News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-07-23

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whittier of temptation and fashion-the
peddlers of filthy stories, the dancing
jacks of political parties, the scum OF
society, the tavern Longing, store in.
Testing, the men of low wink and filthy
chuckle and brass breastpin and rotten
associations? For the most part they
came from mothers idle and disgusting,
the scandal mongers of society, going
from house to house attending to every.
body's business but their own, believing
in witches and ghosts and hOrseshoes
to keep the devil out of the churn, and
by a goddess life setting their children
on the very verge Of hell. The mothers
of Samuel johnson and of Alfred the
Great and of Isaac Newton and of st.
Augustine and of Richard Cecil and of
President Edwards for the most part
were industrious, hard working moth
ers.
Now, while [ congratulate all Chris
tian mothers upon the wealth and the
modern science which may afford them
all kinds Of help, let me say that every
mother ought to be observant of her
children walk, her children behavior,
her children $ food, her children's books,
her children 5 companionship. However
much help Hannah may have, l think
she ought every year, at least, to make
one garment Tor samuel. Inc Lord nave
mercy on nc man VINO 1850 unfortunate
as 10 nave nau lazy mo'h'f!
Her Intelligence.
AGAIN Hannah stands baforo won ~
dav as an Intelligent mother From, tho
wav in which she talked in this cbanter
and from tl,a ,,.ay she MANAGED tbie
hoy. Won know She was intelligent
There AFRO ,,r ,.creors in . community
who need to ia 81 ,viee and we'll in.
formed as mothers. Oh. this work of
cultprinp children for this world and
the ncxtI This child US tinoid and Il
nust ha ro,7sed mn and nusbad ont into
activitios This child is forward and
he must he held hazel, and tanned down
into modeetv and noIitnness Rewards
for one nnnishmnnts for another That
which win make George will rnin
Jobp The rod is necessary in one case
while q fro,vu Of disnleasnre is mora
Than enonob il, another Wbinnirg and
a dory closet do not evbanet ali tho
rounds Of domestic discinline There
have hoen cbiIdrep who have crown mn
and oona to o1orv without over bavina
their ears boxod oh. how mncb care and
intollioence are necessary in the roarino
If cbildrenl E1t in tbis dov whom thnro
are 81 many hooks ON this snbiect no
narent is excusahle in beino IGNORANT of
the hest mode of bringing mn a child
IF narents knew more Of dietetics. there
vo,ld NOT ba ca MANY dvsnentic stom.
achs and weak nerves and Inactive liv-
ers among children IF narents knew
moro of nIveiologv there would not bo
60 MANY cnrved SHINES and cramnad
chests and inflamed threats, and dis.
eased lungs as there are among children.
If parents knew more of art and were
in svmpathv with all that is beautiful.
there would not be so many children
coming out in the world with boorish
proclivities. If parents knew more of
Christ and practiced more of his reli-
gion, there would not be so many little
feet already starting on the wrong road
and all around MS voices of riot and
bIasphemy would not come up with such
ecstasy of Internal triumph.
The eaglets in the eyrie have DO adj
vantage over the eaglets of a thousand
years ago. The kids have no superior
way of climbing ND the rocks than the
old goats taught them hundreds of years
ago. The whelps know no more now
than did the whelps of ages ago. They
are taurht no more nv the lions of the
desert But it is a shame that in this
dav. when there are so MANY opportu.
mites Of improving ourselves in the best
manner Of cuIturing children. that 50
often there is no more advancement in
this respect than there has been among
the kids and the eaglets and the whelps,
Hey Christian Character.
AGAIN. Hannah stands before Won f.
dav as a Christian mother From her
nr9vers and from the vav she conse.
Grated her how tn Cod know she was
good A mother NAV have the finest cul.
tnre the most brilliant SURROUNDINGS
but she is NOT fit for her dnties nnless
she he a Christian mother There NAV
he we'll read libraries in tbe bonse and
exouisite music in tbe narIor and tho
canvas Of the hest artist adjoining tbe
walls. and the wardrobe he crowded
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