Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-01-04

orbidden deed. but the wise mother
ees that the act is hut the result of a
hGin of previous evils. Let child
teal. you are Mortified. but you do not |
Dreceive that this is only the climax. |
Il begun with secretiveness, then fol-
lowed meddling with what belonged to
another, finally ending in thieveryLatl
any stage it could have been checked
more easily than at the last. Too many
mothers fail in the training of their
child because they do not have the con-
nection of things shown him.
In each OF our lives is to be seen at
work this great law. I'VE are today what
we are because our past has been what
it was 80 What we will be in the future
depends upon what we are now. Nor
is this all. We are now by orr volun-
tary choosing of this or that line Of
conduct forming character and creating
spiritual tendency which shall be trans
mitted to onr descendants. thus we are
linked not alone with the past but with
he future. Is this not an inspiring
hought to every mothers
The child must go into the world
and fight his own battles, but the moth
ar eau arm him with the armur of good
habits. place upon his head the helmet
If self determination, put into his hand
the sword of aspiration and above all,
ohe shield of faith and reverence.
1t is not enough for child to receive
secular education. He must also re-
ceive religious training. Indeed, re-
iigious knowledge is as far above human
science as the soul is above the body, as
he.-yen is above earth, as eternity is
above time. The child that is enlighten,
ed in christian doctrine has mastered
the great problem of life. He know,
his origin, his sublime destiny and thu
means of obtaining it.
God has given the child heart to b,
| formed as we'll as head to be enlight
ened. By secular education we direc
his mind; 10y religious training we di
rect his heart. 1t does not suffice t,
teach child that two and two max,
four; we must practically teach him the
great distance between time and eter
nifty. Piety is not to be put on like ,
holiday d. ess. to be worn on state oc
casions, but is to be exhibited in oul
conduct at all times. The child mus
be taught to put into practice every da,
the commandments of God He shoult
be trained to know and feel that our fn
ture home is beyond the stars in HEAVIER
and that if we lead yirtuous lives her
they shall shine las stars for all eter
nifty" A mother should see that he
child is receiving an education that vii
make him not only learned, out
pious man She should not only wis
her child to be a polished member @
. society but also conscientious chris
tian. Therefore the intellectual an
! moral growth of our child should e
hand in hand.
A true mother realizes that good en-
vironments judgments and truth ar
things needful, aud that her infiuenc
reaches beyond her fireside-the princi
Piles and habits of home go far beyon
its bounds A mother realizes that he
child may be last in the medley of til
, living, which, whirls continuously ur
der the scourge of necessity or may b
in that resting place of the dead VIII
sleep underneath the hand of God. Ye
each child has it's place in the mother
heart and her thought, her effort, he
! self, goes out to each one alike.
The real mother studies her child
possibilities, its temperament, natur,
inclinations and in measure-layiu
| aside personal ambition, develops thos
] faculties that will be most needful |
the child.
g Y hen we have taught our child
look upon notoriety with the same il
4 difference that a business man does
e a crest on his note paper, we have We
e for him place in life that will secul
}. to him. self-poise, ease and indifferen,
. to the criticism of lot of would-b cri
d les whose verdict is usually tempert
L with self or for self.
e Every mother knows that when
o child is shrewd enough to be naughi
it is clever enough to be good, for if
! instinctively recognizes wrong it gras
right, and young child usually turf
~ to right rather than wrong if it has be.
i governed by absolute truth witho
e subterfuge.
r. Mothers, as class, are slaves to idea
q. SO if our child is exacting who is
+. blame? You say, after they ha'
# reached years of discretion they shou
. know beUter. ''As the twig is bent Il
70 tree is inclined" And if mother bur
IT, midnight oil for another ruffle for b
a. girl then must that daughter be bls m,
q. If in years to come her personal belon