Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-01-11
G Communicated.
The Golden Thread.

/ Taking NJ Sabbath School book, lit
lie more than year ago, | was induced
/ to peruse lis pages TO the close BY the in
terest found in its delightful story. II
was written by a lady. and was the story
OF her life. Composed for children and
well adapted to their comprehension, it
was full Of both amusemen, and ins,ruc-
tioD.
This little book closed with a remark
which arrested my attention at the time
and originated a train of thought which
has continued 10 this day. The remark
was this: % And now. dear young friend
have talked with you Familiarity of my
childhood and youth, but mus, cease TO do
so now. for about this time there com
mence3 10 be GOLDEN THREAD interwo-
ven with all my affairs and feelings. which
may 30, be unfolded to your view"
BY the Golden Thread knew her 10
mean youthful love, ripenins INFO congu-
gal, and running lhrougB her whole life
up 10 The time of her writing. | pondered
on the system OF reading furnished for
children by Sabbath School Libraries and
from other sources, of the familiar man
ner in which they tell of The trials and
,riumphs of manya child over evil, detail
ing, in all their mnuteness, the daily
temptations and incidents Of child-hfe, not
omiuing their childish thoughts on various
occasions, and illustrating The whole with
many a e-pclure calculated 10 'n:eresl
and improve.
Now, when the youth has been thus
kindly and carefully guided, until his
opening powers begin 10 perceive what he
could not comprehend while younger, and
some symptoms of The Golden Thread be-
GIN 10 appear, do these same writer's con-
.tlnue to instruct in the same familiar style
Do hey, when the subject beyond all COM
parison the most important 10 the human
family of any this side OF Heaven begins
to force itself upon the attention Of these
same youth, as kindly continue their IL
iustra,iors and instructions All, 10
At his important period they leave their
work for the novel writer And when
THIS writer commences where the other
IF off, detailing 10 the enraptured imag.-
nation all the meauderings of the Golden
Thread, can we wonder al The power
they WELD over the youthful mind But
if religious writers have been neglectful
Of this sufject, parents have been still
more so.
What a strange fact presents itself here
kind-hearted and loving parents rearing
4 family OF children. laboring for their
good talking familiarly with them on ev-
cry other subject on which they need in
struclion, when the most importaI of all
accidentally comes up. their lips are eth
CT sealed like a mummys or opened Oh. Y
to banter and rldicule
There seems to be some little progress
on this subject IN some quarters. Mr..
Fowler, IN his lectures, says: " ! make
it point to talk familiarly with my
daughter about matrimony, and help her
to scan the young men wih reference TO
this subject" This seems to be more
reasonable course. When all parents VIII
conscienciously adopt this course with their
children. and writers will not cease their
teachings Just when they are most needed,
we may look for such a reform as shall
brighten up The Golden Thread in our
crazy world. and cause ], 10 become what
II was tcsigned TO be, the source Of IN
mixed JOY 10 Thousands > b.
lUzzLING.-The New York Tribune
saws the United States Patent Office has
recently been greatly perplexed, iG con-
sequence OF the application OF a slave for
a patent Of new agricultural implement.
/ The fact that tbs slave was the inventor