Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-07-18


vegetable productions there abopndnq
Is no IN tho woodgl In every direction
10 which bis eyes may DO turned, and al
most every object arrosting his attention
makes new Impressions aud creates nov
inquiries, the fowls Of tho airlthe BEASTS
Of the feld--lhe trees Of the Irest--the
swarms Of insects and reptiles lowering
about and crawling on our earth, afford to
him as he mixes casually among them an
opportunity Of learning without the aid Of
books, and his mind Of necessity acquires
knowledge daily as fast as is desirable
Let him be associated with naturc--let
him see the little rivulets, the deep "a
vines, the creeks, the hills, the rocks, the
woods. the world in the neighborhood in
which he lives. Let him acquire know.
edge of these things in an incidental way
converse with him about them incidental
| ly, and correct any wrong impressions he
may acquire, and communicate any in
lstructons he may receive with interest.
Let him play and amuse himself N any Of
1.-The innocent exercises Of childhood, and
carefully guard him against all wrong
tempers and feelings towards his play.
mates, and siudiously endeavor TO cherish
and foster all the endearing affections and
Of social life. At this age,
children may be inspired with attachments
of the strongest character, and may be so
nurtured as to have flame OF unextin-
guishabe love burning on the altar Of
their hearts, and uniting hem by the most
hallowed influences and the purest and
strongest love TO their parents, their broth
ers and sisters, their kindred, and TO all
worthy and virtuous persons. This is the
period of their lives in which to nurse
their affections Now they should be led
to the graves of their departed kindred,
and encouraged TO venerate and remember
with delight those who have lived virtu
ously and died happy. Little family me-
men toes, which have been kept by the
parents with view OF keeping alive in
their own breasts fond recollection Of a
deceased father. or mother, or brother, or
sister, or child, or other relative, should
now oe occasionally exhibited to them,
and some touching incident, calculated to
WIN on tneir anscrIoGs, nonneetsd the 20,
with, narrated with simplicity and tender
|ness. A child at six years Of age, at an
appropriate time and place, will delight
eddy listen to the history Of every family
relic, and will treasure up with fond
recollection the account you give Of the
person, the life, the character of the rela
ton for whose memory the relic has been
preserved. No family need be without an
opportunity for giving some attention to
these matters. Are you far away from
the family burying ground, from the weep
ing willows that hang over the graves of
your departed ancestors? You may car
ry their thoughts there: you may tell
them about the kind of place in which the
sleeping dust of their kindred is lodged
and bring them into an acquaintance W it'll
the inscriptions placed on their tomb
stones. Q, let me plead with you, in the
years of your little ones, to press
into your service all the means of cultiva
ting their affections, and bringing their
hearts to cling with feelings warm and
ardent to all those to whom they are by
nature especially endeared.
In the former number, the education of
the child was considered to the sixth year
Of its age. We now pass forward TO no.
lice its education from the sixth to the
tenth year. Submission, entire submis-
sion, to parental government, must still be
exacted; and obedience to social and civil
enoined and required. In
persuasion, reproot, salutary {
example, and the rod, are to be employed,
IS occasion requires, for holding the witi {
n complete subsection. The affections {
aud temper. being brought under correct !
influence during The age previously no.
Iced, are now 10 be ma;ured, by keeping
hem in a healthy, growing state. To t
this end, all the appliances recommended
above are to be employed with steady and t
Increased diligence. la the beginning OF t
this age, they should be brought forward o
to ihe great work of acquiring knowledge r
and learning habits Of industry: conse- a
quently, they should be placed at school. t
10 Doing this, the parent takes step OF a
deep and vital Importance to the future b
intereets Of the child. AT this age, the "
child should not be boarded from home. T
1t requEes countless watchings and atten-l
tons, buddy forbidding it. A parent {
should therefore ayoid settling at place il
that would create this necessity. No u
Of worldly gam should urge o
him to a Acompromise Of this position, 4
The teache, paironized should be of the d
highest monl character, meriting the lul-l b
lest confidence OF the upright in heart, and n
Of well attestd and well tried capacity S
and qualification. BY nature, adapted, n
and by education, intended and prepared 81
for the w0rk W. .u;r1 ehould ha thnr.t n