The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30
HIFE E.IIrH ~ TOCR CHILDREN.

A lady once told me of a little scene
which occurred during her childhood,
and. though years of change had come
and gone since then, it had LETT such an
impression on her mind that she could
never entirely Danish it from memory
She was quite child when it happened,
and her mother, good christian woman,
was yet one of those strict, stern parents
who demand and expect, perhaps, too
much from their children, forgetting how
hard it Is, even for us grown children,
tried in the rough discipline of life, to
submit TO our Heavenly Fathers will
and yield instant and perfect obedience
/ to His law. But this child was gentle
and yielding always. I well remember
! her mild, amiable manners, and sweet
disposition when we were children to-
gether-eyer giving up her own will to
that of her parents. Above all she was
perfectly truthful; never had her lips
framed n falsehood, or uttered one de-
ceitfu word she had never tried to
screen herself when at fault, or to escape
the punishment of her childish errors
And her mother knew this-knew that
her child had never spoken aught to her
but the plain, honest truth.
There came a day at school when it I
was found that some erievous act of /
disobedience had willfully been commit
ted by one of the pupils, and, in some
strange way, it was traced TO this little
girl. The teacher accused her, she de-
MED the charge, but the proof seemed
strong against her, and the teacher even
accompanied her home, carrying the ac-
cusation to her mother.
1t seems an unnatural thing for par
ent to do, yet she accepted the teachers
statement in preference to that of her
own child, who had never deceived her,
and tried by every means in her power to
make the little one confess the fault.
Smother. mother, / did not do it !;
won't You Believe me % was all the re-
ply she could obtain. For long time
she sat by the child, pointing out to her
the horror of falsehood, and beseeching
ler to confess that she had committed
he error and ask forgiveness. The child's
spirit became at last so affected, and her
whole little being wrought up 10 such
tate, that she actually confessed herself
,uilty, and asked forgiveness for wrong
he had never committed From that {
moment feeling OF reserve grew up be- i
ween the mother and child, and, though q
ears have come and gone, and the child f
S grown up to womanhood, she still re- t
members that dreadful day, not, how f
yer. with any undue blame to her moth a
r, for" she said, q know she thought a
he was doing right" 6
Oh, what feeling of forIorn wretch G
dness must come over little innocent fl
hid when it secs its mother look b
~ with suspicious eyes upon it, o
nd refusing to believe its expressions of ii
ID
Oh, mother let your children see that al
Oh have faith in them; that you can
.ust them whether near or far away, and W
will be to them a cheering thought 1t
lat viii doubly endear to them the sa- m
ed name of Misunderstanding them in A
mptation's hour, and leading their W
uls to lofty purposes and noble aspi- th
tions. su
A mothers love and trusting belief OF
bat a sa feguard it has been to many a op
" fighting his way in the world 1t has la
lined him to conquer many an enemy, tn
d Frightened many an hour of struggle Ii
d sadness to know that loving, pray fu
. mother has faith in her absent boy. we
mothers trust has kept many adaugh tai