Yazoo City herald., 1891-03-13

Aside from the mysterious ia
fluence Of The little understood
law Of heredity, nothing exerts ss
potent power III moulding th.
character of the young, as the in,
fluence which emanates from the
home. The fireside Of today ma,
rule civilization tomorrow. Little
appreciation, hewever, is eyinccd
by parents at the present time fol
the measurcless influence that lies
in their hands, and which they arc
morally bound to conscientiously
exert upon the lives they have
called into being. Children will
grow strong id spirit mind, and
body who from their earliest years
have been taught the vital truth
underlying the statement, "The
pure in heart shall see Godn /;
taught that not only III another
life will purity Of soul blossom in
perfection amid thy holiest and
grandest intelligence Of the upper
sphere, but in this life, the God
principle, the good Of life, will
open to the soul of one who is alb
solutely pure in heart, with a rich
er fragrance, a more subtle beauty
than can be experienced by ma
ture rendered coarse by unholy
thought, poisoned by dwelling on
vicious themes. To him who is
pure in soul, pleasures are unalloy-
ed; there is no after-bitter taste,
no haunting Of conscience, no con-
tagion Of moral death following in
bis wake. Life is fragrant, in
spring. uplifting. and his infu-
snce, likewise, is a message from
i higher sphere to the struggling
lives below, who have not been,|
started wisely. Iwould, therefore,
Instil these thoughts into the
heart of the child, pointing the
wig toward the sun Of absolute
purity. The supreme glory Of Je-
'us' ethical teachings lay In
his,-he made no appeal for man
made laws; he addressed himself |
Iolely to the conscience OF the in
lividuaI; he went behind the
commission of the sin, which is
he accidental result, that may or
nay not be manifest, and assalled
he THOUGHT which prompted the
Iced. Here lay the sin, here the
vii that must be overcome.
Not he alone that committeth
dultery, but he that looketh on
woman 60 lust after her, ii the
yes Of the great Galilean. bad |
80 - tzsss HIlI -. = rl1I !
% emphasized. The hearts Of the I
oung must be emphasized. The
carts Of the young must be made
. imbibe purity at the fountain.
his does not mean that they shall
Q kept in ignorance Of vice in a
Iorld reeking in iniquity, for here
. lies the vicious fault, the fatal
rror, through which, for many
ecades, thousands of the most in
ocent lives have been swallowed
! the maelstrom of immortality.
f the smallpox was raging in a
,ction Of the city which a child
esired to traverse in order to
zach a desired goal, the wise pa
mt, rather than allow the child
, wander forth through streets
He'd with the loathsome contag-
IN, would warn him OF the dam
sr, and, lest the wish Of the youth
reach the desired destination be :
great as to overcome his fear, j
Ie loathsome and dangerous char I
ter of the disease would be ex-
aimed. Precisely so should the
oughtful parent explain to his
lid the fact that the world is I
eking in vice, sin and immortal
y that temptations will be found
every side; that the wages, or {
suits, mean physical disease, !,
entail enervation, and moral or
ritual death.
A cnllu tnus warned goes Iorth
I'd in a coat of mail. 1t is not :
e prohib:tory mandates Of the :
osaio reign, but the frank, man :
and loving appeal to reason : !
d conscience, which clothes his l, !,
u. Thus also should the child =
taught self-control, tolerance, e
re, honesty. candor. and all those z
Iendid virtues which make man. r
cd and womanhood worthy Of an Il
mortality Of endless progress T
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