The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-11-14

IN SUMMER.
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What shall we make OF them? What will
become of them SHhcn grown to manhood?
These are practeaf questions, and made every
day, with seridds solicitude, BY Intelligent and
thoughtful pkrents.xThe ricr and the poor
have alike ambition to put their sons in good
places; they take more pains to select places
which will honor their sons, than to make
their sons capable of IGNORING places. The
inquiry should be, notfor aplace large enough
fer a son, but how to prepare 6 sea to FIJI a
place with profit to those who may call him to
it, and with-credit to himself. g + =ys5a
An. ancient and honored family name in
this city has been efaceably furnished, lately,
by using family, influence to get one of its
members intola place of very high trust and
responsibility an office for which he was so
utterly Sn~nc6inpetent,s that its accounts have
fallen Into inextricable confusion, while he
himseE,1 eharged with a degrading crime, has
been 1s~dinschains to a felon's cell, in a state
of bodily health whiehemelts the hardest heart
with PITY whiieS his venerable. mother is
madeto. weep tears of,blood over the sad mis-
fortunesaf4h The child of the heart. Tor5sr4L.r5
iuquise, then, What your child lis fit for,
rather thmf&hat will fit him; the Presidency
of the Republic Is fit for 2hirn, but he may not
be fit lfornit;; it may ~receiye, him, but he may
not beaabIes 70 I'LL it with ability and honor
Thatafiee is 6tsforiaay man., the greatest and
Luc DtctgNoU0 1OuTloOu might lOG De III HOT II,
to occueyit and fiji it, to discharge its duties
With ddsifty. You must seek a place adapted
to your sons capabilities, for you may not
adapt his capabilities to a place. Seek place
for hia1 which hebswlla honor by eleVating it,
and making it the more influential, but do not
seek to put him in a position. which is to. hon
or him. You, are "a rich man 1t is. neither
safe, respectable nor wise ito bring any youth
to manhood without a ealling, without an oe-
cupaAiesbgyhi he could maintain himself
in case He should lose his fortune. In look
ing around fosspch = calling, instead Of ma.
king the0inquiry what you would like him to
becoke,ssek rather 10 know sWhat occupation
is suited to his GapacitAs-whats calling his
abilities can 81. ssYou might Wen Ike him tc
become an eminent 10 lawyer, iEbut has he tina
plodding and that tenacity of purpose, which
will enable NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. EandEcompare
and deduce. with unerring accuracy for many
years before lie can fairIybe able to COMMENCE
practice? You might like him to become {
physician, but has he the self-denial to cut of
the flesh from the dead MEMS bones. to live
in the charnel house for long years together
and then have the patience to wait for prac
tice fer other long years; and the self sacrifc,
to go at every call, of prince or Pauper, in tn,
midnights of December or the fierce suns O
July, in rain or storm, or sleet or snow? Will
he do this until forty years of age for a bar,
subsistepc &c, before he can make patients com,
to him, Instead Of going to them?
Perhaps your heart burns to make him
minister; and, in rapt Imagination peering be
yo1d the shores. of time, you see him, lik,
some tail archangel leading along, his vast bat
talions to the great white throrg, saying
"Here anil the nstrunenfalitY3 Thou has
made, ofb4ngingt these immorta}s here ant
thenslaud qeaas come from seraphic legion.
in glada replyy<W elcome, brother, Home."1
No greaterTglory than this is thereon earth o.
in heaven for any created Intelligence Blu
for Such an Office, it becomes a man that h,
have a ragged Elearni1g beyond thatSof othe
must have an, abiding feeling that he is les
thaqathe5 leastIof all who love the Master, an,
mus6 have the capacity toahecome' all thing
to all men. Has he these humifities, and thes
venatiities2 HE must be silent when he i
sccEaed;ohei must not return a stroke, ncr an
swer .toia tapht;; when curses come he mus
bless,5 When sinned against he must forgive
bashethe moral courage to meet these debase
ments, and yet above them all to stand an,
feel that he Is second to no living man; that h
is an ambassador from the court of the Kin,
of Kings? Has he the breadth of intellect t
compass all learniKgs? The humility of hear
totfeei abfdingly before his Master that he i
buBRa worm and yet the grandeur of soul i
the Fight ofthe Lamb to feel 81 heir the uni
v~efsesbysright Of birthyd5 Al sGi-ssf sI95q
Iastead, then, OF determining what yourso
shedid Be ,sseek 10 ascertain what he is caps
Bile of being; what he is certainly cornpeten
fdfai In short, seek not for your child the DO.
he can get; ibutthe post he can fll;,5 for it
bettsroto be an honor to the 9hod than disgrac
the eFewnLbetter be an accomplished mechar
icShanaz eontemptible kingi-HaHs Journo
ofHeaM. .std lrtHsl7o u 500 9Gio91q aToa
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rs The only fountain in the wilderness c
lifeswhers man drinks of water totally unmi,
ed with bitterness, is that which gushes fc
hin. iR, the calm and shady recess of dome.
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