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Show TIIK SLJIJini MIIHM.. Tli Traclur I'tlnir Tonstit al Hie Ilrlsham loan .vcadcnj The summer ("ho l opened on Mon Jy, Ausutt I, at Ihr ltrl(thii V oimR Academy at 'nvo. Ufl "" opened Hie session by prayir. 1'rofi ,,r Wall Introtucei 1'rofossor Parker of Ilostor,, who hn recently closed a wctVs session at Cliatauqua. He ho leena teacher for thirty-six years. There were about !W0 teachers prc. ,nl, who received him Willi aiplaus. Alter sumo re marks from hlio as to tlio lurrote In visiting Ulali, a term of tcnrolnulrawnabadfor social ronvcr-ration ronvcr-ration On tMrnlt Professor Parker Ravo an outline of subjects lor slu dy anil ln Tntlgatlon, ami the manner of hand Hog them. There am to to Inslruf tlons lir ilr nttlnit, clay m oddlne;, history, his-tory, clH Kovernnient anil radical methods of teachlnij. In tho alttrnooii Professor Parker Itetured on tteoirraphy as a basis of all tho natural sciences. Jdrs. Parker lectured on tlio Drlsart y dim of physical culture. Ml HeOron Illustrated and e j UlnrJ frrn haud drawing by uio of lb t lacktward. In tho evening l'rofwior Parker lectured lec-tured on "Artltt or Artisan." On Tunday Mri. Parker kbv another lecture on tho Dulsatte system, Professor l'arker followed on K,eo gr hy. Mh Iteflron continued her lessons and llluitratlon on tho blackboard. In tlio atlcrnoon Professor l'arker itrtcantrd on number work. Mr, l'arker followed Willi a tliort lecture ou articulation. Un vVedussday the forenoon wai oc curled by tho following rogrammei Mr. l'arker on Delaarto and tils system; Colonel l'arker In leaching riadlnc; MIm Hcfarlnir on mcMelluii la r)y and sand, and Iho lisrruan irofcsrors In music. The llttlo historical sketch Mri. I'aiker rbvo of Del.erto Intensified the general Interest in tho discoveries ho bad made; and the doductloni from those discoveries. Colonel l'arker opened up new thought for the guidance of tho teacher ln,thie branch of education. Quito a dtscusslou waa maintained ntboquo tlon of wholea vs. iltmontary erts, decided In favor of entireties. In conclusion con-clusion he said he was tho beet tnls-understood tnls-understood roan In America, and that there waa aomethlngln thli mountain air that thortenrd time. The clay modeling waa to applied at to Illustrate the rtlatlTo value of weights and rmaHirt, and an an aid to coinprehenslvo II ustratloh cf many olhirltudli le uied botlito stimulate oliervalfon and Impress retention. The musla lesson progressed lrni tint of yesterday, and mm ad ot being aopbscure and difllcult silence, out of toe reach of common rmrlala, tnuslo ivtmed tobtliasyof aertss. It waa unnouueed that the citizen of rrovowoutd Under areceptlon at the Tabcraaclo to l'rolesaor and Mr. 1'ar. Ur for therntlro clssa teachers teach lng, turd leaihenitudliig. UID.VUDIV Kl-Mll. , The library wan crowdid lo tuflura. tlon again tlila eri-nln lo hear Colonel l'mkn' lecture on I he Child," IheColoiul If QTtryeaeand flu-lhed flu-lhed ej enkef, reminding ooe. hut for thu dlOVienco lu theme, of Charlra i.lll.. Iliu tuhject of having tho atcno-graihla atcno-graihla legiorui ol Mr. i'aiker'i Jeo-turte Jeo-turte putllduil In pimrhltt form u lot 1 before tho etudent-, and docldid ulllrmjllvely. lhe follovi log l an eitenalTu vnti-tl vnti-tl oflholtclure: Kellovr Teucherr Tho unrtalUnl ledbllttlea of dovidui ment lu the i blld la a thoum rir our lurnot con. Idtrntlon, auil that devoloiutut vo on to the nest generation. The whole nutation 1Kb In theidunltonot the llttlo chlld,and thrrelenowork too good, no thounht too Ktt't, no dmlre tj dtep, liui'iiJ. mors too nuhle lo U concentrated lu tnUoun grand til rt. It means better In mm, higher morale, uuMtr aiplralloni, tlio I ve of Uud uui the itrittlmtlDti of our