The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-05-05

OF Jephthah's daughter WAS c type Of the
physical. mental and spiritual sacrifice OF
ten thousand children ia this day. There
are parents all unwittinGly bringing to
bear upon the!- children a class OF IL
nuences which Will AS certainly ruin them
as knife and torch destroyed Jephthahs
daughter. While | speak. the whole
nation, without emotion and without
shame looks upon the stupendous sacrl-
fce.
In the first place. / remark that much OF
the system OF education in our day Is a
eysten OF sacrifice. When children spend
six or seven hours in school and then must
spend two or three hours in preparation
for school the next day, will you tell M
how much time they will have Tor sunshine
and fresh air and the obtaining OF that ex-
uberancc which Is necessary for the duties
OF coming life? No one can feel more
thankful than I do for the advancement Of
common school education. The printing
OF books appropriate for schools, the mUi-
tiplication u philosophical apparatus, the
establishment of normal schools, which
provide for our hiIdrenteachers Of largest
caiibrr. are themes on which every phllan-
thrOpist ought TO be congratulated. But
this herdinS OF great mEititudes OF chill
dren in i'll ventilated schoolrooms and
poorly equipped halls Of instruction il
making many of the placeS Of knowledge
in this country = huge holocaust. Politics
IA "a vi AZ 49, Ato
affairs and while the two political parties
are scrabDiinS for the honors Jephthah's
daughter perishes. It is 50 much 50 that
there are many schools in the country to-
day which are preparing tens Of thousands
of invalid men ana women for the future;
so that, in many places. by me t,ul- the
chilu's education Is finished the child i
finished. In many places, il many cities
or the country. there are large appropria-
tions for everything else and cheerful! a,-
preparations, but as soon as the appropriate
ton is to be made for the educational or
moral interests o! the city We are struck
through with an econonv that IS Well nigh
the death OF rs.
You may 1atter Your pride tv forcing
your child IL know more than any other
children. but you are making IA sacrifice Of
that child if by the additions to its intelli-
gence you are making Il subtraction from
It, future. The child will 90 away from
such ma!treatmeut with no eXuber
ance to llSht the battle OF life. Such chill
Nren may get along very We'll while You
take care OF them. but. when you are Old
or dead. alas for them if through the
wrong system OF education which you
adopted they have no swarthiness or force
OF character to take care OF themselves!
BE careful how you make the chiil's head
ache or its heart tiutter. | hear q great
deal about black man rights. and China
mans rights. ana Indians rights. and
woman'> rights. Would to God that some
body would rise to plead for chiliren'a
rights, The tarthagcnians used to sacri-
Zee their children by putting them into
the arms 81 an lido which thrust forth its
hand. The child was put into the arms OF
the idol. and no soone touched the arms
than it dropped into the fire. But it was
the art Of the mothers to keep the children
smiling aud laughing until the moment
they died. There may be y fascination
onl :, hJlnrit. 1ln,t NO # NInS IF .iTIrD-
ton OF which | An speaking, but il is only
laughter at tle mnment Of sacrifice.
Would God there We're only on" Jeph-
thal.- daughter.
Again, there are many parents who ara
sacrificing thtir children With wrong Sy--
tenn oi dis"i!line-too great riSrr Or too
great lanienry. There are children in ialni-
lies who rule the household. The nigh
chair in whieA The intun; .its u hrthrone,
and the rattle IS ne -reYtre. aud tn. other
children make NJ the parliament where
lnther and mother have no vote, Suri,
children cO!ne up 10 tP uiscrnaniS. There
ia no chance in hi. world FOR a child thae
has never l-arued TO mimi. such peo.le
become the iotheration ~ the church ot
God aud the pest ~ the world. Children
that do not learn to obey human authority
are unwilling t. learn TO obey divine Az.
thoritv. Children will not respect parerr-
whose authority they 10 not respect. Mo
are these young meu mat swa.Sertn r 4;n
! the street With their thumbs in ti,eig ya-t
.aliiRS about their fath.r a. the Old
man. the governor. the squire. "tn+
Did chap or their mother a the old
omar They are tno-- who in v1Gth. il
childhood. u.ver learned! to t--p".t an
lhoritv. Eli, having heard THAT ui~ sons
ind died In their wickedE->-. I'll o.. i,lc&-
ward and hrok- his mock aut IL. Well
J - might What i llf- /, q fath.c Tao--
sons are dehauchetz Tae iu>. - tn val
lev il pleasant to i,> taste. a4itl" driving
ratus that drip through ~. root - th-
>-.ulcher ara .Hr@Grr tanu the xI."- 3,
H.ibon.
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