The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-14

The first of these Is Home, the domIcile
of the affections; the nursery oil infancy
the dominion Of the mother and the king.
dom of the father. Here the child Is re-
ceived at the threshold Of life, fresh from
the hand OF God-into the arms Of the
mother, into the cradle Of infancy. Tie
influences OF well.ordered home are all.
important 10 the formation Of the tender
character, 10 the discipline OF youth, and
the child Of older growth.
Parents should study 10 inform them
selves Of the diagnosis, as 1t were, Of their
offspring; look with sOllcitude 10 the
bent OF their inclination, whether it be in
the direction Of good or evil, and strive to
lead the heart and inclination 10 the right,
the virtuous and the good. g
The first truths impressed upon the
youthful mind are the most lasting. In
deed, they are eternal, never entirely Ell
laced for the young heart Is as impressi-
BILE as wax, and retains first impressions
just as indeIlibly, whether such impress.
sions be good or evil.
Then the home government and dis
cipline isa very solemn and important
duty, and its wise administration involves
the gravest responsibility. We may com.
pare 1t TO glass blowing In a glass. foundry,
one of the most delicate operations in art
and mechanism. The artizan takes a
mould, fills Il with the molten material,
and upon the mathematical regularity Of
his respiration through the tube depends
the correct formation Of the article, such
as he has in his minds eye. But after the
artizAn has performed his function, he can
no more change or alter its shape with
out fracture, than he can change the for
nation OF the universe. 30 the youthful
character cannot be formed one thing ip
youth, and made 10 conform In after lie
10 another standard.
"Csn the Ethiopian change his skin, or
the leopard his spots?"
Home Is the trysting place Of the az
] feclions, and whatever Impressions are
implanted ut home, thither the mind and
heart return after long years Of absence
and forgetGulness. Nothing learned from
the lips OIL, the parent Is absolutely and
forever forgotten by the child; no iniunc-
ton, no warning, no prayer ever wholly
loses itself 10 air. No, they live To be born
again in some gloomy hour Of disaster,
death and desolation, perhaps. Than a
Well-ordered home there Is no more holy
and sacred spot on esrth-it Is the very
gate, the vestibule Of heaven There are
formed affections and associations that,
blessed hopel we are taught TO believe
will be perpetuAted In heaven, where
God Is enthroned the Father and Ruler
Of US all. .-.-............
Much has been written concerning
home iniluences-and written beautifully
land well-but volumes more will be writ.
ten on tho same subject, Tor 1t Is as ex-
haustless as the theme oil religion itself.
Next In importance TO good home gov.
eminent Is the parental example, and the
life and behavior OF fathers, mothers, sis
tiers and brothers, who are the elders oil
those who are moulding their walk and
conversation after the examples set before
them daily, and which, from the imita,
tive nature Of childhood, they are prone
| 10 conform TO their actions. II parents
are imperiouS, naughty and exactlne TO.
ward children, servants and interiors,
, those children will take the cue Of Their