Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-11-10

dhu an ABIDING sense OF the constant pres
ence OF God produced, by the habit of
making appeals 10 his jurisdiction on eve
ry occasion pure and correct taste il
fostered, and-a perennial fount of delight
is opened, by leading him of himseLfto no
tlce and to feel the beauty and the har-
mony Of surrounding nature; he is in
cllned to sympathize with, the feelings of
others, and to delight in the charities and
courtesies of social life; he is imbued
with kindness, a tenderness towards ev-
cry living thing that breathes, from the
consideration that all are the creatures of
his Heavenly Father, and that the same
care and bounty which protects and sup
ports himself equally overshadows them !;
and, finally, he is led constantly to feel
the vast, the everlasting importance of
TRUTH, in thought, word, and deed, as
the only true and solid foundation of vir.
tue and happiness. $3.50
The progressive knowledge ofthe child
is taken advantage Of in this series Of
books, by directing his growing faculties
to such portions OF the general plan of
Nature as may be within his comprehen-
sion. Admiration, for the skill and pow
er of Providence is excited, by calling at
tention 10 the wonderful adaptations of
means to ends which are everywhere dis
played 10 the delightful variety and OBJ
vious utility of the changes Of seasons
and Of night and day; TO the wonderful
manner in which man and all the animals
are fitted to harmonize with each other
and with every created thing; and to the
exquisite mode in which man is fitted for
the enjoyment Of the graceful forms and
beautiful colors OF nature, the harmonious
sounds, the fragrant odors, and the delic-
ious favors SO lavishly provided for his
use $3.50
| But the main advantage of this plan Of
( teaching lies in this: that these results
are not brought about by the dogmatic as
sertion OF The teacher or writer, but are all
the natural workings of the chid's own
mind, elicted by questions so Simple as to
avoid the slightest danger of overstraining
the youthful intellect. In this manner
can be derived practical lessons of humil-
| ity, reverence, and love, which would be
sought in vain in the maxims of a dry
morality.
But although the plan of this series of
books is to lead each child te observe and
bring out the moral lesson from his own
mind, he is not allowed to depend exclu-
sivelv on this fallibEe source. La every
lesson, the sanction and authority of the
Bible is adduced, in order that the ideas
ofthe child may be compared, and then
recti6ed or confirmed, by that unfailing
standard. Bv this means, also, the child
will become familiar with such parts oil
the Scriptures as are most likely to be
practically useful for his actual situation
a circumstance which will probably tend
to produce more ardent and enduring
!. love for the sacred Scriptures in very ear
ly youth, than by their indiscriminate
l reading. #4a
J To some it may appear as if too much
i room was occupied by the subject of cru
II city to animals; but such an idea will
Z quickly vanish, when il is considered
/. what sel6shness and hardness Of heart il
n generated by The inhuman war incessant
q ly carried or by children against insect
! and the smaller birds and quadrupeds
n Such practice lays but wretched foun
!, dalion for that enlarged sympathy tina
! " dropeth as the gentle dew of heaven !;
\ sympathy that ought to embrace, not on
n ly the whole human family, but ever
= creature that is capable of feeling. 1t
! the sentiment, >"My Father made and care
!, for them all,'' be impressed on the min
!, of childhood. and ofhow much ofthe bitte1
\ ness that makes man an enemy to man,
j, the enmity that makes countless thousand
: mourn, should we be spared
: Il is common, but a most dangerol
- error, that moral reformation can easiI
= be ,ffe,ted at any time. Man is creatul
Of habitI And no habits are more ear
: formed than those Of moral characte
= We all have passions and evil desire
~ which. the oftener they are yielded tc. Il
= stronger they become, and the more off
- cult to resist: and hence the necessity,
% we are DESTROYS that our children shou
>, attain to moral excellence, that they shou
'e enter the right path early. A profouI
=. PRACTICAL writer says, "lhat during chill
- hood Il. e. until the eighth year) educ
~ =, lion should have for IFS main object
cultivation oflhe moral qualities" I A
% aoain that. NORA Education commenc
n- ID The earliest period of infancy, and
almost believe is finished, for good or
IS, evil, before the individual passes rom
K period of childhood. In moral quallt
raj the child IS, indeed, father to
Ito man. Ii this be correct, and who
or doubt il, how unfaithfully do parents
zen teachers fulfil their high responsibility
Inc And indeed, when we consider the P
Of JUDGES and passions that are daily acqr
700 ing strength, and the bad habits contiI
OF ali forming in neglected childhood, n
,ac- il not well be doubted whether thorou
ion. cnre ever can be produced, which is d.