Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-10-15
Parental Education.
ny rnE REV. II. T. neAsTEk.

Parents are the natural gu1rdions and protec-
tors of infancy and childhood. The same LORD
who has blessed them with offspring has charged
them likewise with their education In those ten
der years of their existence. More particularly
| is this the case with the mother In her soci ETY.
they are most--Grom her they receive their first
| iimpressions--in her power 1t IL to mould thelr
characters into almost any she pc; nor is it tran
scendnr the truth 10 say that their future lives in
almost every instance are what she made them
while their physical intellectual, and moral being
was in its earliest process OF development. II
she discharges her duties as good, ahectlonate
and pious nlother-stuoies the dspos tions oil her
lchildren-arplies reprouf and correction where IT
is needet--and so trains them up in the way they
should 90 when they become old they Will not de-
Ipart from H. And theie virtuous and honorable
Lives shall be the joy and crown OF her
Idscliuing years But if she should be negligent
Of her duty--should set them bad example at
home aud suffer them in evil company abroad
should leave them 10 The unrestrained grntihca-
ion Of their own inclinations, passions nnd de-
sircs neither nstructing, reprcving or correcting
them, they will bring her in the end 10 shame aud
regret. Such in few words is the truth which
Solomon declares in the text: "Tns rod and re-
proof rive wisdom; but n child left unto himself
lbringeth his mother TO shame y
10 make this truth plain, and impress upon the
the minds of parents the necessity oi imparting
10 their children that moral andrelIgicus training
which God and the church require ut lheli
hands il will only be necessary 10 consider whai
the state of childhood and infancy is in iseii and
| what the dangers to which children are exposed,
hom both Of which it will appear that child wnoie
sur,y aoral aud religious training has been neg
llecied viii ordinarily bring ruin on himsei; an"
shame on bis parents:
| 1st The condition of human creatures III ln-
fancy indeed, IS sucl that in no respects can they
be Jeff 10 themselves without receiving injuries
which will iasten stigma o bu'hlns shaWr OIL
those 10 whom Providence has comm. tied their
nI,v sts.nl inrln N
III ieAectaai characters can Mt that penod De neg
lIeCtsd without bsIAg iai!e%ed with almost lnestl-
Imabe injury. Just let u chiid aiOHe TO rear and
e,Aicats lAsef and its ruin - wIittea cut before
lnnnd.
pu, whether solomon intended 10 include this
livery obyreus aeHse si hIs werds a. nst, IL "ii
cal cely be fag med thai his princlta do'ish was
uot declare tnnt they were equally hslpiesS an'!
ieprn,ieut ia thrIr mo. ii condition. aA I! iet 10
themssI uncareai los aud unitaIHe", mus 't-
lceNe moral injury wnl'h caa on.y Iedoind l"tAti'
Iruln, aud the parents ditcom!ort. IRAN up as
hs lan: :utge in niro ,hcr passage } child III !he
way he sHould 90, " fasl Is ts aot cay sto'e hi'
nind wlth II lev vogue nel+oHs s1 sea ana d"ly
lbut ihe design ol rs'L5ian beng nhJ'y piS-"I-'
tGAt 10 ,uake nen sIttuoaS, ana NJ 'heh tor '"e
sing CON of heaven. thoroughly Imode No m'hA
and heait with leenngs ana sediments "i piety'
AND ore has iir 10 The practice Ell all lti viiaes,
lalulns 10 rendor him hoy as ilie beihy WaoM he
iserveS IS hoy. lie means that enid shaud ACT
lsuy be taught the no ions oi isismh III tdef ao
sr.ct 10. b~ sducas ed ia the pracLce o. feiis
iun. This eaucalIea he calls ttaiHiSs nt'-.hs
way in wh,c. the chi id should be sdecated the way
oi wisdom er r.i,giYa AZ tas ii dnia isititI.J
xnen he Is od he will ne'rr depart i.om ~ Ddt Il
nJt tnHs tained up III the way he 'ho i'G So hi'
,aneuase ImPiIes tHat ne "ii' cAo1se pd'"' "' A's
own IN wa.c- ne snca.d RaL 70,
The proper sea.oa 10 Dsstn ihis iae!Ai or LeIis
,uIs training is ln;anty- iniS c"'n1e' thIs t'I.n
.ng, (says bIsnOp JeU0,I "u5at To co'niieAs1 A. a
lar carrier period shan peoP'o IA co"'"Sh, a""'t
Ui III Ausbundy ouT Gaze Oes 1hs ohs, oeiS ia
proctss o. osetaIoG As al al. ai'stttht, ~ "tt''
tae grounds be.o.e the htst Snoo. appears ahd "''
he moment At doas appear, oI1 tA'e!dins5 SNOW
InO lntsIlultion. And so ~ oaght 10 10 IA UOd
lnusbandty. The InlaHt i tl puts 10. IA Us shS'i
with lh1 first duwnlnsS vi sensation, and ~ IA.
