direct his way. There is no
roval road to Light and Life; no sure re-
cipe for the grand compound OF man.
hood.
The prime requisite for the attainment
OF n large. enlightened, bright syhlpa-
th.tic ana devout manhood Is the love
of truth and virtue. And truth ana VIZ
tue are not 10 DE taught in curricula or
compressed and put on. but inspired anu
caught from association with noble Souls
in ana out or books. Wisdom, inc ta-
sonco Of the highest manhood, ana tn,
very nature Of God, is not ln the po"''
or the Gift Of human institutions now
ever grand. wealthy, and imposing. 9He
ahhors nartiaiities: she views the PROUD
afar of. She lifts the poor from lnc
aunghiu and sends the rich empty away.
She knows no temples for her exclusive
Worship. or for the bestowal or h'r III
vors. Her delights are with the sons OF
men. She STANDS on the top OF hlsh
places. by the way in the places or me
mathis: She crlcth at the gates, az 1he
entry of the city, AT the coming IN a1
the doors. O ye simple, understand Wis
dom. and We fools. De ye OF an uhu'.
staining heart Whose fmdeth Ne hha-
eth life. and obtaineth favor OF the LOT
Che grand curriculum rests on ll'
foundation Of Divine Truth and the
bountv of the Great Creator. Its course
is: Add 20 your faith, virtue; to virtue
knowledge; to knowledge, temperance;
10 temperance. patience; TO patience
brotherly kindness; and 10 brotheriy
kindness. charity. It's grand consumma-
zion is the measure Of the statue Oh the
fulness of Christ