Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-06-21

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lege of my reader to bo born of such pa--
rents, and educated under the Instructions
which they felt it their duty to commHni-
cate, the obligations which bind you to d
corresponding life, are proportionabIe to
the blessings yon have enjoyed. You
never can rid yourself Of such obligations.
The restraints which this early tuselage
may have imposed, you can throw off,
The ligatures which parentals tenderness
and anxiety bound around you, may be
sundered but the responsibilities that
come from this early education, will ABIDE
upon your soul forever, III, as the scenes
of life open upon you, and the pleasures Of
sin steal away your thoughts and affections !;
if YOU take those steps that conduct to
death, and turn into that broad road which
leads to destruction, the memory Of past
privileges will give a pungency ~ the
stings of conscience, and make your guilty
career replete with tenfold crimina1ity and
misery. In your case the danger is, that
there. will be a gradual relaxation Of that
strict unbending rule of conduct which has
been enjoined upon you. You may feel
I uneasy under the restraint, and even be
compelled to hear the taunts OF those who,
having never felt the same force of obliga-
ton, are disposed to ridicule all who have.
\ You are aware~how strong, in the young
mind, isthe principle of curiosity, and in
what exaggerated colors things are often
delinsated to the fancy which in reality
arc tame and ansatis4ying. This forcsof
Imagination, in reference to pleasure that
have not been enjoyed, and scenes which
have not been visited, is a powerful lever
in the hand of the temptsr. The young
wish to see and know for themselves.
Confident of their own power to resist
temptations, they venture upon the brink
and, alas they too often find that curiosi-
| ~ was the gateway to desire; that self
confdence.Was broken reed, inadequate
/ to their support.
| ' Vice is a monster Of such frightful meins
That 10 be hated needs hut TO he seen;
| But when too of, iamliar with its face, IA
! We first abhor, then piiy.then embrace"
They who are already travelling in this
fatal course, are anxious to secure compan-
ions whose concurrence in guilt may af-
ford countenance and support. 1T the
adago that " misery loves company" be
ever tr6e, tits empbaticallyso in the case
of those, who, having fallen under tempta-
ton, have parted with their virtue, and
who appear never so happy as when they
can blast the hopes Of apparent by beconn-
ing acccssagy to the rnino his. offspring.
From this immoral band i wafnyou off.
']Ifyou. feel them gaining upon your af(ec-
tons, or gradually sdrawil'g you astray by
their example, take determined stand.---
Plant your feet onsthis side oftheir sensua
domains, and die, rather than submit te
their vile Vaccinations. AS you value
your peace in this world, and as you desire
salvation beyond the tonll1 beseech yot
to proclaim eternal warfare with tlIeir prin.
ciples and their habits. - Considerations
for Young Men,
~FLOWERg.-From the chapter on
Flowers by the author ofs' Rank and Tai
ent," inserted in The Amulet, is extracted
with much pleasure, abeahtiful as well as
an accurate view Of the intentions Of Prov
1 idence, in scattering over the earth those
varied symbols his'benevolence: 5" Flow
ers are for the young and fort the old for
the grave and for the gay :.for the living
and forthe dead, for all but the gully,
land for them when they are penitent.-
Flowers areSiti the volume of nature, what
the expression, !" God is love-" is in the
volume of.Revelation.# They tell man 81
Ithe paternal character Of the Deity. Ser
wants are fed, clothed and commanded
but children are instructed by sweetgen-
tleness; and to them is given by the good
parent, that which delights'as well as thai
which supports. For the servant. there ].
the gravity of appreciation, or the silence
Of satisfaction but foFthe children, there
is the sweet smile Of complacency, and the
Joyful look Of love. So, by the beauty
| which the Creator has dispersed and
spread abroad through creation. and BY the
capacity which he has given to man 70 en-
Joy and comprehend that beauty, he has
displayed, not merely the compassionate
ness of his mercy, but the generosity and
gracefllness Of his goodness. What Q
dreary and desolatc place would be world
without a dover! II would be as q face
without smile--a feast without welcome.
Flowers, by their sylph-like forms and
viewless fragrance, are the FIRST instructors
10 emancipate our thoughts from the gross
ness Of materialism they make rs think
of invisible beings; and by means Of 50
beautiful and graceful transition. our
thoughts of the invisible are thoughts ol