The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-18
The Sorrows Of Childr,,

and young people can not s I. eal'i'
thing about real trouble. a,m raOw
no responsibilities" say the alG ~ NJ
emo cares. They are SEEING y. gM i
days This is great and a ll,s's
versal mistake. The fact Il as aass
and youth are particularly ,r ,s,'a's
sons. Our best DAYS are w Ssas n
sure of ourselves. when We e Ina' VEN
we are, to some extent, and W., W.. W
can do; when we have la.r sha y
world in the true sense. and nae
out that it is our beautiful seh I,s' ,a Ivy
and that the Maker and Ruler \ !
our tender sympathetic Fathsru :
rived at this stage of our devsla.,. y
we are Independent, and indaao i'ss
Is the first condition Of happiness J
independence, l mean; the lima e.
slave may possess and a kinc ~, W.
entirely destitute of. 1t is the Avn. Nv
ence OF children that constitnte s'ps ~
strongest claim upon our symnsths
tender consideration. The lonal;ss.
sensitive child placed in unsymn,,s'
ic conditions no one can imac;1s Il
has not experienced it. His ssss
helplessness is crushing. He il MI
stranger in vast unmapped e,n, -
and who SO forlorn if his euiies l y
him no guides at all.
The passionate love and GROSS,
which children give to those INV i
truly good to them shows tha
ty of that kind Of goodness. TIA III III
is not grateful to those who Weld i ~ u
to him. but to those who really ~
him. Every child is in a certain .ss ~
the victim of himself. The true hs~ !
children helps the little warriors Il AZ. :
inevitable battles, and loves them ii 4.
time, and pities them in proportion n
the naughty spirit gets the upper MI
But these generals Of the army q ehli
hood must be heroic self-conu,,eurs
and alas, how few they are.
But without being able to do I'M w
for children, it is a great thing Is NM
our eyes open to the fact Of their pee.L
In the first place, we do not half apan,
ciate what little things they are. Wees'
pect far too much of them. Neither Il
we half appreciate their quality
tenderness, their pride, their generost
and their sensitiveness.
81 would do any thing TO please IL
mother" said a bright 1O-year-old NE
her face flushing, and the tears comm
to her eyes; ''but of course am en-
less, and | forget, and then she eodA
and-and-you know
Yes, | knew. The child was wan.
hearted and generous, but she wss 4
child. The loving heart, the eager u
sire, the pent-up tenderness went Ii
nothing; the carelessness, the folly, Ii
childishness were made much Of. Tm
years after, this same girl said: aIhm
made up my mind that my notha
doesn't love me. She couldn't heb
showing it sometimes if she did, Bill
the mother loved her child, only i WI
an ideal child-she had neither pateaU
nor faith for the real one.
We must love our children III ilek
and in spite Of it, and sheT
that we love them, or their tender hears
will weary of being hurt, and will ehs
to us, and open elsewhere.
To be understood is the sweetest thing
in life. When the right time comes NJ
us to truly "find God, = how exquisteh
the joy of giving the heart to one VIII
loves us as we are-who can see N
breadth with the littleness, the inteutia
with the expression. The heart open
% the uttermost in that great indulgtHl
Presence, because we are certain thl
whatever may be exposed the love xa
suffice for all.
So to a child that friend is dearest Wy
cts him be himself, and often the swec,
less of confidence betrays the unaS
Decting child-heart into fatal dangers
School-days ut Rugby 7 contains !
nine of wisdom for every one who ~
o do with children. When Ton
Brown - and his friends get lof =
: hare and hounds, and coming y "
chool-quarters, after hours in q desPd'
tie plight, are sent up to the good Dee'
or, he meets them with dear, fatheIl4|
ace, and :. Wen, well, my little y
ows,n and sends them to supper eeat
orted. Afterwards /" Tom 7 disobeJsi
ule of the school with malice atols
bought, and is soundly punished ~ v
errible Doctor.
The beloved master Of Rugby O.
aimed his wonderful empire over q
learts of hundreds of rough, dafs.9
English boys, because, being the msiia'
st of men, he could fully sympsiil1'
nth the most boyish of boys; beealrs'
lso, he sets his foot with terrible eais /
stness upon evil, first in himseif q I.
hen in those under him. But w
lults incident to immaturitv he had W
ring patience. He expected boy z
e a boy, and, while he was the nlast !.
e was equally the friend. And ms !. Y
ne of the grievous sorrows OF yon''4s II =
e pushed off, and held in disgrace T. y
eng what God made them. You =
OF hold an animal responsible for &g
citations in your lush clover ana ~ :.
rown corn, and what is a boy-vp
re most children, but bundles q ea',S
ons and desires-unknowing anli.sSa X
waved by blind impulses? Poten1s;iI ~
hey are much more, but not practcs.''ii
g am willing to be punished WnsS e
o wrong,n says my boy-fr'cnu, s
osom heaving with the feeling thai =
determined shall not rise to hls eyss .
a other words, he is willing to PC ps y !,
he'd when he means wrong. ps'
e adds, it's all the same to falns ~,
lere's any mischief done, no n's''''
Ow good a feller's intentions are.