Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-08
EDUCATION AND MORALITY
DISCUSSED BY CAL|SCH
Is Tending Toward Attainment
of the Best
CITES STRIKING EXAMPLES
Nations of Great Culture and Tn
equalcd Intellectual Attachments
Have Gone backward for Lack OF
Fear of God.

rs the education Of this day and
time tending toward the attainment OF
! the best and noblcst in lifco Docs 1,
instill In the minds and hearts of men
! tho consciousness OF higher life in
which there is the cvcr-prcsent fear
! OF God and the striving always to shane
the course Of their lives in accordance
with tho divine VIII? Arc we morally
better. with all our modern advantages
and tho combined wisdom OF many ages
by which We may bc guided than the
nations in other periods OF the worlds
history. who attained the very height
OF glorious civilization, vet because
OF the lack Of the fear OF God in their
hearts. ultimately failed and stand to.
day as living examples OF a misdirected
cducation?''
These. said Or z. y Cailsch In a SER
mon last night At Beth Ahabah Syna-
Soruc, are very serious questions and
require very serious consideration at
the hands OF the thinking peonlo OF
this country. Ills lesson was drawn
from the climax OF jobs anostrophc to
wisdom. in which he SAYS: The fear of
tn" Lord that is wisdom. aud To depart
from evil tina, Is understanding"
pr. Calisch said tina, 8, is good
thinr TO seek wisdom. and men have
sought II IN every period Of the worlds
history, but not always with the propcr
end In view. or with tho proper motive
Egypt. h" said, had 81 wonderful his
tory, Greece vas the center O. art and
letters: Rome. through her uncqualed
intellectual prow"ss. was mistress OF
IN" world. and Spain. rovcled In a
golden glory Vet their greatness be-
longs only Ia history. and they have
gone backward because OF their empti-
ness of tho fear OF Cod
This age. said pr. Calisch. presented
the most splendid opportunities for the
requirement OF wisdom and a breadth
OF hho"!"dEc OF any age tho world
has get known Institutions Of learn
ing arc numerous and widely dissent
mated throughout the world: books. o,
course, are more numerous than ever
before in the history OF the world, and
can ne had almost for the asking:
newspapers are published in every town
OF any size tn" world over. and arc Of
great educational value: ana Tho in
vcntions and discoveries OF the mast
century have robbed nature Of her Sc
crets and placed this generation upon
Il NantaG" ground Impossible of attain
ment To those gone before Yet. no
asked ar" We any liter than our pre-
N%tessoFS' ana have We prohtcd hy the
almost measurcicss difference of our
relativ" positions in the worlds his
Tory DO wc not lay TOO much stress
on purely intellectual DEVELOPMENT and
entirely too little on the finer sentI-
'n@nts that should ac,ua,c us in our
daily lives
Eat. said tho speaker. ,bore js cr.,,
So s'acti"n in tho fact that reaction is
ncE'nhlnS to set In. and the world is
surviving toward the higher things OF
nc. II has com" 10 realize thar tho
pest education. after all. is the educa-
%! INC conscience. and the most
"eslFahi" training is tho trimming NJ
S'uFdN impulses that are the
actions ~ ''o"'e