Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-01

and cannot be viewed as pursuing a iudicious
course in training up the children which God
has given them.
Parents should cultivate spirit ofpatience.
BY this l mean g disposition to proceed in
their labors for the welfare of their children,
as assiduously in the midst of difficulties, as
when none oppose them, and as constantly
when unsuccessful, as when their efforts arc
crowned with favorable termination: that
the obliquity of children should not discom-
pose them, or cause them 10 think their labor
too difficult to be accomplished.
In order to exercise q proper degree of
paticncc,thc parent must contemplate before.
hand, the nature Of his duties, ard the diff.
culties in the way of their performance.
One must be possessed of no common
energy, to meet and overcome unexpected
difficulties, without being moved by them,
or showing impatience under them. But
most persons can encounter pcrpleXity and
care, when anticipated, and the miud is ncry-
cd to endure them. If difficulties occur
where none were anticipated, they often ap-
pear more formidable than they really are,
and by the perturbation they produce, VIC
are frequently embarrassed in the discharge
Of our appropriate duties.
Instruction" says DR.. Dwight, ':must be
communicated to children, with the most I'M
wcaried patience. Christ in this, and many
other respects, has left us a perfect example.
Although his disciples were dull Of hearing,
and slow Of heart to bchcre; although they
had many, and those often very unrcason-
able prejudices, his patience was never less
cncd. He taught them also without wearl-
ness, without frctfulncss, without reproachcs
and without intermission. At times, indeed,
he reprovcd them, and with some degree Of
severity; but always with tenderness and
good will. In this manner should parents
teach their children; should be patient with
their ignorance, their backwardncsS to re-
ccive instruction; their mistakes their for
gafulness; tho necessity Of teaching them
again, and again, and the doubts and diff.
cuIties they from time to time suggest. In
all these, parents should manifest not only
qlietness ofmind but cheerlllness,& willing
ness to repeat instructions. Impatience dis.
qualities parents and all who have the care
of children, for the faithful discharge ofduty.
Patience, on the other hand is an essential
requisite, and should be cultivated by every
parent, with great care"
In connexion with the exercise Of patience,
would urge parents TO be perseuering.
Patient perseverance is in no instance more
requisite, than in those, on whom it devokcs
To pour the fresh instruction DER the mind.
If children were possessed of holy hearts
If the evils Of ignorance only were to be
overcome; if they always inclined to do
right, when they once know what is right;
the work of instruction would be easy, and
there woull be little occasion to urge on pa
rents the claims Of perseverance. But it is
not so. Cilidren care conceived in sin and
shapcn in iniquity." AS soon as one fault
is corrected, others will require attention.
When one habit is formed, others also must
be cultivat ID. 1t will often require the ut
most perseverance, to cherish virtuous pro-
pcnsities, and eradicate those which arc evil.
Ifa parent enters on a judicious course OF
discipline, it should be prosecuted with un-
tiring constancy. If you attempt to correct
a fault, and then yield to the obstinacy Of
thc child, you will injurc him more than ii
no attempt is made to secure his rclorma.
ton. Efforts TO form necessary habit, II
abandoned, will do hurt, ratlor than good.
Every parent is under obligation both to his
children and himself, TO yield to no dlscour-
agcmen:, in training them up, in the nurture
and admonition Of the Lord. But if a de-
termination to pcrsevere is not formed and
steadily adhered to, the discouragements he
encounters will deter him from further efforts.
Do you require child to comply with
reasonable requisition -? then let nothing pre-
vcntyour being obcyed. This rule should be
maintained as we'll when the command is
trifing as when it is important. AS much
in little things as in great ones. liza child
is prohibited some indulgence, no importu-
nitv of his should induce you to revoke your
decision, unless you become satisfied that
your original determination was clearly
wrong. Ifyou were deceived, and formed
a wrong opinion, frankly acknowledge it.
This may justify change in your order.
RURAL ECONOMY.