The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-01-12

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gnant, is apt TO be enduring. And n,
reader Of this article, of whatever age
5 needs TO he told that nothing SO sings tht
! soul, nor so rankly testers in the heart, a
D the rude and ungracious reception Of ar
v honest, well meant apology or confession
, Nor docs our Heavenly Father cycl
, lorsake an crring child, no matter how
| grcvious is ollcnsc may have been. lie
! forever follows the offender with Ills be.
sceching love, and ccasclcssly hollis open
, door Of return, from out which streams
4 the beacon of rcdccmng grace to welcome
} the wandcrcr from aiar But it is not an
uncommon thing for an earthly parent to
, drive an offending son forth to utter ruin
Of body and soul, and TO cast ont IN cr-
ring daughter unto certain and eternal
death. Such fcrucious virtue on the part
+, OF parent is about the most revolving
cmonatlon from the }oitomcss l'it cvtr
manifested on earth. who would stand
in such an ones place when God shall
call HIM u rcroning, AMI require his
chldrcn- souls at his hand
Unless parents retain the implicit con,
lidcncc Of their children they cannot train
them mp in the way they should %. nor
control their destiny. rhi. il The vital
point.
50 long as children, whether young
men or maidcns, ever come with unhcsi-
taing conf lcncc to their patents, and
tell t ON all their troubles and tcmpta.
tions, the parents can keep them unlcra
guiding and controlling hand but as soon
as they bcsil to conccal their oil''ncos, aud
! especially their temptations, from their
parents the devil gets the inside rack and
J is pretty sure to win.
| The only thing which viii retain the
intimate confidence Of young p.opl, i. u.s.
Hmote gaYot.q.
The parents who always hcarilY ymp.
athizc with Their children in III. their
grcls, AMI trials and temptations. who
never fail to stand by them in all conflict,
with strangers, viii forever riain their
confidence 10 such degree a- Ai enable
the parental hand, under God. lo Guide
them ari@ht and ~hicll them from temps
tation.
AM the parent who .ml- ia any Of
these respects will be certain 70 lose the
conf lcncc OF his chilIrcn and that conf
dencc HiIl be bestowed elsewhere, for
somewhere 1t must and will b h-iowcd,
and they ON whom II hAppcrs TO he be-
slowed will to that cX'cat wr,s. the dss+
tiny Of the children from the parents con-
troll, and have 1t IN their power 10 work
them doadly mischief
We wish that we could send t!ti5 point
like IN arrow Kissing home to the heart
oil every parent IN the I'n|, for u is the
poIn;--lIe central, the Vital, thc c'ntl o,
ling point oi tie whole moticr--ille p' in,
oil departure which increasingly d'Inrmin-
es whether myriads ol children shall tread
the path which Leads TO Heaven ~ that
winch lea Is to ilrIl.
= We have saId that 1t l. nocd.ul that
parents should stand by their children in
their conflicts with strangers. lhif Is au
important point, TO Wh.rh JUe heed
should be given Whenever 81 parent
finds that a d.llltuliy has ac'n1'y arisen
between hl' children AMI OUTSIDE harha
: rans' t" stand 10y bis children 20 lons a|
the war RACES, Just as lac wonll IN any
' event stand hy lis country when prcs'cC
by lorc'Gn foe. without REGARD 10 th'
origin OF the strife. How dear such pa
rental loyalty is 10 the childish heart -
aye, how dear II Ia 10 the al hear,
every human being probably Knows better
than he can be told.
t 1t takes first class grown up ChriHiai
to forgive friend who has failed him il
Il such hour o' sorest need; and we doub
, II son or daughter ever entirely re
l covers from the wouni which pnrentI
betrayal inhicis under snch circumstan
II ccs.
c When the difficulty has been propcrl
: adjusted, and the fitting moment come
n the parent can call the child 10 Il settle
c mcnt with him; and the parents having
c by his truc-heartcd loyalty, won the graf
i itudc and devotion OF the child, finds il
Is heart like wax in his hands, on which h
C n indclibly stamp any lesson he ma
choose to impart. Let the father q
It mother, who may doubt this doctrin
/ tast II nm ilp first onnnrfuuiiv which slio