The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-09-27
DIR ttlarIetta J0nrnal.
PROPERTY AND EDUCATION.

hesitanoy, that to rs per cent. of the
children to whom parents leave
property, the legacy is positive
curse. Put it in that boys, that
girls head, and they have some
thing the sheriff cannot take from
them, and if you put them on bar
rem island they can make support" "
These are strong words, and wor-
thy of thoughtful consideration, as
all noble-hearted parents are desir-
Gus to do the best possible for their
children. We cannot say to what
extent our readers will endorse
Bishop Duncan's statement about
property left to children. Our own
observation along this line is rather
limited. We know some persons to
whom inherited property was very
helpful, or seemed to be, and on the
other hand, our observation during
the twenty years past calls to mind
the names of many persons to whom
we think legacies were positively
harmful. In them was fostered the
spirit Of pride, extravaganza and de-
pendence before and after getting
the control AMI possession of their
inherited property. They felt them
selves better than their equals. Ig.
norant of their real worth of money,
they are not happy unless extrava-
CANT wants are supplied. Depend
ing upon what came to them with
out personal effort and thought,
they became improvident, and we're
unable to meet the responsibilities
and discharge the duties of life.
Their character was lacking in COM
pletenesS. They did not have the
spirit of great self-reliance and the
consciousness of a brave, noble man
hood. They seemed powerless be-
fore strong temptation, and were de-
graded by dangerous excuses. They
were strangers to the pleasurable |
satisfaction of enjoying the earnings
of their own prudent thought and |
hard lapor, under the blessings of |
Gods kind providence. And, final
ly, when their legacy was exhausted, |
they became poor, dispirited and |
miserable. To them life was a fail
ure, and their legacy positive
curse"
Again, some parents, BY hard toll |
and close economy for many long
years, acquire and leave property,
which is almost or quite useless, so
far as their children are concerned. |
There are here and there poor chill
dren who lost their legacies through
reckless or dishonest administration
of estates. Their parents had good
homes, and left PROPERTY, but the
children are poor, working for 9th
ers for food and clothing and lodg-
ing. While the parents were living
they could have wisely and benef-
Gently used their property for the
permanent good of their children. |
the welfare of others and the glory
OF God, but they did not. In the |
same dread hour they parted with |
both life and property, and the |
property passed as the years went
by, into the hands of strangers.
They were not faithful stewards of
the trust committed to their care.
and their labor for the benefit of !
their children in later years was
fruitless, vain.
In a practical, useful sense. an
education at the cost of $500 to ST.
600, may be safer investment for
son, 4 daughter, than ten, fifty
times that amount in property left
to an uneducated child. He NAV
thus have what the sheriff cannot
take from him; he may thus be able