The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-09-17
PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
The Nursery.

There is no philosopher like the one in pima
tore and shirt sleeves, with "a cake in one HAND
and a toy IN the other. He lefs you into the
secret of the human heart az ne other teacher
can. he Is welded 20 no particular sect, nor il
his mind warped by pride or prejudice. He
deals pertIn1ciOusly with First Iudiments, and
goes " the very bottom of every subject that he
handles. But his great merit is that he is 40
honest and straightforward in afl that he says
and does, that YOU can no more aarbOr a doubt
of him than You can of the honesty of Il ray OF
sunlight. And then his mode of teaching IL 80
original, i%mprUmptu and leiicitoCs, that he Will
manage 70 send u whole sermon shone 10 your
heart before YOU know it. He. Is no polite,
diplomatic. Tilieyrand Of q man, kIsing words to
conceal his meaning, but II v~eritablY unmistakable
christian gentleman, who Is the: very soul Of
honor, and whose word is as goos as his bond.
IIe is artless as q kitten. deals in 40 nattery or
Discrimination, never acts II borroSed part. and
hardly knows the meaning of falS hood. He Is
n very close student of nature-liSes to be look
ing into everything ana EXPLORES, the hidden
springs Of things around him, ed like other
great students IL q little dangerOus IT times, but
he is perfectly fair about it. being lutte Us ready
20 blow himself up rs ~ blow ~ those about
him
His, too, is the only standard theology. There
IL NJ smell of the lamp or of the mold about the
doctrines he inculcates. If there is any virtue
extant. il is in him. His little feet seem to tread
right on the verge of the better land. And
when he sleeps he seems TO be there altogether.
OF sill the dweliers here below, he is the most
reverent and devOut. Devotion comes SO easy
and natural to him, and his little heart seems so
entirely IN accord with all you tell him of his
home beyond the skies, and no ore can hardly
divine from whence came our old fashioned no.
tions about total depravity and original sin,
unless they were wrought out by incarnation in
some old monastery whose clustered walls never
gave back the Teyerberating notes of nursery
hymns and nursery PRAYERS. Instead of quoting
them 0S the doctrines Df tbp - Fathers - thav
seem to mortal keen marvelously more like the
surly grGwlings of gruff and grim bachelor uncles.
King Herod might far better stand sponsor 10
most of them.
The bench and bar have been far more atten-
tive students than those who minister Ut the altar
of the rich and rare lore OF the nursery. Half
the jurisprudence OF the world comes from that
source. fOur little one IN ankle ties is natural
~ q Lord Chancellor in all but the gown and
wig. Long before he can walk, be has mastered
the true doctrines in all that relate to meuHl and
tuum. He starts in life fully approaching the
point that possession is nine-points of the law,
and hence il is that he Is always so prompt to
lay claim to and seize every toy and goody that
comes in his way. His plan of making the seiz-
ure is Napoleunic, by rapid advances, and instant
taking, and To hold on till dispOs>essed by supe-
Tiur title. He relies very little on strategy, but
a. FIRST in time-frst in right" il Il doctrine
apparently as well understood in the Nursery as
in Westminster Hall. He is very early fully
INV ~ TIT AbA tIbNS VI A6iNS N"tdhii CIV
of everything chat belongs To him, TO complete
the title, and 1t Is seldom that he let's enough
time - intervene between the gift and his seizure
of IL. 10 let In intervening claimants.
He IS by nature prompt and apt rs = sllyOr,
laying hold of and securing any and all lost
daintiss snd playthings found direiict. and in
stituting proceedings against them az rem for his
share a. salyOr orthwith. IL is all idle for one
to De Spending his time consulting those old
tones of Puffendorf. BynckcrschOeck and other
rphI1ofSr- .D tn I.pr YnY.fad ru.GrT,n - @ha {
origin of property when the little professor OF
public law IN vOur nursery Is occurring on IL
every day. Young hopeful Is one OF the most
ripe and ready scholars in all that relates 70
descent and cUnsluguinity- Your laws of prim-
Ogeniture End no support in the enlightened
forum of the nursery.
He Is never in doubt about his being full
co-heir and joint legacee in all requests of =
palatIble nature brought within ms precinct.
Nor IL he slow in asserting his rights and prose-
cutting his case. No hungry solicitor could
proceedings with more prumptitude,
or follow them UP with more vigur. And then
on such occasions how quick To distinguish be-
tween Unbeatable blood Ut his brethren and the
ing w~ishfulIy by. No professor of the College
Of Heraldy could note the Jaw in the title sooner
or net on it with more determined vigor.
What a teacher i he. tpD. rs 10 the value of
time. He is no laggard sleeping on his rights
and letting others sleep, too, when duty calls;
= 6HLt dHihc III hi'ii~
things attended 70 betimes. When has mind IL
On 4 given subject, it is not apt to wander. He
il for bringing everybody up To time, ana of
putting his business through He IL marvellous
" in earnest when ne sets his heart on anything
which IL entirely reasonable and scriptural. lie
~ no believer in putting of and delaying, pro-
crastinatiOn, especially when bis wants are TO be
He has. TOO. naturally 4 taste for the exact
sciences. He is quick To note the difference in
of oranges. cake and other dainties. however
quIdringular, rhoInhOidaI, OF rectangular they
may come before him, and has Z natural affinity
for the largest. Like the immortal Hudibras.
he can take the size of most anything p~alatable
that Is set before him, and quick determine BIZ
: sines and tangent straight, If bread and butter
is wanting weight"
But it is all futile to attempt TO Go justice to
the teachings of the nursery, 81 all compact with
the best wisdom of the world. 1t may true that
there have been very worthy people. who have
managed TO be really learned without sitting at
the leet of Il teacher IN ankle ties, and drinking
knowledge from his lips. but the case must be
- exceptional one, and more in seeming than in
reality. There Is 4 great deal Of mental curren
y passing from hand 10 hand, that will ne found
= last redeemable only where issued. But the
SAVE and modern instances of the nursery
ike the sweet verses of mis- immortal poets is
,Ooi for all ares and for all chimes.