South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-02
Communications


''A''. - ti't IL - otI sblIltSt III
t!i'3 communication :, dclincal. ON
Family Discipline ;"-Dir general OH
lcct.-so Ignore SnclasianiS:n. Section
a!isIn, an.' al o:!Gr iSm3 detrimental to
tho well bcin, Of Tic human family gen.
orally ;-wc are ono family il we are
/ Cod c':lt!T1n. O:h.rwi5u ". arc Of the
devil. o! how much better If We wou III
! resolve into 2 oTc:icss OH the 81 lie Of
rislit a:,,ins; wrong. and wrong do:ng-
act III harmony for tho general good Of
The whole people, doing good TO HE
greatest ntm.Jcr, --cmcmiberinr that,
~ Crown is prepared for tie hear:
head il found in i!:2 Way ut t'Ic Inrd:'
But To- our present sci,;c! Il - he Fam
ily. There are :onr thii.s which are
necessary &c the healthy growth Of a
coThtry-Schc O., State; Church, Family.
Eu! am not without serious apprehc1-
sion, that, in the workings or the Faini-
y. vic are i'll deeper dcrcliction than IN
the workings Of the School, the State
OF tire church. Fhis, fct it be sail, is
primary 10 the oIhcr three. II is so.
not only IN the order OF time, but in the
Importance OF It's agency, All the per-
manency for good OF for evil, Of It's i'm
i prasslons. Iou see marks Of the fami-
fy on tho child in school, on the citi-
Zen in the State, and the christian in
the church. The family does work
upon children that Is upon every
body that nothing else can do, that
nothing else car undo. The family
marif. ....,ie ul,u1, -..t,,5 nc carries
through life, and forever. .! how inn
portant-Moral training! It is prima-
~, as said, From lat. planting, or
early fros,s, let the cotton be n poor
samplc-and the growers and manufac-
turcrs know what that ncans--Gnd II"
matter how perfect your mills, or how
practiccd yoar operatives, your sheet
ings anG your calicoes come out a fail
ure. But be there in the cotton a fine
staple, and cvon rickety mills and I'M
skilled hands could hardly spoil it. II
will come out ;st worst, = kind OF SELF
made fabric, in which you will find
E strength and iirmne5s OF texture, how
, ever the fine finish may be wanting
= this primary institution, the family, is
: with us. Tho laws re;pgn!za 1t; the
church, recognizes it; public opinion
recognizes it. We have it. The fana-
, tical rciormcrs who you'll explode il,
have gone, where all their followers
must go, to the dead Sea"
| The family is with lis; hut I :retn!lc
q to see how it is worked. fear its
! staple is running down. There is 80
much Of la:o planting, anil neglected
/ culture, anal curiy frost, chat it dcgcncr-
= atos; it is already so inferior, that the
School, the Church, and the State, in
H their very best moods, can manufacture
C out Of i, only second quality goods
! Chor ychn naplprt tEnSc
i dear li,tie ones, such as, compose the
Kingdom Of Heaven" And villa. IS
:. our management OF the family? Oac
Il great and summary mistake in working
n The family, rs it seems 10 Ire, is, that
% each domestic group is rot Kept suilici-
Il emily by itself Home i, 20! cnougE 4
= separate world. And hence failure O.
0, it's intended coed. This is the point
3 wish 20 delineate: What I yill Iva o! IS,
y at homo will have its limit Of course.
propose not TO forget it. Nor am l
C unaware that some families are precious
exceptions to the street life doctrine
Let sst viii Concur. when speak of it
as great widespread evil, that the
domestic privity, instead Of being n sa
Z cred ana close retreat, is wretche,.ly
open to the world. The Israeli.isl1 chill.
dren stroll out, CanaaniLish children
stro'i IN. The result is, the language
/ oil Ashdod is common to them all. Oar
n chi!hrcE come homo TO get their food
their clothes, their sleep. Why do they
not conc home for their pleasures an !,
their culture? Is home only Il place
), for children TO he born and sucked
: then 10 run wild? Or is j, t. heaven
appointed place to make men and wo-
i men sure candidates for honor and well
d, fare here, and honor, and Immortality
y hereafter. Does some one say, it is
lmpractlcablc thus to keep the family
at home? But how so? Let the Dcs.i.
r lent breath Of the plague be in the
: Streets and how easy To- keep your door
go, and yoar children wit!.in! No
lure will tempt tlcn1 ub+oats. Dp', ss
things now arc, lhere is an Immoral!
pcsliIence in the streets, more TO be
dreaded than any breath OF the plague
, 1t creates nightier reasons, why fan-
lies should be enscoDCed st home. Thc
pleasure rs we'll as the safety Of home,
should be all the more welcome-thc
more chosen, because Of the harsh voice
and dark visagcS that are without; be-
cause Of the trcachcry, fascination and
seduction, that arc sure 10 compass the
unwary.
Suppose, then, stay ing at homo wcre
The order of tho day Children 20 from
The Young I people, and INC Itare"Ss,-ee>
from boDe. 10 tue calls Of duty, q from
these duties home. All they make
il TO be homc'-a sacred encfosHTc- sei's
away from the world. Not one i"oify
does this, nor nine, nor ninety and niue
but the whole hundred. Now what was
barely possible to the individual family
: LaanII co q Lnndred times IhslCr. from