The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-11-29
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Tho 'cas,n a she year has hniyud when
OF BioShrr, likg Hannah Of old sfs nakipg
IN ths4F children Iiitlo coats.
Dress that nsytgnry appendAgs u tho
h1dy, GJnsE'taluI no un 01spieuons l,mtara
Of qVr earthly life Whurewlthal shall Re be
oosisrd. VISA a Oeniian question Of oil, Rnd
IA bis Fuspogt We Are 0snllles still. The
dress becomes an exponent Of Nc mind which
10 he tpFn, IL NOSE or less lngad by what We
wear Children are easily taught TO- love
dress, aud they set Just about that value upon
Il whleh their friends DO n their behalf I
have sccn children vain Of dresses, but were
M half 20 vain os their mothers were for
them. Some mothers Try exceedingly 10 r.
Nahon IN lhoir worry young children send'
tility " dress aud 90 attach them 10 coors
cad Emery, Palms arc taken 10 impress IL
spon tho mind Of the child that he has on
something pretty, and soon ~ learns TO dis
eHmiuale Ia sagh matters. This passion, TOO,
ionetmos lakes the precedence Of love Of
rrDlncsi, love NJ tie truly beautiful. . love
ufnaturs and Of God aud once established il
assumes naughty sway over the soul. Our
youths, some Of them, become sadly ensnarvd
10 this vlve
When l soc young psrsons devoted 10 dress
and studious Of appearance, aimingat effect
more by Whs, y external Than internal Il ia
s.aa.- ~, -rr+ievt thuIr InUvueFs, once
male ihOm little coats,
Ia like mApneS also, when ! see child
initiating the example, yielding 10 the impress,
carrying oUt the principles, or developing the
spirit Of parent, am reminded that that
mother once made him little coat
Ws-sfs permitted, Hen, ta leave the lsIieF
oftho text, and follow out what II may sog,
gest in the spirit.
Clolhing, In the Scripture, "a frequently
mentioned In iouratiyc or spiritual sense,
We are said 10 be clothed with righteousness;
clothed with shomc, &c. He that oy erronirth
shall DO clothed IN white, The clothing stands
for the virtues or viGcg with which We may
suppose n man to bc invested 81. Panl de-
sires to he clothed upon with his house which
il from above he desires 10 exhibit the fair
and beautiful image Of pcrfetr Christian;
that hi' spirit and character may be as it were
dressed in heavenly love,
Tho test, aud the season Of the year, re-
mind mc OF othcr thing, than the nero work
lag OF raw materials, or rather Ilis outward
act suggests certain things ia the inward life.
Let NC say, then, a brief word to parents,
You are clothing your children for honor
or slawe, Cor Righteousness, or for wlywafd,
ne" YOU aro making FOR them little coats
which they must VICAR a long while you are
6,'ing tho, garment Of white, in which tho.
shall slime forever IN the kingdom Of God
or that Of dcsoIaion, IN which tho sinful soul
ShNl be perpctually folded, g.
q. meet man IN Inc streets lilcrally clothed
i0 r,r', clothed also with manifold tokens Of
n dcpra0cA life ask, did not hi, mother
when he wsl yoGar, mako h'm LITTLE coa ?
When zoe n rcrsan clothed, Ms the Scrip.
tirc has it, in humility, entertaining a mod.
et sense of himself and Just estimate Of
CHEERS unoGcnntioIsIy ATTACHING himself "a
great principles mcckly whiting ihc will o.
ncss an allowed 10 conceive that when he
was Young his mother made for him little
coat These coats seem to last long time
-ihaaEh Hnu renew them. As Hannah dial, year
by year, the pattern and effect arc about tho
the same. These clothes they shall wear
when yon are dead they shall wear them in
distant lands that Old family style shall show
itself in many places and times.
What sort Of clothes are YOU making Cor
your chiIdron? You arc at some expense
and some pains in this matter. You give a
good dcnl ,oCthonght to the parb Of your house.
hold, but how, after all, will they appear p
Is their vcsturc wisdom or foly2 Is it tho
true beauty Of goodness, or a poor imitation
from the drapor's2
Thoy that overcome. the same shall be
-rfuttrc+ in white r1irucrrt, Won riurat.
ing yonr children to overcome the world, it's
pcrnieious usagcG to.overcomc the fear Of
man and servlity to gain; to overcome the
spirit Of hatred that, in nations, in society, n
mong individuals, so works, everywhere cor
rnpting the moral, MS we'll ne captivating the
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dressing your children to take their places in
tho snowy and lustrous thr6ng that compass
es tho throne Of the Most High.
We read ofone who was cast out. from
certain place because he had not on n suita-
bio garment. God is now gathering his elect
from the four qnarters Of the earth; he calls
the great and good, tho truthful and the ear
nest to common festival Of love; arc you
making little coat for your son that he also
may Join tho company of those who arc ush-
crinG,in- the kingdom ofiGod here, and hope
20 enjoy It's rewards hereafter7
Paul, speaking of the heavenly vesture,
uses this expression; if 40 being clothed, We
shall not bc naked. We would not be un-
clothed, no adds. The spirit is as, susccpti-
bio Of clothing as the flesh; and you all help