Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-01-17

What kind of society he finds his friends
find out afterward 70 their sorrow" The
iecturer pleaded for different kind Of
treatment for ..that boy. First of ali, he
should have home care. Home should be
made Observation-Disclosures. His mother,
If she rightly appreciates the dignity aud
responsibility OF ner position, will not
leave him to the care of servants while.
she deyotes her time and strength to fash
ionable society. The father should lind
or take time from his business to train and
govern his boy. That boy, must have em-s
pieyment. He is like locomotive. he
will whistle or draw, or work or burst! He
must be busy. Happy the parents who,
understanding this, provide employment
for their boys at home. He should early
be taught the value of a dollar by working
TO earn that dollar. Taught to work SO
that he may have sympathy and respect
for the hard-working men of the world.
The DIR. is q firm believer in fun, in amuse-
ment, recreation-everythin OF an inno-
cent and harmless character that will
make children happy at home. Two kinds
Of teachers were de scribed-the one ty-
rannical and overbearing and careful Of
nothing save his authorlty-begetting In
the boy by his very manner, hatred Of him.
self, his school, the book and the subject
taught. The other, by his quick discern
ment, his ready sympathy and kindly
manner, winning the boys heart at once.
and creating in him an ambition TO excel
In study. The claims OF religion were not
to be ignored. t.That boy" should be
taught to seek purity and trnthfulness
and nobleness of heart through Christ the
worlds Redeemer. A boy may be a
Christian, but he Will still be boy. Do
not try to put upon him the experience of
a man. An illustration at this point we
cannot forbear to give for the benefit OF
those of our readers who were SO unfortu-
nate as not to hear the lecture.
ga good old brother said with a melan-
choiy shake of the head, wife, what do
you suppose saw Willie Smith 'doin's
knew how it would be; 1 told the breth-
rem SO when they voted him into the
church, but they wouldn't hear to me, and
now what do you suppose I caught him
q 'doin''f Il cant tell,' said his wife.
why, I saw Willie Smith, Christian
boy, down town playin' horse with a lot
commingling OF good common sense, geni-
al humor and keen wit. DIR. v. evinced
q keen appreciation of the boy nature and
degree of sympathy for boys that they
could not fail to understand. Whatever
the fathers and mothers may have thought
of the license given to cut up the best car
pet and mar the parlor furnit1re-the
boys present evidently thought they had
found a friead. We heard one little fel-
low say as We were coming out OF the hall,
s.Weli, that's the best lecture we've had
yet. l guess can whistle in the sitting
room after this.'' The poor boy-the
homeless boy, wassnot forgotten. The lee
turer implored for MIN sympathy and help
ana Christian charity. The touching sto
ry of ssBill,o the bad boy of New York,
who was led to Christ and saved from a
life OF sin, by the sympathy and help of
his Sunday School teacher, brought tears
to many eyes.
We trust this frst- appearance Of DIR.
Vincent in the lecture-room OF Painesville
may not be his last. We feel safe in say
ing that our citizens will give him a hear
ty welcome whenever again he can favor
US with his presence.