Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-29

all around 10 squench him.
We should not arrogate to ourselves
"The right divine Of kings 70 govern wrong"
Sometimes fresh, young mind sees
more clearly into matters than we witt
our older, e-burdcned vision, aud q
suggestion uttered with all respect and
Difference may often lead us TO shape oul
plans in a different, perhaps better
way.
But by far tho saddest effect Of too
much severity is the failure TO win your
childs confidence. Poor, frnl human
nature is very averse TO censure, either
implied or expressed. ii We know we
are going TO get "trouncing," or a
talking which is sometimes worse, we
will be very apt to try TO hide our pecca-
dillocs. II successful the habit strength
ems in proportion to the frequency of the
concealments, until some mighty sin
holds as in its giant grasp
Little children have their sorrOws,
which arc as keen and bitter as our
Criefs of later years, but not one which
could not be sobbed out on mothers
breast or in fathers sheltcriDg arms.
Who can measure the grief of an
imaginative child who has done some
little wrong? He has not the moral
courage to confess it no one has time
to notice his depression and lead him to
/ speak Of it, The more he dwells upon itin
the long dark hours of the lonely night
/ the more fearful it seems to him, until,
( like the corpse Of Eugene Aram's victim,
7 - /. rl..r
| Alas for the child for whom there IS no
hand to apply the touchstone to draw
out the sorrow and lend the balm OF
healing. Blessed is the mother who sees
10y the quivcring lip and trimming eye
that al IS not well with her child. She
goes with him when he is ready to go to
rest. and. taking him in her srms, she
saws Tell mother all about it. she will
help Won to bear il. " With many sobs
ami pauses the whole dreadful truth is
told. and it seems only half as dreadful
when shared with her. Thrice blessed
IS the child who has such a comforter
On the other hand, children must not
be allowed TO grow mp according TO their
own sweet will. Who Of us has not at
some time or other been at the mercy Of
an catauttcrcijicf They are generally
truthful-painfully so-and we never
know what ghastly truth they are going
to pounce upon and drag forth to the
garsh light Of day.
"But IN this, as in all questions Of
State, there is a middle
TO reach this consummation devoutlv
to be wished we must then secure all
possible health Of body, which a peepinto
some good book Of hygienic laws Will
greatly facilitate. learn all their good
points as we'll as their faults, failings,
and tendencies, and then make them
happy in their own homes
i once read a sentence which made
deeper and more abiding impression
upon my mind than whole years Of ser
mons-a sentence which deserves to be !
framed and hung in our churches be !
meath the Dccalogue 10 shine forth "like |
apples of gold in pictures OF silver '
O." How can YOU ever expect TO control |
Others if you do not first learn to control |
yourself 2" We should never lose sight !
of the fact that we have human souls in 1
orr keeping, and endeayor to walk wor- /
thily Of our sacred trust.
We cannot begin too early 10 exact /
An earnest thinker has /
said that the habitual, thoughtless mac
curacy of statement Is the foundation Of |
systematic lying"
A child Of vivid imagination (and this
faculty develops carly with intelligent |
minds may give cOloring TO some |
scene he has witnessed ; seeing that bis
story gains in interest he adds few
fresh touches 1T each recital, with the
very human desire to create sensation.
BY and by. like the snowfall which
grows by rolling, the story has reached
to vast proportions, and he has
Made Of his conscience such a sinner as 10
credit his own lie.'
Extravaganza OF expression is so com
mon in our day that few persons even
observe it, lawfully kind, perfectly
lovely, grand, superb, aeonizng," are
he favorite expressions We hear IN every
borse-car, which is scarcely a suitable
field for such extreme conditions.
once heard a young lady say she " fairly
-ayed over Byron but she looked SO
placid while telling it that l could not
think one Of her spells had been very
recent. / heard another older lady de-
scribe some situation in which she had
been rather uncomfortable, and she SAID
Oh | felt perfectly wretched. A
gentleman of COOL keen sense who was
present asked very dryly: "Miss --
What would you say if you were really
unhappy ?"
There is nothing which so revolts q
'hild's ardent nature as a sense of inJus-
ice 1t carries with it the idea of un-
Understanding in the chlld's mind
loubt OF the parents ability TO Judge
lightly, which is very fatal to obedience.
We often meet with child born with
ONE physical inirmity-crossed eyes, a
lalting step, or stammering speech. So
We will occasionally find in the midst Of
very righteous family some poor little
capcgoat who seems q moral Obhgulty.
lie will lie, and sometimes even steal.
he grief and despair which his parents I
must experience no mere words can por-
raw but il is the merciful provision of
AZURE that no human being can he ut
erly wicked there is always some re-
eeming feature, and that must eJONnd.
or this moral depression some CORE
ponding elevation must be reared. The
hild's self-esteem must be built up and
and above all, like the
ender Shepherd, We must take this
eakling Of the flock TO our bosom, and
emily. carefully, prayeriully, lead 1t
ITO the fold.
As "idleness is the devils workshop"
is well that children should have some
ing to do. Let them have some little
ally duty to perform, however slight,
I'D they Will thus begin quite early to
eel that they are necessary to the house
old II is quite surprising to see what
variety OF things they can soon learn
do and this knowledge, gained al
ost imperceptibly, will stay 10y them"
ID make them helpful through life.
Let them have their little account
)oks in which to record their business
A dollar they have made
saved by degrees looks twice as large
ID is made 10 go twice as far as those
given. Let them know
bat father can afford 70 do foI them :,
ID what is beyond his power. The re- - -
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