The new South-news., 1908-11-28

viduals. JeSus taught thAl eho nioaty
and nine that we're safe within the
fold could not furnish An eYcuss for
the neglect of the one that was away.
With these things In mInd should ~
rest content With that system which
saves the one to the neglect Of the
ninety and nine?
To produce such . result. no one
cause 10 adequate. II has been fire.
Qusntly said. and with truth. that the
course Of study does not have suf-
hcient vital contact With the life and
interest Of the pupil. and consequent
~. because Of its lack Of interest for
him. fails to hold him. Rapid pro-
Ersss. however. is being made In our
own city toward the correction OF
such undesifhbis conditions. Anoth-
er cause. more deep-seated and more
serious, IL the growing commercial
spirit Of the day. The dollar II the
circle CT life. Men sell Their own
souls ard put under tribute their
children's for dollars. There Is great
need for resolute struggle against
the allurements Of dollars. Too many
altars are teing builded to the god OF
gold. too many souls are being sacri-
need upon these affairs. II II hard.
fSHs WStA ui8u YVSStOhEs w kIou0~
mute commercial ideals. dollars a1d
cents into more abundant life.
Our course OF study may we'll need
revision. may require 4 radical change
In content. But our greatest need 10
larger and truer ideals established
nrmly In the hearts and minds OF eur
boys and girls. A greater emphasis
must be placed upon moral aud ideal
than upon material and commercial
values. The voice in defense OF the
child's inxiienablc rights. his heritage
OF moral and religious Ideals. should
ring deep into the hearts OF parents
Parents need to learn that the dollar
Is not the goal OF life, that the child
Is more than the victim OF q parents
base ideals: that he Is more than q
money-making machine. They need
to learn that the child has a self-hood
to be developed. a soul to be cultured.
and destiny 20 be achieved. To
take a child out OF school and compel
him to earn money Is to deny him his
rights, Is to degrade him. For
parents to do so IL selfish. brutal, i'm.
moral. repeat that one OF the great.
est evils that threaten our nation is
our too complete allegiance to COM
mercial ideals. Our mad rush for
gold makes us nation OF individuals
rather than democracy. Christ
says. "No man liveth unto himself
In New York 1t sometimes seems as
though every man reversed that prin-
ciple. Individualism Is a menace to
the life OF the republic. There Is. as
never before, crying need for
parents and teachers to exalt moral
and spiritual values. need to de.
throne the god OF gold and to re.
enthrone the God OF old a need to
engrave upon the very physical and
spiritual fiber OF the child's nature
the exceeding. the Incompatible
worth OF moral character. Parents
themselves 1eed to possess and prop
erly estimate these ideals and then tc
instill thenuPnd give them nrst place
in the hea( OF their children. Such
ideals Of tryth and riGhteousness, i'm.
ptytnE NJ tHey 40 profrund~v B9nso
OF social obligation, will contribute in
the highes9 degree to the enrichment
or human life, to more abundant
life
Mighty possibilities are resident In
the teachers vocation because Of the
material with which he works. Eter.
nal consequences follow therefrom.
At ~ ut 'Sn'hCt bBtuu5 IittlS tlIIe
waiting for pay day to come. His IL
worthier work tran that OF q mere
wage Garner He Is maker for
social betterment, not a mere hire.
ling. AS with the preacher, right.
eousness is his concern: with God he
is co-worker. That our teachers
might feel that they are called OF God
and are doing Gods work, there was
a Man sent from God who was named
Teacher. He Himself says His mis-
sion was to give more abundant
life. That was His mission, that was
His religion, that was His life. The
religious aspect of the teachers work,
the religion OF education. II you will,
is subject worthy Of more thought
than 1t has received.
While there Is an imperative need
for teachers with ideals, we must mo-
forget that the ideals must be Of pos
siblo attainment. We need. then,
sane teachers. teachers balanced by
perspective. False ideals. ideals be-
yond the realm of the possible, held
up before the young. defeat the
teachers purpose. Hold up before .
boy an impossible ideal, making him
struggle toward Its realization until
one day its utter absurdity dawns
upon him. and with what result! His
cherished idol falls and with 1t there
come tumbling down all his ideal con-
structs- In this day when our college
presidents are little more than money
gatherers. when our school principals
are little more than clerical workers,
there is positive need for teachers
with lofty ideals. but ideals within
the realm of possible achievement.
impossible ideals made for la~iess-
ness rather than for righteousness
and the betterment OF life.
We need. finally, to rediscover the
meaning of life. to learn that a mans
HE consistent not in the abundance
of the things that he possesses. We
need to rediscover the fact of God.
and that in Him we live and move
and have our being He Is the source
OF our life and to find Him is to find
4 Ter life. There Is need to rs-eln-
laasize the fact Of Christ as the Re-
vealer Of the true life which ls the
life of service. The life OF the world
has received a new impulse in Him.
His faith aud practice were that the