Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-02-25

ly. Every Une you HaFS gwen sa--1tS
Of appreciation all the good cheer OF
your life will come up again in the
xeniality Of your children And every
ebullition OF anger and every uucon-
trollabIe display OF indignation will
be fuel TO their disposition 20 or 30 or
90 wears frori now--fuel for a bad fire
a quarter of a century from this. You
praise the intelligence Of your child
too much sometimes when you think
he is not aware o. IL. and you vii see
the result OF q before ten years Of age
Ia his annoying alYectations. You
praise his beauty. supPosing be Is not
large enough 20 understand what You
say. and YOU will find him standing
on high chair before fntteriug mir
ror. Words and deeds and examples
a-e the seed OF character. and chiiCren
are very apr 20 be the secord edition of
their parents. Abraham begat Isaac.
50 virtue Is apt 20 20 down In the an
ceStral line. bat nerod begat Agchelaus.
so iniquity is transmitted.
Oh. make your home the brightest
olacr on earth = Won would chain you'
children 20 the high rnth OF virtue and
rectitude ard religion! DO not always
turn the blinds the wrong way. Let
the light. which puts goid on the gen
tian and spots the pansy pour into your
dwellings. DO nos expect the Nitie
feet 20 keep step 10 = Gcal march Do
not cover up your wa ls with such pic
tures as Vests Death ou Pale Horse"
or Tiutoretto's Massacre Of the In
nocents." Rather cover them II sou
have pictures With The Hawking Par
ty." and The MIL by the Mounts
Stream" and The Fox Hunt" and The
Children Amid Flowers" and the
Harvest Scene" and The saturday
/ Night Marketing" Get you uo hint %
/ cheerfulnesS from Erasshopper's leap
and lambs frisk and quaii's whistle
aud garrulous stream!ct. which from
/ the rock az tbe mountain top clear
down TO the meadow ferns under the
/ shadow OF the steep comes looking &c
see where So can find the steepest place
20 leap of az and talking just 20 hear it,
self talk II all the skies hurtled with
tempest and everlasting storm. wan
/ dered over the sea. and every mountain
stream were raviug mad. frothiug az
the mouth with mud foam. and there
was nothing but Eimooms blowing
among the hills aud there were neither
lark's carol nor huk8ming birds trin
nor waterfalls dash. but only bears
bark and panther's scream and VOLTS
howl then you might well gather into
your homes only the shadows. But
when God has strewu the earth and the
heavens with beauty and with gladness
let US take iLto our home circles al in
nocent hilnrity. all brightness and al
good cheer. A dark home makes bas
boys and bad girls in preparation o.
bad men and bad women.
Above all. my friends. take into you
} bones Christian principle. Can "a b'
that IN any OF the comfortable homes
. whose inmates confront the voice o
} prayer ia never lifted? What No sup
plication at night for protection
What No thanks giving in the morn
ing for care2 How. my brother. m,
sister. will you answer God in the da,
of Judgment with reference TO you
children? II is a plain question. an'
: therefore I ask Il. In the tenth chapts
, OF Jeremiah God says tie Will pour on
d His fury upon the families that ca
not upon His name. Oh. parents. whe
r you are cead and gone. and the mos
is covering the inscription OF the tomb
, stone. will your children look back an
. think OF father and mother AZ famil
prayer? VIII they take the old famil
Bible and open IL and see the mark G
tears OF sontrition and tears OF conso
ing promise wept by eyes long befor
gone out into darknessr Oh II 20
do not inculcate Christian principle 1
the hearts OF your children. and you d
: not warn them against evil. and yor q
I not invite them 10 holiness and 20 ID
;. and they warder OF 20 fi~si 'r
d and into infdeiity and az last .t
i shipwreck Of their mineral soul o
{ their deafhbsd and in The cay OF j'lds
5. ment they will curse you.
. Seated by the register or the stow
: what II. on the wall. should come OF
e the history OF your childven7 What
J. hsstory-the mortal ard immortal Ii,
l. OF your loved ones Every parent
y writing the history OF his child. He
e writing IL. composing II into song. {
c. pointing Il with a groan.
r Ny mind runs back 10 one OF the be-
le of early homes Prayer like a roof ov'
al IL. Peace like an atmosphere IN
{, Parents personificationsof faith in tri
D. and comfort In darkness The tw
% pillars OF that earthly home long cruz
8, bIed TO dust But shall ! ever forg
10 that early home? Yes. when the fiow'
N forgets the sun that warmed IL. Ys
-e when 4he mariner forvefs he star n.