The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-12-06

| dren of crime. Little children, the f1otsam
and jetsam upon the sea OF life; children
! that crouch in corners when they hear the
unsteady step ofthe father coming home.
They should have all the rights of men be-
sides the right of being protected. l do not
belive in setting them in rows like posts.
give them a chance. Let them grow up
naturally. have known but few chill
dren who were not better than their parents
considering the experience they have had
What right have You to tyraniZe over q
childy l have very little respect for man
| vino cannot govern his child without brute
force. Why, they say children tell liesl
When you catch child telling lie do not
! act rs if it were the first lie ever told Tyr
amy is the mother of lies. Suppose man
who is rs much larger than you are larger
than II five,ycar-old child, should come to
you with II liberty pole in his hand and
say: who broke that plate 2" You would
swear you never saw ii, or that it was crack
ed when you got it, Think of a member
of the stock exchange whipping one OF his
children for setting false rumOr af1oat.
Think Ola lawyer whipping his child be-
cause it evadcd The truth, and he himself
gels his living that way. Think of "a min
lister whipping his child for not telling all
that il thInksl Think of anyone beating
their own children whom they ought to love
with infinite tenderness. l have known
some Christians who ACT Us ii they really
believe, when the Saviour said suffer little
children to come unto me-" that he had n
whip under his coat, and sirply said that
10 get them within striking distance. |
Know even Christians who Will drive their
children out into the street, and then ask
God 10 lake care OF them. | will never ask
God TO take care vi my children, unless
am doing my level best by them. | will
tell you what say 10 my children. ii j.
THIS: go where you may, 10 what you
viii, there Is no crime you can commit. no
depth OF infamy To which you can sink.
that can shut 10 you my door, my arms or
my heart. As long us you live you shall
ave one sincere friend' Another ding;
there Is nothin. like being honest win
these little children. Do not pretend you
are perfection. You are not Ii you ind
one Of your children has been telling he
don't let on If the world was going 10
hurst Tell HIM honestly that you have
told hundreds of them and it don't pay.
You can't play any George Washington
business on this generation, and the sharp
eyes of childhood will look through the
roots Oi hypocracy. some people SAY tna'
will do for rich but not for poor. 1t is just
as easy TO wake child with kiss u,
with blow.
The speaker gave an interesting and
highly amusing account of the manner in |
which the children of old were rigorousl, |
kept on Sunday, not even being allowed TO |
chew gum. and said:
There is no day SO sacred but that the |
laugh of child will make it holier still |
Strike with hand of fire, Oh weird musici- |
an, thy Tyre strung with Apollo's colder.
hair. Fill the vast cathedral ai>les with
symphonies sweet and dim, def TOUGHER o.
the organ keys. Blow, bugler, blow, until
your silver n, It's do touch and kiss Ia,
moonlight waves and charm the lover
wandering on the vine-clad shores; bun
know your sweetest strains all, compared
with chiidhoods happy laugh-tlle laugh
that fills the eyes with light Oh ripping
river of laughter, thou art the blessed
boundry line between the beast and man,
and every hayward wave of thine doth
drown some filfu fiend of care. Laughter
should make dmples of joy enough in
the cheeks Of the world TO catch and hold
and glorify the tears OF grief And YET
this doctrine has been forced upon U.s."