The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-21

Is there an earthquake In Alabama, OF
cyclone In Kansas, or a murder In
San Francisco? Then We are sure to
read OF II. with extensive notes and
comments, IN the daily press. But who
ever knew the columns OF that mignty
engine Of civilization 20 be filled with a
vivid description OF our daily benlson-
the suns beautious light? The earth
quake. cyclone and murder. though hap
penlng too frequently. are abnormal
and spasmodic. but on the Fourth end
every other day In our year the eye
OF God has opened In the dawning east
ern sky upon our slumberlng world.
The land upon which that sun has
steadily shown. the land In which we
live. has had substantial growth In
every element OF strength for the past
thirty years. Becoming emancipated
from the thraldom Of perpetual peril. II
has moved forward by leaps and bounds
In rs fiscal policy and industrial adj
vance.
The United States today possesses By
far the largest productive power In the
world-a power that has more than
trebled since 1860
Let these simple facts bear their In
vinclble testimony 10 the wonderful
growth which has enabled the quiet
farming and pioneer communities Of
the seventeenth and eighteenth cen
turtles to become the greatest republic
ever known 10 history.
But industrial and mechanical forces
are Of themselves insufficient to cal
culate the real strength OF our nation.
Athens ruled the world. and continues
10 govern It's apprehension Of correct
taste and thinking aud yet Athens was
n small city. poor o. touching gold. lia
truer wealth being that Of knowledge;
is power the domlnaney Of intellectual
force.
The scho0lmaster must be abroad In
this land. or the LAID viii soon be
abroad OF lis destined mark. Wash
ington. Franklin. Hamilton. Jefferson
and Adams knew that the sehOol-house
was one Of the stable riilar1 OF the gov
eminent they herolcaliy established.
Successive generations OF beneiaciors
have since responded to their earlier
efforts toward popular education.
Sabor stroke and cannon shot cannot
abolish the armies OF ignorance and
superstition. The mere lack Of under
, standing Ia elementary sanitation. do
nestle science and rules OF correct liv-
ing ElaughtJrs rs thousands annually
even In this favored region. Blind
popular desires. lurii flames Of an
archistio speech aud fierce partisan
passions can best be chocknated, not
by the apt usage Of swords. not even
legislative enactment. but By the multl-
pllcation OF the little white school
houses on the country hillsldes and he
vigorous support OF educational cenJers
In our towns and cities
Let us turn on the light. Right AID
truth have ell to gain ana nausat "a
lose by so doing. Eduoatel Educate
Educatel
Discussion without knowledge Is apl
10 end In dynamite. instead OF oonserv.
ing virtue and morally. No boy should
leave our schools without bcing all,
to write In brief a synol si1 OF American
history; the principles and blessing.
OF American government future
sovereign BY heritage. that boy shoal,
q be prepared for his throne Ia domoc
racy. DO this. and The sons Of the dis
" gruntled ones will become the bulwarki
, OF law. liberty will not be dangerously
. confused with license. and prisons anl
d poor houses will sink into glo.iO
mlnorities
! The axiom nrst given to Us by MF
:. Llncoln's chaste CloquoGce; LET u
!. hold fas, the faith thai right make
n mlght. and In that faith let us do GU
!. duty to the end as We understand T..
y Is quoted here and win be quoted here
l after by thousands OF his loving coun
a trymon. Because Il Is rich In ethlca
J. wisdom. Il has become a part OF IN
' lmperlshable literature OF mankind
n And the soil from which ilncola an
!. Clay, Webster and Washington an
= many another hero sprang Is fertile to
K day. Il we but SOW the seed OF trues
: patriotism In the hearts Of its sons.
u The Christian religion "a ahsolutCl
Y necessary TO our life as a people. no
' because Of seclarian views or segmen
4 tai conceptions inherent thereln. but BE-
n cause OF Ia imperlshahle morality
Il BASED upon the purost conceptions d
% God aud men that an history. sacre
10 or piofane can give 10 us, how can "
y fail unless We deliberately choose I
= surrender TO haser ideals and ylolou
4 methodist
M "The German fears God and he .eal
he nobody else" said Bismarck. surel
m none viii deem Il insaluiary to con
le mend heartily, on the glad natal ia
le Of the country. our devotion to the 81
y preme Being In whom we trust. On
A. fathers inscribed this name with rcye
N cncc upon the charter Of modern fire
Q. dom. They stated their claim hecaul
w Of the Creators lnallenable law OF CT
a. alton. and they were right. Hence. Il
moral influence Of the American h