Itvi utillc. The llttlo child lire tradled In Its molhir'anrms; Itsllfeudnauiof bliss, null lis mviit, tti. tun Its toj,ll eurroundlngsn (lgn and ej mtol of the unlTene. My life lise teen rnit among little children, r.nd I think I hare learned lo riad them a little. I ssy that the child Is n born eavsge, " not ho stirtled hy Iho aiserllnn, lur wtivu wo hao tecomo belter acijuslnt i"l with our ancistors wo will retjct them more. Much of jur mental streiiglliaud vigor, the .j Irltual fervor, aswellaaliyaicaiauirlorlly, we lu-hertud lu-hertud from a savage aucvt try, llavojoueTir known a little boy who did not wish to dlgncavoaud live In It? Whodld uotlakeuulwund. eu eathfactlou In making hlinstlf ro fltlrut with the lw and arrow, and ilearlr hold lu his hi art an IJealot tatsgo set luslon and lndrvudi net? I remember one boy whu dug a cave In an islaudaud (litre defended hlnisvlf tkeluit all Intruders though there were num. He fortified his lalsud uud built a fort at the most lXoeed olnl, determined no vtshel ihouU us up or down without heating from him an I his tin gun, Tho fact wa ,no Iwat toulj pets becnuio Uio water waa Uo shallow. Hut tin re I e fought Imogfii. ary battles, revelling lu the expression of hlsiava,ulntlucti. llowttilulreii Uellglitli) "Itihluton Crusoo'Mucsupe of Its savagery. The I roper Jy comtltuluj child lives a nijthltal life. Just ns soon as It he. gin to get a llttlo llghW. leglnsto ueateaudieoplea world of Its owu, a world In which 11 Is Iho ienlr.il figure, living, moving uud having an exalted being, Can jou not romembi r when with a few broken bite of Isle and two ihlngli. under n tree you el t house, rrtelvrd and tntertalutd visitors, itellghicd with yourthadowy guel? Theuthtru are the mottur's toilit, told to tho hnpiy chill a It cl.es Ita ei In slumUrj and some lisve forbidden ibis, aud tell you II a chill could hot butk He Unds of iiallty he would lie a brute, Hut ho breaks there bonds, loola be) end, and ho lees n future llfnaud a uorld cuttldoof his If. tut lurroundlugs, rhero are Huso who forbid fairy una lo children, tujlug, tell u uhllJ only the truth. Of nil such I vould atk the question. "What Is trull ?" 1 on loucy the halo of glory arounii the hind of Iho Lover of mu. klud when J'llale asked lllm, Wlint Is Jtuth? Our good old I'urllanfalhtra Ins sled nn truth, but falltd tiisrunid uudersland the truth In rku Imaglnu- lion, with Ita lni Irlng, liumanltlng, besulllylngeflecis In crude humanity. The oil ge etaplier l'eter I'arley, re. Iiulng bia'iilfullrullitiiroiigli Imsgln. allvu eym'jvls, gave us a timil itinl. leil II 1th a country called Ilthhii la In the centre of Africa, I uamed to "bound It." Thtre I no such country, lie nave the chlldirn al solute filse hood clothod In tho c astlc dr ery of knowledge with the forgol seal of truth burned into her brow. Have )ou ever contemi tiled tho sweet truths hllden In the arables which He gave tu llioM not strong enough (o lxnr naked truth? In the holy sympathies, the oxctant. Ilelng I miulry wakened lor tho smallest of (liid'screatuuahytlio fairy tn'iit'ddtbn little child? They help us ti learn of lhoexiulslte urose In Iho moil ml nuteolU d's i nations, to lialouoth. lug, tolovit all things. Hie earth corfrcntid aivage man nndsaldi "What am I?" And man replied. "Thou art Uodl" Hut the stara confronleil film with the same question! "What aro we" And lie said, "riurely thou art OoJ," and wor. shli). Hut the sun Willi power and glory asked the question once aaln, aul lie saldi "I lieu art did," but through his cousclouinis thtro slolo the thought of a ower beyond all this, and his soul retched out through boundless ej ace, to commune with Ine InDnlte. I.lttlu children worship eterythlcg. The stars aro nail holes in tho lloor of heaven. Ihe