Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-08-16

sights on earth. IN old-mannisb saudest
oId-womanish girl. OOy VI an
polI Iris III years of age studying a,e,ab-, ,
o,.r ,-i-years years OF age racking their brains
i.t .ulSohonetry! u Children unacnuaintad
WIN their mother tongue erwin, - 80
IisItlh, french and German lessonsi All ~
rsNHclty OF their nature beaten ont ~ tho
py the heavy beetle OF Greek lexicon, And
You doctor them for this, AMI Won i've
Uo-5 nttte medicine for That, and Won
WI mUnuer ,, what Is the matter with them 7
ml MN ten you what is the matter with tba,, .
'hey are finishing their education >
IN my parish in Philadelphia n rrIIJ ,y,s
so pushed at school that she was thrown mt
lever Iever; and In her dying daliriIm, all night
long, she ECSEsS to reci;a the T,nItirii1na
tion table. b NY yr,ooI rarrnoI,I ts.
IN our class n .o'J7-s there was one lad yzbo
AileW more tHaC All OF us put toretbe- t.
We We wSTe list IN our arithmetic, he extrica-ad
~ ~ nAeh we stood up for the spelling clnss
yist.t, mos allIlost Always the head OF the class
'ls'ors came to his fathers hOusa and H.
was almost always brought in as n nroJi,,,
az az 10 years OF age he was an IDIOT. He Hved
~ years an idiot and died an idiot NOT kno,v-
ing MS right hand from his left. or dav fror,
p,ghl. pi Ihe parents and the teachers made
You may fatter your pride bv forc,n, vor,,
children to know more than any Other iii
uren, put you are making a sacrifice OF thas
chlld II by the additions to its inteIIipenc.-
you are making a subtraction from tts I'm.
ture. The child will go away from sucn NAL
S...;a Shea;,Inen. with no exuberance to fight the
oattie OF life. -Such children may get sIon,
very We'll while you take care Of them. hnr
when you are old and dead. alas for them
IL Through the wrong system OF education
which you adopted, they have no swarthi-
ness or force OF character to take care OF
themselves. Be careful how you make the
child's head ache or its heart fiutter
L hear q great deal about black mems rhts
anq Chinamens rights and Indians rights
and women's rights. Would God that some
BODY would rise to plead for children S right
Ihe Carthagintans used to sacrifice their
children by putting them into thearms OF an
dol which thrust forth its hand. The child
was put into the arms of the idol, and no
sooner touched the arms than Il dropped into
The fire. But II was the art Of the mothers
20 keep the children smiling and laughing
Until the moment they died. There NAV be
fascination and n hilarity about the STYLES
81 education of which am speaking. but II
only laughter at the moment Of sacrifice.
Would God there were only one Jephthath's
laughter
Again, there are many parents who are
acrihcing their children with wrong sys-
ems OF discipline-too great rigor or too
great leniency. There are children in fam
lies who rule the household. They come to
he authority. The high chair in which the
n'ant sits Is the throne, and the rattle Is the
parliament where father and mother have no
'ote Such children come up to be llis-
,reants.
There Is no chance In this world for n child
| hat has never learned TO mind. Such peO-
| )le become the botheration OF the church OF
iod and the pest of the world. Children
hat do not learn to obey human authority
| ire unwilling to learn to obey Divine author
| ty. Children will not respect parents whose
| authority they do not respect. Who are those
| Toung men that swaSSer through the street,
| With their thumbs in their vest talking
ibout their father as "the old man."
the governor" ''the squire" ''the
| Did chap" or their mother as 1.-The
old womanY' They are those who in youth,
n childhood, never learned to respect au-
| ihority. ELL having heard that hi. sons had
! lied in their wicSednesS, fell over backward
md broke his neck and died. Well he nj Ght.
What Is life to a father whose sons are de-
| oauched? The dust OF the valley is pleasant
20 his taste, and the driving rains that
| "trip through the roof of the sepuicher are
| IWeeter than tho wines of Helbon.
