Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-07-17
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the most heaven daring. Then, in the
hour of iemptation. they will fly the snare,
with goseph's ever memorable exclama-
ton on their lips. "hOsO can DO tkis great
sciekednsss, and SIN against God On
the faithful discharge OF this duty may de-
pend the peace of your old age. Of let
not It's neglect bring down your grey
hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Mrs p. You must be right, dear sister,
you must be right I see my error. |
feel il too. 4 have been wrong all my
life. thank you for your labor of love. !
| shall henceforth regard you as my ben
efactress | have much to unsay, and
much to undo. My duty to God, to my
family, and to society require it, and how
ever painful, am resolved on its per-
Torrance. Pray for me. Pray for nv
dear children. have not taught them.
! have not warned them. have not
watched over them as l ought. OIL
fear, that while have been unconscious
Of danger, the willy serpent may have
wound his way into my domestic paradise.
The Lord forbid wish my children
had been present to hear every word Of
this long and profitable conversation how
ever might have recoiled at the thought,
At the commencement. Favor me with
another opportunity soon, and / assure
You they shall all be present, to receive
your kind and judicious counsel on this
solemn. and important subject. Pray
give me further instruction before YOU
leave; for l must hasten to the discharge
OF my long neglected duty. am now
sensible that delays are dangerous.
Mrs. c. rejoice, my dear sister, to
witness your candor and your conclusions,
and thank our heavenly Father that he
has enabled me to say any thing for your
benefit / will gladly afford you all the
and IN my power, in your new undertake
ing. Hut the time allotted to this inter
view has nearly elapsed, and am happy
to believe that, for the present, few adj
dltional suggestions will suffice. Since
your prejudices and prepossessions are re.
moved, and you have come to entertain
correct views on the subject, your own
good sense will enable you to apply the
general principles which l have laid down
to the exigencies that await you. Blu
since you desire it, will offer a few par
tlcular rules for your observance.
l. Be yourself pure example of mod
esty-in thought in language, in deport
ment, in dress. Every mother will be
likely to impress her own moral image
n on the minds of her children. We can
not therefore. be too careful to avoid eve
ry thing which has the slightest evil ten
dency. We should Fever make the ieas
allusion TO the sin, for any other purpose
than to warn against, or reprobate it,
We should also manifest the greatest dis
gust, when others speak of it in a trifline
manner, and repel every lewd insinuator
as an envenomed arrow from the devil:
culver.
~. Teach the same things to your chill
dren, by precept, as well as by example
that they may learn to regard chaste i'm
agination, pure heart, ancorrupted con.
versation, and modest demeanor, as the
brightest ornaments, and most effectua
safeguards.
g. Teach them not to parley with tempt
alton single moment, but to rebuke the
first seductive word, and never stay to hear
the second; to cast away, forever, any
book, on the first discovery of its plague.
spot; ia the selection of associates, utter.
ly to discard the dissolute, and carefully
10 avoid the doubtful to avert the eve
with the speed of lightning, from-every
uuhallowed picture; to direct their feel
from the theatre, the ballroom, the con-
vivial circle. and every place of amuse-
menh whose tendency is neither to i'm
prove the understanding nor the heart,
but to stife the conscience, and inhame
the passions. 90
A III l.,
and value of the Marriage Institution
Exhibit il as the nucleus, around which
cluster all the domestic relations, and all
the endearing ties that sweeten social life
Then show them the serpentine demon Of
RIGHTEOUSNESS, stealing into this delight
fhl Eden, polluting and destroying; dis.
robing innocence and dishonoring virtue
blighting the fairest flowers, and driving
up the most salubrious fountains; con.
verting the brightness of sunshine into the
darkness of the storm-cloud; the sofes
melody into the harshest thunder; the
most luscious fruits into gall and worm
wood. Make them understand, that vir
tuous wedlock is Gods plan for regulat
ing the intercourse of the sexes, and Law
ing the foundation of social order and hap
piness; and that every lascivious act is ar
assault upon that plan, and therefore higt
treason against heaven and earth
5. Teach them that "the way Of tn,
transgressor is hard THAT his sin no
only makes an onset upon the govern
r,eik Of God. and the dearest interests o
community, but wages most DESTRUCTIVE
war upon the perpetrator-d isquali6es il
victim for the endearments Of the matri