jrrauieur of naturo stirs the divinity wllbln tho child which his louguv cannot express. The myth leal Is to him the teglnnlngof religion. Why a4Ve wo become n rsco bound to the sordid and soul slaying realities of life? It dots not miller what our lips utter, our faces sptal, the Irltual dialh, killed wLcn the mythical was destroyed In the child ll'o. Thlssamo condtmiiid faculty Is the beginning of acleuce; It gives uslhe treasures of the agca. f he crystal Irsg menlaof wisdom left In Islands of tho sea and Uon continents coran to us tills way. (Jerruany hat Ha fullt lore that every child kuows. riiouhllll a born naturalist. He loves llowers. In liotlon once, up n dark and dirty slnet. Isawn ntglectiil ohlU, on an equally nrgltcted UoorsteK tut upon that begrimed face whs a ulvlnn smile, Curious toknow what had stirred thu divinity wllhln In llttlo soul, I up- Lroachtd, and found that It held lu Ita and n clover blossom. That smile Is sometimes seen on tho fare of old men who have led umi lll.li, childlike litis, l.very child has a love fur nature un leia some teacher kills Hint, 1 know a very ordinary luy, nn a little rocky farm, who ursuedthu study of geo Eraihywitliburnlu lesl, and never new that he was hamlng anything, l.very swamp, hill, slope, stone, brook, he explortd and knew, llu studied botany, No tree, nor plant nor flower but he knew Its tlmu of opening, Ha habits of I af and bud, thu situation It loved best; and wheu tlut boy bitame a man, hv taught acbool for taenty riars beforu he know that the Ntw lamlilre form had bien a tutor In these scienter, so far as the theory of books wandered from uature. He studied bugs, and knew those tint slurried away wheu he lifted a stone, those thut llew and thtse that iret, aud thoiethat wire good for fish tall, lloknuwalso thu patrldgea and wood chucks. Out of many a hole that his dog rim has dug he lias dragged the wiodthilikwllh a ha) lioe. Ho studleil ihyslcs. llo could tell what the wealhcrwoulJ be by n-ture's tiaromiters. No inusto was ever swietor lhaiilhoititrof ratu on the attlo rafters two leet abovo his htsd that ho hlnuelf had i rudlcled. It meant no work and a loug Uy llb log, for II It rained, of touite, ho ooull not work out doors. All this road of natural studies ended end-ed In thu little tross roud school houss, wherewith hall a all of froiru dliiuor heiat rrlsoiur among his fellow suf furtrs. Ir Hint tiachtr had aald tome: "You have bien slu lylug on the farm what some klud person has hero put lu books, jours Is tlio true iducatlon, come let us si e how mar thieoboolc are right, If tbey have morn or less than wn have alrealy learned," It would have ruveloj ed Hut old farm In a blare of n'o'y ud uude that loj housu tho nnleoliaiubur to beaven. IhosUrvel faculties sui rupresied nctlvlllyi sought exresslon In draw. I in', h.rvhlcli thu cnlld hud a docldid talent. Juit as he nas utllng the llnlslilug louohin to nllfeliku portrait ot the teathi r, tho lenthir drew somt II. log ile. Whatk) wli.,o.l and the bovurew no more. 1 tell you that us a trlim, a sin, lu crushing out with cruel I lows, aud bitter hatu u Uod-glveti taknt Hut IKilnteil only to the guod and true, through tho brutal Ignoranco of u man tailing hluiielt a school Itaclier. Oh! the uuduvtloped tutrgy aud uppor tuult) I attlliig against sin aud sluklug, dying hentatti the ellort. A ty looked out upon a u orchsrd that Isylna deatli'llkn sltsp beneath me wtutrr'HSuow, Ho knew that the re humotloti would omii,mid vxulttd In hlsllltlo heart lu thokuowledge. All iiHturesriaksof Hie reeurrecllou. Ouu day bo saw the tree bark shining with theglad blood that mounted up be neain It. He watched thu awdllug Luus,andsaw the first ale tiut of the green Itaves. Thu final glory of Iheirlunkaof pink and while