The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-12-10

youF peace forever. | have known pa
renls who had foolish habit OF eniel-
tanning iheir visitors with detailed and
minute history &C The delinquencies Of
their children. and Al he close Of this long
chapter he announcement i deliberately /
made BY ilIs foolish parent that they have
given up in despair lhai Il is impossible /
for them 70 govern young master or mis-
iress and this fatal announcement is
made in lheir presenee. II il any won.
der that these youthful delinquentS re-
solve 10 reap die fruits Of their victory,
and that ihey make good in time 10 come ,
such injndicious declarations! A i
Another evil Of opposite character, but
Of kindred tendency, finds is origin in the /
fandness Of certain doaling parents, who,
being persuaded lhat ihfir children have
no equals 10 ihe land as il regards anna. |!
bility, beauty, and especially genius and
intelligence; and being fully persuaded
that there is nothing half so important in
national, OF state, or church affairs as the
sayings or doings Of he same prodigies,
entertain you by The hour with The as.
founding Developments Of mind and taste
which paleEnal or maternal good sense
and impaElialiiy have tiscerned. Every
smart saying is duly chronicled and pro-
perry reported for the instruction Of their
next visitors. with the aid Of the necessa-
nv trimmings. Now due proportion OF
blame or praise properly administered as
TO lime, and place, and manner, will be
found Of great importance in the training
up Of children but the extremes Of re-
proaeh on the one hand, OF Of flaitery on
the other, as indicated above, must always
exert an injurious influence on the iem-
pers and conduct Of children.
IL YOU have several children, SEQ TO IL
that there DO the utmost impartialiIy in
your conduct towards them. Let Them
feel that they are all equally beloved.
Let there be no fayorilo child, or if there
be, keep il strictly within your own boz
som. Lei nothing in your conduct lndl-
cafe that you have any such iayorlie, OF
else you will be apt TO Introduce trouble
into Your house. Your pet may be
tempted 10 presume on your aYowed par
tiaIiiy, and ACT Extensively, and your foolish
partially may make him the object Of the
jealousy if not ultimately Of the haired Of
brothers aud sisters, aud your house be-
come the scene Of fraternal feuds, which
may embi,,er the evening Of your days,
and follow your memory to the tomb with
a curse rather than blessing. Remem.
Der old Jacob and his amiable and beloved
boy; alas, what trouble and anguish dit
this foolish londness and the public expires
sion Of il in the coat Of many colours, brins
both upon the aged patriarch and the pi
Gus and noble-hearted Joseph. s,ss
Il You viii teach your children early ant
constantly to reverence the institutions o
religion. Teach them 10 regard the Bib,
as the Book Of God. You should see Il
it that they keep holy the Sabbath day
Teach them TO look upon it, not as the
other days OF the week, but as cmphatically
belonging 10 God, aud that it demands o.
them separation from ordinary amuse
ments, visits and employments. Leaf
!, them to the house of God at very early
age, and enforce attendance on its services
mildly, but firmly, and uniformly, as lon.
as they remain under your control; ant
|, do YOU faithfully endeayor that they b.
duly impressed with the sanctity oil TIN
courts of Gods house. / confess my We
. ny soul is frequently grieved when l SCI
: In the house of God, group oil gay
\ thoughtless, laughing, whispering, tItterln!
, young people, many of whom ! rccognls
: as the sons and daughters Of Christian ant
: Methodist parents, and ! regret TO adj
: that this disposition to desecrate the ten
!, pie of Jehovah, exists, TO a large extent
= among that class of our young people VIII
!, ! make large pretensions to scholarship an
! sasa4al. training. Upon what shall W
:, charge this delinquency! Is it to be a'lr'
/ buted to the parents, the teachers, OF az
:, the young sinners themselves alone to b
! charged with it! as.s< -
4 Selfshness is one Of the essential II
,r gradients of fallen and corrupt heart;
y IS deeply rooted in the breast Of childhood
er and its growth is largely in advance oil III
10 physical developments of the body; an an
h this growth is greatly promoted by III
ID training of boyhood. The parent catel
ia to it when, in order to secure ohetilenc
m the child is hired, and its love and ITS co.
no fidence are the price Of brides. There q
. many fathers who are constantly incuics
or inc upon their sons such maxims as, "tal
a care Of number one," "every man Tor MI
he self;" and both the practice and the teac
: ings of the parents deeply impress =
M child with the sentiment that mans CHI
nd business here is TO crafty and gloiify hi
pr- self. The result Of such counsels IRON
We parents lips, it requires no prophet TO p
il dict. The principles Of selishness ia
mn deep root in his nature, and diffuse tie
ov selves throughout his whole character
he til it may be said of him that he lives a
en- moves and breathes only in view oil
mis- ratification of SELF He has, in Short
lat eve to see, no heart to feel, no pockes
on, relieve the wants Of his race; i'll short,