The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-13

The old saying is, Young folks
think old folks are fools, but old folks
know young folks are FOOLS" But. |
when young people suppose 1t 10 OF no |
consequence what they do. or how |
they behave, 1t is OF no consequence
then, they don't think enough OF Them
selves. They often think 1t is no mat
ter how behave now Will do diller-
emily when l am man or woman;
not knowing that a well.bred young
person who knows what Is becoming
and proper and carries It out IN ms
Ia already gentlemen or
lady. There are II host OF young men
and ladies who, when In o place OF
worship, act as though they didn't
know what place of worship was.
They don't know what the bible says
about misbehavior in the house OF
God. keep thy foot when thou goest
to the house of God, and be more
ready to hear than to give the sacri.
flee OF fools. for they consider not that
they do evil.
BE not rash with thy mouth, and let
mot thine heart be hasty to utter any
thing before God; for God is in heaven
and thou upon earth; therefore let thy
words be few. Let US hear the copclu-
sion OF the whole matter. Fear God
and keep HIS commandments. for this
Ia the whole duty of man. For God
shall bring every work into Judgment
with every secret thing, whsther 1t be
good or whether it be evil"
Some young people are often apt to
think too much of themselves while
others not enough.
i A boy or girl who says II can't Will
never be man or woman, You may
build castles in the air to please your
20, ,1t xxttlI had
house is what you want to live in when
you become q man OF woman.
Young people, however, are often
self. wilIed ana headstrong. and IL left
alone their stubborness would leaC
them to rush headiong to their own
destruction. This Ia why your parents
loftentiineS are SO watchful and SO
strict with you. II you are out of
order, like Il watch, then you need to
he set in order and TO be regulated.
Good parents are anxious that their
children should grow up Intelligent,
ipious and happy. Plety Is the first
thing for you to consider In the Tor
nation OF your character, and the
character you form here will be as
lasting as eternity itself. Your first
duty is to God the next to your par.
Ients. There Is no being but God to
whom you are more indebted to than
your parents.
The first thing then for you to do is
ito honor your parents, honor them In
your heart by loving and obeying
them; how happy is the father and
the m other whose children obey and
honor them much better than by an
swerinR them in sharp, angry tone.
You can honor them by not answer
ling them back and argue against their
lnnyn aud Nntt xyilI honor than hv
giving attention to their instruction
and counsel. Your parents have pass
led through the period OF fife on which
you ARE now entering, and they know
the way and know its dangers.
You will do we'll to coniide in them
and mind whit they say. or you ard
manly, kind and courthouse t home SC
you will be away from home.
But il YOU arc peevish, ill-natured
harsh, Oh overbearlng at home, among
your own brothers and sisters, so will
you be abroad. / will go SO far as te
say, that q young man OF young
woman, who Is unklnd to theil
mothers, won't make good HUSBAND
OF wife. or in other words, WOO DO tt
the man or woman that gets them.
The best direction to young folks. II
TO carry out tho golden rule, do unit
Others as you would have others to d.
unto you." There is no place this sid
of heaven 30 sweet and as attractive
as home where the family are all full
of happiness and love, Never ask an,
one to help you, when you can he'll
yourself. Avoid the company OF thos
who are rough and coarse in thei
manners, or use rrofane or obscen'
words in their conversation.
Always be cheerful at the table. nc
ito be too forward and talkativ
there Never form bad habit; b
careful OF this, as they are formed il
early life, once fixed 1t may folio
you all your life. Use promptnes
and punctuaiity in all of your actions
Spring out OF the led when callet
never keep the table waiting Away
put everything where you found i
1t you bring in water, don't spill IL
the floor. which ia generally the cas-
III you bring In a arm load OF WOO,
pile it up neat where it belong
Don't try to run against nail or son
other object and make tear in you
iclothes. IL you arc loft to yourse
don't forget to bring water in col
tact with your face or you mig
have other boys think that they 81
grass growing On your upper lip
Boys, you know you arc conquert
by wood-pile which they are told
saw, or by hoeing. or pulling weeds
tho garden, or picking stones in &
Iiields. Well does the writer remembe
when a boy. how he had every sprl,
picked from three to live hundred ca
loads OF stones off of the fields of b
father, and NO work on the farm W
more desplsed by us than picllil
stones. One day in tho early sprin
and very warm day, we we'll remer
her when our mother made US ri
pudding for dinner. and at that me
we ate a good lot OF the same, of whi
we were very fond. After dinner ,
were set to work as usual, and aft
picFfIg for about an hour or so We |
cana so drowsy. and it was as it we
utmost impossible TO keep our ely
open.
So there being good.sized pea
tree In full bloom in the field, ,
wended our way to 1t and down '
laid and went to sleep. and soon pro
ably dreamed OF land where the
were no stones to pick. The iii
thing we knew was the application
q good-sized peach limb, by tho mi
who had power TO apply 1t In We
severe way. We were coon walied l
. and soon rot to picking stones aga
i'll hurry, and never again did y
go to sleep picking stones, and wha
more, we never saw that man OF b
who liked the business.
: No boy. no girl will ever make
man or q woman TIL they have cot
, ago enough to face their work.
{ can't never makes man or woma
Girls let your first endeayor be
, educate your heart; without II y
!, will never be lady.
q Always have your actions pure.
nothing In the midst of which y
!. would DO afraid to meet death. 1
and be good, do good, live good, n
: a happy life you can live in this VOL
= and tho world to come.
CLAYMoNT, April 10. 1898