The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-11-26

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30 ihe r.u of Florence. De- discovered q
block eft Hao mafh'e lying neglected iaa
vuA aul haIf iu alri auj rubbish. go-
NrlOess Of b.s holiday attire he at oucc
tell 10 work upan jl, clearing away ls
hHh aud striving lo lin 81 from tbo slime
aud mira in which So lay. IlIs Jampau.
ions asked h.m Boo asionjshmtm what De
was doiug aui what be wanted Of that
worthless piece OF rock. oh, there's au
angel Fen lbs stone, was tho answer, aud
must aeg 20 oat tc bah tTcmayed 90
hj, studio and with patient toll With
ma!el aud cht.el, bc brought tie angel
out. What TO others was bot rude,
uusighlly stone, 20 bis eye was buried
glory ot art, aud be discovered at
glance what might be made Of IL, 4
mason would have put e in d stone walk
a cartmaa would have used it Ia filling
ia or to- grade the streets, but ha trans
formed it into a creation Of genius aud
gave jl value for ages 90 come.
\ beautiful story this. Aud now as to
another application Of its moral
Every human being may be likcncd to
a block of marble just as 20 comes from
the quarry. Parents, tcacber. and sur.
rounding circumstances are The artists,
who chi,el, how, polish discipline and
deycIope the character of the child And
every child IL born with the attributes Of
both angel and devil II tho angel be
not developed, we quIrc why not2 "
tho deyil~pcrycuod passions and pro-
pensities-be developed instead Of the
angel--moral aud spiritual sentiments
then somebody is to blame. DO children
take after their paronts2 l. there any
thing to hereditary descent2 Can a child
create bis own will, spirit, disposition,
tendencies and character? Children are
blocks Of marble right from the quarry,
and the marble in the quarry Is coarse or
fne, From a fine quarry we get fine
marble, from a poor quarry poor stone.
Pare and healthy parents viii have fine
children with angelic tendencies pre-
dominating. Low, coarse, Impure,
drunken, diseased persons should not eX-
pect much angel in their children. OBJ
jeCtors may point 10 seeming exceptions.
We state the law. God Is not mocked.
His laws are neither revised nor repeal.
ed. Obey and live. Disobey, you pre-
maturcly die.
Parents, look at those little human
blocks before You, They are subject to
your molding chisoI Your words, your
actions, aye, your very thoughts, are in
tuiuyely working on those little statues.
You bring frowus or smiles on their plas-
tic faces at your will; you encourage or
you depress; YOU elevate or you de-
grade; you distort or you beautify; you
make angels or you mako devils.
DO not shrug your shoulders and deny
personal responsibility. You cannot put
the blame all OIL Adam, Eve aud the
serpent. That child came into existence
through human agency, Its parents
were the agents. There were prenatal
influences at work which gave shape,
tone aud direction to its body aud brain.
Later, the food, the drink, the quality OF
air it breathed the language, the prayers,
the music it heard the beautiful or the
horrible objects It saw-all had their
effect in forming It's character, Was IL
| born In the Five Points OF New York, or
| in the slums Of some other city, Were
It's parents low yagrauts, vaRabonds, or
criminals, or were they selfish, though
well-to.do citizens? Were they rich,
purse.proud, self-indulgent, distant,
naughty and domiueering2 We pits
their children Children are expected 10
resemble and take after their parents
Oh, that our parents bad been what God
Intended them to have becul On, that
we may become what lie intended IL to
have beeu--GueIy-chiselod, polished aud
graceful sculptures iu marble and beaurl-
/ fuI works Of human art Bat how mncb
more grand, beautiful, graceful and In
complrably angelic ars intelligent. Kind.
Iy, loving just, righteous noble and
godiy men aud women
Reader, let your studies, your efforts
your life, be devoted to developing the
angel ia The hnman-bIock,
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Among the latest industries established
IN Maine Is that of collecting aud drying