bloom, lilted with delitaio frugrance, stemod to his unsullied soul like tho voice of Uod sj caking lu ii new creation. He was so grattful to God for doing It Hi it ho got u shell nf piper and tried to ut his emotions Into words. With tyia glowing ui thicks nllame, he look this story of hla soul not very well written to the huiuekeeier, (for he haa no mother) and luoked up Into her eyes for a smile of approvul and response. Hhe was a good woman, hiitsbe raldt "It I could not write lielter than that I Would not write at all." That Is Hie way that wu crush the dlrluuoul of children, aud altorward when they go wrong we tall It total de ravlty. 1 li.ll' you it Is total ueg. loct. Can wo save that nd hoys? Vis, If )ou have nluety nluo guinl oiien tiny must bu uaid tu ito the ouu I nd. Oh, there are lu our schools toisy, und homo In daya n-t, Hail ors Willi great souhl Tiny may nevtr havo money or fume, I ut they are loving, earmsl, splmdld ttachrre, ml login Hie grand work of saving this one bad hoy, an I l.nlluTinc, In Id-h Id-h liutlun, and lii'ilMtlou comes to overjuie who Hies to hb-wi and save, -ludy wajsaulniiBiie after 3 uu have studied the ptculiaritlos of tho child, and If nothing the will save him love will save him. liove If he can feel It, an! a terrible criina has Lteu cota milted It a chll I has been so calloustd h) hstrKlanllll-ussge tint his heart nn lunger rispouds to liudermis. The clenched list, the bent brow and sit .i, with eyra glaring hate tlmt wu soinitlniissioluciths.uru not lotnlde I lastly, I ut tho si Hied t mvlrllou that Ins s eel a hate hlia-au 1 lu return he hate all mankind, l A boy was thrown Into a school- t HHHHnHB room and lot I to gtt knowledge,wllh a hrulillly and a sneer that wern bias bemy against alt Dial makes the dig ulty if manhood vhen properly ill ricted. The conviction was In his aoul that nobody cared for him. He rat sullm aud lowering In a corner, a secured Ishmnel, caged hut defiant. He tin J a teathor, not a allor. Hhe delumlnid to vo him. Hhe studied him, anJ lenrnel tint ho loved birds, Ho knew every little feathered songster, tliolr time of ueillng, their favorite haunt, thir nulia were n fatulllnr song, and she found Ihogsleaay where love entered hit soul. Htie called all tho other chll Inn around her, and got them to tell her all they knew shout birds. Tho sullen scowl rd ixt I. Was this Viout birds, kuowledgt7 Ho grew est-er, for ho knew innru than they, "t'ouu, John," ald the leather, "loll us what you know about blrls." llu found s'ini-alhy, comiaulonsblp, hie hurt dilated, ho felt himself n man, he wai saved, Uoihless such teachers. Ills the whol i oud of nil religion; vo tho hundredth and you havo saved tho world. In the flpy-lhreo rears of my Illo tho world has wondtrlully changed. There aro bstter times coming for all humault); bjt do hot forget, while scaled in this beiutHulroora,stirrouud i-d hy all tho tiles. lujs that aro yours, that them am millions living still Hi loalh-omo cellars, dclnrreJ from all Ihatniskratifu a hlesslng, Them aro millions still unborn doomed ton Ilka falc. If It Is ever bettered It will bo through the discovery nn I proper application ap-plication of enorgles and forcis, Tho world Islwund together by Iron l-auds and Intelligence s ctds,ond It Is on the wings of llghtiilng, and rogreis should I e ciiually rapid, llieru nre, tint hers who nver that theru 1 uo moral phasu lu thoo thnestudlis with which children nro lilhored reallng, writing, 'rlthmo tic. I li-llynua ttilld may read himself him-self to damnation, cipher himself to Canada, a rerugeo from his country, mid nrltu the relief h!aowndoom,uu less lu all Huso studies he stt-e thu thoughts ot God t xproiied on tho universe. uni-verse. They are worse than nothing unless Intrlusltally