The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-26
REAL BOYS BEST.
Pastor Scudder Tells the
Churches How to Win
Them.

The Rev. DR.. Scudder preached upon
an extremely popular subject in the
Tabernacle last evening, ''That IRE
pressible Boy" He took for his text
Luke I. 80: "And the child grew mp and
waxed in spirit" Mr.. Scudder said in
part
Seeing that there is one of this class In
almost every family and he is proverbi-
ally hard to manage, my theme ought to
be fairly popular. What shall we dc
with our boy?' is one of the most frequent
Of interrogations. A boy Is a peculiar
institution and lives in a world
by himself, and by very many
people is only half understood.
There is just enough old boy in some OF
us to make us appreciate the character
and needs of the ladies' about us. The
first qualification for an Intelligent con-
sideration of the subject before us is to
understand thai boys will be boys and
can be nothing else. Some people who.
by the way. are themselves grabbed and
disagreeable, look upon a boy as q gem
eral nuisance. a divinely appointed trial
to the flesh, and a means OF sanctlnca-
ton. A boy is not a rebel by nature. and
il he occasionally breaks out into NUT
my 1T is because he is misunderstood .
The average boy is mischievous, but not
malicious. / DOUBT il a boy without a
wee bit Of mischief in him WOULD make a
successful man. That kind usually die
young,
IF THEY ONLY COULD .
EFF older people could retain more OF
their boyish spirits this world be \ lar
jollier world than 1t is today. There are
certain times and places In which the boy
should be compelled to be quiet, for he
A-l. Axc~t-l;rA lila ttn raat ~ mo Tho
native restlessness of the boy leads MIN
to do all sorts OF unusual and unheard OF
things. His mind is as curious rs his
body Is restless. Yet with all his Pc
culiarities who would not have the noisy,
cheerful, happy fellow about the house?
Who is there with an ounce OF
nature in his composition that does not
love him and see in him a diamond In the
roughs His presence Is health to the
bones. He q~uickens our sluggish circu-
lation and draws us away from our
sedate and gloomy selves. God bless the
boys I say, the merry, merry boys; the
funny boys, the thoughtless boys. God
wants the boys with all their joys, that
he as gold may make them pure and
teach them trials to endure. His heroes
brave, he'd have them be, fighting for
truth and purity God wants The boys,
and 80 do we.
"Any man who is down on boys as a
Ad5 ACGO0 w OO a 40 10 "a ~
himself. The best men are made out OF
real boys, intense boys, who do nothing
by halves: who. when they play, play
with all their might and put enthusiasm
into all they 10. Your rough and ready
boy makes a man of mettle, but your
artificial boys, your premature dude, is
seldom heard of in after life.
BOYS WHO MAXI SOLDIERS.
"a famous English general watched
| the rough sports of the boys at Rugby
School, and said that out of such stuff
was the British soldier made, a soldier
| that was inviucible The world over. Let
us never ind fault with the impetuoslty
of boyhood. This impetuosity IL to be
guided rather than restrained.
"The question arises as to the best
method Of managing this boy. He aus
be taught to obey. Somehow or other the
bit must be placed in his mouth. The
ruler aud cowhide in this day are falling
more and more into disuse. A far better
method is to COVER the boy by love, but
| in order TO obtain his love and confidence
YOU must be more or less OF a boy your
self. Boys are governed by love ana
| acknowledging and not by force or
| outward show of authority. Punish
only when it Is absolutely necessary;
praise more than You punish. Let cor
Doral punishment always be the last re-
sort. for iU is essentially brutal and de-
sends TO the low level OF pure muscle.
My father was a good man, but / q m con-
WINGED he whipped me too much.
Boys should be taught religion in a
| rational way. Let the church provide all
manner of innocent amusements for boys.
provide gymnasiums. swimming tanks
and military drills, give them racy but