Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-03
VOL. XIII. NO. "a.

BILE to their nelghbors because the infiu-
ence of their neighbours children prevent
their bringing them up in the way they
should go.
. A few remarks must close what have
to say to parents at this time:
/. You see the great importance of
Maternal Association. Mothers must
make the training of their children the
subject of much consideration, study and
prayer. Tfany mind should be well stor-
ed with knowledge, it is the mind of a
mother. If any one needs to understand
philosophy, mental, natural, and moral, it
is mother. If any one needs the wisdom Of
a serpen: and the harmlessness Of dove,
it lis mother. 1t is, therefore, all impor-
tant that mothers should associate togetk-
err, exchange views, and books, and con-
verse, and pray, and discuss, and devise
every measure. for training up their
children in the way they should go.
g. There should also be Paternal as
we'll as Maternal Associations. If there
be any thing important to the interest of
this world, it is that children should be
universally trained up Alright And how
wonderful it is, that fathers are so slow to
perceive the necessity of deep study and
research, prayer, discussion, reading, and
conversation, on the subject of training
their children. There are associations
among men for almost every thing else,
and yet hesitate not to say, that associa-
tons for this end are as necessary and
importan mt as for any other object whatever.
Pious mothers are often at their wits end,
to know what to do to secure the salvation
of their children They are greatly at a
loss 10 know what course of training will
most likely result in their sanctifcation.
They 60 to their husbands; but their
minds are engaged in every thing else,
They have paid very little or no attention
to the subject of training their children.
And, as general thing, if father gov
ems his family at all, it is only by legal
system, more or less rigid, according to
his natural temper, habits, and way ofdo-
! ing things And Notwithstanding the
wife needs the counsel of her husband,
and the father of her children, fathers are,
as a general thing, little prepared to give
their counsel. There should be a great
deal of consultation between the father and
mother of every family, in relation TO
training the children-a great deal of con-
sideration and forethought.
But another thing that renders both
Paternal and Maternal Associations ofthe
utmost importance is, that there may be
concert and unanimity in the neighbour
hood, on the subject of training children.
If possible every father and every mother
should be enlisted in these associations, so
as to secure the right training of all the
children in the neighborhood. For, as [
have said in former letter, one unmana-
ged family will often, in spite of all that
can be done, corrupt a whole neighbor-
hood. Parents, therefore, ought to be in
: structed throughout whole neighborhoods,
2 i'll respect to training their children. For
if some families of children are allowed to
: run about and visit, both by day and by
, night, it will be difficult to restrain other
Z children in the neig hborhood for doing
r the same thing: and as moral influences
t tell with 20 much readiness as that the re-
J, suits as naturally and as certainly as a
. contagious disease, it is, therefore, of the
utmost importance, to secure the attention
t and hearty cooperation of every parent in
d the neighborhood. --. =
# 8. Permit me here again to revert to a
! topic, which have mentioned in a former
letter, and say again, that it is of the ut
q most importance, that care should be TAX
b en- TO secure the right kind of domestic
e help. AS you value the souls of your
l. children, do not receive into your family
d any filthy girl or young man, or old man,
5, that will tell falsehoods to your children,
e tell them vile stories, use vulgar language.
d or IN any way corrupt their morals, or
D their manners. / would sooner have the
plague in my family, than TO have such
d Influences as these, would not suffer the