Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

powers of mind at birth he is the most
helpless and ignorant of all created
things possessing the power of concep-
ton At the time Of his entrance upon
life mundane, his mind, though crea-
ted after the pattern of the Deity's, is
a dreary blank.
There is no consciousness of personal
identity, no sign of being upon the part
of those faculties so necessary to the
conception of state of beng; no
demonstration of the possession of the
vital principle of will. Nothing but q
pitiable exhibition Of helplessness and
the Inconsistencies of being, and this
state of being would exist continually
were it not for the exercising or the
influences of eternal environments
upon the faculties lying there in en-
bryonic form.
THE PROPER STUDY.
One who gave much care to the stu
dy has said: THE proper study of
mankind is man" The Psalmist says
that MAN is fearfully and wonderfully
made" And truly he was not wrong.
Complex in nature, he stands to-day
the wonder of worlds and ages.
Angels stood in silent wonder at the
unparalleled substitutionary act OF
the Son of God in the Offering Himself
willing sacrifice for rebelliOus man
and man, himself, has ever marvelled
at the goodness of God in interposine
in his behalf. They understood not
the vital relation existing between God
and man. Some say that man is 9
! dual creature, standing midway be-
I tween two great realms, link the ma
| terial to the sDiritual
THE ELDERS CONCLUSIONS
But as l look at him, to me he APP
pears more complex in nature. This
may be a strange doctrine to you, bu
nevertheless believe it true. He real
lly possesses five natures. The lesser
| or physical, the mental, the aesthetic
the moral and the spiritual. Th'
physical places him on the bord erlanC
of the material the mental gives hin
the power to utilize those facultie
which when developed sufficiently, en-
able him to open the womb of tn,
mountain, bringing into view ricI
stores of mineral wealth; to travers
successfully the trackless ocean; Il
grasp the forked lightning and utiliz
it in communicating with his brother
in earth's Temotest bounds and T.
sweep on tiIeless wing, through i'm
measurable space, numbering apd nan
ing the starry hosts on high.
The aesthetic assists HIM in select
ing and discriminating in the realm Q
art. The concomitant elements of thi
nature when developed, give him tn
power of a true conception OF the beal
ty of art as exhibited in the wondrou
harmony and grouping OF colors, whet
or they be displayed on the convass {
some great master or natures incOn
parable canvasses- the armament abov
and the force of the earth beneath.
HOW MAN IS KEPT.
The moral keeps him within tn
bounds of truth and guides his fee
along the path of rectitude. The spil
itual immortal in it's conception. gran
and mysterious in its growth. and etc
nal in its destiny lifts the man u
above the transient and trivial to &C
and heavenly environments. No ma
: has ever get fully understood the b,
ing of man. But there is no reaso
why we should not study him. Thei
N God given powers are to be developed
1 and this cannot be done unless we ed
! cate the mind. Spencer says that:
: at is the mind that maketh good
1 i'll,
3 That maketh wretch or hap--, ri,
8 or poor"
! ! Our second question is
i ANOTHER QUESTION.
g What is Education? 1t is that viii,