Franklin Square Song Collection Volume 1.cAnonymous
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Author: Anonymous
Page Count: 50 pages
Published Date: 13 Sep 2013
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781230004549
File size: 24 Mb
Download Link: Franklin Square Song Collection Volume 1
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ...Moral Training.--The power of moral training is well-nigh omnipotent. A child in the hands of the teacher is almost as clay in the hands of the potter. To train up the child "in the way he should go" is the way to reform society, to redeem mankind. One of the most conspicuous examples ever known of the power of this moral education in redeeming and elevating criminals was at the Rauhen Haus, near Hamburg. This is the largest commercial city of Germany, and its population is extremely crowded. Though it is highly distinguished for its benevolent institutions, and for the hospitality and integrity of its citizens, yet the very circumstances in which it is placed produce, among the lowest class of its population, habits of degradation and beastliness of which we have but few examples on this side of the Atlantic. The children, therefore, received into this institution are often of the very worst and most hopeless character. Not only are their minds most thoroughly depraved, but their very senses and bodily organizations seem to partake in the viciousness and degradation of their hearts. An ordinary man might suppose that the task of restoring such poor creatures to decency and good morals was entirely hopeless. Not so with the superintendent, Mr. Wichern. He took hold with the firm hope that the moral power of the Word of God is competent even to such a task. His means were prayer, the Bible, singing, affectionate conversation, severe punishment when unavoidable, and constant, steady employment in useful labor. The place was a prison when he took it. He threw down the high walls and took away the bolts and bars. He made the children love him, and he converted many into very estimable characters. Horace Mann says: " The wak...
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