St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-16
MOTHERS MAKE MEN.
Prof. Curriers' Ideas on This Sub
ieCt,

ject.
Prof. Currier, of Oberlin, O., was YES
terday's occupant of the pulpit at
Plymouth Congregational church, cor
ner of Wabasha and Summit avenue.
The professor is short in stature, with
sharp, cutting features, Jet black hair
and whiskers. His appearance in the
pulpit was a marked resemblance of
John Ford, of the Merchants hotel.
Prof Currier is not an eXtemporaneous
preacher, but his reading is very dis
tinct and his sermons of hOmily char
acter. They are devoid of those
grandiloquent flights of oratOry, every
point of the teacher being clothed i'm
simple, pure language. Plymouth
church possesses good acoust prop
critics, wOrshiperS are comfortably ac-
commodated, and excellent music is
provided by the quartette of trained
singers forming the choir. The interior
presents quiet appearance, plain and
substantial, devoid of artistic finish and
ritualiStic pOmp.
Prof. Currier devoted his sermon to
an inquiry into the relations between
parents and their children, and in con-
nection Herewith addressed some
weighty words to the former. "Chil-
dren," he said, ''are what their mothers
are. | can not remember any person of
pre-eminent excellence and character
who
HAD A BAD MOTHER.
Let child have such mother, one
who is frivolous, passionate and of low
moral character, and he is almost Ger
tain to be spoiled. No matter how good
the father may be, however painstaking,
affectionate and wise, no goodness can
hn Fail ina
such a mother. From her the child re-
ceives a poison. A bad father does not
in the same way spoil children. If the
mother be good and wise, whatever the
father is, however ShiftlesS and debased,
children may grow up to Responsibility
and honor. When the noble mother is
found you have noble children, and the
mother that is the slave of degrading
passions and ignoble thoughts is sure to
have only such slaves for children.
Though fathers have not so much infiu-
ence, both parents have an equal re-
sponsibility in attending to the Spiritual
welfare of their children. The spiritual
character of the child is one-sided ex-
cept it receives proper elements from
both sides of the house. There is such
thing as too much government and re-
straint in the family, as well as too lit
tie. just as there is some times. too
much legislation in the state. as well as
INADEQUATE LEGISLATION.
The greatest danger may be in
| the other direction. 1t doubtless
| is, but this fact should not allow
| US to overlook that some children
| possess great deal of natural vigor.
They are Doisterous. energetic; they
| run, shout, whistle and forget in their
eagerness that houses are to clean.
| Shall we seek to check this energetic
| spirit. and by stern, iron discipline re-
| duce them at once to our pattern of
prOpriety? My answer is, that we
should take into account the popularity
| of the moral nature of the child as,
when making garment for his body,
| the mother considers the popularity of
the'body and measures it with view of
fitting the garment to it. l say we
should put 'precept upon precept,
line upon line, here little and there a
little Success will ultimately come.
do not advise anything like laxity of
home government, but more patience
and wisdom in its administration. Let
it be firm, but gentle, and suited to the
requirements of each case. When the
child grows up parents should be care
full to note this fact and alter their bear
ing and treatment to their children.
They should take them into their conf
dence more and more, drop their re-
serve, raise them to the level of COM
pani0nShip and seek to give them the
habit of Self-reliance and independence
adapted to their advanced maturity.