The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-03-10
For the Educational Department

For the Educational Department
The following is an extract from an cad
dress to the Young" by that learned, great
and good man, Moan WEBSTER. We hear
tily commend it to the consideration of the
rising generation, and we are confident that
no one who will read it and treasure up its
golden preOcpts, will fail to be benefited
ADVICE TO THE YOUNG. ..a
''My young friends, the firstyears Of your
life are to be employed in learning those
things which areit make you good citizens,
useful members Of society, and candidates
for happy state in another world. Among
the first things you are to learn, are your
duties to parents.
These duties are commanded by God, and
are necessary to your happiness in this life.
The commands of God are, "uonor thy IA
ther and thy mother"-"Children, obey
your parents in all things" The reasona-
bleness Of this command to obey parents is
clear and easily understood by children even
when quite young. Parents are the natural
guardians of their children. 1t is their du-
ty to feed. clothe, protect and educate them;
and for these purposes it is proper and nee
essary that parents should have authority
to direct their actions. Parents therefore
are bound by duty and BY right to govern
their children but the exercise Of this right
is to be Regulated by affection. Parents
have implanted in them tender love for
their offspring, which induces them to exer-
else authority over them with kindness.
1t is proper that parents should be in
trusted with the instruction Of children, be-
cause children have everything to learn, and
parents are older, and have gained akn0wl.
edge Of what their children want to know.
Parents have learned what 10 right, and
what is wrong; what is duty, aud what is
sin; what is useful and what is hurtful to
children and to men. And as children pass
the FIRST years Of their life with their parents,
they may be continually learning from their
parents what 10 necessary or useful in the
concerns Of life. a
1t is not only proper that children should
obey their parents, but their obedience
should be prompt and cheerful. A slow,
reluctant obedience, and that which is &C.
companied with murmurings, is not accep-
table to parents nor to God.
A sense Of duty should make child
free and ready to comply with parents
command and this will always be the case
where the child eDtertains q due respect for
his parents. Love and respect, render obe-
diencc easy and cheerful, and q willing obe-
dience increases the confidence Of parents in
their children, and strengthens ther attach
ment to them.
But cold and unwilling obedience, with
u murmuring disposition, alienates affection,
and ,...l lines the parent to rigor and sev Gritty
in the exercis.. of his authority. Hence it is
a primary duty o. children, and as much
their interest as it is ths,ir duty, to "Honor
their father and their mothe.-. This hon.
or not only forbids the child to aisooey bis
but it forbids all rudeness ana III
manuers towards them. Children should
manifest their respect for their parents in
all their actions.
They should be modest and respectful IL
their company, never interrupting them in
nor boldly contradicting them:
they should address them as superiors, and
yield to their opinions and admonitions.
This authorization Of children to their
parents; is the foundation of peace in falni-
lies; contributes to foster those kindly dis.
positions, both in parents and children,
which are the sources Of domestic happi-
ness, and which extend their influence to ell
social relations 10 Subsequent periods Of
life.
Tho second class Of duties eomprehends
all such A. you are bound to perform to your
fellow men. These duties are very numer-
GUS, and require to be studied with care.-
The general Law ON this subject 10 prescrib-
Cd in these two sentences, 'sThou shalt loYs
thy nsighbor ~ thyseif' '-ssDo to others -
would that others should do to you"
You are bound to do that to others which
you desire them to do toyou. This Law in.
cludes all the duties Of respect TO soperiors,
and Of justice, and kindness to all men.
. II has already been stated to you, that
you are to obey your parents and although
obedience to other superiors may not always
be required Of you, yet you are hound TO
yield them due honor and respect 10 all the