The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-05

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expensive not only in money and Ia
bor and toll, but in anxious oare; but
thoy repay it in love n thousand
fold. They arc tho lilo and comfort
of every good faraily. What would
tho world be without them2 Sup.
pose they were all grown up and
thoro were no moro to come-.no day
schoolsno Sunday ,schools-nop play.
houses or toys or picture books--no
babies learning to talk and say mann
ma and grandpa-no little chaps to
follow you about and love you. and,
the saddest Of all, no more mothers
to fondlo and caress and hug them
to their bosoms. What cold and
dismal world this would br---no
mothers, no fathers, no grndnmas, no
nothing but grcwn-up people who
never played horse or snng u lullaby
song.
My cynical friend says that chill
dren mako no return except in ilial
duty and no rccompenso but ntfcc.
ton. Well that is enough. Pnrc"ts
do not ask any moro. Tho lovo and
ohodicnco Of good child is beyond
price Tho disobodionco and in
gratitude Of bad ono is tho most
intense of all misorica. There il not
n groater contrast upon earth than in
tho JOY or the sorrow TINT children
bring to parents. From tho timo Of
Eli until now this contrast has bccn
going on. That poor old man had
the curso Of God upon him because
his children wero vile and he ro-
strained thom not. | toll yon, young
friends, who havo mated and married
and nre rearing children, you had
better road and pondor tho story OF
old ELI Tho first commandment
says, 81 will visit tho sins of tho
fathers upon tho childron," but in
this story tho Lord visited tho sins
OF tho childron upon the parent.
Tho old man WAS cursed and the
priesthood taken from his house for
over. What if nll tho preachers who
have bad children were dcposcd in
these days? How many churches
would be- closed against tho married
clergyY Wouldn't tho young theo-
logians bo in demand and have a
monopoly Of tho business until they,
too, got married and raised bad
children? There hhs been much said
and more written about how to raise
children; but tho old landmarks are
tho best. They must be restrained
and, if example and commands will
not do it, then tho rod must help.
Line upon line, precopt upon pre-
copt-horo n littlo aud thero a little,
which ] suppose means whipn little
on this sidn and then n little on tho
othor side. heard Il. scusible and
fond mothor say yesterday: 81
spanked Mary Lou twice within n
fow minutes, and it. didn't do her II
bit OF good. Thon l spanked her n
third time and sho has boon tho bost
little child in tho world ovor sinco."
but every parent knows as mnch
about this as L do, and 40 | will ro-
frain from further advice. Every
mother knows how to raise other
peoples children, and 1 know Of ono
who says sho ls tempted to movo
away to got hor childron away from
tho bad influence of hor neiehbors'
children. Tho noighbors smilo at
this, for thoy know thnt sho has the
worst in town and thoy are willing
for her to go. Evon my wife used to
think that the school teacher ought
to whip evory boy bnt hers. 1T is n
touching and beautiful fact that how
over bad II boy may be and however
abused and condemned by the com.
munity and tho laws Of the land, if
ho has II mother he has n friend.
BILL ARP.