Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-05-21

far from Warping our judgement or re-
tarding us in the prosecution of scien-
titic truth, christian revelation would
be like the sun Zig hting up our course
in the path of science, like a landmark
directing US onward in the road of truth,
like beacon light cautiOning us to
avoid the quick-sands upon which false
science has often been ship wrecked.
Science, when studied with humility.
reveals to us the intimate relations of
the forces of nature with one another,
the unity OF laws governing them, and
their subOrdinatiOn TO the controlling
mind. In all it's cndeavors to follow up
the changes and developements of the
earth, it can never get beyond certain
first substance which is under the in
fluence OF certain forces, and under the
dominion of certain laws. Learning
without thought is labor lost thought
without learning is perilOus; thought is
the talking Of the soul with itself.
Gather up with care the treasures Of
knowledge and wisdom that lie strewn
about you. See that they are kept un-
tarnishcd by error or vice. All else
may pass away, but wisdom of we'll di.
gested knowledge and thought remains
through sunshine and storm, making
the sunshine more beautiful and the
storm less severe. When the thought
full student reflects that he is a mere
atom amid unlimited space and count
less Orbs that surround him, he is over
awed by sense of nOthingness and
when he considers how little he has
learned after all his labor in compari.
son with the treasurers of knowledge
thnf still lixa hi11nr n nofspn1s hAsnsn
he Is very much impressed with his ig-
nOrance.
Many would lead us to believe that
but to say this is dense ignorance, for
tained number of schools presided
principles form the basis for the rapid
Schools are to be found everywhere,
improved methods Of teaching abound
and means Of obtaining instruction are
placed within the reach of all. 1t was
not always thus, as the history OF peda-
gOgy proves; but We are by no means "
dishonor the difficult labOrs Of those
who worked in earlier days amid many
difficulties to spread abroad the bless
ings of education. In Judging the wort
Of education in the past we must no
forget the conditions under which thu
people lived, the poor modes of trave
they possessed, the limited means o
communication, their social conditions
and their ways Of thinking. They lack
ed the daily papers. the popular maya
zine, the flood Of literature on all sort
OF subjects, and the numerous means O
culture which are within our reach.
The great Importance OF education
its influence and its power, have heel
fully realized by the statesmen of tn
day Hence it follows from this de
ductiOn Of educational history that II
spite of the great nd vances which hav
been made of late years, the science G
education is still far in advance Of III
art. School masters are still spending
their best energies in teaching subject
which have been universally condemn
cd by educational refOrmcrs for the las
two hundred years.
The education OF every public schOG
ia scientific medley Of rules. princ
pies and customs derived from ever
age OF teaching, from the most moder