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fanta0ght one in letters syllables. md
! Sentences. tits The sound which s,rskee
! rs little ear, that sooihss and conposes N
Ito sleep A few notes, Aoweveronskili44
ially arranged, IT uttered iii soft tone
are found 10 possess magic influence.--H
] hlnk We that.Ghis influence ia confined {
Fto The cradle No, ii ID ditfused over
every age. aad ceases not while the child
Eetrlains under the parental roof. II ths8
, ooy growing rude in manner aud bolster
{ Gus 10 speech | know no instrument % R
sure to control these tendencies IS ;he
. gentle tones Of mother. she who
speaks 10 her son hafshly, does bnt give
10 bis. condBct the sanction Of her oHn
exafnple.-She pours oil on The already
raging ffame. If
ii LII the pressure Of duty, we ara liabla
70 utser ourselves hastily TO our children.
Perhaps threat is expressed 10 loud
andIirritating tone. Instead 81 allsyinr
the passions Of the child il serves direct.
lily ta increase them, Every fearful ext
preston awakens 10 him the same spirit
Y which produced il. So does pleasant
h VOICE call up agreeable feelings. What
fever disposition. therefore. we would ca l
courage ia child, the same We should
nautest ia The lone with which we adj
dress him. .
4 There is, nothing more desirable ia !
daughter, than intelligence Joined 10 4 (
gentle spirit, The mind is fashioned and I
furnished. ia the main, At school But
the character Of the affections is derived
Z Hy frSf., Isl. l. II ~
1.-the confidence OF that mother 10 produce.
ing kind feelings IN the eosoms OF her
FcAlldren. who never permits herself III
speak to them with . loud voice, and iii
harsh. unkind tones. iII[
4 ] have heard of father who when biz
5kehIdren became engsgedin a dispute,
would at encefeqpire them to unite in II
song The blending OF their voices inE
harmony wsssoon found 10 subd1e their
angry and contentious feelings. There il
native, spontaneous. unsought music
! II consists in the tone which Issue from
her who is Overlooking with christian
love- While then,I would advise ihs
\ mother 10 ihe>culture Of pleasant voice
and warn be. Of the evils Of addressing
her children harshly. would still 'molp
4 earnestly counsel her TO discipline her
!, heart Out Of kind heartscomes, naiur-
ally, kind tones. She who would train up-
her family in The sweet spire.ofI Chfist.
), can succeed best and most enduringly Of
all, Ply cherishing such Sentiments as
shall seek their own unbidden expressions
in gentle, yet all poYerful tones.
4rr lav. z.itlzrsas LAST PRAYER.
4 MAY God project thee, my little,son,' 7
said my mother. as | stood by her dying
| bed. There was soft lremor in her FAINT
ing vpffe, that checked the joyous. laugh
Wbtth trembled on my lips, as |. in child
bishJdy felaess. shock The pale hand Of my
: dying parent.irom my head, and buried.
[ my brow in the. rich mass Of blight hair
which foated over my pillow. AgainIher-
sweet voice sighed forth, Lead Der net
: ihiotemptation, but deliver her from evil.
raised my face from its beautiful resting
place, and as young as was, felt thein*,
naence Of mothers prayer. Her lips
Es,ili moved and her deep blue eyes weIs
bent on me ash they would have left one
Of their bright, 1nearthly rays, Is a seal
to- bet death bed covenant, but she spoke
moi again; the last effort Of nature had
, uttered thstsprayegf and she lived not 70
* breathe another.
y have every reason 10 believe That God
haA Ia greatdegree. caused thai prayer
toNbe inaiIamss,aI ID gaining itslown an
s4sweH for often when the heedlsssness Of
! chiidhood and youth would have led ma
I INTO errors, has The eetvoice, now hush
/, ed fdrevefs< intermingled itself with my
4 Thoughts, and, like the rosy linkIpf fairy
chain, drawn7me from my PurPose. OIL.
when my brow has been wrsatbed with
i lowers Tor the festival, when noy cheek
has been flushed, and my essparkled-
n With anticipated pleasure, hayel caught
. lbe reflection Of that eye IN the mirror amt
! thoughtit rese hbled my motheFs; her last
, tuateIasl supplicaiion TO heay sa has come
. back To my memory The cldstefng roses
have been torn from nv head sysobersa !.
ness has chased The natprsl glow Nom
i nv cheek, and the sight Of uty eye,s and
Inv thoughts have been carried back %
MY lost parent and from her TO heaven
!. SIZE ibhabits; the festival. with all rs a.
fractions. has been. forgotten. aad, have
/ been delivered from temptation. =
: Again when the sparkling wine cop
e has almost bathed my hpss bssEB The Last
e prayer OF my mother seemed to mingi-
T with ills conienis; and has remained I'M
: tasted. Ifg
! When my hand has rested III that IT
/ The dishonorabfes and trenblsd at tho
: toaeh ofhim that saith in hisheprt there
e is no God Z has that voice seemed to flow
nj wilb lis fascinating accents; / have listen
I. cd toll. and fled as il fromla serpent Of
= my native forest.
Never have |. received any great good
9 --esesped any threatening evil, or beeo
4 delexered IRON any temptation. but Iibay,
y imputed il 10 the effects 81 ny mother
Q last prayer.
II AHQUAKER ANSWER Martha doe,
il theellove me2 asked a qaaken youth 8
one at whose shrine bis heats holes
I. feelings bad been offered up.
e why, Seth answered she, I'VE ar
: Commanded 10 love one anolilRr, are vi
q not
s., Ay, Martha, but does thee regard nj
re wishIlhatfeeling the world calls Iope 4
'E iIsIbardly know1what 10 tell thee. Seth
ri Thaye greatly feared that my heart We
an eTring one. have tried Ia bestow n
n love on al but may have sometime
Il thong BIT perhaps, that thee was gel,in
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