The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-09
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Management of Children


The Bible teaches, aye, commands us to
honor and obey our parents. Our Savior and
the apostles ali teach that children should be
obedient Great stress is laid On the word
honor. Honor thy father and thy mother"
Paul says, sis the first commandment with
promise; that it may DO well with thee, and
that thou mayest live long on the earth" And
now, dear mothers of the "Home," for it is to
you that am Ia king, how can we expect our
children TO honor and obey us unless we teach
them 40 to do?
In Titus ii 3, 4, Paul tells us older women
how we should conduct ourselves, that we may
teach the young women to be sober, TO love
their husbands, to love their children. ls II
true love to your children to allow them to 60
unrestrained, treating you unexpectedly, per-
haps calling you by your first name instead OF
the sacred one that belongs to you, of mother;
saying what they please, ordering YOU TO do
this, that or the other? BY no means. BY 70
doing You will send your own gray hairs with
sorrow to the grave.
How can you show true love to your children
better than by teaching them to be good and
obedientg And when will you begin that teach
ing? Will you wait until they can understand
everything that you say to them? I'M
til habits are already formedy Not
unless you want hard task before You.
No, YOU must begin before your children can
toddle across the floor If you would take your
task in the easiest and best way. Then, when
you attempt to give lessen, see to it you do
not fail First be sure that you are right, then
be firm enough to complete what you have
undertaken. When one of my little ones was
just learning to walk alone l learned her 10
pick up things and bring to me. One time, III
obedience to nv command, she stopped to
pick up something, then snatched her hand
back, Strengthened up and showed rebellion.
For full half hour il seemed as If the child
would be the victor. Oh, how my heart ached
How did long to pick her MP and clasp her to
my bosom. l went to her father and said,
"What shall do?" Said he, "You must con-
quer, or the child will 1t will never do for
you to give up" went back. She found that
/ was still firm; she stopped, picked up the
article and brought it to me. She was con-
quered, and, az the days went by, we saw that
she did not forget the lesson Expressions of
love and approval made her obey with appar-
ent delight.
In learning your children obedience there is
no need to sacrifice their love. They soon un
derstand whether you reprove and punish in
anger or love for them and grief for their
faults. If you find that you are angry,
raise not a hand nor speak to
yourself. Perhaps you will find that very
hard task, but do not give up until You have
accomplished il. In this house is a sweet little
girl, less than 3 years old, that the mother Ia 8
10 hold with firm hand, and yet often see
that child run up to her mother, throw the tiny
arms around her neck and lisp out, 81 love you
more than tan tell; l tan't measure it." Gov
ern your children properly while they are lit
tie, and in years TO come they will honor, re-
spect and love you for 1t. The tirst-born OF
my five children, after he reached the years OF
manhood, thanked me for restraint that put
on him when he was a child. Within the last
three months he has been laid in the grave.
Oh how the mothers heart aches when her
little band is broken by the icy hand Of death.
But among the things that have some consola-
la,on for me is the knowledge that he loved
and honored his mother for trying to be faith
full to him when he was child. On, mothers
if you would have the lasting gratitude and
love of your children; if you would have tfem
when their hairs are grown gray rise up with
tender love and moisteyes and call you blessed III
you would, in your declining years, take COM
fort in your children, then be faithful to them
while they are little. lvY's MOTHER.
HINsDALE, Dupage Co.. Ill.