Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-04-19

| others, which expresses itself iu genuine
| recognition Of everything promising and
which becomes kind of inspiration"
Just believe your children can aud will
become what you want them to be, and
| use sanctifed common sense In not hold
ing too prominently before them other
children as models. 1t has not half the
force as the awakened consciousness that
they lave the power In themselves to be
something, which very likely. as 1t devel
ops, will far exceed that of your own
chosen models for them.
SO far as possible let this growth of the
intellectual life be as natural and uncon-
scious a. the growth Of the body Is to the
child. Few children think of or know
much about how the delic ate infant grows
into the strong man-the process goes on
unpoticed. 1t seems desirable. in younger
children especially, the same unconscious
growth of the mind should take place.
Encourage them In the race but let them
see the goal Is yet far ahead.
| have left unuoticed one great and
most important factor that should have
It's place in the intellectual life of the fam
lily, and that Is the Bible We are so ac-
customed to think Of this as furnishing
the spiritual food that we forget TO look
upon 1t a. very rich literature in itself.
full OF poetry and beauty, the very pure
source from which many of our English
writers have drawn their inspiration
One writer has recently said III Chris
tian people wish the Bible to become
popular. they should use more Judgment
as To how 1t Is put into the hands Of their
children. We must educate them to
admire IL as we educate them u admire
other literature"
The Hebrew people were remarkably
poeticaland literary people. aud the Bible
Is the collection Of their literary works.
Every member OF every family should
know thoroughly some Of the iine passages
among those works; like, for instance,
The song Of Moses" that greatest ode of
4tberty found in any literature, someone
has said; or that famous Song of Deb
orsh' with its hne touches Of satire; or
the Book Of JOB" or 80 many of those
| beautiful psalms, the l3gh, i2i. Goth. and
in4th, for instance. or those wonderful
FIRST and second chapters of Luke, with
the angel chorus, and grand "Magniticat"
and triumphant "Nunc dimitti-." or those
chapters III Matthew with the great sermon,
or those tender chspters OF Johu, or the
wondrous symbolism Of the 'apocalypllc
vision,
1t j. utterly impossible 10 enumerate in
> short paper a tithe of these gems SO
valuable from purely literary standpoint.
The intellectual and spiritual lives are 80
closely connected, that the best conditions
OF each are the most favorable for the
highest development Of the other, and 50
We cannot leave uunoticed the powerful
aid that comes 70 parents Ia recognizing
that the heads as well as the hearts Of
their children are theirs in trust and the
same ahi il accessible Ia care OF both.
Gregory of Tours asserted The Holy
Spirit Is the Gld uf the intellect more
/ than OF the heart, and George Adams
Smith says The spirits Of the Lord men
toned IN isaiah are preyAilingly iuteilcctu-
al, the spirit II wisdom aul understand
tng. The spirit of counsel snd might. the
spirlt of know ledge and the fear of Jeho-
van With such AID can We fear the re-
sult II we have the grace 10 use u: