The Portland daily press., 1900-01-20

teacher should know the parents aspi-
ratious for the child, the kind aud de-
gree OF Influence they bring to bear upon
him. Though this takes time and
strength; yes n q teacher proposes TO 10
himself and respect for othsrs In the
child, tho shortest and easiest way 10 do
10 Ia to approach him through the In
tsrest his father and mother take In
him. The tsacher who csiis, In order
20 be more helpful to the child in his
from every mothers heart. Thea the
teucher's apreai to the child will strike
deep into the ohild's whole life, instead
of merely touching the surface Of that
section Of life which he spends In sohool.
Having put the children 10 right rela-
tions with what Is within; what is with
out; what Is around than, one relatinn
more remains; VIII at Is above them. The
fourth Important principle is reverence
toward what IL better than ones self.
The child needs some one TO look up TO.
he first finds, or ought to hnd, such
an inspirirsr OF trust ana reverenoe IN
his father and mother; and In dse2enine
his loyalty to them, we have already
In measure anticipated this highest
stage OF moral education. AS supple
n,ent to this lovs of parents, aud ~ par
tinl substitute for IL In those sad cases
where 10 IL lnoklng or Imperfect, the
teacher must often stand in loco PARENTS,
and by proving hinseh the child's best
friend and highest ideal, becomes the OBJ
jeot OF his admiration and affection.
There is no higher or holisr Office per-
son can perform than thus 10 be tbs
ideal and the Inspiration Of youag, sensi-
tive, srisnt seula One who pirforms
this saored Office faithfully becoms there
BY In profounder sense shan eoeiss ist,o
systems have yet dreamed Of, O priest or
priestsss Of tho living God. For It lie only
through the human that we oan appre-
ciate and approach the divine. AZ Elmer
son, following Plato, tells US, "Behold-
ing In many souls the traits OF the divine
beauty, and separating in each soul that
which is divine from the tsint which
1t has contracted In the world, the lover
ascends t. the highest beauty, the love
and knowledge OF the divinity, BY steps
on this ladder Of oreatsd eonfs."
Where public sentiment permits, the
Opening OF the school with reading of
spiritual literature, and prayer. and spir-
itual songs Ii great help In lifting the
child's affections from the loves OF earth
up TO the love Of God, the author OF all
good. Yet even where this Is precluded
by unhappy sectarian jsalousiss and d.
visions, the deycut teacher, by personal
attitude and through The atmosphere OF
the school, can do much to inoulcate that
spirit Of reyei ence In the presence OF the
infinite goodness and eternal righteous
ness Whlou 10 INC ncaNs Va SsnuAno Ao
ligion.
Apart from all text books and oourfes.
rules and regulations, suoh are the four
cardinal principles Of moral education.
Morality Is Adjustment to environments.
The moral environments has these four
aspects; self within, others without. In
situations around Us, and God and His
image reflected in all human goodness,
above and over all. Hence interest In
making the most Of himself, respect for
Others, loyalty to the institutions OF
which he is D member, and loving rsver-
ence toward Gcd and what lie better
than himself. are the four cardinal prin.
ciples of ohiid's moral eduoatios.
Tie teacher who traios children In
these four principles Will have no re-
poit to make out, no rank to hand In,
no measurable results to show OF.
The sch olars may be scarcely aware at
the time that they ara DeinR taught
morality at ALL and at little psius to ex.
press thsir appreciation even II they are
conscious of the debt they owe. Yet on
the tablets of their slowly maturing
hearts, on the walls of society eradu-
ally growing nobler through thsir men,
bership In IL, the names OF the teachers
who have trained them In these fnnda-
mental moral principles will BIO inscribed
In soma such words as those on the me
mortal tablet TO Richard Lewis Nettls-
ship in Balliol college. Oxford; He
loved great things, and thought little Of
himself; desiring neither fame nor intiu-
encs, he won the devotion Of men ond
was a power in their lives; and, seeking
no disciples, he taught to many the great
ness of the world and Of mans mind. D."