The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-11-02

| Iu'c when 40 not effect the general
result, for "whiIr the earth rcmaineth,
seed time, and harvest. summer and
Nintt,. and cold and hot. shall nn.
cease" II" should Know that Mat
is trnr IN nature. mast hr true in
morals and mind. Take parent
with his child-thr Young mind is a
virgin soil bundle of capacities
and impulses. 4 pebble ma! turn
aside the ill, which light have made
shining liver. just So. The first evil
impulse to passion cruelty or re-
ven%", givrr Ivy prrccpt or example,
may widen and deepen, iii! i, hc.
comes flood, devastating humanity.
Bad children are much mo,e to hr
piticd than blamed. They are almost
exactly what their parents make
them, passionate, invec'icc, instead
of quiet and gentle lcmolStrance,
indiscrect wrangling. instead of COM
blned and sustained authority, weak
indnl ernces, and inconsistent res
! tralnts, are the seeds which too NAV!
parents SOW. Can we wondrt that
the harvest is terrible? Alas, and
| alas, why q" we suffer tie cares vt
the mere phi! steal life to en1r">s us
so completely as to make rs 70, get
the true seed time.
When we see boys in the first flush
and flower Of life, vh"m no parental
authority restraints, with young lips
accustomed T." profanity, with feet
which seek the hauntS "f vice and in
temperance, with hands ready for
violence, can we be ignorant OF vi,ar
the harvest will be? Men do net Gr-
come suddenly rich, wise or good,
neither DO they become at once, i'm
moral, wicked or base.
Step by step the desert is made.
and when one unwiSe habit is formed,
n" matter how small, it is time to
panse and tmn back. When We re-
fleet that the boys of the present age
are t" become the owners and gov
ern"ls Of the next, when we think of
the grand inheritance they are to
ster into. what wonder that we look
at them with solicitnde. "The boy
is father to the man." and it depends
upon us what they are to become.
All the aggregated wisdom Of
Prophet, Seer, and Sage, all the grand
developments of Science and the
splendor of the Ats, all will be theirs.
How will they I've fitted. not only to
make the most of these great gifts,
but to carry on the noble works of
evolution? Mothers, it depends
much upon you-yonr hand will SOW
the first seed. Many twjg which
come careless foot has crushed. with
fostering care would have grown up
into straight aud noble tree, whose
branches, the winds of Heaven would
have swept like seraphs harp, 40
careless act, a seemingly triflng omis.
sion may give to the young mind
placed in yonr charge, a wrong direc
tion-a system of evil training may
turn it downward forever.
Make truth the basis of character.
No really noble structure was ever
raised on any other, and to do this,
be yourself truthful, and consistent
never promise, more or less, than
yon intend to perform, and insist on
perfect and implicit obedience. One
half the punishment children usually
receive is for following the example
of the parent. God chooses we'll his
instruments, nature never makes a
mistake.
Nothing but the intensity of moth
or love con1d lead to the sublime
self abnegation, the perfect devotion
which to the honor and glory of
womanhood, we see too often dis
played and this is why, because her
hand sovs the first seed; because her
bosom will feel the first sword .thrntt
if the son of her loves goes amiss,
that she should look we'll to her steps.
What mother who feels this at all,
does not feel that she needs the aid of
Divine wisdom and strength7 When
your little one lays at evening his
little curly head upon your lap to re-
peat the prayer to which angels lis
ten, place your hand there, and ask
it; sure that no earnest desire for
light was ever denied sure too, that
He who led his people of old will
gnide your loved one safely through
the devious ways of mortal life
Woman and her mission has not
been forgotten in the grand progress
i've march of the ages. Lifted from
her false position as slave and idol,
abe takes her place on tho grand
arena of life, prepared to do her
work nobly and we'll, to be really the
companion and helpmeet Of man, to
round out and complete his being
and her own. But believe me, her
grandest triumphs are not won upon
the state of public life, the pulpit or
the rostrum. There she belittles
herself, for she steps aside from the
grand work committed to her care.
AS the wife of a noble and good man,
as the mother of future Poets, Priests,
and Philosophers, she finds her prop
er sphere-there is here enough to
crafty the proudest ambition. Co.
rinne wore Der crown Of lanrel over
a breaking heart, but whitc.robed
angels listen to the cradle song of the
humblest mother, and wait to crown
her with the living gems of Paradise.
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