The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-17

in the reciprocal obedience and kindly sway
Of ABRAHAM and CHRIST. The lecturer
proceeds to the practical enquiry Of how the
childs heart is TO be formed--what are the
elements out Of which and the material or
gsuzation in which-this character is to be
matured.
The elements are all the elements OF hui
man nature and society, their passions, inter-
ests, classfcations, contentious. Into the
chaos Of all these to put heart, child's
heart, is the great practical question. 1t
done by social discipline. The germ OF
affection is developed by parental attention
to the child's bodily wants and this lays the
foundation for and uniolds the moral powers
and sentiments, and forms the habits of rev.
erence, trust, obedience and love.
Home, TO generalize the lecturers ideas,
is the Heart Of Nation, and what the
home is the nation will be. lie denies that
int llectual cultivation forms the nations
heart--it elevates and widens the play Of
the heart already there,
The virtues formed at home, in the family
relation, are those which interiuse and PEN
citrate all the relations of men and society.
This theory, no less true than beautiful, was
finely unfolded by the lecturer showing the
effect Of discipline al home upon the man,
and through him upon the nation. We
cannot refrain in conclusion, from quoting
the following extract, all fall and fragrant
with old English family joys and home asso-
Citations, with holly and Santa Claus, and
laughter and love, and sweet first tears
And the heart Of n family comes thus-by
birth day feastings and mingled tears, at
death beds, and at funerals; by the marriage
festivals, and heart aches, and the loneliness
that often follows them, and heart anxieties for
the adventursrs that gave occasion for them
by welcomes and farewells, to those who 60
or come by gatherings of kindred at Christ.
mas tide and al feasts Of Thanksgiving, and at
harvest home by provided and licensed reere.
ations and amusements, by music, and cheer.
fulnsss, and dancing, at home, in the days Of
childhood. under the protection of parents and
with the sympathy Of elders; by the exper.
fence and the memory OF reproof and restraint
and correction in the fear and for the love Of
God by the hopes and fears inspired by dread
Of meeting brethren in hell, and the hope Of re.
joicing with brethren in heaven (; by religion I;
by respect and esteem for the faithful school
master--by confidence and gratitude towards
the sympa,hizng and trusted pbysician-by
rsverent affection for the exemplary pastor
by generosity to the trusty and aged servant
by the family bible-by tho pew In the parish
church-by the venerable elm that shsdowed
our childhood-by the old oaken bucket, and
the old arm chair.
1t comes by the baptism Of the first born, by
the confirmation Of the eldest. by the first mar
riage, and the Influences Of an enlarged circle,
and Of new alliances, Of the mingled voices Of
family prayer, by the mothers hand on the
kneeling child, by the fathers dying blessing,
by the evening hymn, by Home sweet
Home :"
The chlld's heart in family comes by tokens
and memorials.
By the birth day gift, by the mothers bible,
and the locket with the mothers hair, or with
that OF some buried darling by the marriage
ring by the remembrance al n last parting j.,
by the graves Of ancestors, and sculptured
monument by the sword of the warrior by
the poets impsrshable creation, by the shac-
kes Of Columbus. by the tomb at Vernon by
the judges ermlne by the bishops signct,
and the christian pastor portrait by the re
cords and histories Of grandsires aud ancestors (:
by all these comes the heart Of family.