Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-14

But boys gre net always boys. All that is as in leaf, is in them in bud. The very '. .,rnings, the. imaginings, the musings, yea, ii. very questions which occupy our later years as serious tasks, gre found in the occasional hours of boyhood We have scarcely heafd o..e moral problem discussed in later life that is not questioned by children. The creation of the world, the origin of evil, divine foreknowl- edge, human liberty, the immortality of the soul. and various othet elemeits of elaborate :. stems belong to childhood Men trace the t,snsetiens of truths. and their ethical applica- @fie1s snd Iaticus, but the simple clements of t.e most rpconditc truths seem to have gained s them very little by the progress of years Iateed, all tretss whose root and life is in the sGnite are Ike the fixed stars, which become r., larger und,r the most powerful telescope 'an to ths natural eye. Their distance is too Vast t1 inake any appreciablc variation in mag. nssude possible. They are mere points of light
 boys have their soft and gentle words too ! fpu wonid suppose by the morning racket fsaat nothing could be more foreign to their na- f.-e than romance and vague sadness, such as b'eality produces in adults. But boys have hours of great sinking an sadness, when kl:id- Eess and fondness are peculiarly netdful to ; them.
 It is worthy of notice, how soon little < kindness, a little consideration for their boy n.surc wins their confidence and car sses. Essry bsy wants some one older than himself tu whom he may go in moods ot confidence aud yearning. The neglect of this child's wsnt by grown people, and the treating of children as little rattling noisy imps, not yet sst,lert to heart~throes, because they are so f,siicksome in general, is fertile source of sui firing. 0ae of the most common forms of sel- { fshness, is that which refuses to recognise any experience as worthy of attention if it lies in sphere below our own. Not only ought man tp humble himself as 8 little child, but also to lissle children.
 4 thousand things are blamed in them sim Fly because measured by our manhood stand srd theyfar un6s, whereas upon the scale O! childhood they are congruous and proper w. deny ehildren's requests often upon the scale of car own ikings and dsl;kings We attempt t..govern them by.a mans regimen and Aot Ly chili's =
 And yet; i,adgered, snnbbed, and scolded on the one hand petted, fattercd aud indu'grd @l the other-it .is astonishing how many ch'I dren work their way up to an honest manhood l.. spite of parents and friends. Human na- tltC titso dH ttcuichS VI Sicdt SoLEhHCHS III i1' When we sec what men are made of, our won- ast is not that so many children are spoiled, bat that sosmany are saved.
 The country disappointed Of God to be the caildren' suarsery the city scems'to have been ,s,.sdes by malign spirits to destroy children in They are crampcd for room, denied exercise, restrained of wholesome liberty of body, or, if it $ allowed, it is at the risk of morals.
 Children are half.educatcd who are allowed to be familiar with the scenes aud experiences Of the opeu country. For this, if for no other trsason, parents might make an effort every year to remove their children for some mouths f'am the city to the country. For the best ef- [ ct, it is desirable that they should utterly leave the city behind them. It is absurd to ro into the country to find all the luxuries of city. It is to get rid of them they go. Men afe cumbered and hampered by too much con- scnience in the city. The grow artificial. They lose relish. for natural beauty and the simple occupations of rural life. Our children need d separate and special training in country educa- ton. We send them to the Polytechnic for eight months. But for four months, we send them to Gods school in the orennes' and sm- piicity of the country A diploma in this s.hool will be of service to body and mind while life lasts.-H. ". Bescher in tAe Inde rsadens.