Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-05-04

u'naTy c'rcnmstanccs Of our houses they wilt,
ana nave mo- longer the beauty which tempted
US 20 ouy them. Their growth has been fore
eo' ana what seems TO be government in
l"' Idm'Iy oi'eh ], msBovcrnment' Especially
'hat government Is msgoyernmcnl which new
or .eaehes the chlld TO take care of ITSELF but
"n!en l' forever Hut'erlng over it TO take care
OF it.
mere arc some practlcal considerations /
h.lill 10 wise inmuy government Will +
".nu'h thein, ana thcn close.
ou must oesin at inc beginning, as best
you may sometimes government is lax at
hfst' out increases with the necessities OF the
growing Anl'y' but oltcner, think' parents
are I'D ihe beginning i1.l OF wise resolutions OF
government ana thc htst boy OF gul Is tre-
mendously governed Hnt succcssively each
child Us more and more wisely governed. In
part this is owning to the fact that parents
have TO begin as best they can. ltis the
stmnsos' arrangement in the Divine economy
chat children should Go put into the hands of
ignorant parents TO be reared. II they drop
ped through the clouds from God, 10 would
not seem so strange as that such parents are
Obliged 90 take the trust of creatures whose
immortality depends upon them so largely
Being without the necessary knowledge. they
nave toIeu their way as best they can through
oluuiers ana mistakes. Ana one trouble Us
That iha earliest children of family have Go
take tne disadvantages ot their parents isnor-
ance' But as parents have more and more cX-
peuoncc' they grow wiser and wiser And
NOT only that, but every child comes TO recog
nilc the parental authority and there Is FORM
ed in child public sentiments which help ou
the family govcrnment So that in the later
stages of the growth of the household the
parents may seem more indulgont, because all
the children help Go govern each.
We arc cautioned, Iu the Word of God,
against provoking our chiIdron, in governing
them especially to anger "Ie fathers, pro-
woke not your children to wrath; but bring
them up in the nurture and admonihon OF The
Lord So far as possible make the obcdi-
enco Of the child coincido with its pleasure.
HWshness is uuwisl with any living thing
mlu or animal Some. disrogardng the child's
happiness, or judging the young mind as
though los pleasures were like those of man
hood carolcssly wound les feelings and rouse
IFS passions; and then in the face OF this
Juvenile storm, lay impcrious commands and
then cocrcc obedience This comes under the
deeds forbidden in Gods Word. Fathers
provoke not your children to anger, lest they
be discouraged.
The child has its own little world. its own
little pleasures in that world, its little Joys
and grcfs, its little mountains and wales, its
little storms and calms. Our thoughts and
pursuits arc as much above child as angels
are above ours. Ii is the extreme of cruelty
and folly 10 measure child duty by what
seems good to ourselves. We must exert
our imagination and watch, and translate their
actions, and in measure do what Christ did
by us-go down and take their place, laying
) aside as it were, The reality of our higher
knowledge, and meeting them on their own
D ground, 10 order to lead them successfully up
to manhood.
One who thus understands the mind that
he deals with can for the most part, though
not always lay his iujunctions on the child
in such way as to secure a willing obedience
from him. But of all Things that ! can mag-
inc, none is more wicked than that which
sometimes takes place in tho case of lretful and
morose parents, who go among their children,
and, regardless of their pursuits, by inoonsid-
crate deeds or words, iniusc their own pout-
ing, sullen feelings into them and then harsh
ly command themi and then brutally beat
them Under such circumstances the child