The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-04
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.

Now that the schools and colleges
81 the state are beginning their work
We are reminded new that the future
uf this country is wrapped up in the
siVes of the children and youths of to-
day. But when God first conceived
tIlc idea Of creation and a revOlv-
inv in His mind the mechanical ar
engagement OF the things of this world,
He decreed one inimitable law-that
everything placed here should not be
IN 4 state Uf complete growth or COM
pIete development, but that all things
wOuld be expected to attain to that
end.
From the small acorn bursts forth
Che tiny Spout. It's little roots and
1~erS force themselves along through
the pores of the earth, gathering up
nere and there such nutriment and
such material necessary to develop it
iuto a sturdy oak Of the forest. When
it had scarcely dOnned its first youth
full foliage, it furnished the jolly boy
Che means Of testing his gymnastic
featS and operating his childish glee.
Now it furnishes protection to those
seeking exemption from the heated
rays of the MONDAY SUI and is n Of
che beauties and glorieS of the forest.
1t 6ad something to do in its youth
aud did it.
We find the operation Of the same
saw in the floral kingdom, in the ami
NAL kingdom and IN all things which
animated from the divine mind.
Everything has a mission at every
stage and at every period Of it's ex-
iStance. 1t is not necessarily required
- grow into it, but there is some
duty appropriated for it to discharge,
some flowers to be Strewn, some lamps
80 oe lighted al. along the way.
In keeping with this principle it is
proper to lay hands upon the budding
blossoms Of life-that of which our
Savior has said: 'Of Such is the
Kingdom Of Heaven" that humanity
may get the benefit of their rainbow
Joys and l~ight-winged hopes" and that
she Springtime Of their lives and the |
vegdure of their thoughts may beget
new ardor and new zeal into those
more sober in thought and less Specula-
tive in theory. 1t is well to have the
children build their air castles under
wise direction. Their young minds
must be i%mpregnated with something,
AND if the proper training can get
them filled with structures that
leads them ~heavenward, it will in
culcate into them such stable ideas
at morality and love of righteous
less, that ere the castles topple
aver, the angels Of heaven will be
near to give them the
majestic touch Of reality and make Of
them castles of heavenly light and to
endure forever. Take the youths and
lassies now while they are young,
while their minds are soft and pliable
and imprint upon them the necessity
OF employment. Imprint upon them
tlonesty and integrity of purpose
and a desire to fulfil the purposes
II their creation. Do this, and a
work is performed more lasting than ,
towering monuments, more enduring ,
sban marble, more glittering than
Ill the sparkling diamonds of the
sorid combined, brighter than the S
solar system-so bright that it I
viii just peep over as a rising sun into J
eternity. 1t will encircle the earth. a
ascend to heaven and there amid 6
escort, attuned to the music of a
PARADISE, form a rainbow Of peace and S
nope between the people that look up 3
and those who have passed on S
@ the Judgment. s
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