Through Education Our Mother Receives Light

This poem proved that he valued education so much that may give the power of the
country to survive from any forces( barbaric actions, deceits, hostility, vices and etc.) in the
struggles of societal freedom . Through education, it creates the virtue of power to human race.
This gives security and peace to the motherland as the Filipinos would learn the sciences and
arts as the basis to calm down the life of the society. Where education reigns pacifies the
barbaric action of the nations .It may neutralized or ceased to exist on crimes and hostility
including vices and deceits because of the enlightenment of mankind.

The existence of prudent education provides the tranquility to a more dignified action just
the existence on the natural flow of life . Education shall give a perfect virtue of man that may
overthrow the power of evils and may step on heavenly path for its good action. Likewise,
education provides goodness to humanity it sheds light for those who created destruction even
from the hands of fiercest criminal. Furthermore, education may always survive even from the
worst storm, hatred of men, and raging waves as a consequence the motherland becomes
invincible to evil forces shall be tired and fall asleep in their raging emotions.

This poem of Rizal had never thought that was applied to him heroic struggles in his later
years of life. The struggle of human freedom was won because education provided the key role
for thousands of men honored him. His education provided him the noble virtue that someday
his country was free from the bondage of foreign oppressor. In contemporary time, education
proves to be key role to produce of noble man that shades light for his family and country.
 THROUGH EDUCATION OUR
MOTHERLAND RECEIVES LIGHT
The vital breath of prudent Education
Instills a virtue of enchanting power;
She lifts the motherland to highest station
And endless dazzling glories on her shower.
And as the zephyr's gentle exhalation
Revives the matrix of the fragrant flower,
So education multiplies her gifts of grace;
With prudent hand imparts them to the
human race.
For her a mortal-man will gladly part
With all he has; will give his calm repose;
For her are born all science and all art,
That brows of men with laurel fair enclose.
As from the towering mountain's lofty heart
The purest current of the streamlet flows,
So education without stint or measure gives
Security and peace to lands in which she
lives.
Where Education reigns on lofty seat
Youth blossoms forth with vigor and agility;
He error subjugates with solid feet,
And is exalted by conceptions of nobility.
She breaks the neck of vice and its deceit;
Black crime turns pale at Her hostility;
The barbarous nations She knows how to
tame,
From savages creates heroic fame.
And as the spring doth sustenance bestow
On all the plants, on bushes in the mead,
Its placid plenty goes to overflow
And endlessly with lavish love to feed
The banks by which it wanders, gliding
slow,
Supplying beauteous nature's every need;
So he who prudent Education doth procure
The towering heights of honor will secure.
From out his lips the water, crystal pure,
Of perfect virtue shall not cease to go.
With careful doctrines of his faith made
sure,
The powers of evil he will overthrow,
Like foaming waves that never long endure,
But perish on the shore at every blow;
And from his good example other men shall
learn
Their upward steps toward the heavenly
paths to turn.
Within the breast of wretched humankind
She lights the living flame of goodness
bright;
The hands of fiercest criminal doth bind;
And in those breasts will surely pour delight
Which seek her mystic benefits to find,
Those souls She sets aflame with love of
right.
It is a noble fully-rounded Education
That gives to life its surest consolation.
And as the mighty rock aloft may tower
Above the center of the stormy deep
In scorn of storm, or fierce Sou'wester's
power,
Or fury of the waves that raging seep,
Until, their first mad hatred spent, they
cower,
And, tired at last, subside and fall asleep, --
So he that takes wise Education by the
hand,
Invincible shall guide the reigns of
motherland.
On sapphires shall his service be engraved,
A thousand honors to him by his land be
granted:
For in their bosoms will his noble sons have
saved
Luxuriant flowers his virtue had
transplanted:
And by the love of goodness ever lived,
The lords and governors will see implanted
To endless days, the Christian Education,
Within their noble, faith-enrapture nation.
And as in early morning we behold
The ruby sun pour forth resplendent rays;
And lovely dawn her scarlet and her gold,
Her brilliant colors all about her sprays;
So skillful noble Teaching doth unfold
To living minds the joy of virtuous ways.
She offers our dear motherland the light
That leads us to immortal glory's height.