The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-03
hoard Of Education.


Bonrd Of Education.
Tho board of education held Its meet
ing in Shearn church at 1880 o'clock p. IN.
1ae ho,pse was called to order by Chairman
DR.. a, Il. Goodwin. DR.. Lloyd read the
eighth chapter OF Proverbs. Rev. Il. A..
Newsom read hymn No. go. After singing
he led the congregation in prayer. DR..
Goodwin INTRODUCED Bishop Galloway as the
speaker Tor the evening, Who said in part:
Emphasis ShOul De piaoea upon our
colleges, those established and those Yet 10
be established. iosSiDly We have no. fe.t
the Importance of this work in Uhe past AS
We ougAt. In our eydnseiistic WORK and
many other duties we have not felt that we
had the Ulme to dey0tc to tliS work, bat
We can not longer neglect 1t. True 1t las
not been wholly neglected. Your fore
fathers have wrought we'll and LAID good
foundation for you 10 bulid upon. All
thinking men, patriots, philantarcp.sts and
philosophers reallze its importa@ce. To-
day Win thousands from all other nations
pouring into our country, We find ourselves
lace to lace with this fact CHAT II We do
not educate these people they viii be a
lnelgate to our country. The question OF
lpre4sn immigration is Indeed a serious
one. i 10 EOt wonder tnlt all true ph.-
Lam hropists are studying H. Education Is
The true solution OF it. 1t is not the states
man Ia congress, nor the soldier ON the
baatleiield, ror the great fnancier that is
moulding our destiny, but 1T rs those VINO
educate our young. Nor should the fiu1u-
cial question deIUard our greatest c0Ucern,
bur we should be more concerned rs u
What Is TO become oil the youtrs OF Amer
lea Some one has wisely said: Give me
the privilege Of educating the youths OF
our land and I'll write its history ana de-
termine its DESTINY" Washington, tae
father of his courtry. tina. true. noble and
good man, had THIS burden upon his heart
shai the youths OF his land be wiseiy
trained ana provided by viii for an insii-
tuition OF higher education at our National
capital. Then we all should he profoundly
concerned for the educational interests OF
our country. and there is great revival
on this line.
We have awakened to its Importance ant
we are following the great teacher, Jesus
christ, and are inspired by the Hoy Gnost
we hear much about conservation. II one
is consecratsd that makes amends fLr N
SHORTCOMINGS We often hear such ex-
ureseions as: HE is not an educated man
lut he is a thoroughly consecrated man.
Brethren. to my mind no word is more
abused that the word conservation IL does
rot mean ignorance nor docs 1t mean m
lolence. II means tapt you have some
thing to consecrate 1t means 10 place all
! the powers that God has given you at Ills
service, and believe am doing Gods VIII
lust as much in deyeiopins those powers
as when I'm on my knees. I'm not to
bury my talents that He has given
me. How Is this world to be redeemed?
How are the dark places TO be !oreyr
wiped OF Mis- face? Not by asking Him
10 do it In gone miraculous way. As the
brother said last night: The Lord neVei
does by miraculous means what Is TN ths
mower of man to do; but Ho Is to do II
by using those powers that He has given
Us We all often pray, Thy kingdom
come" Do we know what that means Tt
pray this prayer lntellgently means that
we Will do all In our power to advance
/ Il and we are doing the viii of God wher
1 We put our all at His command. Patriots
! and citiZens, what should be the attitude
OF the church toward the state in th's
question of education 1t should be that
/ Of perfect harmony. No black flag should
ever BIZ raised In a republic like ours :,
/ is absolutely necessary to educate. W.
must have an Intelligent citizenship at the
| ballo, box. II we do not have an educated
| citizenship. sooner or later our institutions
must 20. Better for the iron heel of M.
nolcon. or the crown ana scepter, than liz
| uorance. No wonder our State invests h0s
money in schools and colleges. That IL
! nerarce and crime 10 hand IN hand mas
often been demonstrated, On the other
| hand. Il has been demonstrated n common
school education increases the productive
| mowers OF the individual l0C per cent, while
and the rnivcrslty 500 per cent.
/ | pause 10 inquire what constitutes II
/ Christian school? II Is the Christian
| teacher Then we should ever be able ahe
| ready TO recommend Christian teachers Tor
| al positions aud places. Some one has
| aaid; Mark Hopkins the Lord and enc
I Low constitute university He was right.
! because Mark Hopkins was the university.
! Brick and mortar Gun never constitute
| Christian school or institution Of learning,
Ia st. IA.
| Your csc or the individual teacher. The
| important question is rot where the in
| stituton is OF What It's buildings or opcrat-
trs. but IL Is who does the teaching!
! Christian parents, we have Il right 10 de-
| man6 Christian teachers, and ii II be
I found that the teacher Is infusing any form
ci infldellty into the minds of his pupils
AS Christian parents we ought TO stop our
| children. From our CHRISTIAN schools and
| colleges come our Christian mothers aud
1t little matters who manages the ship of
| state so long rs tho home Is pure. In this
conneotion would place a flower upon
| the grave OF General Grant, AZ the end
| drew near he pronounced Ms bcnediction
| OH his colntiy, and as the end dew near
| when some society had asked the privilege
! OF selecting his last resting place and lnr-
| ing for his grave When he could not re-
ply he beckonod for paper and pencil and
wrote Il care not where they lay me so
| Julia sleeps by my side Then so long
| rs our institutions turn out Christian
women to shape and direct our homes We
| are safe
/ would notice the relation Of the church
| TO education II l. orr duty TO educate.
| not merely to pseeoih; The Aurch liz Just
as strong as her institutions OF learning.
| What was the difference between John
| Wesley and George Whitfield? Whitfield
was a greater preacher. orator and evan
| gelist but he was not an educator or
| organizer. and at last said of his own work
| II Is rope OF sand. On the other hand.
| Wesley was an organizer, teacher and
born leader OF MIN and God used mis- genius.
One OF the first innings that he did was
| to establish Kingswood school. 1t Is often
truly asserted that Methodsm was born
| In college. This great movement began
| with the study OF ths Greek Testament.
| Shortly after establishing This school Mr..
| Wesley wrote tho first Latin grammar tbs
would ever saw In the English language.
lie also wrote Greek aud Hebrew gram
/ mars. This year We celebrated the 150th
Il annlyervary al that institution. One OF the
ffiGt frlita Of that sdhoUl was Dr. Adam