Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-10-19
CORRESPONDENCE


A suit brings out facts The ma
tron of DR.. William A. Hammond's
.Sanitarium, in Washington, is char
ged with fraud. In DR.. Hammond's
testimony he says that the patients
paw at the rate of SIS per day for
board. and $75 per week for medical
attendance, and that he and the ma
tron had fixed upon $500 week for
each inmate, as the necessary outlay
for food. OF course other thing are
included, but DR.. Hammond may
reasonably be concluded to have q
fair margin tor profits at $40 a week.
When DR.. Hammond was examining
George Francis Train for insanity,
Train asked him what form of insan-
ity he thought he had. Hammond
said monomania. Train responded,
sis there such thing as money-ma-
mia ~ Christian Advocate.
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For our physical life the Giver of
all good has provided all necessary
things in light and air, heat and cold,
food and water, and provided that
we may gather raiment and shelter.
For spiritual life in his creature man
He has made ample provision that it
may not suffer, but feed and grow
and be useful. The Word of God is
the bread of life. Jesus said, II am
the bread of life." The Holy Spirit
is the light To "enlighten our un-
derstanding," pure society is the at
mosphere for it to grow IN. The
means of grace, is the place for their
gathering to feed and support their
peculiar existence, such as the preach
ing the word, the prayer meeting,
the Lords Supper, private prayer,
and private study of the Word. No
living Christian thinks he can afford
to neglect either of the above. They
are not forms, but means of grace,
helps which we need. Many neglect
them as though they needed them no
longer, Their neglect is the sign of
their spiritual death, coming in the
regular way OF decline, slow but sure
Grace is fed and strengthened in the
use of the God ordained and proved
channels of grace. Without feeding,
at Gods storehouse, we must starve
and die.
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The religious training of our chill
dren, done we'll, will be made pay
ing enterprise for every parent in
the land The same Word of God
that David hid in his heart, that he
might not sin against God, through
which he, in his youth, became the
noble and commendable character
that he was, can be read and known
by our youth to-day, and if we as
parents are only wise for our own
good, we will read the Word of God
to our children, and have them read
it to us so much, while they are lit
tie. even before they are ten years of
age, that it will form an antidote TO
evil in them for all their future life.
A truly conscientious child is bles-
sing to any family, and how to pro-
duce conscientiousness in the child
is an exceedingly important question
and one that every parent ought to
labor to solve. Let God speak to
the child by His own Word, on the
great subjects ofrevelation, the great
ness of the Creator, in Himself, in
power, in eternity, in holiness, in
presence, in knowledge, in justice, in
wisdom, in mercy and in long-suffer-
ing, and in love.
More of this anon.
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Companionship of children is an
other very important question. Like
begets like" and the harvest soon
appears. First, for a child to be
happy with his surroundings is the
point to be gained. He must be
busy, in play or work, with some
thing that attracts his attention.
Variety is needed. A crowd ofplay-
mates will not often add to the hap
2 piness of the child, but rather gen
ders strife. One or two are general
lp better than more. Parents should
never be considered to be proud by
their neighbors, because they wont
allow their children to run the streets.
Children allowed to run the streets
frequently get into mischief with
each other, and sometimes get their
parents into mischief, too. Children
that play with the crowd for an hour
OF two per day, will have questiona-
bic morals in less than year, and IN
two years they will be beyond most
parents control. Such children may
blame their parents if they have to
90 to the work house.
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