Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1853-08-09

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l0n will be richly repaid, if your can hear her
heart sing. And you viii get your pay over again
IN the pleasant thoughts which viii accompany you
in yong labOrs. GD
On the Physical Exercise eF children.
Healthy children viii exercise Themselves 4v;s-
ciently if they allowed; and they sbonl5 Is N
lowed during the period when tbe body IS the ;ySt
concern almost as much as they please; and. s.ter
tEat Periou aS nueh as Is necessary for she vis0r
% i gie Hiill Ihey should be el'eoUrqgsf to s4ck
bodily exertiOns viii call into play H. p,nsc,a~
system generally; SELDOM excessive or vioIsnt s,.
active and vigorous; proportioned indeed 90 ti ~
gree OF strength actually possessed; aud 50 ea.,f
Ved that, while II benefits the present hes,tb ~
sei'S ana eAel'es the iivey spirits Of YOUTH it T. 81
also lay in no store of injury for the f,tnrs y
When children are healthy and ar. arcns,,.,f
70 lew simple sources Of amusement to slc, ~
thnSs as they can use freely, and as viii cal tLer
Minds INTO exercise they will invent for tIer,ss
aaI al that Is necessary, is to give them dry ~,
room indoors, and dry airy spot out Of sh.1rs
Wnere lhey can play Freely and actively. and lc iot
nlsh them with few implements for aDBseroe.i -.
ted to their age, such the reeolIectioas of o.
i've childhood viii readily suggest. The rest th..
VIII generally do for themselves lite ;rd;laes
aid may sometimes be of service to give a right a.
recuon To the stimuous of their own minds: but
the less direct Interference the better
We hear great deal of bows loving to rls, a..
well; and there are, doubtless Instances IN ,r;eb
real love OF play has been atteaded with litth. o.
no marks Of mental activity; but we ses every rps
son to suppose that if boy play lseR. with sefi,
ity, spirit, and ingenuity il only wants lr,ur
agement to make him work we'll OF such a eae
at least, We should Ourselves never dssrair hi
children are INCIDENT at play. it must be froa lest
OF sufficient animal health and spirits slslpr,asr
means should be employed TO reslOre the.p 10 rba5
state. child in thoroughly good health. VII IA
times De as playful and fail OF antics rs vaunsr
kitten; and without ndulgng that boistsToss .ile.
ness, which Is inconsistent with domestic comfort
ana win the necessary degrees Of ordeF and pro
prlety and even with the nealth and comfort Of IL.
children themselves, every possible indGgs1esopLi
be given to their lively spirits and 10 their cheer.
fll noises.
1t has been proposed to make gymnastics a payt
OF the regular business Of edecation. Such exer-
tiSes are doubtless Of great utility. provided they
be associated with others of more active kind
tame, spiritleSs exertOn of the body is If 1islf
worth little The great object should be 10 inslHce
voluntary, active cheerful exercise In which the
whole soul Is for the time engaged The formal
walk IN the fields or on the sea-shOre lloWt.erIuc
1t may please, by contrast with sedemafy snluse-
meht' cannot have nearly the same heaehcial IL
nuenee on the body or on the mind, as the livelv
sportiye exercise which healthy children win AXE
of themselves A troop of boys or girls tnrned%
INTO hed to ind amusement for themselves aud '
eft at iu liberty, except that Of ransgressing the
bounds which mental or bodily health prescribes. :
Will do for themselves that which no one else can
do for them; they will be gaining life and vigor.
muscular activity and, what often is intimately con-
nected with 1t, mental activity. .--
Whilst gymnastics should make part Of the reg
ular system Of education the regularity Of lis man
agement should be kept out of sight as nueh as
possible. The parent or the tutor may plan. aud
lead to the execution; but the execution and as
much as possible, the plan, should originate in on
af fba fbcd d1~fr fia
ertions, &c, of the child youth Constraint de-
stroys the very life and soul of play
THE DEATH OF INFANTs-These who never lost
a child are unable tc understand how great void
the death of one little one can make There is, we
think, nothing on earth that can cast so long a1d
wide and black a shadow as a small coffin. Iti2
emphatieally the shadow of death which freezes
the parents heart.
Small as is an infants tomb it sometimes IS ca
pacious enough to hold all the brightest hopes and
dearest JOYS of a whole family circle The Iittle
child is often the bright focus where all the rays Of
gladness centre and from which they are reflected
again over happy hearts; and when this centred
light is eclpsed great darkness falls upon sll
How many there must be in heaven, gathered up
from all climes even from heather shores who lave
died so young to retain no memory Of earth, and
10 whom that world Of glory seems as their native
land-whose souls were washed and regenerated 90
early that no stain of this world WIS ever visible
upon them.
Whatever wound of sin there may have been has
healed without a scar their very thought has been
moulded by the society and scenery Of heaven, and
they stand continually before the face Of the Father
| In how large sense may we say, "Of such IS the
! kinodom of heaven2,-Liaieran Oiesrrer.
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