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refore, dow attend to the goodly fabric of character which is (o b6 built up by this faculty, of which you have given him the ready hold. Vou have taught bim luftpeak to a distaDce, and to bear from a distance : now mufityou teach him what to say, and how to Judge what he hcarcth. That is, you must cultivate tbo«e priuciplca within his mind by vkhich trust and bimehty, ;ind woith of i^rcry kiiid, are to be dis- tinguished from falsehood and v-ortblesso^sa. All men have common functjo&ft to dUcharg8 tooaa another, even aa members of the same aoci^y. to obey the lawfr. to reverence the authoritiea. to be courteous to one annther. and humane to the lower creaturea. An members of a family they have still more important offices to dlKcbarge, to be dutiful and obedient cbitdren, aflecticjn:ite kins- men, failbrul $pou!iC«. tender and watchful parents. As joined to one another in the rclationBhipaof> life, they have otberdutios to discharge, of hone»t traders^ good and faithful servants, kind ma&tcrs, confidential friends, wise ^(ovemors, and good iubjeeis. Towards ourselref; vre have a bff^ dtiiy to dificharge, which lies at the root of all the others ; Damely, to separate the good from the evil withia cur own souls, to cherish the moat excellent and to foster the mwt knidly parts of our nature, to I h] ON EPUCATlOy. ' 817 a|^in«t cruelty aod malice, and to eitbdui^ onger and impatience, and to waicU over tlio in* ward and hidden man of the heart, out of whicb are the iH^ues of lifc< And towards God we have to fulfil Uie duties of responsible creatures; nay, more* of men tau^M from alntvc, of iiwu n.>cleeni- tMl trom ini<]uity by the blood of hb ouly-begoUen £on, and rv^ncratcd by the Holy Ghost m the 'image of Ood, Id nghteou&ness and true holtaess. Th««o are not parlicidars, but universale, pertain- ling to us as men, and not us craftenieQ, growing rMt of the root and stem of human nature, and ne- cenary to its welUbein{^, yea necei^^ary to its very bcin?:. And therefore if they h^ not taught in the fichool, which ia the nursery of the seedlings, %bere shall ihcy be taught! In the church! Tho church has enough to do with mcn» though it ahould not neglect children. In the hoit»e and family t If it were doiw there, I were content, and would concede the matter. But rest assured, thutifitwereaUctiiptod nt home, or in tho church, it would be found so imperloctly done that it would be insisted for in the school abo. And when it is ;-best done in any one place, I have found it beat' done in them all But I say.