Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-02-24
THE TINE AND THE PLACE.

The following touching remarks are
from an Italian work.
"A mother teaching her child to pray,
is an object al once the most sublime and
tender that the Imagination can conceive.
Elevated above earthly things, she seems
like one of those guardian angels, the COM
panions Of our earthly pilgrimage, through
whose ministrat.on we are melted 10 good,
and restrained from evil. The image OF
the mother becomes associated in his in
FAINT mind with the invocat she taught
him to his Father who is in Heaven
When the seductions Of the world assail
his youthful mind, tina, Well remembered
prayer 10 his 'Father who is in Heaven
will strengthen him 10 resist evil When
in ripper years he mineles with mankind,
and encounters fraud under the mask Of
honesty when he sees confiding goodness
betrayed, generosity rdiculed as weak
ness unbridied hatred, and the GOODNESS OF
interested friendship, he may, indeed, .be
tempted 10 despise his fellow men but he
will remember his Father who is in IIea-
ven.'
-'Shoud he on the contrary, abandon
himself tu the world, ard allow the seeds
Of self love TO spring up and flourish in his
heart, he will, not wiihslanding, some
times hear warning voice in the debihs Of
his soul, severely tender as those maternal
lips which instructed him to pray TO his
Father who is in heaven. But when the
trials Of life are over. and he may be ex-
tended on the bed Of death, with no other
consolation than the peace of an approving
conscience, he will recall The scenes of his
infancy, the image Of his mother, and with
tranquil confidence will. resign his soul TO
his Father who is in Heaven"
Mr.. Chandler, Of the Phil. Z, S. Gazette
sin his own inimi:able style, thus comments
upon the above passage:
''Such an idea is beautifully and effec-
lively suggestive, and awakens reminls
cence of melancholy delight. AT no time
perhaps,is the mind more disposed 10 revert
to tho experience Of childhood. than when
we are placed in some position directly
connected with incidents like them. In
the twilight quiet of The day, when the din
Of business is hushcd and outward objects
are no longer inru sive, then in the
''heart's deep silence and the debths Of ma
lures silence we examine what report is
sent to the charccry above, Of the days
conduct. We 60 back far beyond, and
bring full upon the eye. the time when
kneeling, with hands folded upon q moth
er's knee, widowed mother, peIchance,
we look ed upwards into her face, 10 catch
The dic,a,ion Of words that were TO convey
upwards the simple desires Of childish
heart, for the viii! 10 be subdued, the bread
broken in season, Of trespasses yet uncon-
ceived, or not fully comprehended, all TO
be forgiven; that emptaiions-the young
heart, the infant mind, has its temptations
might be avoided; falling to be raised,
and to be delivered. This scene, with the
smen and the blessing come all crowdir G
downward, through half a century, to re-
mind US Of what we have lost, and 10 pre-
pare US for what we may attain. AT such
a season, the holy influences of maternal
piety are recognized, and faith and works
endurance, constancy and success, are all
referred back to such moments, when the
buds OF virtue were planted in the bosom,
soi,ened by fliul love. ard awed with the
ndefnabIe sense Of presence into which
it seemed, by the humility of position,
1.-The devotion ofihe will, and the sancllty of
words, TO be more imme lately brought.
Perhaps, we suggest with difference, the
specia! teaching of the mother derives,
some effect from the manner, and the cir
cums,ances in which they are given. 1t is
not in the crowd, not in the garnish light
Of the world that deep and lasting impress
sions are made. In solitude, Moses barred
his foot to listen. In the quiet of the caves
month. Elijah recognized the presence by
the still small voice. In darkness and in
rest, Samuel answered to the call. And
so the sancity Of the time, the quiet Of the
place, and the solemnity that mingles with
the mothers affectionate moniiions, will
give depth to their impression, and sfica-
CIV. to their truth, and such quiets, such
solemn musings, may recall them with
all their potency, TO lull, to soo'h, TO "a
mend