Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-04-29

The dust Of the valley Is
pleasant 20 his taste. and the cr'NtnS
rains that drip through the roof 81 the
repx.cher are swecter than the wines OF -
Hel1lon. =
There must be harmony between ne v
fathers government and the mother Y
government. The father viii h tempt v
Ell 10 400 great rigor. 1she mother VIII 4
be tempted TO too great ieniency. Her q
tenderness viii overcome her. her voice
- a little softer; her hand seems better
fitted 10 pull out asshcrn and Soothe ;
,,.sss-. Children wanting anything from
the nsotaer cry for IL. They hope TO ,
dissolve her with tears. But she mother ,
must not interfere. must not coax OF.
must not beg for the child when the I
hour comes for the assertion Of paren'h
supremacy and the subjugaCon OF
a chsid's temper. There comes ~ the
history OF every child an hour when II
is tested whether the parents shall rule
or the child shall rule. That - the
crucial hour. II the child triumphs IN
/ that hour. then he viii some day make
You crouch. II is a horrible scene-l
I hsve witnessed it--a mother come 60 old
age. shivering with terror ia the pres
erce OF son who cursed her gray hairs
and moclSed her wrinlSled face and be
+ Crud~ed her the crust she munched
Z with her toothlcSS gums.
J How sharper than a serpents tooth tits
To have a thankless chld'
Rut. ON the other hand. too great
ricor must be avoided. IL is a sad thing
! I when domestic government becomes
cold military despotism. Trappers on
/ the prairie fi-ht FIRE with IRE but you
e cannot successfully fight your child Is
r bad temper with your own bad temper
p We ulnst not be too minute 10 cur IN
2 sDection. We cannot expect our children
r TO be perfect. Ne must not see every
. thing. since we have two OF three faults
p OF our own. we ought not 70 be too rough
Z when We discover that our children
( have - many. il tradition b true
IS when we were children we were not all
n little SamuclS. and our parents were
J. not fearful lest they could not raise us
l. because 81 our premature goodness o.
. cannot scold or pound your children IN
e 10 nobility OF character. The bloom OF
.e 4 child's heart can never be seen under
s. a cold Grizzle. Above all. frettiug and
~ and scoldiny in the household. Betle'
re than ten years OF fretting AT your chill
Ri dren is one good. round. old-fashione'
4. application Of the slipper! That minis
rs ter OF the gospel OF whom We read II
n the newspapers that he whipped hi
- child TO death because he would not sa
o. his prayers Will never come 20 canon
p ization. The arithmetics cannot calcu
lac late how many thousands of ohilcre
a., have been ruined forever eithC
~ through too great rigor OF too great leI
nv iency. The heavens and the earth al
hlled with the groan OF the Sacrifices
re in this important matter. seek DIVE
- direction. o father. o mother.
- Further on. thousands and tens {
,s thousands OF the daughters Of AmeriC
=. are sacrificed TO worldliness- They Al
!, taught TO be in sympathy with all u
- artiGcialities Of society. They are i
- Quoted into all the hollowness Of VIII
- is called fashionable life They a
- taught 10 believe that history Is DR.
-, but that 50 cent stories Of adventure
- love are delicious. With capacity IN
- might have rivaled Florence Nigl
a. ingale in heavenly ministries or ma
"a the fathers house glad with flial a
-. sisterly demeanor, their life - q was
rs their beauty curse, their eternity
- demolition
In the tle-t OF 1LdElcetOns NAi 4
- our civil war. lieutenant OF the arr
stood on the floor beside the daugh'
- OF the ex-governor Of the state OF Sou
Carolina. They were taking the 20
- OF marriage. bombshell struck
LII roof. dropped into the group. and n
- were wounded and slain. among
= wounded 70 death the bride While
bridegroom knelt on the carpet try
TO stanch the wounds the bride
- inanded that the ceremony be C
- - pleted. that she might take the VI
-. before her departure. and when
- minister said: ~Wilt thou be faith
unto death - with her dying lips
-. said. Il viii. - and in two hours she
-, departed. That was the slaughter
-. the sacrifice OF the body. but at Il
- sands of marriage affairs there
-. daughters slain for time and slain
chf- eternity. IL il not a marriage IL
,,sad massacre Afianced to some one vi
,,f,o only waiting until his father dies s.
Mon can get the property; then little "
- they swing around in Ire circles.
a no liant circles; then the property Is e
.ooed and. having no power 90 earn u
= IN hood. the twain sink into some col
fling OF society. the husband an idier a
thev sot. the wife drudge. slave al
n and sacrife. All. spare your denunciat
alton from JePhthah's head and exPend
only oil on this Wholesale modern mai
rifce. dom.
one lift up my voice against the s