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

!, don't believe the Bible = I'll not listen +
n such talk sir
d Thus ended the G,Yt lesson, and we (el
Is satisfied that if that bov was not sent I,
n the devil it would not be the fault of hi
good old Christian father. But, happily
y the second lesson never was tried. w,
t advised the father to send the boy to board
| lng'schsol, and let him take his chance
Y with his teachers, believing that he coulc
. not well be worse off at school than he
= would be at home. lie went to board.
! lng'school and happening to fall into the
hands oil a sympathetic and philosophical,
! as well as Christian, teacher. and he is
: doing finely.
In contrast with the foregoing VIC
will place the conduct of another father.
whose son, fine boy of thirteen, who is
dear to our own heart, had already ar,
rived at that stage of doubt which ration
al beings arc almost certain at some time
to reach
Observing that the boy was becoming
rcmiss in his morning and evening PRAYERS.
the iather spoke to him on the subject one
evening, just rs his son was about to
retire.
We'll, pa frankly replied the boy.
IL don t seem to do me any good to pray
any more, How do | know there is any
God anyhow ! 1t all seems like ruess-
on
My dear boy mildly responded the
father, have you already come to this |
had hoped that such alllictions would be
spared you. But | suppose we must all 20
through them. Mine came later in life
than yours have come, and it took me
twenty-five years to fight my way out Of
them.
why, rA!' cXclaimol the astoni,hed
boy, did yo9 ever have any such doubts
as have 2
'lcs, my son, and | had to tread the
thorny path Of unbeicf alone, often with
torn and bleeding feet, AMI with none to
help me. But yog shall tread it with
your hand claspcd in mine and shall
have my arm to lean upon when you
are ready 20 faint, AMI my sympathy to
cheer yon when you arc tempted to 1e-
spair,
The hoy sat silent for iev moments,
then bowed his face upon his fathers
knee, anl said his evening prayer with
!'ls ldther's hand resting caressingly upon
his head ; and when he arose and softly
said Good night, pa the father knew
that tio' b0iie had been forever won.
The unthinking cruelty of parents to
their children is something to excite
amaz'mont as well as ind ignation. We
: have heard parents tell, as though it was
something to be proud Of, that whenever
their children got whipped at school, they
gave them another whipping at home
l One lear old deacon Of our acquaintance
used to say to his chlllreD's teachers. mn |
; chuck!e in the saying Of it.
t I'll find backs ifyou'll find whips =
Why, even Solomon would not trust q
: rod with such monsters Of parental cru
t city.
c Another pernicious mistake which .
/ certain cl ass of parents make, is that O
never giving their children any spending
o money. This mistake IS not only alway
n pcrnlclou' but frequently fatal # SOM
- times eats into the very soul Of chilj
. and poisons the very issues Of life, turnir.
sons into thieves and daughters into wcr-
c than thieves. And this pitablc error i
t also frequently extended to wives. Til
c chances are that The heart Of many wii
c Is at this very hour rankline with a sens
d OF degradation, because she never has
It dollar which she can call her own. IIu-
:, bands an! parents-unrelsonina, unsym
y pathetic, selfish husbands and parents
may think this Is Il small matter; b.
10 they may rest assured that it is gre
:, matter, and fundamental one, and til
Is 1t in many cases lies right at the root ,
their domestic happiness and the wclfa
y of their children.
IT The cxigcncies Of space render it imp
| slb!e for rs to illustrate, or even to d.
h cus7 cvery 'pecies of parental mistat
h which has come under our notice. Thu
far our Illustrations have been drawn irut
i such occurrences rs are common to ai
is We will now give an uncommon cas-.
re which was communicated to us by Nh
n Kennedy, the Superintendent of the NJ #
1t ropolitan Police,
&c As Mr.. Kennedy was sitting in Ii
10 office at Police Headquarters one day,
'e about O'Clock u. NJ, an elderly gent.
man came in, and in state ofGrcnt cxc',
ID mcnt exclaimed,
N I've lost my child want you
/ find my child Ny child is gon,
r She's He'd from her home. She's lost
u Mr. Kennedy, who knows Just cxac,l
~ how to manage any case that may com
~ before him, took the excited gentlemen /
hand, AMI learned from him the foilowin
F. facts :
e Three years before the gentleman q
n been boarding with his wir and Is
daughters, in fashionable house ~
'r town, Al that time the child now lo-
% was sixteen years old, and her sister ~.
N twenty-siN. Among the boarders w.r
Il two Spanish families. The male poria
10 Of the Spanish visitors took a great fanc
10 10 the genlleman's youngest daughter, u.l
A' one Of them evidently wanted to mar
or her. This filed the girls pqrents vii