The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-24

| NouS ulSOIucfE AS RUE, ne says,
mo children need so innexibe discipline.
Indulgence as regards them"-i.e., indul-
gence TO faults not in favors-"is only an.
other name for ruin. DO rs we may, they
are apt TO become morally perverted, and
require the utmost frmncss and the most
maiured and educated intelligence TO train
them wisely. Even the milder cases are
hard to manage. rarely see one which
has been intlligently dealt with. Few
| mothers are able or willing TO use rule
| as stern rs enduring, as unyielding rs
they require" Taken with the grain Of
salt OF understanding, this does not mean
harsh, tyrannical government Of nervous
children; simply that they need strictcr
observance OF the conditions OF health and
| good manners.
When the good people learn the full
! meaning OF the weightiest word IN the
Bible, obedience is better than sacrifice"
and consider physical laws rs coming from
the same authority. and as binding as the
moral code, ! firmly believe, on scientific
and religious grounds, that deDrayity will
vanish from the face OF the earth, ~ the
| plague has done from civilization. II will
be a long day first, and until then II seems
10 be a great grief to pious minded persons
TO think that abnormal sin aud naughtiness
spring out OF morbid physical conditions,
and are perhaps q shade less hopeless, lost
and damnablc than they have been sup
posed. Not, indeed, that disease or in
sanity are 10 work any weak condonemcnt
oil crime, but that they must lessen the
guilt and hopelessness Of what We consider
the worst cases. II you can take an
impudent, willlul, outrageous boy,
eaten up by school and social rivalrics,
and by making him go to bed regularly at
q o o'clock, battle three tunes week, eat
right aud study moderately, see him
transformed into n sunny.tempcrcd, docilo
boy eager to be OF se-the ill-tempcr
must be set down rs nervousness, and the
responsibility lor ~ lies largely with those
who control his physical habits. Such u
miracle have seen over aud over again,
while ut the same inc the muddy, rough
complexion cleared, the eye lost liz red
aud angry spark, the bearing grew conf.
dent aud free.
| wish 20 say that in twenty years Of
rather close observation on this point
nave never seen u singularly trying child
whose health was not more affected than
his temper, and 1t il pity that all teachers
are not physicians a. well. All eases ui
williulncss and drpmvty should not only
be- promptly examined by medical man,
but watched by one for symptoms OF in
cipicnt disease. Tho state would be- gain
crs by this cOursc, losing the expense Of
trials and sentences OF cpilcptc or lunltc
criminals who should bo under medical
surveillance from the cradle 10 the grave.
Tho family would he the gamer IN credit,
IN peace, In safely from the crimes of vary.
ing degrees which arc hushcl up within
or home, and oitcncr still in
seeing some incipicnt, nervous. insane or
hypotic child brought by wise lrca,nent to
firm health OF body aud mind. an thinrs
are possible 20 nature and the hand which
nature Obcys There Is not the iirnnrss.
the 'maiufcd and educated intelligence"
10 train children wisely la one out Of
u hundred Who undertake the task. ~ we
should not ialk Of hopeless eases" Thor.
are none. Moral means seem tp fail be.
caus, The physical part has been neglected
You cant convert man or boy with q
cloi ol blood ON his brain II all the cmi.
ncnt clergy should undertake the task.
This boy is stupid because hc uvcrircds.
or has never eaten enough; that boy l. ma
lignant, from an ill-disesicd. rude diet.
the other is ii.iul aud rrbcliious bcclus,
the oycrworkcd, oycr-stimulutcd nerves of
his father are visited upon the children
The visiting phy-ician, who should NJ least
b. on the school Committee. should be- in
tclligcni enough 10 recognize these facts
aud enthusiastic enough a. pursue these
children With all the rcnoyaiing influence.
known today No study becomes ~ in.
trnscly fascinating ~ thai OF saving life
IN this way. No work h 80 fatally neg.
lccicd.
Men aud women who have children
thai VUN their heart, whose future Won
forecast with shuldvnug put such
thoughts away II YOU can lind no INA.
tured and educated intelligence To train
your hayward child. mature aud educate
your own Ia the ambition 10 save him
Let routine ways go by. Keep the child's
head night. DO not shrink from being his
master, Tor his own good, and let no one
dictate methods tu YOU where your alicc.
ton aud sonsc point clearly what 10 do.
Give wuyWatd BOYS aud girls plenty of
man nal training 10 balance that of brains.
DO not take them away from study alto.
81 Their, but search lot schools whcru mod
crate methods are IN respect. For YOU. Ia
your dcspaifing task, Souycslrrs words
We're written IA the family journals conc
OF the most dangerous crtun IN 10 fancy
that the faults ol u child can bc corrected
hy prescription NJ you would cure a fever.
We pat too much faith IN these tales
whore simple lesson suiiccs to change
the character IT u man. We are ever rX.
pcciing the wave ct some potent iairys
hand. We must content ourselves with
less frequent rc.upsrs. leaving IL 10 time To-
weaken the venom at ADAM