Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-09-03

their faults, and TO condemn their errors
Not light is the task to hush each day with
gentle hand, the throb Of every unroly
passion-each day with cheerful brow to
curb every hayward impulse, and desire
and invest with q charm that shall recall
all wandering thoughts, the lesson, TO them
oft wearisom and dull. And SO often
when the work is well begun, the sway
ing Of a green branch in the summers
breeze, the merry song of a happy bird,
comes winning them from their task, with
vague warnings for like freedom, "a r
We have all been children once, and
have known their restlessncss, and we
have never forgotten those, who, amid
our childish foibles, strove to awaken us
to the dignity Of our immortal nature, the
value of that mind which e~levntes man
above the brutes, and tho Importance Of
early discipline TO develop and enlarge its
capacities. How patiently the faithful
teacher watches for the first dawnings of
those germs of intellect, which she feels
must result, in the deep struglings of the
Utmost soul, and how anxiously she watch
es their early growth. W
The fixed thought, the concentrated eff
fort, the close attention, the laudable pride
in success, she greets with Joy, as sure ev-
licences Of expanding mind and once
truly awakened, each day adds to its force
and energy, to drive away the lazy, lin
gering mis,s that have SO long obscured
its brightness. @
If | have ever experienced one hour of
unalloyed pride and pleasure, of deep,
%fervent, thankfulness and happiness, 1t
has been when those who had gone forth
from my instructions and care, to situa-
tons of honor and trust, have returned,
earnestly expressing their gratitude for
hat unwearied effort, that had at last
aroused them from that lethargy, into
which ignorance ever sinks her v~otaries +;
and thus fitted them for the discharge of
faithful and honorable duties. And
wish not to experience hours of deeper
humiliation, sadness and sorrow, than
when at the close of a term of school, ]
have been compelled to admit there had
been those under my care, who had de-
rived comparatively little benefit from my
instructions. At such moments, | have
wished u voice might go forth to every
ireside in our land, that should awaken
! the minds of parents to the importance
and necessity of aiding the teacher in hel
arduous duties.
What can be the influence of any teach
er in comparison with the mother, VIII,
with anxious solicitude, watches the frs
dawnings of the infant mind, or the fathe,
who with loving pride caught the first ac
cents of the lisping tongue' Well do
know that same love, pride and earne;
solicitude. follows them not only throug
the helpless hours of infancy, but with man
sad f~orebodings through all their dream
and restless childhood and youth; and wit
, many a fervent prayer, too, lest they
lured by the deceittul glare of leetin
;, pleasures, the poison of passionate delight
3: and principle, dignity and purity, be 10
by yielding to idle and enervated habit
But | think they too often satisfy then
selves with furnishing the means of i
struciion for their children, and absorbt
=, in their own engrossing cares, neglect
:, exhibit farther interest in their improv
y ment.
:, a. Well do | remember, that the know
y edge that a widowed mothers only 10
for earthly happiness, would be material
affected by the improvement and succe
IS. of her child-her daily interest in my a
ID vancement, and the dewy lustre of her e
at as it rested upon me in approval and 10,
lu- when unusually successful, had the pow
Ir- TO awaken all the enthusiasm of my natul
g's and a care that they should ever be in tn,
vii place at the proper time, a few daily
qulries-a constant watchfulness, belle
to be very important to all. Are conn
%sitiOns required, a few words expressi
of their interest, and pride in their succ
is and a request to see neatly written cop
of them. will secure more care than ma
words from their teacher. Is declan