Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-26
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There are parents who deliberately Law
themselves out to torment their children.
There are two classes of parents who are the
most inexorahly cruel and malignant: it is
hard to say which class eXcels, but it is Ger.
tain that both classes exceed all ordinary NOR
tails. One is the utterly backguard-the pa.
rents about whom there is no good nor pre-
tence OF good. The other is the wrong .head-
eddy conscientious and religious; probably,
after all, there is greater rancor and malice
about these last than abou: any other. These
act upon a system OF unnatural repression,
and syslematlzed wedding out OF all enjoy
Inent from life. These are the people whose
very browning act of haired and malice TO-
wards any one is to pray for him, or to threat
en- to pray for him These are the people
who, il their children complain OF their bare
and joyless life, say that such complaints in
dictate wicked heart or Satanic possession:
and have recourse to further persecution to
bring about Il happier frame OF mind Yes.
the wrong headeG and wrong hearted religion
list Is probably the very worst type of man or
woman on whom the sun looks down. And.
how sad TO think Of the fashion ia which
stupid, conceited, malicious blockheads set nm
their own worst passions as the fruits of the
working of the blessed spirit, and caricature,
to the lasting injury of many young heart,
the pure and kindly religion OF the blessed
AsSuSSIhSi lGSG re the folks no lQfCt
systematic and ingenious torment on their
children; and unhapply, very contempt.
BILE parent can iLtiict nurh suffering on a sen.
sitive child.
GU may find parents who, having started
from humble origin, have attained to wealth
and who, instead OF being glad to think that
their children are better off than they them
selves were, exhibit diahoical jealousy of
their children. You will find such wretched
beings insisting that their children shall 90
through needless trials and notifications. be.
cause they themselves went through the like,
Why, L do not hesitate to say that one of the
thoughts which would most powerfully lead
worthy man to value material prosperity
would be the thought that his boys would
have talrer and happier start in life than he
had, and would be saved the many difficulties
on which he still looks back with pain, You
will find parents, especially parents of the
pharisisaicai and wrong-headedly religious
class, who seem to hold it sacred duty to
make the little things unhappy who system
atIcally endeavor 10 render lite as bare, ugly
aud wretched thing as possible who never
praise their children when they do right, but
punish them with great severity when they
do wrong ; who seem TO hate to see their
children lively or cheerful in their presence
who thoroughly repel ali sympathy or conf.
dence Oh the part of their children and then
mention as Il proof that their children are
I?t. ~ 'lIe ue'' 'Hat thelr chltdren al
my ~ ~ away rom them VINO rejoice
w ""y ii''e enJoy 'lleht-Ilgluiy carry
.Is a'o pl"c.iCe tie fundamental prlnclple OF
t ny. cleeu' %hich undoubtedly Is, that no
s oOuy s.ou'u ever please hlmseit' neither
S"'G ""? TouJ c'Vi please any oouy else be-
S'J III i'iier t"SG ne Is sure 10 ulspIease
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'Jiu;iie' ca anu hl'Srepfesehtea me
isi.giou w.. VI oco'iahu "s country put he dId
NOT III the ieast uesree carIcature or misrepre'
III a.ne I om VI Solne peope III scotland
trnos ,ot G s' ny a.. oIhet uoc
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.;,,.G - i"PP9 Va couise ne ptae-
loi.P"S' tn"1 tney are loHo"lnG
aiie oe9t campus wig" 'iey are splleIulIy
"hSly " see tier chIiaren happy
:, linen great uouoIe, always pressing heav
ny on many little mind Is, that ii is over
taSkeu WIN lessons 1ou stu see here and
tnere lulo'lc parents STRIVING to make infant
PHehonieLa OF tnelt children and recording
WIN uIch prlue now their Children could
read ana write at an unnatuIaHy early age.
oueh parents are fools not necessarily mallc-
louS zoos, nut Tools beyond question. The
great use 10 whlcn the hrSt SIX or seven years
OF me shouiu De given IS the laying the toun-
ualI9n Oh leaitnlu! constitution IN body aud
llii5u "nu Tue IaStl'ihS OF inc hrst principles