period II 10 thar the most las!lns, aud InTa'aSe't
impressions may he made, fhe an4hti aHd soh
aLlvs parts OF our nature are then AZ luh vigo'
and as these nre then treated, the iuture hnppi
ness, OIL future misery oil the human brins wI /,
All iucalcuiAbie extent be Determined. fst Al
.nny be safely affirmed OH The autsfity asi i.e',
the experience OF lhuss wins ais bal quaiihed l'
speak on su.h subjects, that sten beio.e reason =
lperceptiby unoldcd, the nppetite,i the PASSIONS
.he otions, lake their bias towards evi o. u
wards good and those wrong propensitles which Il
will cost years oil sxertion to eradicate, may ~ Il
ease he nIpped in the bud and those good habits
which are afterwards 10 be attained with giea
Los nos made as 1T were the original impulses
The soul. "Chdren (ssys Blshop ButIcr,) iron ih'
lconsll utOn OF taeir nature, and lne :lrcumilah
tes in whcn .hey are placed, cannot but acquire
habits daring thet chilahooi, ~ the impressions
when are gisen, and their own customary actions
aud long before they arrive at mature age thes
habits Iorin geneisl settled character.' Bu
though infancy is mat state when the soul, as ys
like an uawrittsn Leaf, taxes It's hrst impression
of character lcs god o. EVIL from those "roInd
deserves 10 DO noisd that the ma turHl tsndsncie
+ o. The infant heart u!s 10 evil. rather than good
..Fol.y rs bound up even IN the heart OF u child. Z.
20 soon as It begins to think aud act tor Itself u
soon does the existence OF corrupt and sinful ia
nj ture beRlu 10 reveal ItscL The hrst feelings o
n .htid that are very manifest, arc not c0mnont,
lhoe oil love, grali ude affection aud sbediencs
but rather anger, InpatIence, and disobedience.-
4 AS the mental and physical powers deveiope Them
selves, there is nothing, perhaps, which so earl
makes its appearance and keeps so steady u pace
with thgir growth, as sIrong and all absoI bins
lprlnciple OF seli!oye Selhshnsss would appear Il
be almost as nRtur to child the air il brea thes
Its last impulses is to appropriate To itself what
ever comes within it's reach, is it pleased II Il
wishes are not gratifed. luordnate selishness
liz we mistake not, is the bane oil inlan: sports ano
Infant 10Y, and The occasion oil so many quarrel:
amsng young children. think, indeed, tnar ths
hAIlfu sources of almost all the evils that ahiict
our race, or scatter discord and sorrow ever the
;siis m infested in the sport Of little children
selhshness anger, cruelty and revenge. Such ars
ihe natural dispositions Of children, whirh II I'M
enecksd' grows with their growth and strengthens
wish lhslr strength. And stch render 1t i'm i.osi-
oe that their bolily powers shlu'd unfo tasm
selves Into maturity, and their intsllee etnA char
acter' be armed, while their mora and religious
flaming may 6a allowed 10 remain siatiInary, o.
eli 10 I~As care OF Itself until tkey are eapab oil
ihInklns' and Judging, aud choosing ior ihemselye,
"Ithoni receiving serious, mad il may bs irrepara
bic injury ehid cannot be aft to ehooe rs.is
ION or itsei, unleiA it is to choose the evil or re-
iuss tho good. Aad yet ho~ many to whom God
has committed the care Of children, acting uDoa
this theory unmindful, apparently, Of lhs ruin to
which they are expo'ing them, and the wise man .
cnuiiOn. No wAnt si care is infested fox their
bodily health, and that Intellectual culture whien
is necessary 10 t them i0r the various stations IN
lie thsy desiguad 10 all With the G amman,
the Geography, and The Arithmetic, they ara early
amIliaiIzed--neither mind nor body Is fsrgattsn-
the one is trained 10 thought and activity the 9th
sr to grAcsiuRess aud streagth-ths eye, the car,
the taste, are educatsd TO Percsivs the beauty.
dor and relation Of things. In this training moth