Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-06-21

when all the words and deeds of large family
are summed up for only one day? How much
Joy must produce; or how much misery!
What then, when long years Of social intercourse
of Joy and sorrow, shadow and sunlight-sre,
placed together' Oh! how deeply, widely,
important is home influence and
home education!. Let it be remembered, too,
thata bad example Is always stronger than
good one. One vicious OK, or sheep, or hog
will spoil whole herd, flock or drove. One un-
ruly child or scholar often brings great trouble
upon an entire family or school. This is &C.
counted for by the fact that we are inclined by
nature to evil; and wrong example has thereby
q tenfold hold upon,the heart. No one with
observation and experience can fail to
have noticed that we copy the faults, or at best
the oddities, Of those we initiate ofteneE than
their good qualities. A due regard for virtue
and the possession Of christian principle even,
must be strengthened by long-standipg habits
before we can be entirely free from temptation.
It is known, too, as sadly momentous fact in
this connection. that the pious training fparents
for many anxious years has often been blui7>Sd
and blotted, If not wrecked, by sbref season OF
association with "fast' young men.
Take Benjamin as an instance. When no older
than Charlie is now, hishabits, so far as know,
we're good = know no had the reputation of be-
ing fine, upright boy. He then started to
College. When there, instead of applying himself
closely and behaving as an orderly student, he
took up the foolish notion that "yonng men Of
genius never plod," as it is called and forthwith
he wen' to idling, dissipating and committing
all the foilies Of that class Of students. So be
kept bis "genius," but made shipwreck of his
character. Ever since then his life has been
withouta purpose or an inspiring hope; and
air his thoughts have been rectlessly bent on the
qualification Of those demoraliaing, degrading
and hdpgryhabits which, he formed at College.
All the endesring associations OF home and all
the memories Of the. past cannot win him from
IBIS infatuation.. "a risss 10
This brings me to auother point: by nature
We see egood but pursue the evil; so when the
evil has grown into our very life, the sight of the
good often' goadsIs. into deeper foljyand crime
ia. search of forgstfainess. The reason. IS; we
despair ofreoovery from our.aseradsd condition.
When we get fairly into the. ssfhshing, mighty"
current OF vicious habits; nothing short ORAL
mighty Power canesll>us Back. The rsmem.
brance Of mothers blessed% teaching still at
tends us, but alas! often 70 curse and not to
Bless: us-to. hurry Us down, down, down Who
then eantslt the wondfous inaaenes.of that ex-
ampie-which blends mitha ersteachinkss
how sacred tits; and eternity itself cannot
measure its. endless Importance.
T From these fenerks, wemay learn two-things
specially; first, the paramount. necessity of
correct regime for the family circle. The par
snts should By. right in thought, feeling and ac-
ten. If they think wrong. they viii speak
wrong-"foro out of the abundance Of ths6eart the
mouth spsakethn1-snd the; listening, child will
imbibs thefoolish utterance- II they feel wrong
they will act wrong, and their children win do
like them. It is vain. for parents to rebuke 9
child for quarreling, if the father the min
ute gets into a fnry with the hostler, and tn Q
mother rails out at the cook. You need not try
to keep your child from tale-tellins, If you are
constantly scandalizipg Jour neishbors in the
child's presence. What will it avail to tell your
little one not to speak an untruth-neYer, never
if you tell your poor neghbor in the little ones
presence, that you have no meal; and the little
one has just been to the mesl-room with the
cook, and run its arm up to the elbow in the
meal? Such things as these necessarily tend te
develop in children a low, servile, lying and
[hypoeritical disposition No all the influence.
Of home must be consistent with themselves, and
inculcstive Of truth and virtue. Thus the ex.
ample Of the parents ought to show that wha
they do, they do from principle-from o sense
ofduty-from love of the right. Their precep,s
will then have ten.foId weight, when enforced
and illustrated by an orderly walk and converse
ton.
Secondly, We learn that it is all.important To
avoid the beginnings Of evil. Good example
ttends 10 Undue the mind with sense Of the
''beauty Of holiness" and thus to incite to q vir
tuous course Of life. But before we are con
frmed and cast as it were id the mould Of daty,
good habits must fortify this inward aense-this
germ Of a-divine development For when by
slow and insensible degrees we have fallen fa,
below attaipable perfection, and the eoul has
been thrust out into bleak region where thu
sunlight Of heaven never reaches; even then thi.
sense Of what is pure aud good may remain, ye
; only as dagger to the bosom's peace.
/ We have received q letter from Henry and
Eliza. They were in New York-having passed
through Baltimore, Washington and Philsdel.
phia-and speak enthusiastically of their trip
They were goingto Niagara Falls in few days
to see the worlds wonder and Blondin's fssts.-
Thence they will turn their faces homeward.
them domiciled settled down insthe matter Of
fact, everyday relations Of man aud wife. Wher
their honeymoon is over, fancy they will find (.
rough and ragged world, standing before them
that, like the ghost Of Bauquo in the play, vii
not be cried down.: Idesire their ultimate hap
piness but some people will learn only from
wretohed;experienee. '~,-
Catherine improves every day as a-housekeep
, er and business woman and it is interesting t.
observe corresponding, Improvement in tn
rosiness Of hercheeks and amiability Of her tenn
per. Indeed 1t is only in conscious and con
? scientious usefulness that the best natural dis
positions can remain good aud amiable. Jan
was naturally sweet child; but petted, indulget
in every whim and raised in utter idleuess, sh
: became selfish, peevish, pouty and ill.natured
Tho r,ora too sha feela rated from the c0rn