Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-07-03

spectahilAy while friend of moral pu- 4
.1ity was urging. upon her consideration
the duty Of parents, to apprise their chli- +
-drens of the danger of being drawn into |
the vortex of RIGHTEOUSNESS, whose. Elusive
circles were playing about them, she
exulted. in her lovely daughters entire
Ignorance Of the subject--and affirmed,
that she was. all that a doing mother could
wish her to be. although she had never
given her one word OF caution against
that evil Poor WomanL I, little did, she +
think, that in a few. weeks. her heart was
Ito be shiyered by the intelligence, that /
her idol daug hter was long since polluted
/ byheaven- provoking incest--yet such was
1.-The astounding act.that soon rang. upon
the public ear.1s Whether your children /
3shall be instructed on the subiect,sis not I
/ the question for yeuto5decide. That is T
settled already. The only one for3yoss
/ to determine IS who shall be theirteachef
their best friend or their worst enemy2J
| For parental silence will be the devils
/ license. He will be sure to supply your
Hack OF service--and if the business is
left wholly to his, management, he will !
doubtless do tito his own liking. There
fore i. you will allow. yoursdear offspring !
! to beseducated In his school, you mustnot |
think it strange if you are required to pay
their tuition in his own coin tears, and
sSailings. and broken hearts. -
Mrs. p. : Pray you the Lord that none
OF these things befa1l me'-but are you
sure that it is, not safe to leave our chill
4 dren to the dictates of that inherent virtu-
s}ous sensibility, which repels the frst,ap-
4 proach of temptation 2 81 %es.ss
! s&s MISC. Permit me to remind you,
q dear sister. that this untutored 'sensibility,
8 VIRTUES inthe crushing folds offthe SCRIP
ent tust-and would you leaveit, unaided,
to sustain the eyentful contest? Would
|. you abandon tender lamb to the mercy
of voracious wolfe If the bold reform
er was constrained to hasten to the sup
port of his youthful friend. lest old Satan
should prove too strong for young Mel
J Eancthon, will you not fly to the rescue of
Young sensibihty, in the deadly conflict
! with her veteran foe2 You seem. not to
4 have sufficiently studied the character of
: fallen human nature. You trust too
! FEnuch In its fancied integrity. Have you
: overlooked, or forgotten the Savior's
graphic description of It's turpitude?-
t.O1t7of the hear, said hes proceed evil
! Thoughts. murders. adulteries, forniea-
J tons, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. =
:. Here YOU. see that the heart contains the
! seeds of this 1oathsome sin, as well as
!, tevery other, and is itseffsa hot bed TO ex-
! Icite and accelerate their vegetation while
II
! isseyer ready to rear the poisoning
! Iplanls to saleful maturity. Can we rely
e on an inherent svirtuous sensibility' to
: cure all the moral maladies of the soul
> Is there no need of extraneous remedies
]. lin any case whatsoever? If in anysoth
? ef, why not in this ?s1sIs it not of as long
J, standing, as.deep rooted. and stubborn p
j Are not its symptoms as alarming? Is
! not its progress as rapid2 Are not it
a lrayages as fearful2 Search the histor,
70 1of cur race. and see if they have no
a been as much addicted to this, as any, 9th
q fersin. IN every age. every nation, ever,
y feline, every rank, every conditlon-fron
s. the sceptered monarch, to the clingin;
pc lvassal-fro the pampered lord to tn
he furnishing .mendieant-from the poiishe
ne scholar. TO the rude ,barbarian--in -th
Sc bustling city and The retired hamlet
n the splendid mansion and the rustic cat
We lin. What caused fire from heaven to- dt
e "a scend upon Sodoln and GonloFrah' IAN
ssoi streams of burning brimstonst to score
PIE their lovely plains2 What sin has don
70 fnostssto sap the foundation of empire
Y 1 and PROSTATE the walls of .cities2. VII
m has most corrupted and debased mankin
, % in every period of the. world? VIII
eoo' furnished for the report of the city of P
eel iris in 1901. nearly 5000 liegitima
nee births, and in 1903, .moresthan 4 ,ol
] e'n- protectedprostiiutes, l552kept-mistresst
lgn and sos licensed public brothels2 VIII
IN IN in our own METROPOLIS, has placed 10 o.
our females on the roll of mfanyf and sent
lse' equal number every five years, from til,
] 4 miserable paHetof straw, to an nntine
re- and an unattended grave. What has {
our lstroyed The peace Of thousands of hap
Iole families. and brou CHI. grey headed fatht
yer fand mothers, : with sorrow down to
ely ldust9 What has clothed the church
I Il Christ with. sackcloth, and wrapped
and shades OF everlasting disgrace, many W
/, of had been invested with sacerdotal robe
get anticipate your answer. Let me "a
With YOU. then, is this the .impetuous stream
ter moral corruption, breaking from the dc
J to fountains Of nature, which is to be ST
less IN its desolating course. without one a
1ery fetal barrier 2 That you may see the
j to suit Of ileavingsthe1 restraint OF hbidnt
the passions, and the resistance of outw
1 to TEMPTATIONS, wholly to native virtue
also will give you.an extract from a recent