Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-08-09

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There must b. harmony NsS,vsen q Re
fathers government and he mothers
government The fashrr VIII be tempt
ed 70 too great rigo-. The mother viii
De tempted TO too f,reat leniency. Her
tenderness win overcome her. Her
voice Is little softer. her hand seems
better iit 20 pull out thorn aad soothe
pang. Children wanting anything
from the mother. cry for it They hope
20 dissolve her will with tears But
the mother must not Interfere. must
not coax off, must not beg for the child
when the hour comes for the assertion
OF parental supremacy and the subju-
gation Of child's temper. There
comes in the history of every child an
hour when il is tested whether the
parents shall rule or the child shall
rule. That is the crucial hour II the
child triumphs in that hour. then he
will some day make you CROUCH e il
n horrible scene.
have witnessed TIA mother come
20 old age, shivering with terror in the
presence OF "A son who cursed her gray
hairs and Knocked her wrinl<led face
and begrudged her the crust she
munched with her toothless gumsl
"How sharper than a serpcnts tooth lis
To have thanklcss chndi"
But, on the other hand too great rigor
must be avoided. IL is a sad thing
when domestic government becomes
cold military despotism. Trappers or
the prairie fight fire with fire. but you
can not successful fight your child's
bad temper with youi own bad temper.
We must not be too minute in our in
spection- We can not expect our chill
drcn 20 be perfect. We must not see
everything. Since we have two or
\ three faults OF our own, we ought not
I 70 be too rough when we discover that
our children have as many. IL trldi-
I tion be true, when we were children
we were not all little SamuelS and our
parents were not fearful lest they could
not raise rs because OF our premature
/ goodness
| You can not scold or pound your
children into nobility OF character. The
! bloom OF child's heart can never be
seen under cold drizale Above all.
avoid fretting and scolding in the
/ household. Better than ten years OF
| fretting at your children. is one good
sound, old-fashioned application of the
| slipperl That minister of the Gospel
Of whom we read in the newspapers
that lac whipped his child TO death be-
cause he would not say his prayers, will
never come To canonization. The
arithmetic can not calculate how many
thousands of children have been
ruined forever through too great rigor
or too great leniency. The heavens and
the earth are filled with the groans OF
the sacrificed In this important mat.
ter, seek divine direction, oh father,
oh mother Someone asked the mother
of Lord Chief Justice Mansfield IL she
was not proud 10 have three such emf.
nent sons, and all of them so good.
No" she said, lit IS nothing 10 be
proud of, but something for whish "a
be very grateful"
Again: there are many who are sncri.
ficing their children to n spirit of W orld.
illness. Some one asked a mother
whose children had turned out very
well, what was the secret by which She
prepared them for usefulness and the
Christian life. and she said: This is
the secret When, in the morning.
washed my children. prayed that they
might be washed in the fountain of a
Saviour's mercy. When / put on their
garments, I prayed that they might be
arrayed ia the robe OF a "a siour's
Righteousness. When | give then, food.
/ prayed that they might be fell with
mamma from Heaven When / started
them on the road 10 school. / rraved
that their path might be Is the shining
light, brighter and brighter 70 the per-
feet day. When ] put them 10 s eep, l
prayed that they might be eufol led ia
the Saviour's arms On yoI say,
that was very old-fashioned. q was
quite old-fashioned. But do you sup
pose that child under such nurture as
! that ever turned out bad?
In our days most boys start oat with
no idea higher than the . ,l-enco npass-
ing dollar. They start in an ago which
boasts il can scratch the LJvd's prayer
on ten-ccnt piece and tia tn COM
mandments on ten-cent piece Chill
dren are taught 90 reduce mcI-ls ana
religion, time and eternity, &c vulgar
fractions Ii seems 20 be tho.s chief
attainment that ten cents mike a
dime and ten dimes make q dollar.
How 20 get money is only equlllSd by
the other art, how TO keep It, ro.E me,
ye who know. what chance thnre IS for
those who start out in life with such
perverted sentiments? The 1aonev
market resourds again and AGAR with
the downfall Of such people NJ bad a
drop OF blood on the tip Of pen
would tell You by what awful s,agedy
many Of the youth of this co dntr.y are
ruined
Further on, thousands and sens Of
thousands Of the daughters of ncrica
are sacrificed 20 worldliness. Tfev are
taught to be in sympathy win an the
artificialties Of society T1og are fn.
Quoted into Ell the hollowne 81 If what
is called fashionable life They are
taught 90 believe that hiA5-4 is dry.
but that ffy-ceut stories OF edventur
GUS love arr delicious. villa capacity
that might have rivalcd Florence
Nightingale in heavenly m aistries or
made the fathers house gia nth nlial
and sistcrly dcmeanor. thor lie is
waste their beauty q cursa. their eter
nifty demolition
In the siege of Charleston during ths
civil war lieutenant of the army
stood ON the floor beside fhe dauVhfe,
T of the ex-governor of So, state Of
South Carolina. They vers taking the
vows of marriage q bomb-shen
struck che roof dropped inf3 The group.
and nine were voun1r1 and siaifs