...excluded from our schools, it being " the end of learning to repair the ruins of the fall, by teaching to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him and obey him;" that, therefore, the General Assembly reaffirms its approval, so often expressed in...

...considers the end of learning to consist " in the repairing the ruin of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love...grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection." If Plato had lived in the days of Milton, and under the same dispensation, he would have written thus....

...end of learning is to repair the rain of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and r- out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him,...which being united to the Heavenly grace of faith, make, up the highest perfection." — (Letter to Samuel Hartlil.) ) Locke says, " It is virtue, then,...

...Charron. The end of learning is, to know God, and out of that knowledge to love him, and to imitate him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue. Milton. CUSTOM, NOVELTY, AND OPINION. IT is the common custom of the world, to follow example rather...

...The end of learning is to repair th ruin of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, an out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be Ilk him, as wo may the nearest, by possessing our souls of tru virtue, which being united to the Heavenly...

...placed his strength, his glory and his pleasure in it." To the same effect is Lord Kames, who says. in his Hints on Education : '' It appears unaccountable...exalted authority : considerations, which have entirely escaped those, who so much depreciate the uses of Instruction in the improvement of society. But let...

...placed his strength, his glory and his pleasure in it." To the same effect is Lord Kames, who says, in his Hints on Education : " It appears unaccountable...exalted authority : considerations, which have entirely escaped those, who so much depreciate the uses of Instruction in the improvement of society.' Mr. Gushing...

...little attention to the heart. From Aristotle down to Locke, books without number have been cojnpiled for cultivating and improving the understanding, few...of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to he like him, ns we may the nearest, by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to...

...Milton's words are these—"The end of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright; and out of that knowledge to love...grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection." Locke says—"It is virtue then—direct virtue, which is the head and valuable part to be aimed at...

...them to dispose of. The end then of learning is to repair the ruius of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love...heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection. But because our understanding cannot in this body found itself but on sensible things, nor arrive so...