The Helena independent., 1894-01-01
rraE BOYS.

Rev. j. II. CFosksr, Of ths Ualtsrian So
oisty. Tolls of Their Temptations.
Rev. J. H. Crooksr alao preached at ths
Unitarian services on the boys taking for
his text. ''Ths streets Of the city are full of
boys" He said in part: 1.-The century ID
wonderful for the beneAcent emancipation
in all lines; from ignorance. superstition,
eEroE. fssE. Il Is an era of divine world
10 that of The children. from the severity of
discipline. from neglect. from crudsnsss Of
the schoolsoom. In comforts and ourEicn-
linn. What ssemsd to our RIsndfatheEs
evidence Of total depravity 10 now Iscos-
nizsd as natursl sxuberanee of the child's
tined to become Q liar. The stupid and
slow may prove the future ststssmsn.
Hope ever for tho growing nature. IL there
be any loVsr there. But 40 tho. tyrenny of
the child. and its consequent lawlessness
has gone. there have come in the evils of
too little thoughtful discipline. too little
parental and filial love. too little teaching
Of self control. Ths child has not only the
right to bs we'll born. but yet more. to be
we'll nurtured. student Of crime has
sid. Give me child from its fifth to its
tenth year and can do anything with IL.
for its future The human infsnc, IL .
long period. bat she longer the work on .
"Ths homo is the workshop for perfect
ing the child. II 10 an axiom that the heas
ID better for the child-nataEe than any
other institution We can deyise. Fer a
good home there are two requisites. Those
who arc to impart mobility must have it in
themselves. They must live in sympa-
thetic. loving contact with the young heart.
long enough TO impress It. The care should
be continuous. Parents who are conssans
com anions of their children seldom have
occasion to weep over them. II the pa
ssnts gave to their ohildren's s care the same
thooghs and heart they give to businsse
pm suits. ambition and s0eisty, there would
be few to complain Of failure as parents.
The boys need more attention. Tho girls are
OF finer nature. loss liable to temptation, vet
when they fall they fall lower, for society
does not open the door - wide for shsir 70.
tusn. and " nssare they have less strength
for recovery.
1.-The parents of this city are sadly neg
lectinR their girls - we'll a. tho boys There
are boys and boys. The shoughtful, eager
seeker after knowledge will como out all
right; 30. too. the boy With dsep home af-
fections. 'Tis tho hot blooded animal boy
needs the care. and under II may make the
riot and ends in evil. Do not seek to make
> spbolar of him against Its will. Give him
manual labor TO do, . trade to learn, and
keep him Oft the street. Give his energy and
honest direction. to uss it mp. This city
has . serious problem before II. The
stranger il shocked bv she scenes upon its
streets. by the profanity Of ths eye and Of
the tongue. by the tales Of corruption, de-
bsuohsry and depravity. Anid such scenes
the bo,s and girls Who will make ths next
generation srs growing uR too often on the
streets. with too little care and restraint.
What will that next generation be. brought
up in such training schoolP II 1t does not
a,,pasl An thA nPat sA0aa nj tka Cit1an eo
check this for the sake Of tine children thsp-
selves. and of their children. 10 should ap-
pssl to the business msn's foresight for the
atTanRer will shun community with such
traits. refusing to bring his children into
such an atmosphere"