The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-12-21
The study OF Aseredisy.

A knowledge Of the science Of hcredity
is necessary to TIE highest progress of the
department of education, from the nursery
and kindergarten to the university. Il S
only through a knowledge Of the law Of
hercdity that children can be individual
lied.
Teachers aud parents well gersed ia this
law can determine each ehild'4 nataral on
inherited bias very early in lie. and while
giving a general education can help to de-
velop early its Inherited tendencies. More
than that, the tendencies % evil caa very
early be detected by a thorough student Of
hcredity, and these tendencies can be es-
p~ecially held ia check, aud tle good phases
Of character be dwell upon until they be-
come first and foremost in tie mind of the
child. Each child has an absolute right
to have its ancestral bias fully studied aud
carefully determined before IL leaves
school.
This department has been pat in opera
ton by the W. G. r. [. to bring out the
| clear light OF Gods truth regarding the
power Of ancestral forces. The depart
ment is needed that it may show the light,
the brightness, the beauty Of this benef-
cent Law Of the great Father. Then 70
cusing this light upon the other depart
ments Of the ". c. 7. T., its rays OF glad
ness and hope are added to theirs aud are
an aid in bringing the world into The full
ness Of the Gospel Of true living.
have found among our mothers the
greatest desire to learn how to make OF
their children good, honest citizens.
teach them, first Of all, that those children
nave inherited brain facilities which can
be trained for good Or evil. Take, for in
stance, a child with a head broad from eal
to ear-that child has great force, positive.
ness, push-in other words, executive abil.
ity. Then if the back Of its head is high
and full at the top, indicating firmness and
persistence, you have a child who will have
its own way, though the whole world be
against it, If the front Of the child's head
is large at the top, goodness is natural tc
it, or comparatively easy Of attainment
but if this region, in which are located be.
neyolence, aud reverence, and love for the
sublime, is small, then ali thought Of the
parent must be to develop these SO that the
lower forces will have o sa fe field to work
in and through, believe each child could
be greatly helped, even if there was knowr
to be much that was vicious in its nature
If care was taken 10 find the best among
its ancestors. and to hold that person o.
persons constantly before it for its emula
ton.
Hereditary aptness for certain mechani
cal trades an kinds Of business is being
noted and commented upon. 1t is founc
in stone-cutting, for instance, that a Ger
tain accuracy of aim and measurement il
more often shown in those families where
tho trade has been followed for generations
Then, too, in She choice Of trades, wht
would purposely train a child with thu
higher philosophical faculties prominent
to the trade Of locomotive engineering
Nothing could prevent dire disasters t.
himself and passengers. Born philoso
pliers are not on the lookout for emergen
cies. They live 10 the reflective, rattle.
than in the outwardly perceptiye regions
The department Of franchise is hindereC
Or helped as We remain apathetic TO. q
become awake to the hidden workings o
this great law. If the mother is mdiffer
cut to the needs and character OF the gov.
ernment under which She lives, and as