The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1902-12-30
SKILL is EDUCATION.
~ Know How 70 Do Things Well u
ne OnIp True Learning.


(Communicstsd
This article Il designed for
piece on1 education; not piece
however Of fas shionable orthodoxy
but simply glance At tho subj col
from merely layman's point 0
view. r
Between God, Nature, and the
4 Bible there Is always absol ute
htrmopy; they invariably witness
4 |Qr one another. Nature, speak
g through the moral sense, tells
G<ery man that II is hia duty ia
Bake living for himself, not BY
rlcky speculation but BY hone 1t
labor. And God, in pronouncin 8
'sentence upon the disobedient
pair, corroborates this precept Of
nature In language exceedingly
graphic and forcsful. The man IL
not only to wofk forhis bread but
heis TO bsndlto TIE task until We
sweat upon bis face shall testify 10,
The ten5ion u bis muscles. Ths
words Of the gospel, too. are to the
sarns efIsOt, The man who Il sbis
% work out y support for bis own
household, including himself, and
IL 10 indolent to Do so, Il said u
be denier Of tho Christian faith
and is even worse than an infidel.
n IL obvious, therefore, that
God has no use for : lazy man.
Hs may be ever 60 6ne fellow ID
SeocIety-he may even profess spir-
ituel conversion, and belong TO tho
church, and even be generous in
support Of the holy gospel--yet III
he a too lazy TO roll up his eleeves
sepd BY energetic action provide
food, clothing and shelter for him
self and those rightfully depend
en&0pon him BIZ is, in tho estima-
flon Of the divine mind. no better
Than an infidel, and, ii the end,
/ VIA share the fate Of the feprobate;
that is to say, die and go to hell.
We have said go much to bring
into view as prominently as pos.
'sible the curious fact that God,
Nature and the Bible unite in the
expression Of much greater con.
cexn for the well being of the
human body than for the culture
and development of the human in.
telIect.
And this is all in exact accord
with the divine plan Of creation.
God, in working ! he complete man
into existence made fret bis body
Il was not until after this body
had been perfectly fitted up and
equipped that il was made the
abode Of living soul, and dedi-
,ated to the service OF the intel
|ectua faculty
Here, then, we catch the funda /
mental idea Of human education; 4
he physical hrs, an the mental /
'eoond In the order OF develop
t1pt. The school, or more pat g
ioularIy the 'eacher, presumes to q
axe up and carry out the work Of n
,umanizstion just where the di- 4
7ine band laid il down. In making 4
mental culture the sole object Of y
lis attention be thereby proceeds Il
'ut Of accord with The inspired q
vord, in violation OF the laws of d
rHan na,dre aud in disregard of Il
ommon experience. II the body, Ii
Q we have seen, requires first at IA
sntion in the economy OF this life 81
should also be the first object Of OF
ultural treatment in the school; al
lat is. the conservation and de- 81
Of the pupils physical h
overs while a school. together .
ith snoh theoretical instruction
> will qualify him for taking care
! hls own body after be leaves
,e school. should constitute the 10
rat obiact NJ schol.stic care In 60