Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-04-18
vol. X, NO. 80.

moral po,Oer possessed BIZ mothers orsr HEIR
offspring corresponding duties in
frolred II. the. maternal Telation--Gnd ths
conse9uences'of maternal ihyaseace abused
or rightly dIrected. * - a. sls Fs,s ?!
In specifying the ELEMENTS ofthe NOR.
al influence of mothers. the following were
enumerated: ~aESsz So
Personal access to their efspring.-
Who does not know the superior adyan-
tages of direct appeal above other modes
of communication In conversation with
individuals, ministers of the gospel often
reach the conscience and the heart which
were impervious to public addresses from
the pulpit. By personal interviews men
may be brought to yield to our wishes af-
ter all other methods have faiied.--
The stupendous fabric OF Tract visitation
in the city Of New-York. is based upon
this principIe-See people, and talk aoith
them about their souls face to face. limo
1 department. Of human exercise is this per-
sonal access so pei feet. as in the case of
the mother with her child. r.. ID
Opportunity to impart EARLY instrue.
ton Seed sown in the spring time takes
root and produces an abundant harvest
When other incidents fade from the mem
DRY, earl y impressions remain. The ina
ages first portrayed upon the tablet of the
mind (all-suscepible as it isl can never be-
effaced. In delineating these durable
sketches the mother is the artist.
She has also opportunity 10 reiterafe the
lessons inculcated-" Line upon line, pre-
e cept upon precept." What fails to pro-
e duce the desired effect today, may be re-
d peated tomorrow. IF the work does not
D yield 10 the first stroke, the second and the
third, onward 10 the thousandth, may be
given. Who has facilities like mother
10 persevere in this work7 '.-.'
l A mother is in situation to watch the
progress OF improvement in her child. and
: to correct errors and mistakes. SAYS Cow.
e per
E ''There 10 a pleasure in poetic pains.
D The meaning of the poet is obvious TO ev-
q cry writer who loves TO hang over his OWN
), compositions-erasing a. word here and
y substituting another there--transposing
and polishing, until the finished essay
J. stands, in the writer's opinion, secure a.
j. gainst the shafts ef felIow-critics. beauti.
y ful monument of ingenuity and persever-
y 'ng labor. But the mind Of child is
v document to be read at the Judgment day
before an assembled universe, and the cor
y rections are committed to the mother
By their example, mothers may be a l;p.
g ing and constant illustration Of the princi-
g pies they inculcate. Being perpetually
Y with their children, their movements are
p famiiariZed, and all their actions noted
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read in after life. Example. It is said,
speaks louder than precept: where exam.
y pie and precept speak together, their elo-
quence is irresistible. The example of a
mother being associated with our earliest
impressions, is like the family picture
which hung in the nursery, and On which
our infant eyes gazed from day 10 dav,
year after year. Every hneament ard
sh"de is fresh before US whenexerthe mind
: reverts to the scenes of chiIdhood the I'm.
age is incorporated with our very nature.
In after life the example of an affectionate
~ mother comes over us, s-gzzf9. ?
Like the sweet south that breathes unor,
bank Of violets." - - sfg
. The mothers example is picture on
q which the child is always looking.
I Mothers hGre the respect, confidence,
. loce and euen generation of their pupiis.
f. What mother says or does is thought to
;. be right. If you differ from a child in
= your views of any subject, his concluding
argument in favor Of his own theory is,
mother Says so-and that be considers the
% end Of the controversy. She is looked
upon as the standard of rectilude and of
:, truth. Mother, cannot do wrong. Her
:, influence in this respect is unlimited.
IS The natural affection of mothers for
" their children qualities them to be faithful
n and persevering teachers. God himself
5 represents this TO be the s,rongestof earth
- ly attachments Can a mother forget
p her chiId!" The good will of heaven.
d to each successive rising generation of
: men, is transmitted. as one of its channels.
!, through the maternal relationship: Take
II this child and nurse it, says Jehovah TO,
:, the afectionate mother, land will give
:, thee thy wages" sweet reward which
!. she participates all along in the work of
g. educating her child. A pure fame warns
r. and animates her soul, while she trains
the young plsnt-ber cbiId-her darling.
Ito intelligence and virtue. To consid.A
= cradle extent these emotions are mutual,
y and the child reciproca!es the affection of
7, his mother. A we'll ordered nursery Is
s Truly a school of love. God meant II I
II should be so. TO be without natural az. !
lection is monstrouS. = e.~z.@s-~gz r
l. In addition to the advantages already5
3 enumerated, God has delegated 10 the :
) mother divine right to command obed;- =
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