Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-04-29

shcv must execute them perform them
whether they were wicked or good.
There were two wrong things about
Jephfhah's vow. First. he ought never
20 have made e. Next. having made a..
IL were better broken than kept But
90 not take on preecntious airs and say:
Il could not have done as Jephthsh
did" If in former days ycu had been
standing On the banks OF the 6angeS
aud You had been born in India. you
might have thrown your children 70
the crccodiles. II is not because we are
naturally any better. but because we
have more Gospel light
Now I make very practical use OF
this question VIXEN ! tell you that the
sacrifice OF Jepathah's daughter was
type Of the physical. mental and spirit
nal sacrifice Of 10000 children in this
dav. There are parents all inviting
" bringing 10 bear upon their children I
. class OF influences which Will as Ger I
tainly ruin them as knife and torch de-
s.ruved Jephthah's daughter. While
sneak. the whole nation. without emo
ton and without shame. looks upon the
/ stupendous sacrifice.
In the first place. l remark that much
Of the system % education in our day
Is a system Of sacrifice. When children
Srend Six or seven hours in school and
then must spend two OF three hours IN
p-eoaratiou for school the next day.
VIII You tel me how much time they
VII have for sunshine and fresh air
and the obtaining Of that eNuberance
which Is necessary for the duties Of
coming life? No one can feel more
i ~. =. ..~.r
Of common school education The
printing Of books appropriate for
. schools. the multiplication Of phiio-
sophical apparatus. the establishment
Of normal schools which provide Tor
our children teachers o. largest caioer.
are themes on which every philanthro-
INST ought 20 be congratulated. But
this herdinE OF great muiutudes ol
children In iil-ventilated schoolrooms
and poorly equipped halls OF instruction
= Is making many Of the places OF know
esre in this country a huge holocaust
Politics an many Of the cities gets int
educational Affairs and while the tW'
rolitical parties are scrabbhng for th'
houo-s Jephrhah's daughter perishes
7. Il 50 much 50 that there are man.
schools in the country TO-DAY which ar
r,reparinr tens Of thousands OF inFah
- men and women for the future 50 thai
IN many places. by the time the child
Il education is finished the child Is m
I. ished, In many places. III many elite
IN Of the country. there are large appr'
N p-iations for everything else and chez
i ful appropriations. but as soon a. IL
- aup-ouriasion is 20 be made for the eo'
"a cstional or moral interests Of the cit
We are struck through with an econorr
that il vVeIl-nigh the death OF US
= In nv parish in Philadelphia lit
: child VS. 50 pushed n school that 81
=, was thrown into 8 fever. and IN n
- diving delirium. all night long, she "
a. irving 10 recite the multiplication
we bic. In my boyhood remember that
a. cur class al school there was one l
M who knew more than al Of US put
mp rether IL we were fast IN our ART
- rnetic. he cxrricated Us When we sto
.et. up for the spelling class he was aifns
X always the head OF tke class Nlsitc
in came 10 his fathers house and he y
D. always brought IN a. a prodigy Al
years q age he was an idiot be liv
49, ten wears an idiot and died an adj
- not knowing his right hand from
- left CT dav FROM night. The parents a
"a the teachers made him an idiot
,ad You may rutter your pride by fore
ing YOUR child 10 know more than any OF
ut | children. but YOU are making So
me nee OF that child IL By the additions
mt It's intelligence you are making q s
BON traction from us future. The child
nh 20 ar.av from such nlalrreatnlent "
WI 10 exuberance 10 night the battle
2, life. such children may get along
an well Will. you take care Of them,
his when y0u are old OF dead. alas
ia. them II through TIE wrong system
self education which YOU adopted 1
non have no svvarthiness OF force Of cha
r~re ter 70 take care OF themselves, BE G.
his ful how .ou make the chil2's head q
,au.- or it, heart futter. hear great I
, hfx about black mans rights. and Ch
,rlcs mans rights. and Indians rights.
eia1 wo.uan's rizhts. Would 70 God
a. somebody would rise 10 plead for
swx- Jreu's rights. The Carthagians
,odv 70 sacriHce their children BY put
hid / them into the arms OF al idol ~
D are thrust forth ia hand ne eAn'o
put into the arms Of the idol an'
"A - nertouched the arms than IL drol
49, into the Ere But IL was the art 81
,,he- mothers 20 keep the children sn
and . and laughing Until the moment
? the died There may be fascination
f,1er hiiarity about thc styles OF educ'
.r.,r- Of which I am speaking. but u n
80. laughter ~ the moment OF sacs
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