The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-05-24
THURSDAY, MAY "a, 1894.
Our Rows.

oA1 oh"9 "Ao HoW DeluB mOulQeQ III
he hearts and souls Of the boys will
soon be in control and give direction
% Church and State. The engineer
Who lays tho line and marks the
curves of railroad has tho control
ing power over the mighty trains that
roll on forever. Those who are now
moulding tho characters of our BOYS
are laying the track for future years.
Very few feel the great responsibility
Of the hour. There is moro interest
in the garden and the cotton patch.
The boys must be fed and clothed,
even If their moral and spiritual na-
ture is starved. "Beware of the lean
Cassius," was spoken moro of the
moral than of tho physical man.
"The lean Cassius" is now feeding tho
voracious and corrupt appetite formed
in his boyhood, upon the happiness
and prosperity of this country. Men
make things to suit the taste bred in
the boys. Not the taste of the we'll
dressed town boy, not the taste of tho
well'dresscd country boy rules, but
that which results from the combined
innate force of character in all boys.
The half-clad, half educated, obscure,
little fellows from the huts of tho
mountains and forests of the coun-
try, forge to the front with nerves Of
stoe] md lion hearts to stand for
granite columns in tho State. Some
special providence made them men
while boys, to teach tho teachers wis
dom, and man tho life boats in times
OF peril. We need more of them in
preparation. Times are moro perilous.
But tho present tendency is to make
them few. We arc all SO devoted to
our immediate gain, to our own pres
ont selfish enjoyment, we havo not the
sense to sec how wo arc robbinn our
solves and our boys in paying tribute
to base ball parks, bicycle factories,
and barrooms. Not that somo such
recreation and indulgence is harmful
as pastime, but it has assumed the
roll Of business, and education and
moral training arc made tho pastimo. |
The whole body polite is now suffer
ing from the evil results of neglect
ing the boys by careful. assiduous at
tentlon to indulging their whims.
Work, privation, hardship, self,dcnial
mako physical and moral muscle and
disinfcct the heart. If he is not not-
urally mean, tho poor boy has the
best fortune.
God pity the boy that has nothing
to do but devise new schemes of self.
lsh enjoyment. His cducation is Oft
eli failure, because it is sought MS
means for further indulgence. It
cumbers more than it develops. 1t
takes root in the physical man and
grows downward, instead Of in the
moral man and growing upward into
n Symmetrical character. Useful bows
make useful men. Woe to the boy
that has not work! Work is the only
wholesome food for tho mind. Idle.
ness poisons the heart and dwarfs the
intellect. The best thing that could
happen to some boys would be for
them to DO kidnapped by some ono
who would use them. Tho young
hawk must have a day of fasting be-
fore he will fly. Put him on his met
tie. Shut off his indulgence. Dis
appoint him. Deny him, but never
fool him. If his sweet will is never
balked or opposed it will never be a
sweet will If he loves bad company
make him read good books, not good.
y-goody books like much of the trash
which finds it's way into tho Sunday
school Libraries; but y good hard
book. Put him whore he will think {
and pout if he likes. Mover let 90 {
his heart. Never let him forget that
you love him. AS you value your
own happiness, never forget that that
poy has downright good hard sense ,
lie Is more terrible in this, than an I
army with banners. Hc has more ,
sense thana statesman. Talk to him ,
like no was n man. He will know
what you mean, and be q man. Bo
honestwith him and he will be honost
be true to him, and he will be trina
Make toy of him and he will tov
with you. In physical command
him; in morals persuade him bv
by example. BE his equal
his playmate, his sympathizer, his su.
perior only in knowledge, not in
sense. DO his. father and he will be