Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-27

to tho Kitchen or street. as his entrance to the
psrlor would give the grand company the hor-
rors. At this time Of life that boy could eat
more bqckwheat cakes and sleep sounder than
. company of soldiers.
Boys were ruined BY the thousands by Sc
verify. The kind Of treatment q boy wanted
was authority mingled with affectionateness.
There should be authority, and stern authority
at that, but the sceptre should be wreathed in
roses. The boy of 16 who had learned to say
mo- had made his fortune.
The last glimpse of that boy was had at 16.
beard; used bouquet perfumery, and
had his boots blaoked. It was worth quarter
to hear him give the order. He proposed to go
into business with his father. The firm would
be John Smith and father. He called his faith
er, the governor, and had decided opinions
about matters which have puzzled the pro-
toundest philosophers. he sang bass Qaughter).
He made love to girls generally from five to ten
years older than himself. He finally became
mana politician, lawyer, statesman, mer-
chant, an honor and ornament to his family
and country. The lecturer then spoke of the
necessity of early religious training to shape
the destiny of the rising generation
That boy should be made early acquainted
with the customs and ordinances Of the church.
The church was itself great object lesson 1t
was not necessary to fog boy to make him 20
to church. If that boy was the right kind of a
person he might seriously object. Laughter.
II was . mistake to suppose that boy didn't
admire authority. And boys loved authority,
the somblance Of power, particularly when ex-
| ercised by sensible father, and if there was
anything boy despised it was lack of author
ity or powe; in his father. The preaching that
reached the average adult would reach the
average boy. The right kind of boy didn't
like sermons that had to be adapted to him.
The speaker made amusing reference to the
reverend gentleman who is constantly mourn
| ing for Zion. In the speakers opinion they
always made Zion mourn. (Laughter.)
Any type of religion that took the love OF
horse out of live boy was spurious.
had said that he didn't want to be an angel. he
wanted to be soldier. (Laughter.)
Attention was here directed to the public
school system, which was characterized in the
warmest language of approval, a powerful plea
being made for greater iberality and less false
economy in the matter of secular education.
The speaker said he had more faith in wisely
| conducted home life, than all the public religi.
| GUS institutions put together.
Blessed was the father to whom the boy
could come in confidence and find sympa-
| thetic heart and car.
1t was better for the father to grow up in
sweet sympathy and companionship with his
children than to leave them an immense for.
tune to light over. The lecturer was opposed
to the parlor that was too nice for the boys to
| enter. He protested against the furniture that
was too costly and elegant for the impress OF
little hands and boyish feet. A boy must be
| somewhere. If he was driven from the parlo1
and then from the sitting room there was nc
telling where he might go. In such a home
father would presently be asked to speak tc
the boys about being out late at nights.
In answer to the question of where the bows
were. the answer too often came of they re
around" Home should be made the glad
dest, brightest, sweetest place on earth. The
most beautiful thing on earth was a live boy
whose spirit of inquiry made him an interro-
cation point from head to foot. (Laughter)
blackboard, box of blocks, or other small
trifie frequently proved well-spring of pleas
ure. The speaker was in favor Of more black
boards, and thought of establishing an inter
national society for the dissemination of black
boards.
Home must be made attractive centers OF
social and moral law, where the sweet influenc,
Of father and mother would be more than az
Offset for the street. Home, sweet home: Their,
is no place like home. !,