Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-04-25

vidnal 70 repentance and confession. Soon |
as they rose from their knees, be who had |
done the wrong acknowledged it, and ask |
ed forgiveness OF all concerned
On the subiec. Of amusements. Mr.. w.
said. he had known ayoung man of sober
habits. and Of correct religious principles,
who in reading nopels had learned to talk !
about honor. dirks and pistols, and all that |
sort of thing; and, next to seeing a SON
under gibbet, would be seeing that son
night after night frequenting the theatre.
Yet there are harmless amusemenls. and
as the mind sometimes requires relaxation,
these are to be sought by mothers for their
children. People may be amused without
being corrupted. 49, :,
Mothers should be particularly watch
ful over their maternal hearts. which are
likely often to lead them to misjudge and
10 do-wrong. How the tender affections
futter around darling child, and approve
|even his follies. Little deyiations from
the path Of rectitmde are often thought to
be smart Alasl the mother looks and
dotes; the child sins, and she dotes still
In the Pilgrims Progress" when Chris
tian got out Of the way, he always met
with trouble ia good lesson for mothers.
When your child does right, let his walk
be pleasant ul let him find no quarter
on forbidden ground; there is the castle
Of giant Despair.
In view of the almost omnipotent infu-
ence Of maternal example, Mr.. w. exhort-
ed every mother present TO show forth in
/ her life and conversation vital christianity
irving and m0riRg, that her children, in
seeing her good works. may giorify her
Father in heaven. While her presence,
as a mother, is cheering 10 her chilli as
the healihfu! breezes of spring, let her
presence, as q christian, be frsught with
life immortal-with strength and vigor to
the soul. ...
Mothers, who are suitably affected with
their relationship TO their offspring and 10
God, will gladly avail themselves o. col
lateral helps furnished in DIVINE Provi-
Idence, to assist in their work-schoos,
books, ind the counsel and Corporation of
others. Maternal associations, IN this re-
spect, are very useful. The members de-
rive lessons Of experience from eac b 9TH
err; and as mothers know a mothers hea Il,
they rningle their prayers, and sympatbiSs,
and efforts together. And what sight on
! earth Is more pleasant than a band OF
mothers united together in mutually aid
; ing each other to fit their respective of.
spring for usefulness and for heaven
In porraying the eoassgEenees Of mater
nal influence abused, Mr.. w. described
the disorders Of a nursery where an un-
faithful mother presides ;--sel6shness, I'M
subdped passions. ignorance, confusion
every thing at skies and seyens, and the
young mind in its luxuriance shooting out
into all the wild extravagance of vain and
unsubdued imsginations. Such are the
scenes preparatory to apprenticeship for
business, or for the halls Of science No
|, wonder that pupils thus trained should be
Troublesome TO their employers or to their
teachers. Self-willed, they refuse TO sub.
: NIT to proper authority, and endeayor to
: excite uneasiness and rebellion among
their associates--restless spirits reeking
from the nursery-the degenerate plants
. Of q strange vine. bringing forth grapes Of
Sodom and clusters Of Gomorrah.
In the rising family of the succeeding
! generation, yea TO the third and fourth gen
E Grafton, the principles imbibed from thai
! iniquitous parent continue 10 unfold them
!. selves. Her children's children partici
!, pate in the spirit OF INSTRUMENTATION by he
Z inculcated-the spirit of mobocracy anc
I misrule. Swarming like the locusts of E
gypt they darken our whole land, ant
: create famine both of civil liberty and O
! personal security. .ser -. ....
! individuals, reared under bad mater
nalinauence, finley become christians an,
are truly converted, are far less useful AM
:, devoted than with different early cuItur,
they might have been. Even in the churcl
a. Of Christ there is the smell of blood still
,e the faint Of childhooda error. A long liz
II is required 10 unlearn the erroneous in
TO struetions Communicated in the nursery
But the prospect is comparatively SINAI
thai the victims of a deleterious maternS
n Influence will ever be converted. Tha
er influence generally extends on througI
n probation, a railroad terminating in bel
ID where the mother and her ruined chill
y, meet together 10 reap the harvest Of ma
ternal folly. sa=T ssh a.. .rs.
The fruits Of maternal influence. we
directed, said Mr.. W., are peace in the nul
% Isery, improvenelt in the nursery. and Of
r. ten piety in the nursery. 1.-THE cbildre
Of: faithful mothels are not converted il
er early lie, God is true to his promise, an
10 will remember his covenant, perhaps a
q. ter those mothers sleep with the generl
n tons Of their ancestors. Several veal
er since, Mr.. w. slated that be was in III
" alms-house in Philadelphia, and was a
mt tracied 10 the bed Of a sick man, whom b
Ior iound TO be happy Christian. having en-
pr braced the Gospel slnce be was brought,