Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-09

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OF the men and women OF to-day, who are
engaged in the active duties Of life, public
and private, win remain upOn The stage Of
action. Their places will then be Occur
pied by others, who, If now living, are tool
Young 70 take any part in the duties OF
share any Of the responsibilities Of the
present hour '.IYH slu /
In a Republican governments like this
where the people elect their own. rulers, il
is evident that the perpetuity Of our ke- /
publican institutions, the stability OF the /
church, and the spread Of Christianity oyer 4
this and heather lands, depends largely up l.
on the proper education Of our Yonth 10 !
morality and religion .I.tla.
The frst fifteen years Of a child's life, as
a general rule, moulds his character and
shapes his destiny through his future life
How important it is then that thoiHght
influences should be thrown around the
young and the right instruction. 81 yen
them at this critical period OF life, when,
there are so many temptations tol evil, and /
so many things to draw their minds away |
from the good, the true aud the beautiful, j
Children are so susceptible OF being pow /
erfully influenced by those who are older,
with whom they come iu daily contact, /
and especially so II that personal inter- /
course is that Of teacher and pupil, that !
they soon acquire habits Of good or evil ac-
cording as the influences by which they |
are surrounded are good or evil IN child |
hood is the time to SOW the seeds Of tenn |
perance. morality and religion, for i DO !
not believe any education is complete
without the principles and the doctrines Of
the Christian religion. How can We best
teach the children OF our land, TO
live right, and to faithfully dis
charge the duties they owe to themselves,
their country, and their God?
First, by home training and home iniiu-
ence, by parents and especially by the
mothers OF our land. We want, all over
this union, mothers with fear Of God be-
fore their eyes, and the love Of Christ in
their hearts, to teach the young immortals
committed 10, their charge to loYe The
right, and to hate the wrong; tolearn the
boys that which will make them noble and
manly, and good; and the girls thosequal-
ities OF head and heart that are inseparably
connected with high-hearied and pure
minded woman. But there are thous-
ands Of children in our land, who do not
have such homes as that described above;
who are never taught TO read the Bible,
and who never hear the voice of prayer
morning or night; with bnt little, moral
and no religious Influences around them to
lead them in the right way and cause them
to sbun the wrong, A part Of these child
rem can be reached through the Sunday
school. Sunday schools using tbe Interna-
tional Lessons have chance AT the end OF
every quarter 10 use q tenpetanee lesson
which can be made effective 10 Install Che
principles Of teinperanee and morality into
the minds Of the scholars, where snpefin-
tendent and teachers are thoroughly IN
earnest and never lose sight Of an oppOIl
tunity to say the right word nt the right
time, and not onlyHevery three months,
but at different times thrOughlthe year,
Teachers and superntendents have golden
opportunities 10 drop some seed, thoughts
that may spring up and bear abundant
fruit. Nt..., ii.
Another fom of carrying out juvenile
Temperance work Is to organize temperance
societies COMPOSED mainly 0f Young peo-
pie, ard yet having enough members Of
some experience 70 help shape The literary
exercises, 50 that nothing Objectionable 10
morals or religion will be allowed TO creep
in the selections; one third bi the bihcers
ard committees being persons Of exper-
ience and sound tempefance pfinciples
Such a societybd Just been formed here
numbering about fifty members. haye
adopted constitution, and elected their
officers fofthe current quarter, as follOWsl
Superintendent, y. W. Sims; Secretary,
Miss Emma Barber; Treasurer, Albert
RiehaFdson. The society IDS called the
Young Peoples ChFstian Temperance On,
ion OF Saybnookg meets twice a month for
moral aud intellectual improvements The
test Of membenhip iis the signing the
triple pledge, which excludes cider Rs q
beverage, the use of tobacco 10 any, form,
and from al profanity. We have bad but
one regular meeting, which was well at
tended, and We see no reason to doubt Il
will be productive dt great good, N tightly
managed, yetistrahge as it may seam, there
are members Of Christian churches exclnd-
ed from membership beuahse they viii not
sign away their right TO drink cider or
swear. don't remember which,. But tho
society Is bound to be a success, n0twith-
standing these drawbacks. tpH- ui 1a ,r
"' " PROGRESS, n l.'4 '".
Aswe observe the dWqstetiqHso OF ipr
temperance ip the community, We sombi
times experience, . heart sickepipg and
discouraged feeling. ~ are Tempted 10
preiudge all effort 70 6iaF deadly tide
as useless, yei lndopnledls fre IS gain
in the rght drectian 4|a the least
Nthe9e poinisVI alftpeeI may
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