Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-08-05

THE old chan or their mother as ''the
old woman They aro those who IN
youth. In childhood. never learned to re-
spect authority. Eli. having heard that
bis sons bad died In their wickedness,
fen over backward and broke his neck
and died Well he might What Is life
10 fnther whose sons are debauched?
The dust Of the valley is pleasant to bis
taste, and the driving rains that drip
through the roof Of the sepulcher are
sweeter than the wines OF Hel5on.
There must be harmony between the
fathers government and the mothers
government The father win be tempt
ed to toogreat rigor. The mother will be
tempted to too great leniency. Her ten
derness will overcome her. Her voice Is
little softer1 her hand seems better fit
to pub out thorn and soothe panga
Children wanting any thing from the
mother cry for 1t. They hopo to dissolve
her viii with tears. But the mother
must not interfere, must not coax Of, !.
must not beg for the child when the
hour comes for tho assertion Of parental
supremacy and the sub3ugaHon OF q
child's temper. There comes In the his
tory Of every child an hour when IL Is
tested whether the parents shall rule or
the child shall rule, That Is tho crucial
hour. If the child triumphs IN that hour,
then be will some day mako you crouch.
It Is horrible scene. have witnessed
it-a mother come to old age, shiverlng
| with terror In the presence Of son who
! cursed her gray hairs and Knocked her
wrinkled face and begrudged her the
crust she munched with her toothless
gums!
Bow sharper than serpent's tooth It Is
10 haps thanklees child!
CONTROL YOUR TEMPER
But, on the other hand, too great Ytg-
or must be avoided. It ts sad thing
when domestic government becomes cold
military despotism. 1rappers on the
prairie fight fire with fire, bot you can
not successfully fight your chilfs bad
temper with your own bad temper. We
must not be TOO minute In our fnspeo-
ton. We cannot expect our children to
| be perfect. We must not Bee every
thing. Since we have two or three faults
of our OWL. we ought not to be too
rough when we discover that our cfnl-
dren have as many. If tradition be
true, when we were children we were
NOT ali little Samuels, and our parents
were NOT fearful lest they could not raise;
us because Of our premature goodness
You cannot soold or pound your chill
dren into nobility OF character. The.
bloom Of child's heart can never be
seen under cold driHzle. Above all,
| avoid tretting and scolHng in tho house
hold. Better than ID years Of fretting
| at your children Ia one good, ro1nd, old
fashioned application OF the slipper
That minister Of the gospel Of whom we
read in the newspapers that be whipped
| his child to death because be would not
say his prayers will never come 10 can
| onization. The arithmetscs cannot col
culate how many thousands Of children
have been ruined forever either through
too great rigor OF too great lentencY.
The heavens and the earth are filled
! with the groan of the sacrificed. mthis
fmportant matter seek divine direction,
'.father,,- 0smoth ey:exsssse ne-eo tsostaskesl
| themotheH ct Lord Chief Justice Mans
| field II she was not proud to hove three
such eminent sons and all Of them so
good. mo she SAID. ''it Is nothing to be
| proud OF, but something for which to be
very grateful
Again, there are many who are sacri-
| fic3ng their children to spirit OF world
liness. Some one asked mother whose
children had turned .out very well what
was the secret, by which sbe prepared
them for usefulness and for tho Chris
! tian life, and she sans 'sThis was the
secret. When In the morning washed
my children, / prayed that they might
| be washed IN the fountain Of Sav4our's
mercy. when / put on their garments,
prayed that they might be arrayed in
the robe Of Savionrs righteousness.
When gave them food. l prayed that
they might be fed with mapin from
! heaven. When / started them 90 the
road 10 school, I prayed that their ps.sh
| might be ss the shining hight, brighter
| and brighter to The perfect day. When
| put them to sleep, / prayed that they
might be embodied In the Saviours arms.
~Oh," you say, ..that was very Old fash
! ioned.' It was quite old fashioned But
do you suppose that child under srlch
nurture as that ever turned out bad7
TOO MUCH woRLDLLNESs.
In our day most boys start out with no
idea higher than the all encompassing
dollar. They start IN an ago which
boasts it can scratch the Lords Prayer
| on 10 cent piece, and the Ten Com
mendments on 10 cent piece Children
are taughtto reduce morals and religion.
time and eternity. to vulgar fractions
It seems to be their chief attainment
that 10 cents make dime, and 10 dimes
make dollar. How TO get money Is
Gully eQualed BY the other OFT, how to
keep It. Tell me-, yewho know. what
chance there ts fof those who start oT.t
In life with such perverted sentimes':r,
The money market reeounds again ar
again with the downfall q srch p.or.-
LII he'd drop OF blood ou tbs tip OF
pen. 1 would tell you BY what a~f
tragedy many Of the youth Of this ooun-
try ara ruined
! Further ON thousands end bensot thour
sands Of the daughters Of America are
I.sacrihced oworldiinesa They laughs
Ito be In sympathy With al the artifcdan-
|:tses oesociety. They are .induoted into
ian the hollowness Of what is called lash
iiionsbls HE. they are taught to, believe
|EEtha. history IS dTy, bot thsa 20 cant BIO.
Eifsee Of sdvantutouA love ase delsione.;
VITA capacity chat might have Avaied
8 Florence Nightingale In heavenly min
istriea, OF made the fathers honee glad