The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-24

ture 10 he supcrimpoScd upon II. Is full
OF importance. | was about 10 say that
this occasion lis rs mOmSntous as the
LAYING OF the cornerstone OF n church.
Nay. | will say 1t. for the school Is the
church of the child. l have been told
that the reyered first bishop of thisd do
cese vas won 10 say: Give me the
making OF the boy and care not II you
take the man" In II sense the school
house Is not less than The church; from
the view point OF he hild'E interests
II may at times seem to be more.
81 have said that this Is no common
ceremony. By that ! mean that al
though corner-stoneS are laid every
day. such n CONVERSIONS az We have laid
this day. has beer laid too infrequently
hy far In the past. Happily, there IL a
change coming. however. Unless all
the signs OF the times deceive US. the
future will sc, and let us thank Go for
It. more often In the past has seen In our
land his ceremony of the laying OF a
Cornerstone of n school whrre moral
education Is as much a part OF the curri-
culum as the intellectual.
THE doctor here referred to, the pres
cnt G and the educational advantages
offered. He pointed out the benefits OF
a Chrlstian education and continued:
.'The Infinite folly or modern thought
tF centcr.d in the notion that knowledge
Is good for a man regardless of the use
he .s likely TO make OF II. That Is u
fnllacy that needs only TO be thought
fully considered and 1t refutes Itself.
Does the possession OF n clever Intellect
master human passions? Does n schol-
arly mind stilie ignoble ambitions?
Are there not trained and master
brains plotting gigantic robbert"s n
~ a 4 ~ = -a,, th. 49,. rF nh. u "a a.
Are there not clever intellectS In the
world to-day stirring up treasons and
anarchy and bloody riot? Are there not
learned men STEPPED liz the very depths
n OF vile impurity Are there not SCh0l-
arg who are. %drunkRr,ls In spite Of thei-
Il scholarship? Are there not williams who
are more to be feared bccaus" of the
5 power that knowledge gives them? |
make the frank statement boldly thu
knowledge Is Il ours" to I'll" Individual.
to society and TO the commonwealth,
unless. when you put the tools OF knowl-
edge into the hands of the child you lead
his Intellect TO See the true and abiding
end OF all knowledge, and give him Il
heart OF carncstncss and a will of
strength to pursue TINT end forever.
Lack OF Religious T-aining.
MANY OF you here present have
doubtless rend Il very clever aud origi-
nal book written by one Of our FELLOW
townsmen, and published in the last
few weeks, wherein this truth IL aptly
told. uncOnacIOusly perhaps, by tho au-
thor. II tells Of II learned ont unEcrupu-
lous awycr who taught his clients how
TO do wrong without putting themselves
under the ban OF the law; who taught
them how Ia murder. yes to murder,
NJ md TO rob so that he law and society
were powerless against them. The tale
IS horrible In the picture II portrlys OF
knowledge without conscience. IL " d
most powerful sermon against tho FOLLY
OF education that leaves God out OF &C.
count You all know. for It is n matter
OF c newspaper history, TINT som'
Of the most dcvIiish and horribly cold
bIooded crimes In the history OF Amer.
lea have beeucnmmittcd by Americans
professional mcn and scholars, educated
in the schools Of which We Americans
have bcen accustomed to boast. Carlyle
Harris. I)r, Buchanan. Harry Hayward
2 the arch-fend Holmes. Durnnt, Wall
Ing, jackson: you know the rest. TIcll
inowlcigc only mnhr their power fol
evil prca,nr. DO You gee now what til,
great yoldIrr Wellington meant wlior
he said: Educntc men without religion
and you make them clever devils
"rhc salvation Of America Ia th'
recognition Of God and uf his church
DO you l,rgIn to SO" why III" Catholic
church has fought for the principle tina
the moral education nf tho children
must go hnnd In hand with tho Intel
lectunI? DO you understand ~ last why
nh" has carried that banner to the from
through good report aud through cyl
report? shc hns been fnlscly chnrgcl
with being the enemy Of the nation!
schools because, Ike Il true physician