The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-10-01

ings last year only S2.6s6. gas 49. which
Is less than iaany Of the three yeais
preceding al Of The earnings, after
paying fixed Charges and taxes, went 10
pay the interest on the bonds, and moth
ing was receiv by the stockholders.
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K y. a. p Mii.sf % pc read 81 'he re-
cent county insIilnie. Being prevented
from attendin. he institute. lie sent the
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Editor Christina Advocate:
Allow me liHle space IN our valha-
bic paper 70 enter my protest against the
present usage oi mixing mp our school
commencement concerts and pienics
with dancing. have always thongn'
that religion s"n education onRnl y go
hand IN hand' ana mat "hiie we are
cultivating aaa training Inc miud' the
moral end spiritual part ought 70 ns
taken care g. me en"rch a"a 'ns
school, the pfsaeper ana me 'saehs''
ought TO unite ineir forces 70 develop
AL tie latent powers p the COMPOUND
o. complex nature. The mental mora
aud spiritual niture ought 70 pc aeVel-
oped together. ili we develop me men
tal, and neglect the moral ana spiritual
we will have ~ abnormal growth
mental giant Wd moral and spiritual
dwarf. o. vice versa; but II either 4 20
be neglected, better neglect TIE mental
and cultivate the moral and spiritual
but neither should pc neglected. we
owe our children mental, physical, MOI
Al aud spirilual training. and i We ne
gleci any psrl 81 our duty, 50 far IS we
are able TO perform 1T. God will bold uy
to strict account; therefore parents
ought 10 see 10 il that tile teachers 70
whom thew ,mmit Tie mental training
Of their ehifrer are moral ana spiritual
a we as a sieclusi. The child-char.
acfer nd 81 lite are formed from
hgs d .wsn'y ore years of axe ii il is
properly trained up 70 twetty-oue, there
will not be much danger after that; 4
improperly. il will hp hard TO change
The beliefs aud habits formed What
parents would turn their children over,
or send them to church and Sunday
school 10 hear dancing preachei
preach. or dancing Sunday school
teacher teach? Just as much sense IL
that as in turning them over for eight o.
ten months iu the wear. during an their
charaeler-fotmiug period. 10 a dancing
teacher. We Teach our children al
home to love, respect, and obey their
teacher, aud we ought not 70 send them
10 one we could not, and # the teacher
believes ia aud practices dancing, what
can we expect but that our children will
learn TO think there is not much, If any.
harm in Il; and if, Al the close Of the
school, or commencement. our children
attend. and after II is an over the teach
ers dance. our large boys and girls will
want 10 dance. too. How could We ex.
2ect otherwise
Now. is the Bible true, and is our holy
Christianity worth anything? II 50,
then we ought 10 teach il 10 our child
ren from their infancy 40 +: teach il by
nrscen, aud example. Yes. the Bible il
true and oor Christianity i true. aud
heaven aud hell are realities. Then
shorid NE NOT trv 10 save our children
fr,r, ha,i and have them saved.in heav.
..o An5 oh how guarded We should
+. "a -, srffsr snv evil Influences Il
!. h,o,a,,, - hear an opr children
a.. ,..nh.rs were once linIe innooen,
ehi,a,sn and II thew had been oropeay
,r.i,.d ana evil ipfaenees had NOT been
,,anon, = hear uoon them then u
49,, !, ,,.,n would not have cone Il.
80. "a ,,,ev wopid oioe mn vet III
-. .,"y, -. p...5s Il .,,,s,eas ana ns,rons
- -. ~. moral co,,soa i s,eal.
~, - ,,ss,;ng IN the snbiect But one
viii sav. owhv. itisnoh harm 10 dance n
WI :t,,,., i ,rue we haa bstter close
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