The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
Department of Spiritual In
struction and Development
Should Enter Field Of Education That Has
Not Been Well Cultivated-It Is the Most Impor-
tant of All Departments Of Scholastic Work.



decay while II bears away ,pon tho
ample folds Of its broad bosom the
argosies with portly sails upon whose
nvim more 10 the hand Of the akilful
piiot VINO steers their course in N,ch n
way that thcy eecape tho shoals and
N".s n the dangerous rocks
AS a o of what I have stated
abovc. as an illustration Of the spiritual
suc, its proper place Of first Importance
from tho evils suggested, I shall adducc
tacts which 1 trust will not be thought
700 personal. On tho other hand may I
rather hope that the readers Of THE
SUN VIII feel that the very natu-
rafrDes o. the facts showing the opera.
ton of such a system rather han what
the spirit OF such . system may be when
formulated fully will givc an impress
Impossible.
Last month IN addressing a Methodist
conference OF preachers and laymen I
said without any reference to this ar
ucle or anything else but the great
principles involved. II shall not. II YOU
g your daughters to me, try to make
M~cthotists Of Them Moreover. since I
began to write that sentence I recalled
now In speaking further on the subject
OF education at that time In n rough
ana ready offhand way IT do not even
IKE the word Christian before education.
l DO not like to think OF education az n
ming with any divisions. II It IN the
right Kind OF education 1t will be Chris
uan. but education In its true sense does
not need. in fact does not admit OF. any.
terms of differentiation or division. II
IL the full development Of the whole ma.
TURF -
There are one or two phases Of this
subject that must he opened. that IL not
tu!iy exploited, will be discussed as far
as possible within my limited space /:
First. how I found my way to the point
where | saw so clearly the need " "a
new department Of education. distinct
II definite: second. the scope and
method or this new department of edu-
cation. the department Of spiritual n
struction and development.
F1rst. how i gradually felt my way.
or perhaps more true to life. | should
say CROPPED. my way to the light of this
great idea OK "a new department OF edu-
cation. spiritual instruction and deyel-
opment. As ! think back through the
history OF my life and my labors in the
field OF education. confined practically 10
the education OF young women. that |
may tell in words how this great idea
grew up In my thought and then found
its way out In my %uttefance. ! should
say that its birth was like natural birth
in great travail OF soul. 1t was for
years like an iron In my soul that edu-
cation. in fact, and In its system Or pro-
posals. seemed TO fall 20 far short OF
what Il should be.
1t seemed TO me that the most lmpor-
tant things were being left out of the
education Of youth. Il was In agony Of
soul | thought Of youth going into life
without these greatest and best things.
and how all these other. great and grand
II glorious and beneficcnt. transcend
cnt even. as they were. would amount
to nothing unless these other things were
z put into education. These things. then, I
saw left ont, or. II included. In n way
that seemed 10 me. as u rule. in the time
devoted TO them and the methods and
the scope given them. utterly out Of
proportion to their value and impor-
tance. felt somehow as II one were
building u ship and building her strong
and Yet leaving out nat would enable
the pilot to keep her off 'the shoals and
flats and the dangerous rocks"
And such was the effect on mo in
moulding the policy Of my work in edu-
cation and directing my !abors. that for
years j was saying TO those who came
under me IN faculty and In student body.
that the best education n young woman
got in this institution was outside Of her
text books and class rooms in her life
n her character. Then, one day | fell
upon that line of Emerson's. What we
do not call education Is moro precious
than what we call So" and a Hood OF
light fell upon tine pathway along which
l was cropping my way. or. IL you please,
q clear. sweet. strong voice fell upon
my ears. telling me that ! was in the
right path. which would lead me out into
a large n wealthy place in tho end.
Then one morning. the morning Of q
commencement day, I picked up IA fugl-
tive scrap OF paper, OF which ! read
"GrOwing emphasis is being placed or
the informal education OF the schools
that which comes from tho surroundings
and is efficaclous In the formation o.
habits and character" 1t was the morn
ing of that day | WAS TO deliver an I'D
dress to my graduating class. and as
stood before them an hour or no after.
said to them and the assembled people
after ] had quoted the above extract, %
|. thank Coz that for years | have said {,
those who in the providence Of God hav,
fallen into my hands for the .ninit
work Of their education, Manners ar,
before accomplishments, and characte
before attainments.'" And anothe
flood OF light fell upon the blindness o
the way In which I was working, like tn
tapestry weavers. or, n YOU please, an
other voice cried to mo to hold on II
tho n / was going. that 1t woul,
bring me out to a realization OF tn