Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-02

the cty, whore no viii have for CON-
panions the soos Of wealthy families.
Again The hard headed common sense
Of ~ father comes to the rescue.
NO. he says. mo private school for
my boz. Ny lathef sent me to q pr.
vate school. Thase I dabbied a little
In q dozen different stpdies and did
not master any one Of them. My boy
shall 70 to a common public school,
whore the foundations and the rudi-
mcnts OF an education are pounded
into him. I want him to muster the
three N~s'-reading, writing and arith.
metic. want him at fifteen years Of
age to know how to write q letter.
That IL what thousands Of college bred
men do not know. ! want him to learn
to spell and pu~nctuate correctly. After
the rudiments Of mn education have
been soaked into him. then we con talk
about private schools or a university
course"
LeapninG self Reliance.
After the school days are W. what
happens? The common sense father
makes the boy start out for himself.
II the lad enters business, lie makes
him work in another store where the
father Is not. II possible, he sends the
son away for a little while, to work III
another city among strangers. so that
the boy learns to think for himself and
stand upon his own feet. The wise
father does all this not because he Ia
hard hearted; not because be wants to
get rid of the boy. lie puts the burden
Of life upon the boy because he Is Il
true friend to the child, planning his
best development. He wants to make
the most out Of his son and bring him
TO the highest physical, mental, moral
and spiritual development. God 10 do.
ing for us in a wide sense what the
earthly parent ia doing for his child in
a limited sense. lie Is placing his bur.
dens upon US to develop us. He Is not
making us struggle for the mere pleas
ure of seeing us suffer. He Is com
polling us to be caretnkers that We
may grow in strength and climb the
higher mountain peaks Of inspiration
and power which he has lifted for Our
thrones. and yet today there are bu.
very few who have grace enough Ia
thank God for the divine hand which
has smitten them as well as for thu
divine lip which is ready TO speak the
words of comfort and good cheer.
Spiritual Growth.
Spiritual growth is not developed 40
easily near the perfume Of a flower
garden as among the thorns and the
decorations, the agonies and the suffer.
ings of n ravine of thickets. The stron-
gest wing, the keencst eye the swift
est foot and the sharpest Intelligence
are not found in the meadow lands, but
in the deserts. There the lizards must
run ike the Lightning or the strong
beaked road runner" will snap them
in twain. There the buzzard. with hn
great wings spread abroad as the sails
of a ship, must be able TO course On
hour after hour in search of food and
with almost omniscient eye watch the
lacking wings OF other buzzards miles
away to see whether they have fOuvd
lilly IAICulN VI CIot bihat luo
soon starve and die. There the coyafe
must have the wisdom Of the serpent
all the stealthincss of the fox all the
speed Of the deer, the olfactory scnsi
tiveness Of the hound, or else the r.E
bit and the ground squirrel can nevel
be his. To live in tic desert the spring
must be as swift as tho %panther's: INK
endurance must be So great that W.
tiers a hundred miles away are not on
OF reach to Quench the parching thirst
Every ear must hear the slightest wills
per; every Intelligence must he Vi.
most far reaching. or else the beast, tb'
bird or the serpent VIII die. In til,
deserts of life God best develops us
not In the meadow lands. Not III th,
easy places do We become the strong
true. pure. good and noble men lie in
tended us to be. In the desert places
we End the highest development o
moral and spiritual life. The stropges
flowers grow not as dollhouse pl-sas
but like the trailing arbutus and tn
crocus, seeming the hillsides near tim
ber lines. whose lullaby is the whis
Ting wind of the early spring ant
whose soft couch Is not the green grass
but a white quilt of drifting snow
Canst thou not realize that the harde
the wind blows the more easy Is it TO
the sea captain to trim his sails ant
the swifter the ships speed toward tn,
desired harbori
BeneRcent Troubles.
Troubles are benefcent when packe,
upon Il mans back in certain quaint
ties. They may and do develop tn
physical and mental and spiritual mar
But though the soldier goes forth wit
q brave heart to fight the battles Of hi
country, with n haversack upon hi
shoulder, he could not fight, no matte
how brave the heart. il he had Il COZ
vict's chain riveted to his ankle and
mountain Of oppression tumbled owe
upon his breast. Thus, while It is til
duty of a true parent to put certail
burdens and cares upon his child to dc
velOp him, 1t is also the fathers dut
to zee that his child shall not have to
great burdens tn bear. which VIII
break his back and crush his will. A
does a true father. so God plans 70
us. Whom the Lord loveth he chai
teneth. God dealeth with you as wit
sons For what son Is he whom til
father chasteneth not?" That mean
40 the father reproves. rebukes an
exhorts and develops the child by III
heavy hand Of trouble 9 o God the Fs