good, l.very child begins the studies of tho tlom-e; It Is for the tiacher tocoiitlnuo It In tho same lines that Uod points out. The child Is a horn nstiitillit. There Is not one slop of that but la Intrinsically Intrinsi-cally moral, nod It Is the finger of Uod pointing the way to true education, educa-tion, l.very child Is a born worker. I see you differ from me. ou aro thinking of the rhlld of six or seven yiars,wliose mother lias waited ou hi in until tin atiiksdowu.educated Into I ill. lies. Why will mothers make slaves of Ibcmatlte to Iheir own injury and the ruin of tho child? Just watch a lany. How eager to touch, taite, liar; how much they leiru. Thluk of knrolng a bingiiage luoueyear. Hundreds ol words le quiring IWo or six dlttrrent positions of the iTocal organs. Wu who are twen. t)-two would consider it a terrible tstk, Thautt Uod no leather hss dlocovired ft system for truchlnc bahlis to talk. Bio bow hard they work while horning to walk; how lilpy when they csnquer. Itavetou a fa nlly Sind pllt? It Ii InJIiix u.iU-j lr h well regulated home. All day these Utile uiu swill build and dig an I work. Iwoullrot klvoa llg for the boy or girl who never made mud pies. Their active luc-rglea aro trying cut for an o iiortunlty to work out their satva tlon, while ttachers and inothirs ate oouUnuilly telliiiKthimto "h.Id illli wbllu wo pourainu thing Into you," The curse ot the llasl and mldd'o Wert Is laxloe,and the rovalllug aln, wanting to get something lor nothing. Look ut tho ihlldreu of wealth am ld!mur tbey have defied (J id's law of hlior and mere Is n illilug for Ihrni but drnlh. War has saved man) a coblimmn's sou; It mu fashionable, aul gavu exenrsu to xrlrhlngfarul-t xrlrhlngfarul-t w. from the forge and j low, the IklJ aud workihop, have tome the heroes who have ruled the world. Our l'ie. drills, railroad kings, bsnlets, would all teli you Hint from the actio Is of hard manual tralnlnglhiy have brought the aieru eiidurimi, tho brain nnd brawn with which they havo achieved Tho farmer mike a lulstako who iy "My twy shall not work as I have dout,"and sends him toe -luge. II he gtlsthveducallotilio works, If not he Is a lost soul. There aro those who point lolhefaotthat Iho graduali of our .Sow l.nglaud schools In lornur dajavreiomere glsnta, and think Iho homo life that dltlYrr, andthonthletlo imts Introduced uauuot supply the I lace. 1 1 hail that every child shall Ik, trained to work with It bands. I iileml that every school house atmllhave lleworkehopnllached, aud Its garden alao. Mualohas nmiTeloui ower toedu .tn thu hum-in lelng, yet some trusteiacoutlderlt lion-eslemlal, .No victorious army was evir led onto victory without II; no pilgrim uvtr found through frosts ami llamts ol martyrdom a .Ion unless led by the songs of Ion. When we who fought for the dear old lla.- felt all our bravi rj aud lalrlollimhadooied out through utter human wearluew, and wu were looking for some fence to lildo ulilnd, or wagon lo raw Into, some 1 rave soul began sln-ilug "Mine eyea havu seen thu glorj ol thu coralug of the Lord," and as vnlcn after voice caught It up hiiI It su tiled and rolled a very Utile ntilheru, hy the forte of Its lu.i Irutlon wenisrrhnd ou to victory, vic-tory, luatlalhacmotntmu-dc. My fellow lev her, I see a vision of a lime when Ihire will bu nu vloleuoe, no hloo lsbed,no luttmpiraucc, no slu; oarlh shall lHioiuoaalitehoine, and a llllle child shall load you. Do mil nirit them with tho spirit of hato nnd Mltlahueas. lul load them to a higher splrltunl life, hy developing their i Irltual power. When Hie Havl ir.biarlng thu agony of a world of sin, aikeii His dlcl le Hlmon, "I.ovrst thou Mi"" and ho answen.il, "Vol Lord," Ills reply was "lben feel My simp." 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