Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-06-01

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ton of better endowment of mental and
spiritual virtues, their life is more circum-
scribed and passive while the lad or the big
] boy as he approaches manhood has q fiery
impetuosity to plunge into all the unexplored
defles of life almost regardless of where they
will lead him. Where there. is no curb or
check rein such youth is apt to tumble over
the precipice. But it is not of these we in
tended to write. Our subject is rather the
small bOy-the school boy. For some reason,
and why it is difficult to trace, there is at this
time greater spirit of wantonness and wilful- /
ness-the boys call it independence-than has
been manifested for number of years. On |
the street it shows itself in impudence, an al |
most total disregard for others or respect for
age. There are no superiors whose presence |
commands a softened or more gentle demeanor
At the school it manifests itself in positive
disobedience or delight in only partial COM
pliance, that is rasping and distracting to the
nerves of delicate and refined teacher This
is kept up day after day and the only relief is
in the closing hour. Making proper allow
: ence for the natural bent of some boys minds,
/ these ugly traits can mostly be traced to the
boys home. There is a defect in the home
) training-the family government. Children
? who are taught obedience ut home rarely give
. the teacher any trouble On the contrary the
boy who is bad at school is also over bearing
with his playfellows, insolent on the street and
distractng to his mother, yet wherever an at
e tempt is made to bring the boy in obedience to
Y proper authority, the father mother
perhaps both give him encouragement by
) listening to his one-sided exagerations. Where
4 the parent turns to and punished the child for
n giving the teacher the trouble of doing it,
there is generally very little future trouble.
If this were done, there would be serenity in
" the school room rather than suspensions, dis
J missals or the bullying propensity Of carrying
L Il pocket pistol for intimidation. The educa-
y ton of many boys seems to be on the street
a rather than at home and the use of cigarettes,
u profanity and other habits that childhood
IL should be a stranger TO are INDUCED i'll with
. the proficiency of habits long established.
Our boys are allowed to run the streets at too
u late an hour and especially Saturday
y nights when the worst elements in the COM
~ munity crowd our thOrOughfares. 1t is good
II for no boy to have free run under the cover
;" of darkness and if parents have proper re-
'S gard for the boys good and their own happi-
Sc ness they will gather them into their own home
p that a majority of our boys are as above de-
IL scribed, but too many are tending in that d.
OF rectiOn and boy can grow in vice astonsh-
;" ingly fast.
THE DOMINION OF MAE."-Bishop Warren
of preached sermon of master thought and spirit.
ng ual force on the above subject in the NJ f.
ny Church Of this town on Sunday last, to very
its large audience taking for his text Gen. LIST
vn CHI. 70. And God said let us make man in
lis our own image after likeness: and let then
he have dominion over the fishes of the sea, anC
n over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle
MS and over all the earth, and over every creep
I'm ing thing that creepeth upon the earth.
ms Briefly abiding to the dominion given to maj
IN. at his creation, the Bishop dwelt with fore
ny upon the love of dominion as exhibited frs
ate in the little child, striving to possess itself
m surrounding objects, appropriating everything
or within its reach; later welding childish rul
Tile over cat or dog and too often parents-th
lly man at last subjugating the mightiest natura
the forces to his control. He portrayed the tire
ion fold nature of mOn-physical, intellectual an
ex- spiritual and showed the Importance of o har
led monious development of all for the compile
ton of the being on whom God meant to be
stow this constantly widening dominion
INV When the Lord created the world said tn
his, Risbor and cont :. IN ;ts orh;, .o,o,,.,, e.
!" faster than rifle ball, he did it for purpose
Its creations and its resources were for tn
dominion of the highest order of his creativ
GO" intelligences, man, to whom was given author
10 ity to rule. Great advances had been mad
'hs III developing the resources of the vast dc
main, but greater dominion was in reserve fc
s"i him when he had mastered the resources
se- his command. When he shall have learne
to usethe electricity of the clouds with the sam
facility he does now the thimble full manufa,
'itl- tured from a little bit of zinc and acid whe
'er- he shall have learned to handle compresse
steam and to use it to the limit of its powe
en- when all the powerful chemical agencies sha
'eV' have been appropriated, God will make q ne
creation and pack 1t with forces" ten fol
'Wh greater than any known now. The world wi
80 then be filed with beauty and grandeur thl
lid- it has now no conception of and cities will
'rce transported from place to place with the ea
'ay' that railroad train is to-day. This prepar
ara ton, however, is contingent upon mans worl
MSS ing out his high condition, his three fold nj
Hiss ture. BODY. mind and sn;rit in harmonv Nj,
lar God. When these three are brought in sue
- h"AhOhS1 tHo splrlIuAl DelnB the nlgn6sL AZ
Inc the greatest force, there will be greater pc
AIRY lection of body and consequently high
ient mental and spiritual capabilities. He alhld,
ma, to the increasing sway of European nlonarc
les that the present age has known-to w
liam, Emperor at first of Prussia then of I
"y" Germany, to Victoria, Queen of England tn,
q, of Great Britain setting at length in her di
TINS dem the bright jewel of the Indies" to vi
o'h- tor Emanuel, adding one by one the Pap
'cen States to his realm, until proclaimed King
ver' United Italy. So, said the Bishop, God pla
'n6 for his children successive coronations," su
saie cessive victories in the physical, mental al
Del spiritual world. In dwelling upon this spi
look tual dominion he admitted the difficulty
's 10 bringing it within the limits of the real a.
s"ry tangible, do objects of sense or thought
pur- spoke of the "impsnetrable VEIL" hang
Inc just before us, moving as we advance, step
ac- step, but never giving us a glimpse into t
ne unknown future. To most of the audien
de- this realm, where faith holds sway reveal
ISM a new beauty and attractions as in gloyi
ork, words he pictured its peace and joy, Jesus
ao- jocing even on the verge of his painful a
'ates humiliating death-having such fullneSs of j
'sing that he bestowed 1t upon his disciples and t
the world-Stephen with the face of an ange
.. q rejoicing in the midst of the storm of roc
ten through which his spirit fed to Heaven; t
peak martyrs of all ages, as we'll as Gods ehlldr
iand of this age pralsing Him amid tho flames