Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-03-02
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Duties Of Parents and Teachcrs.

These duties are various aud weighty, and
consequent upon the relation OF parent AMI
child, teacher and pupil.
Now, bow are we to determine what these
duties area Certainly not by referring to any
speculative theories which uay have had their
origin ID the hot bed Of some sicklY imagina-
tiop, but BY inquiring into the object to be ac-
cemplisElsd by tue parent aud teacher, and
what is the nature and destiny OF the being
committed wholly to their guidancc and disci-
! plipe. nus, the dulles of a physician are
ohuialls alss ohjaet bad in view is the resto-
ration OF the human system, when diseased, to
perfect health, or the mitigation of pain, and
the pallation of disease, by the use OF medi
cine and surgery.
Hence, bis first duty is to make himself ac-
quainted with tie structure OF the human sys-
tenl--wth the functions Of the several parts,
and ihe physiological laws pertaining to each.
Secondly, be should understand the pathology
of the various diseases to which tue human
body is subject. Thirdly, he should fully az
quaint himself With the properties and nature
of the various medicines which have been
found 10 have oalutary influence in assisting
diseased nature to regain her former yigor aud
health. Lastly, but no. least, his duty re-
qulres him rs au intelligent physician, when
called To see a patient, 10 carefully examine
the symptoms Vi the disease, ascertain, if pos
siDle, what physiological laws have been viola
! ted, what organs do not perform their functions
properly, aud then, III view that he is dealing
with life and death, his duty requires him al
honest man, to prescribe such medicine as be
may deem best suited to bring about state of
perfect health lo the patient, and, il necessary
10 that end, he will not withhold the blister,
the lancet, the scarifer or the probing knife,
though II may be ever 80 painful TO the pa
teat, aud most disagreeable to himself. Ne,
lie Will not hesitate to amputate the diseased
member, the hand, the limb-or even To pluck
out the eye, if thereby be may save life.
Without further prelimnarles, we may hrst
inquire what some OF the duties OF pa
rents! We may, in answer 10 this question,
ask, what is ii to be parent! To be a parent
! is to be placed solely in charge of being
/ when fret brought into the wcrld) the most
/ ignorant, dependent and helpless of all The
animal species. This being is possessed OF q
! pEysi ORGANISMS, subject TO thousanI dis
! eases, pain and premature death, all of which
! growing out of the violation OF the laws of It's
! being, under which a wise and baGehcent Gre
ator has placed it. This same being is also
endowed with an Immortal, moral aud intelli-
gent princ,ple-a soat, capable OF endless pro-
gressou in knowledge and virtue, of luettaoie
JOY and happiness, or of lndescribaole degrada-
| ton and misery, even ia this life, and exposed
TO life of eternat tDretchedneSs and mlserY Ia
/ future state of existence, with a nature nat
urally indisposed to these very acts that bring
both physical and moral disease, suffering and
death.
Now, in view Of the powers, nature and des-
tiny of this being, we come TO the education OF
such a being includes all those Influences and
disciplines by which its faculties are unfolaed
aud perfected. 1t is that agency that takes
the helpless and pleading infant from the hands
of its Creator, aud experimenting Its entire "a-
ture, tempts it forth, now by oustere, and now
by kindly influences and disciplines, and thus
mouds it at last into the image OF perfect
man, armed at all points, to use the body na,
tnre aud life for its growth and renewal, and
20 hold dominion over the f1uctuating Things OF
the outward 1t seeks to realize III the soul
the image of the Creator. Its end IS perfect
man. It's aim through every stage OF mid
ence, is self-reIewal The body, nature and
life are its Instruments aud materials; Jesus is
its worthiest ideal; Christianity its purest or
gan; the Gospels ara its fullest text book;
genius is its inspiration; holiness It's law; tens-
perance its dlscipline Immortality Its reieara.
Now, if this be the work of parents, which 1t
undoubtedly is, we'll ,pay they exoiaim, "who
then is sufficient for these things