Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-10
Ghildren's department.
l0rigiual.]
LANGUAGE.

guage that was used by the hrst lnnaDltahts
of the earth. So far, the conclusion arrived
at has not been very satisfactory. 1t is very
probable that the language which was used
by the first pair of the human family, has long
since been entirely out-rooted by those that
are now spoken. Perhaps there does not even
trace of it remain. Like the place where
they we're first located on this earth, their
original language is entirely unknown, and
in all probability, will so continue.
Strictly speaking, man is the only inhablt-
ant of this world that is endowed with Ian
guage. The lower order of animals are able
to utter certain sounds which amongst them
selves are understood. The dog barks and
growls, the hog grunts, the COW bawls, the
sheep bleats, and the horse neighs The ut
tering of these various sounds is by no means
language as used by man. They are similar
to the crying and laughing of baby. No
animal ever learns to make new sound or
to add to the stock which it had when first
brought into existence. 1t is true that par
rots and some other kinds Of birds can be
taught to utter certain words, but not in the
sense that children are taught to speak.
Neither birds nor beast are endowed with the
organs Of speech, as the word is applied to
those articulated sounds uttered by man.
Whatever may have been the language
which Adam and Eve spoke when placed
in the garden of Eden, all that the human
family now possess, is the capability of learn
ing to utter articulated sounds No Ian
guage or dialect now spoken by any of the
inhabitants of the earth is natural, in the
sense that men are born able to speak it.
Children are born with the faculty or capa-
bility of learning to speak any language or
dialect with equal ease. The only language
that is natural to the child is crying and
laughing. This is evident from the fact that
those who are born deaf never learn to talk ;
but, instinctively, they laugh and cry. The
same thing is true with respect to the lower
order of animals. The naturally deaf puppy
barks and growls as distinctly as those that
hear
Talking or speaking is nothing more than
initiating those sounds that are heard. Any
natural deficiency about the organ of hearing
is manifest in the speech. The organs of
speech are the palate, tongue, teeth, lips and
nose. There are some sounds that cannot
be made without moving the tongue; in ma
king others, the lips are moved, others again
cannot be made without the teeth. The nose is
not esteemed very highly, still there are some
sounds that cannot be properly made without
the nose. Ifany one will take hold of his
nose and close it, and then repeat the alpha
bet, he will discover that he will experience
no difficulty until he comes to the letters M
and n. In enunciating these letters with the
nostrils closed, he will discover that the sound
is materially changed. Those sounds that
require the aid of the palate to make them,
are called palatals; those made by the aid of
the teeth are called dentals; those by the lips
are called labials, and those sounds affected
by the nostrils are called nasal. If a COM
munity saw fit, it could invent a language to-
tally different from any language in use. The
words we use have no meaning in themselves.
Their meaning is wholly arbitrary. These
words might be attached to different objects
without, in the least, changing the nature of
the object. Thus we might call dog by any
other name, and still the nature of the ami
NAL would be the same In fact, this is the
real state of the case. Scarcely any two ma
tions call dog by the same name still, all
over the world the creature is the same
BEK1ND AND FoRG1vE.-Charlie was very
angry. "Mother, I can't and won't stand it
any longer. The boys say I'm mean because
don't tell them when they fail in their les
sons and because I wouldn't smoke cigar
they said 1 was coward, and tied to my
mothers apron-strings. Now I do try to be
a good boy but 1 believe if they had little
of the muscle of that fist" said Charlie, sha-
king it, cit would do them good"
His mother saw he was angry, and babe
him bathe his face and prepare for supper.
The meal over, she said, "Ny son, do you re-
member our talk about overcoming evil with
good?' Joseph forgave all of his brothers.
David, too, was so kind to Saul, that his worst
enemy became his best friend Poor Stephen,
you remember when those heavy stones were
bruising him to death, prayed the Lord to
lay not the sin to their charge And best of
all, when whole nation prosecuted our low
ing Jesus, he was still kind and forgiving, and
said, Father, forgive them"
"My son, remember these glorious exam-
Piles. Do not yield to anger, but be kind and
forgiving and in due time the boys will respect
you more than if you were fighting with them.
Let your prayer be, Father, forgive them, and
help me to forgive them oo."-C Chtlds Paper.
SAYING AND Do1NG.-"If you love me,
keep my commandments" the Lord Jesus
says that is, try to please me by your con-
duct.
I know boy and girl in family where I
often 20, whose different ways of showing their
affection I will describe.
The boy hangs about his mother and often
SAYS, "Mother, l love you so dearly. Mother,
1 love you ten bushelsful )" but he is stubborn
and disobliging, and does not 60 on errands
with willing heart.
His sister, on the other hand, often says,
"Mother, send me. Mother, what can do
for you? Mother, let me do something for
you" She thinks it a great pleasure perhaps
her greatest pleasure to do something to help
her mother and make her happy.
Which child do you think gives the best
proof of its love? Which comforts its moth.
er's heart mosd. Saying and doing are excel
lent when they 20 hand in hand but if we
can havebut one, letit be doing, by all means:
eff you love me, keep my commandments. y
Love, to be worth any thing, must show an
obedient aud willing spirit.-Chi1ds Paper.