There must be harmony between the
| ather's government and the mothers gov
| srnment. The father will be tempted TO too
[ great vigor. The mother will be tempted to
90 great leniency. Her tenderness will
/ overcome her. Her voice Is q little softer
aer hand seems better fit to pull out a thorn
md soothe pang. Children wanting any
| hing from the mother cry for 1t. They hope
| % dissolve her will with tears. But the moth
sr must not interfere, must not coax OF,
must not beg for the child when the
| aour comes for tho assertion OF parental
supremacy and the subju-;ltiOn OF
| .hild's temper. There comes in the history
II every child an hour when it is tested
whether the parents shall rule or the child
Ihau rule. That is the crucial hour. II the
| ,hild triumphs in that hour, then he will
yome day make you crouch. 1t Is a horrible
Icene. have witnessed lt-a mother come
% old age, shivering with terror in the pres
snce of son who cursed her gray hairs and
nocked her wrinkled face and begrudged her
he crust she inunched with her toothless
yums
How sharper than a se-peuts tooth tis
| To have q thankless child
But, on the other hand, too great rlGor
must be avoided. 1t is a sad thing when do
| nestle government becomes cold military
iespoti5m. Trappers on the prairie fight fire
| with fire, but you cannot successfully fight
;our child's bad temper with your own bad
| temper. We must not be too minute in our
| Inspection. We cannot expect our children
| 20 be perfect. We must not see everything.
Since we have two or three faults of our own,
we ought not to be too rough when we dis
| cover that our children have as many. If
| tradition be true, when we were children we
were not all little Samuels, and our parents
were not fearful lest they could not raise US
| because of our premature goodness
You cannot scold or pound your children
| into nobility of charaoter. The bloom OF
| childs heart can never be seen under cold
irizzle. Above all, avoid fretting and
scolding In the household. Better than 10
years OF fretting at your children IS one
| good. round, old fashioned application Of
| the slipper That minister OF the Gospel o.
! whom we read in the newspapers TINT he
whipped his child to death because he would
not say his prayers will never come to can
| ontZation The arithmetics cannot cal
cuIate how many thousands of children
| have been ruined forever either through too
great rigor or too great leniency. The heav.
| ems and the earth are filed with the groan of
| the sacrificed. In this important matter seek
| divine direction, o father, o mother. Some
| one asked the mother OF Lord Chief Justice
| Mansfield If she was notproui TO have three
| such eminent sons and all OF them 80 good
| "No," she said, at is nothing to be proud OF,
! but something for which to be very grateful.
| Again, there are many who are sacrificing
| their children to a spirit OF worldllhess
| Some one asked mother whose chlIdre1l
| had turned out very well what was the secret
! by which she prepared them for usefulness
| and for the Christian life, and she said :
| arThis vas the secret. When in the morning
| I washed my children, l prayed that they
| might be washed in the fountain OF
| Sayfours mercy. When put on their gar
ments, prayed that they might De arrayeu
in the robe of Saviour's righteousness
| When I gave them food, l prayed that
they might be fed with mamma from heaven
| when started them on the road to school, L
prayed that their path might be as the shin
| ing light, brighter and brighter TO the per;
feet day. When put them to sleep, prayed
that they might be EMBODIED in the Saviour 5
arms" ooh" you say, ''that was very OLD
fashioned" It was quite old fashioned. Bu'
| do Won suppose that child under sucI
nurture as that ever turned out badf
In our day most boys start out with no
idea higher than the all encompassing dol
| lar They start in an age which boasts 1t can
scratch the Lords Prayer on 10 cent piece,
! and the Ten Commandments on lO cenI
! ,,iecs children are taught to reduce morals
I md religion. time and eternity, to VULGAR
fractions. 1t seems 20 be their chief attain
roent that 10 cents make dime, and 10 dimes
make a dollar How to get money is on ,
| equaled by the other art, how 10 Keep II. e
| Tell me We who know. what chance there IS