Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-03

this and he Will do it simply because
his mother tells him to do if. | cannot
say, Child, believe this merely be.
cause believe it. But must give him
I an Intelligent reason why he should do
so and why he should believe" Then az
the child moves away from his moth
er's side the mother must sit still and
pray to God that he will help guide her
boy. Yes. as parents we have all gone
through this experience. For years and
years our children have followed lis.
MS bleating lambs follow the mother
sheep. But some day we turn our eyes
10 see where the children are. Then.
much to our surprise. they are not b%
our side. Then we look M the noun
tain heights. There we see our bows
and girls beginning to climb Along
the dizzy prccipices they 60 Over the
dangerous rocks, higher and higher.
like Alpine hunters. they mount or bal
nucc. They are climbing up the noun
tains of original research. Thew are
climbing up The mountains of thought.
They arc starting out for the noun
tains Of fame Then all that the par
cnts can do is to SIT in the valleys and
sec their boys and girls disappear
among the cloudlands as tbey pray:
80 God, guide my children. o God.
reach out thy strong arm and bridge
that dangerous crcvaSsp" This time
Of starting for the cloudlands, for pio-
neering among unseen worlds general
~ comes to the boys and the girls
when they are about to bass the
twelfth golden milestone. Looking into
the past we know this was our own
personal experience Thus is it with
the first coming of God's visions to our
children.
Eoys who Heard the Call
Not only do these visions come to the
child of twelve. but they come in n
rational way. When God gives TO the
Young boy 4 vision he is not p;ctur-
ing for him a future life which is i'm.
possible TO be realized God is giving
10 him the same Kind of vision that
he gave 10 The boy Jacob. and 10 the
boy Joseph. and 10 tho hey Samuel, and
TO the boy David. and 10 the boy Christ.
These ancient boys rs well rs the
modern boys ~ twelve may not fully
rcaize Whht thelr futures are to be-
but somethiuG within them says, 20
child, thou ART TO he This or that or the
other thing on account of thy mental
and physical and spiritual powers"
Ihcs" boy children Of twelve feel the
inward as well as ih' outward call!nGS
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or the future. As the great painter Ben
famin West when little child used 10
make paint brushes from the hairs of
his cat tail, and as the boy Demos
themes felt the Slulnh"rlnc fires Of elo-
Guence burning within him when he
suffered so badly TINT in order TO ar
tculate at all distinctly he used TO put
pebbles iii his mouth. and rs David
Brainerd heard The divine call to give
MS HE to foreign missions long be-
lore he was out Of ne short trousers
or the 6choolroom.
Not only do these Youths and maid
ems fool the ratoni call OF their fr-
ture ife work. MT the parents and tho
guardians and The teachers may sea
the trend Of their minds and hearts Il
they only watch the actions of these
children closely snd iUtolli@enty. The
other day | was YER much Interested
in reading a letter which John Adams,
the young schooteGchrr Of Worcester,
Mass. wrote Of lis o.i college friends
The second president of the United
States was then Young pedagogue,
THIS is The letter: Il sometimes consd-
er myself in ny great chair nj school
as some dictator over commonwealth
III th.s little state l can discover al
great @en!uses and all OF the surprising
actions and revolutions Of the great
World in miniature ] have several re.
noWned generals, only three feet high,
and several politicians in petticoats.
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