Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
Things E Love to See.

love to see parents kind and forbeariug
towards children, ruling by love rather than
fear; Imean in such manner that warm
ti!ial love be not overgrown by kind of fear
which rs both hurtlu to the child and dis
creditablc to the parent bearing witness by
their department that they have not furg,t-
ten that warm current of youth once leaped
JoyOu5ly in their veins, tkat the ardent as
piratioDs, buoynnt hopes, and perhaps wild
1ancles OF youth oIcc made fairy land of
the world, which, it may be, disappointment
care and SORROW have now metamorphosed
into Il barren waste for u careful parent
may look back to the time when some cher
Ished scheme was bGghted and regret that
no sympathlZing hand was put forth to aid
or when from various causes his better uatIlrc
was suffered to sleep III inactivity, and so be
enabled l." inspire the sluggish, or curb the
imrctunus spirit.
love to see children kind. ebedient and
afectiOnaie TO parents. remembering that, CT
t"n%, should the stream of life he permitted
to flow ON to its termination with them. sill
yer locks will replace the dark waving hair
aud wrimkicd brnws aud .turr"wed checks
leave no trace OF the fresh beauty which may
now be theirs. The bent frame the fnitcrin..
luntsteps succeed the erect form and light
sprlm"ing tread oE,y"urh- and so ever bring
Il smile and pleasant wUrd t" the presence OF
those whose only beam OF earthly ioy may
cmnnate from the love OF their children
L love to see perfect confidence, a rurc
uEshaken affection exist between band OF
brothers and sisters; gentle and consider,te
respecting each the others feelings ready to
bear their imfrmitics, all making the 10Y or
sorrow of. each the happiness or misery OF the
Whole. For this is the only earthly affection
which flows. or at least should flow, in one
pure, unchanging stream from the cradle to
the grave, ever smooth and uubrukcn. from
the tiny hopes and fears of iuiancy. through
tho @raver, higher dreams Of maturity. on to
the ircmuIous, feeble years when, with earth
rcceding from sight, they look forward to a
home where decay, change. death and scpa,
ration comes not.
L love to see worth, not wealth. considered
in the preliminary arrangements to a matri-
m"nial connections. aud affection Join hands
and hearts at the finale so closely that, like
my old fIvorite John Anderson" and his
good old lady, they may climb the hill of
life deS :cnd, and rest peacefully together at
the foot IN hope OF an eternal union in that
better world whore mo sorrow we shall know,
nor fear We ever shall part again. JOHN An
dcrs0n my Joe"
love t" see the young man who would
wear tho title oil husband, or the young lady
who loves the name of wife, cschcw in toto
the f!irtations, coluctries, or whatever You
may style them. that are 50 much the order
OF the day. and seek a more intellectual and
rational enjoyment in cultivatiug the talents
given them, that they may be, rather than
appear to be-, worthy tle respect and affection
Of Il true heart; and am singular enough to
love to'see those who spend the freshness of
the early morning of life in the lofty. intellec-
tual, not to say cruel occupation of winning
hearts to wound, for the qualification of a
worse than foolish vanity, in middle life cast
off TO reap the bitter fruit they have sown, in
prospect Of a lonely, lovelcss old age, embit-
tered by a remembrance of the past.