Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-09-01

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| conversatioA at HONS.
Among the young inAusaess wt'irh
shape the Jodng people of . family, :
most Important pIscc meyt BE- given ty
the tobo of conversation lbat prevail. III
their homes: Cecil s.ys: The opinion-.
the spirit, the conversation, the nsann.ls
Of the parents influence Tue thiid. II rs
is fantastic man, if he ID gessseleYi.'.
knows nothing but whc marsiss ssch =
one, and 10 on; his children will naturslsp
catch these tastes. II hs Il i liscrart
man; his very girls will talk learnedly.
II he is hard miserly man, such will Ls
his childres." The coIoring u his. con.
versatioH pcrtheates theft minds like sa
atmosphere. If they hesf nothing irs,.
father and mother, or talked Of beswixt
them; but the affairs Of this lile; kow can
they fail to become more or lcss inatv,i.
alists; and ready to believe this pr-ssue
world the all:if.ail "Briogitg tie etcr.
MAI World into their view, planning ami
acting with that world before us." is
Way to impress them with : sense Of thoes
tcafities which We desire should rude tLeir
lives:
Now, have heard mother, Who pro.
fessed an earnest desire fhat her dauxL-
ters should give Dip tee "pomps and '. u
tiles Of This world" spend ah hour to-
gether IN TALKING before them Of her ow"
former gayeties !; telling stories Of her
ballroom and theatrical experiences Gu
tettaining them with anecdotes just calcu.
lated to ihhanae their young minds xi'h
an ardent desire to 60 and do likcwi.e.
They have grown up accordingly deciicl
worldlings, plungiug eagerly into, every
amusement Of the sort they could f.d
and the mother wonders and deplores.
Likewise father will let The whL.
tone of his conversation be tinged VT.
the prevailing vice Of money !gettin. /; b.,
will make it evident liza! kS eobtist,a
wealth and position the most imp, ,tt.it
uIatters the calculating and eove,oes
heart will peep through his words tvh:
tinualy; and then be wonders to iii
his sou growing up With preeocious Eel.
fishness, metcenary to the core; ready to
sell his very life fot gold! Such anou..
allies We see very often and the parent
smarts in his old age under the faiins
which be indirectly trained and strehs'!..
ened in the boy:
BE Particularly careful to sci befo. 6
your children The copies ard patterns OF
the virtues which you teach let thcm
neither see nor heat anything from yvs
which you would no: desire 10 hsve cop
led by them. We ought 10 reverence
and stand in awe Of children, that moth.
ing may be spoken OF done il tksit sight
that may taint their tender minds y s.,
wrote John Wesley, himself samplo
specimen of one Of the most carefully
brought.up families that ever filed an
English home:
Again, household Where gossip is ths
staple entertainment must ftifnish d set
Of wealthy minds in its young people
How paltry. to Nave Isl oSe's ksenv.,
interest the clothes, SERVANTS; houses. fan..
lilies of ones ncighbors and all shs
great noble world Of God lying outside
TO be talked about His world Of nature.
Of art; Of science, Of philanthrophy, VI
history, Of heavenly life Very closcly
allied to gossip is evil speaking. Tna
faults Of our neighbors, their sins ot
omission and commission, come to bo
pieces Of news, instead of rather occa-
sions for regret. We soil our own mind
in thinking Of them , We get bad ia.
miliayi'y With evil. Probably wo will
take the hext step, and be among tho
fools who make . mock at sin." D,
Shame npon human nature for its vils
propensity to find cause for mirth in =
brothers tall !-Christian World.