The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-01-27
How to Guide Children.

DR.. John Brown little book on Health
has more good advice in it than is often
crowded into such small compass, and
no parent can read it without receiving
suggestions he will remember, and put
to worthy practice in the home circle.
There urv sumo L;.rts ir -tlrV follow
ing paragraphs:
Whatever you wish your child to be
be it yourself. If you wish it to be hap
by, healthy, sober, truthful, affectionate,
honest, and godly, be yourself all these
If you wish it to be lazy, and sulky, and
liar, and thief, and drunkard, and
a swearer, be yourself all these. As the
old cock crows, the young one learns.
You will remember who said, "Train up
child in the way he should GO, and
when he is old, he will not depart from
it" And you may, as general rule, as
soon expect to gather grapes from
thorns, and figs from thistles, as good,
healthy, happy children from diseased,
and lazy, and wicked parents.
Be always frank and open with your
children. Make them trust you, and tell
you all their secrets. Make them feel at
ease with you, and make free with them.
There are no such play-things for grown
up children like you and me, as iceGns,
wee ones. 1t is wonderful what you
can get them to do, with little coaxing
and fun. You all know this as well as
do, and you will practice it every day
III your own families Here, now, is
pleasant little story out of an old book:
IA gentleman having led a company of
children beyond their usual journey,
they began to get weary, and all cried to
him to carry them on his back, but be-
cause of their multitude, he could not do
this. But says he, III get horses for
US all then cutting little wands out of
the hedge as ponies for them, and a great
stake as charger for himself, this put
mettle in their little legs, and they rode
cheerily home" So much for a bit of
ingenious fun.
q One thing, however, poor as you are,
you can always give your children, and
that is-your prayers; and they are, if
real and humble, worth more than silver
and gold, more than food and clothing,
and have often brought from the Father
who is in Heaven, and hears our pray
ers, both money and meat, and clothes,
and all worthy good things. And there
is one thing you can always teach your
child: you may not yourself know how
to read or write, and therefore you may
not be able to teach your children how
to do these things; you may not know
the names of the stars, or their geogra-
ply, and may, therefore, not be able to
tell them how far you are from the sun,
or how big the moon Isl nor be able to
tell them the way to Jerusalem or Aus
tralia; but you may always be able to
tell them who made the sun, and moon,
and stars, and you may tell them the
road to Heaven. You may always teach
them to pray. Some weeks ago, l was
taken out to see the mother of little
child. She was very dangerously ILL.,,
and the nurse had left the child to come
and help me. / went up to the nursery
to get some hot water, and / saw some
thing raised up. This was the little fell
low under the bed clothes, kneeling. l
said, "What are you doingY
II am praying God to make mamma
better" said he
God likes these prayers and these
little people-for of such is the kingdom
of Heaven. These are His little ones,
His lambs, and He hears their cry; and
it is enough if they only lisp their pray
ers. abba Father" is all he needs /;
and our prayers are never so truly pray
ers as when they are most like children S
In simplicity, in directness, in perfect
fullness of reliance.