Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-31

corners OF your mouth drew down his.
He did not cry, he did not even whtm-
per He took his punishment in dog
ged silence, and then he sullenly went
to his room.
There is an old saying that all the
natures of the wild and the domestic
beasts are Gagged up in every mans
heart. II only depends upon which
cage you open which nature will domi-
nate the man. In the hearts menag-
erie are the jackal, the lion, the tiger,
the swine and the lamb, and all other
kinds of four legged beasts That
whipping which you gave your boy
only developed the mulish part of his
nature. He became obstinate and ugly.
The more you beat him the more OBJ
stinate and mulish he grew. The rod
and the rebuke never made your child
bend his will to your will.
But what happened when your wife
went to your boys room? All she re-
Gagged the snarling tiger and the kick
ing mule in his heart! She let free the
lamb of his better nature When she
with rage His teeth were gritting to-
gether. His hands were cIinched. He
was rapidly walking up and down the
room. Up and down he went When
your wife first entered he would not
look at her But up and down he walk
ed. up and down. Then he said:
Mother, l am going to leave home. [
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ing to let father give me another cent.
am too big to be whipped, and he
might as we'll know it now and once
for all Mother, hate him. l hate
father because l know father has no
love for me-" What did your wife do?
Did she begin to scOld? Oh. no! She
simply went up to her boy and put her
arm lovingly around his neck and said:
Harry! Why, Harry! Are you going
to leave me? Would you leave your
mother? oh, my boy, you know not
what you are sayingv The boy start
ed. The tears began to flow. He never
even whimpered under your blows, but
with his mother he just sobbed like a
little child. Then she took his head
talk to him. She told him how anxious
you were to see him grow up to be
good and true and brave. She told him
that you had a right to expect Obedi-
ence from him and that it grieved you
to have to punish him. And while she
talked his heart melted and he was as
soft as wax in her hand. That night
IN 1,a Of 20
said: Husband, never strike that boy
again. You will rue the day that you
do. You can get Harry to do anything
If you are only gentle with him. But
strike him, and some day he will either
strike you back or leave home in anger
forever"
GentIeness VIII Win.
We all know that it is only by gentle
ness we have our greatest influence
over our loved ones. Yet, strange to
say, when anything goes wrong at the
| store or in the home and we lose ou1
| tempers we nearly always turn our an
ger against our own children or our own
| wives or our own husbands or our OwT
| brothers and sisters. If the cook is
mean and suddenly leaves us in the
| lurch or the laundryman ruins our best
washed dress or we become fatigueC
from the spring or the fall house clean
| ing or our clerks cheat us at the store
| then we are very apt to vent our dis
pleasure upon our helpless children OF
| our wives or husbands, who have done
nothing. The domestic squalls and up
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side causes and not to inside dissen
siOns. Now, my friends, let us one anG
all learn to guard against speaking
| harsh words against those we love
Let us deal gently with those who are
| by our side and who are bound to us
| by the strong ties Of domestic affec
| tons.
| Remember that in the influence OF
the gentle life in the home we can
serve God just as truly in the small
things and in the little duties as in the
great. I'm the effort to appreciate va
rious forms of greatness" wrote Ed
ward Howard Greggs, I'VE must no
underestimate the value of simple
good life. Just to be good, to keep lif,
pure from degrading elements. to max
it constantly helpful in little ways t
those who are touched by it, to keel
ones spirit always sweet and avoid al
manner of petty anger and irritability
that is an ideal as noble as it is diff
cult" But that is an ideal which Go
will let us all reach if we daily go
him in prayer. That is an ideal we
should try to reach, for in order
have our loved ones spiritually swee
we must set them an example an
avoid all manner of petty anger an
irritability. We ourselves must lear
by practice to be true types of tn
Christians gentle life.
Deal gently with father, mother, hu:
band. wife, brother, sister and chile
Yes. but the text goes further tina
this. 1t bids us deal gently with thos
who are fighting us and our work b.
cause they do not see conditions as w
see them We should deal gently wit
our enemies as we'll as our friends