Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-23

.,-,,,,pd b;s children and his household
.is- him to do Justice aud Judgment"
Abraham, one OF the greatest ana oest
# thr race of Adam, was, peradVehtare'
q all men the most careful 10 lrain up
n, children in the way they should go
,s.n,s uacgualied care IN that respect,
vas the means of entailing distinguish
IN, bic, sings upon his posterity. Yet,
MI several ages aud centuries alter A
,,,kam's day, nothing which We cali
i.,rulnr had rxlS'ence IN the world
Tber. were no writer's nor readers-BOt
eren the lattsrs o, the alphabet we're
known 10y any body living.
What has beet SAID above IS by no
means meant to depreciate learning, "hlch
!, 10 be regarded as one ct the choicest
cf human Oiessings-tar more to be 'aiu-
ed Dam treasures OF gold and silver
Indeed, we eau hardly be sufficiently
thankful tha, we live IN IN age 80 ic'
exceeding all former times 10 the iacin';
of the means of imparrng lea Mug TO Tie
rising geuer sion, auu lrr Jealous co-"feI
rations to diifase it among AL oiase' OF
society. A happy prospect vii thi' open
provided the means be dmecteo 10 une
right end. Otherwise, giving cniIu'e {"
learning, makes them wise but 10 DO eSll
for the iucrease Of faculty effected BY
leaning, will be tu ned to good or Ill, 20
h,,eii, nr m.schief, according 20 the d.
rec;,on L receives in the early years oil
life.
Nav, as learning only supplies ability
The = eat thiug is, to tugn that ability 10
good accoua', to prevent It's running mo
nj chief, aud To lncIiae it towards things
nat are excellent. F'r what though one
tad al tde Learning of the schools 80
much worse would II have been tor HIM
self AID society, If hts incl nation led him
~ make a viie use Of IL Though maa
ave acknowledge, Il ne have MOI sound,
mural p-,nciple wIhal, he is the moe
dangerous and pe>ti!ent, in Pr"po, uon
O. ms superior advantages aud facilities.
Ese'y days experience gives prot OF
-. ihe trater iiy Of Irrgers, swiad-
.ers, and CT at, 50 ~ OerOus aud torrui-
dl5l2 at he present Instant, CONSISTS
ior The most part, cf meU At good
edu,lIOn, a. lar ~ msre ie-rnlng Is
t. BE- resa DID. nE THAT they hayemOre
than al eqgal share. But their early
moral education having been neglected.
tncrr Earning is i cuyse to themselves
and all out them. Who wOHld not
Chore MS son should rather never lean
TO write, than be tempted anu led BY
Ts7ns 0f his adrOItnes> IN pennanship
80 he commission OF feIoaiOqs deeds
TIA vaulj Tx him 10 4" duraRce vile"
for ysars OF Co. LIE +? Aul VINO eau rea-
son by expect that The learning given
rs crildres will not be abused to their
owR ,hame anu to rhe shame Of their kin
bred, uR,e>S he takes al least as much
Fajus to shape Alright their moral frame,
es In schooling th0m.
M,ral education, without which there
i "Nthlug cf lite a are or Of science but
=, irble 10 be perverted TO the wcrst pur>
po.es, Is 20 be begun from the CRADLE
The 6sst step - to teach the inisnnle sub
jec' implicit obedience to parental autho-
iitv--and then, 90 rule with such mode
ra.icn and Swestne S. that II sbsll eRtire
" trus, AMI love toe hand thar guides It.
In this way the good imp' eSsi"ns made
upon the young mud, are likely to be
inde.ibie, and there is ground to hope
Ihat the moral and rel glouS Instructions
yoa iR>til, will siuk deep IN the heart
Nor IS il precept alone that viii suffice -
Tao ''preccpt upon PTecept be given
childr1n. and their memUries be stO,ed
never 50 well with moral and religious
l0re Of the purest kind, il viii be of little
ava except corresponding example be
daily presented before their eyes-
" l. IS we'll known TO the students in
Orui aol,sy, that the youRgha - OF sing,
igg buds listen to the OLD ours, anil care
tally learn their notes" And tbs pro-
pen,ity to imitation, is no less obvious in
children. Like those little birds, or ia
thes like little apes, they are prone TO mi
me whatever is done or SAID m their pre-
sencc, and especially the ways and man
Ders OF their parents and instructors. So
that the example set baIoie them by those
who have the care Of their education, to-
ge;her with that ct their vnuug eompa-
MEMS, has, OF all human means perhaps,
the greatest influence in forming and Tx
Ing their characters for lie.