Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-05-18
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EFFECTS OF EXAMPLE UPON
CHILDREN.

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CHILDREN.
| Parents, have you lever stopped tocon.
der what effect iatemperance has mon
your ehildrene Ifnot, let me ask vou
Just spend . few minutes in serious con.
sideration of the subject, and see Il
youreyes won't be opened to an awful
reality that you had never before though,
OF. Just think father leading his how
OF l6 or IL up to the bar Of a public
house to take drink; and in return for
tbis:paternal con4idemtion, the boy a.
matter Of 6lial respect returns q sim.
liar invitation to his father; / said filial
respect, can we call it So? Nav rather
demon respect. Yet / have seen in the
course Of my experience in life, manv
instances Of a like character to the above.
What will such parents have to account
for! I have seen fathers in the pres
ence Of their children drink to such
excess, that their children have begged
them to go home,-''father you have
'drwnkef enough, let's 60 home" and
such like expressions. Woe to YOU
fathers. who thus scandalize your bows;
better that mill store were tied 70
your necks and that you were drowned
p a-tesk Of rhiskey. 1 once witnessed
one of the most hesssfeKding scenes-
the like of which 1 hope I may never
see again. Being called early in the MORN
ing to store near the town Of -
to my surprise I saw hard working,
industrious man lying in the store in a
state Of beastly intoxicatiou; his face
bruised and Scared in a most disgust
ing manner. A few minutes later his
wife came into the store, cast a SORROW
full glance at her husband, proceeded to
the counter, bought some articles and
departed. What must have been that
wife's feelings ? but she seemed to be
used to it, and I suppose she was; at
the same time knew her personally
to be one of the best of wives; woe to
the husband, blessed be the wife, mot
in this world / meau) thus to be crushed
| BY thai terrible monster of human
frailty-whiskey. To show what effect
example has upon children, it is only
necessary to cite few simple illustra-
tious, such as have come under the OBJ
scrvation of most every person "who
keeps his eyes open and notices what
he Sees" How many of us have not
seen and heard from the doings-of
children condemnable or commendable
acts, which originated in the pater-
nal home or from paternal examplef
What teacher is there in the public
schools tina: cannot tell how his pupils
are trained at home, and how often to
his bitter regret has be to correct them
for misbehavior which have been i'm.
pressed upon their minds by bad exam
pie! The school teachers are expected
to teach moral as well as intellectual
culture; how are they to do so unless aid.
ed by the cooperation of parents? and
how are the parents to assist the teach
ers unless they set the example them.
selves, aud thereby give their children
no original cause to deviate from the
path of morality and temperance? The
child that has unbounded confidence in
his parents no outside influence eau
shake. knew 4 boy who at the age OF
seventeen was sent from home as clerk
in village store, whose respect for his
father he had never had any occasion
to forfeit. A party of young men from
the village happened in the country on
the OCCASION of festival, and on their
return agreed among themselves to play
a joke on the boy; one of them told hin
tha. they saw his father at the party
and he was so drunk that he had to be
carried home. His answer was, Il don't
believe it," Presently a second went ir
and told the same tale and received the
same answer. Finally. third came in
! with the same statement, and he told
them che would not believe it If ever,
man in the district were to tell him. "
They let him alone. You see how pow.
erful is the effect of moral training anG
example instilled into the minds Of your
children. Never give them any occas
ion to doubt your integrity and you NAV
depend upon it they will never forfei,
their trust. Another "reminiscences Of
my early days strongly illustrates the
fruits Of example shown BY parents to
their children. knew a boy who bad
been reared under the roof of fathe'
exemplary for temperance: 1t so hap.
pened on one occasion that his father
went to the village store and got yer,
ticeiy from too free'use of some of tn,
milder forms of intoxicating liquor
that boy cried for about three DAYS owe
his fathers APPARENT disgrace Their,
is filiai sympathy for you, inebriate,
parents, to consider:
Hh;skey moy be good In its pace,
| But many tear has been shed,
Over the the terrible disgrace
Of So many souls misled.
Brother teachers, let us work for tn
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