The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-04-07

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that every one may receive the thing
done in his body, according to tina
he hath done, whether it be good 0
bad" I'll Cor. 5-1O1 they demand an
should have better treatment an,
more consideration at the hands D
both their parents and preceptors.
The Spartans understood well Oh
necessity and utility of training thei
children for state purposes; and the,
began early in life, so early indeet
that every infants right to exist wa
decided upon the threshold of life b.
council of old men, before whom
each newborn infant was presented
If it seemed to promise vigorous
and active life, it was accepted as
child of the state, but If weakly ant
deformed, it was cast into ravine Il
perish. At seven years of age every
boy so allowed to live was taken from
his home and subjected to a course Of
public training. He endured beat and
cold, hunger and fatigue; his garment
was the same summer and winter the
food given him was too little to sus.
tain life, and he was expected to make
up the deficiency by hunting or steal
ing. If caught in the latter act, he
was severely punished, not for the
dishonesty, but for the awkwardness
of allowing himself to be detected.
Another means of training the Spar
tan youth to fortitude was a cruel
scourging, for no otfense, at the shrine
of Artemis, which they endured With
out a sound, although the altar was
sprinkled with their blood, and some
even died under the lash. Spartan
discipline did not end with youth.
At thirty a man was permitted to
marry, but he still lived at the bar
racks and ate at the common table.
And not until bis sixtieth year was A
man entirely released from bis martial
life. Spartan girls were subjected to
nearly as vigorous training as their
brothers. Their exercises consisted
of running. wrestling and boxing.
The Spartan youths were subjected to
these seventies to better fit them for
the service Of the state IN time Of war.
We cite these examples merely TO give
a clearer idea of the meaning and force
of the word train, not that we recon.
tnend or endorse smell inbumanity.
Could parents and Sunday school
teachers partially and iudiciously i'm
bibe the spartan shirt Of training the
children IN the cause of RIGHT and
christianity what olori0us results
might we not expeet9 Bnt when
they neglect TO train the intellectual
and moral nature of children the evil
results viii be seen IN numerous ways.
had rather be ipnorap, Of apy other
book than of The Bible. for that
MS not only how TO live pobly
but to die Christ-like.
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itants ~ Piedmont Ia tborouphIv
trained and instructed their children
in the teachings of The Bible thai
when taken from them by force and
plaeed In other RELIGIONS institutions
he doctrines and practices of which
we're reDugnabt ID their own RELIGIOUS
faith their children never forgot the
and truths impaired to
them in their quiet. christian homes,
Gan the people of to-day, with all
heir advancement and progress in ey.
pIy civil DEPARTMENT Of life, boast Of
~ attainment more creditabie AZ even
,oIal 10 that Of peaceful. simple
hearted PiedmontY In their children
.bey took great pride and gloried
much. Like he Roman matron. .stl,eir
children were their Jewels . for ia them
Nd through them thew saw the future
riunph and destiny Of Their religion.
md also realized The sublime obliqa. |
ions resting upon them as parents |
md instructors
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