The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-07-17

AtHtfstt HtANt sAAAAsAtth tAU - W. hN
feeling o. insensible u generous impul
see, Nhsu a rude act wounds has moth
ers heart, be 4 smitten with geuains
sofrew When he sees hu obieci Of dis
lress, be Is touched with Il. lie cheer
fallg gives up his spending money to re-
licpe the beagars necessities. lie weep,
IN sympathy al the unRnarded blow and
injury % q school mate lie has tears ii
his composition, as well as gristlc. llt
Knows whst it's to feel for Others In dis
tress Bat years roll on. lie mingIes ii
tlo world aud he changes in the changes
oftime, Ilo fails under bad influences
evil companions gather sbont him and
laugh a his pions and generous nature
Parental restraint, like a rotting rope
slowly decays lie breaks loose into
Que wrong after another, be grows reck.
iess 81 bis lnothet's prayers aud of the
! esteem Of Che good, he lounges about the
hotels and the saoons, he drinks, b.
wears, il hard and coarse, rendy for
anything bad, shame 40 longer criipsons
bis cuuntenance, he dies as one part
feeling Now il Is one eud OF good
educslion 70 prevent all this, as Il cul.
tures aud establishes the heart In kind.
ness aud love, heart that gives to
| friendship charm aud permanence, and
10 home a paradise. Nor will the law
OF fashion on OF worldly honor inspire It,
nurthe companionship Of the frivolous,
the vain, the sensa0us or the proiune,
nor indeed. viii the trailing Ia the dust
4 q sense aud sin the white and delicate
affections OF the human soul, in which
/ the voice Of conscience il Knocked may
! indeed, never but in the school of piety,
/ While again~-the esteem of the wise and
good is awakened in view OF the virtues
rpriHgiug from a Conscientious regard
4 10 the tHr and impulses Of right. am
] well aware that IL is not common to find
tho earnest desire for intellectual culture
OF the finer social graees ia connection
/ with an immoral life. They are apt to
go hand ia hand but not always. One
thing is plain that an education of the
mau, must include the onlture Of the CON
Science, in respect to every lttle thing of
right and wrong, ns well as in the graver
matters of the divine law. Sometimes
the young get the impression from the
apparent success of persons Of large
I brains aud fine aud adroit manners, TINT
the world lays bat little stress upon NOR
al character, and, alas, many are deluded
! by tie glitter and display Of the successful
in the world of letters, Of business and of
| politics, While it, is acknowledged on all
hands, that they are bad at heart. have
seen this same spirit onter the school
room, and pervading youthful hearts, -
tie spirit mean, to worship at the shrine
Of smartness, intellectual aoumen, fine
personal address in social life, especially
if it Is backed up by family wealth, even
when il is understood that there is clear
destitution Of moral principle, the con-
science disowned or scared, the good and
| the right made to yield TO the vain and
| snowy. There is no true culture In all
this. For, however, the superficial and
the ostentatious may look upon this mat
ter, one thing is plain, that Jesus and the
good admire and love the true and the
right in character above all bare outward
or brilliant success. The person possess
ing such character, presents the image
of health and real beauty, the very fore
head in which resides TIE angel aspira-
ton, The eye beaming with pure visions,
the heart glowing with benevolent pur-
pose, the conscience urging to truth and
duty, each aud all ask and gain the
esteem ofthe good even, in the blush
and reserve Of retiring modesty,
precious image 10 gaze at IN the young
man or maiden, In whom there Is realized
that dWy is the stern lawgiyer TO whose
authority there Is submission, conscience
directing by its enlightened eye, in the
ways OF wisdom, and Hat by an influence
rs silent as The fall Of the snow flake, and
yet as potent as the force toAt swings
globes, through celestial space, on keeps
The ancient heavens in blaze.
Oal with what tender ana ever increas.
ing interest do the wise aud good may
Jesus himself, watch the upward and on
ward course Of such persons ali through
their course Of study, as oftentimes
through obstacles aud periIs hard and ep-
paIlihg they, with fixed purpose, steer
thcir little skin'o Of life upon aud through
the mad aud crested top-wayes Of disci.
pliue and trial How they love to speak
them 10 Kindred aud friends, 10 mother
and sister, that amid their studies and
social joys, their aspirations aud associa.
ti0ns, neither yain ambition, careless dis
obedience, drnnken reyelry, nor maudin
folly finds q place. that the blush of
modest virtue on their check is never sup
planted by the hectic flush Of evil desire
or senselcss excess. We look with delight
aud report with pleasure upon their trans
parent honesty, their uutarhished honor,
tlieirpo.itive truthfulIness, their unbend-
ing regard tor truth and right Ia alt
Jlis there is q substantial character, the
base sud Inspiration ofhumaa confidence.
Beuismhl Fmuklin attributed his sue.
cess as public man utf to his talents or
hi. pswcr of speaking, for these were bni
moderate, bni 70 hi. known Integrity Of
character d grace nayer more needcd in
our world than 10 day and without which
both church AND state viii grow corrupt
and rotten MANY overlook bis element
in scholastic education, onscientions
regard for ihe true and te right; but