Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-09-02
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1858.

/ Pea' Inc industrious, vlgllant and per
severing student alone will succeed-in
dustrlous to perform the great amount Of
labor IN the way vigilant to guard away
all the enemies or weapons of ignorance
enumerated, and many more and perseve.
ing to struggle on unyieldingly until the
battle is won
Students, do you possess these three quail
tiles! Are you cultivating your industry,
vigilance and perseverance? IF you are,
1t is well; if you are not, let me urge YOU
to do so-as a friend let me urge YOU
again to do so. They will smooth your
rugged path, they will carry you on at all
times, they will enable you to combat the
greatest difficulties, and bring you off more
than conquerors. The student possessing
these will not disobey his teacher, he will
not growl at him for exacting compliance
to his rules, or neglecting to do so; he will
not expect him to clear his pathway of ev-
cry obstruction, he will not teaze him to do
for him what he should do for himself; he
will not fret and scold at his teacher and
schoolmates, and he will not blame them if
he does not improve Are these traits of
character valuable, students? Would you
not like to possess them? Cultivate them
and you can do so. The session we are
now about commencing will tell who try to
possess them and who do not We shall
see. And at its close, your certificates of
scholarship and standing will enable YOU
and your parents and friends to see also.
And remember, from the worthy and sue
cessful the reward will not be withheld.
And now parents, wish to address my
self briefly to you. The students, whom |
have been addressing are dependent upon
parents, not only for opportunities to edu-
cate themselves, but also for every assistance
necessary to overcome the innumerable
difficulties continually surrounding the path
way. The student may be willing, the
teacher may be good, and yet the scholar
may not make progress in acquiring valua-
able knowledge, unless the parent also does
his duty. Do we not wish to do our duty
to our children, says one? Certainly you
do reply, and so does every parent; but
very often neither you nor they do it; and
of what advantage are empty acishes to
them? Here the question arises, why,
and in what particular do parents not do
their duty to their children, will name
a few.
Want of time prevents parents from
guarding carefully the health and morals
of the young child The mother is busted
with others, or with household duties, and
the father is absent at his work, so that the
habits of the child are formed, or it's thou
sand ingenious questions are either answer
ed by an Ignorant, careless hireling, or both
are unattended to. When the child goes
to school, want of time or disposition, fatigue
or ignorance, KEGS parents from helping or
even encouraging it. AS it learns to play
and seeks mates, it is not instructed or
not cared for; when it does wrong, it is
sometimes punished in passion without
understanding its crime, or not at ALL His
idle tales, picked up upon the streets, are
believed or made fun of, according to hu-
NOR; one day, one week, or one quarter, it
is sent to school, the next it is kept at
home fathers set about public places, furn-
ishing it bad example, while they should
be instructing it, &C., to the end of the
chapter.
Children thus trained, cannot always
make good students indeed it is surprising
that they ever do.
How important for parents, who see what
difficulties and dangers beset the path of
youth, to carefully guide them, or if unable
place them under the guidance of those
known to be able to do So How watchful
should they be of their intellect, morals
and health And what can be thought OF
that parent who neglects these important
duties, who will not labor hard, to furnish
his children with the means of an educa-
ton; especially he who will not do so
through stinginess and meanness, when his
Hevenly Father has blessed him with abun-
dance of this worlds goods which he soon
must leave? Fathers, attend better to the
present and future welfare of your children;
care for them, watch over them, educate
them, and then they will pay you for do
ing so, by doing the same to their ehil-
dren.