The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-01-22
THE CHILDREN.
EXTRACT PROM COL. 1SarRsoL's LECTURE

EXTRACT PROM COL. INGERsoL's 3 LECTURE.
II women have been slaves, what
shall / say of children; of the Little
children in the alley and subcellars;
the little children who turn pale when
they hear their fathers footsteps; little
children who run away when they only
hear their names called by the lips of a
mother; little children-the children of
poverty, the children Of crime, the chill
dren Of brutality wherever you are
flotsam and jetsam upon the wild, mad
sea Of life-my heart goes ont to you
one and all. / tell you the children
have the same right that we have, and
we ought TO treat them as though they
were human beings; and they should
be treated 10y love, by kindness, by
tenderness, and not by brutality, That
is my idea of children. When your lit
tie child tells lie don't rush at him as
though the world were about to go into
bankruptcy. BE honest with him. A
tyrant father will have liars for chill
dren; do you know that? A lie Is born
OF tyranny upon the one hand and
weakness upon the other, and when
you rush at poor little boy with a
club in your haud, OF course he lies.
/ thank Mother Nature that she has put
ingenuity in the breast Of child, when
attacked by brutal parent, to throw
up a little breastwork in the shape Of a
lie. Laughter. When one Of your
children tells lie, be honest with him;
tell him you have told hundreds OF
them yourself. Laughter. Tell him
il is not the best way; you have tried
it,. Laughter Tell him as the man
did ia Maine, when his boy left home:
John, honesty is the best policy; i
have tried them both. Laughter.
Just be honest with him. Imagine now,
you are about 10 whip a child i've years
OF age. What is the child TO do? sup
pose a man as much larger than you
are larger than a child five years old,
should come at you with liberty pole
in his hand, and in voice of thunder
shout, "Who broke that plate?' There
is not solitary one Of youwho wouldn't
swear you never saw it, or that il was
cracked when you found III Laugh
ter and applause Why not be honest
With these children2 Just imagine a
man who deals in stocks putting false
rumors afoat! Laughter Think Of
u lawyer beating his own flesh and
blood for evading the truth when lie
makes half his own living that way!
laughter Think Of minister pun
lshing his child for not telling al he
ihinksl Just think of 1t! Laughter
and applause. When your child COM
mits a wrong take it to your arms; let
IL feel your heart beat against its heart;
let the child know that you really and
truly and sincerely love it, yet some
Christians, when a child commits a
fault drive il from the door and say,
"Never do you darken this house
again" Think of thatl Aud then
these same people will get down on
their knees and ask God to take care Of
my children unless / am doing my lev
el best in that same direction. Laugh
ter. But will tell you what / say to
my children: "Go where You will;
commit what crime you may; fall to
what depth Of degradation you may;
you can never commit any crime that
will shut my door. my arms, or my
heart 20 you; as long as / live you shall
have no more sincere friend. Great
applausel Do you know Il have seen
some people who acted as though they
thought that when the Saviour
said "Suffer little children to come uu-
to me for of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven" that be had rawhide under
| his mantle and made that remark to
get the children within striking dis
tance. don't believe in the govern
ment OF the lash. IL any one OF you
ever expect to whip your children
again after this, want you TO have "a
| photograph taken OF yourself when you
arc in the act, with your face red with
vulgar anger, aud then the face OF the
/ little child with eyes swimming IN
tears and the little chin dimpled with
/ fear, like piece of water struck with a
sudden cold wind. Have the picture
taken. III that little child should die, /
I cannot find sweeter way TO spend an
autum afternoon than 10 60 out 10 the
cemetery, when the naples are clad
i'm bright colors and the little scarlet
runners are coming, like poems OF re-
gret, from the sad heart of the earth
than TO go out to the cemetery and sat
down upon the grave and look nt this
photograph, aud think Of the flesh,
now dust, that you beat. tell you II
is wrong 10 is no way 10 raise children.
Make your home happy. BE honest
with them. Divide fairly with them ia
everything. Give them little liberty,
and you cannot drive them out Of the
house. They will want TO stay there
Make home pleasant. Let them play
any game they want TO. Don't be sC
foolish as to say: "You may roll balls
on the ground, but you must not rol
them on green cloth. Laughter.
You may knock them with a maliet, bu
you must not push them with a cue
Laughter. You may play with lit
tie pieces OF paper which have writer
upon them, "anthors" but you mus
not have 'keerds." Think OF itl IoJ
NAV 20 20 n minstrel show where poo
pie blacken themselves up and degrade
themselves. but you must not 60 TO
theatre and see the characters OF i'm
, mortal genius nut upon the stage
. Why? Well. I can't think Of any reasoi
, in the world except minstrel is
/ word Of two syllabels and Theatre
. has three. Laughter Let childrel
r have some daylight ~ home ifyou wan
| TO keep them there, and don't com
, meuce at the cradle and yell, Don't
Z Don't Stop" That IL nearly all tha
I j. said 10 a Young one from the cradl
: until he is 2l years old, and when h
Z comes ~ age other people begin say
: ing. "nontr' and the church say
4 Don't" and tho party he belongs {
says Don't Laughter. ! dcspia