Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

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this account. At first indeed he
thought IL happy victory which he
had gotten over himself when he
could DEFY the shame Of the world,
and resolve to be Christian in the
face Of vice and inhdelity; he found
the shortest way to conquer this fool
ish shame was TO renounce 1t at once;
then 1t was easy to practice what
might be termed singularity amidst a
profane multitude. And wnen he be-
gan to get courage enough to profess
resolute piety without blush in the
midst Of such company as this, his
father and mother permitted him to
travel abroad, and to see more Of the
world under the protection Of their
daily prayers. His first tour was
through the neighboring counties Of
England; he afterwards enlarged the
circuit Of his travels, till he had Wis
tied foreign nations and learned the
value Of his own.
In short, the restraints Of his young
er years were tempered with 80 much
dence and tenderness, and these bonds
of discipline were so gradually relax
ed as fast as he grew wise enough to
govern himself, Eugenio always car
ried about with him an inward con-
viction Of the great love and wisdom
Of his parents and his tutor. The hu-
mors of he child now and then felt
some reluctance against the pious dis
cipline Of his parents: but now he Is
arrived to mans estate, there Is moth
ing that he looks back upon with great
er satisfaction than the steps Of their
conduct and the instance Of his own
submission. He often recounts these
things with pleasure, as some Of the
chief fayors Of heaven. whereby he
was guarded through all the dangers
and follies Of youth and childhood,
and effectually kept, through divine
grace operating by these happy means,
from O. thousand SORROWS and perhaps
from everlasting ruin.
Though he has been released some
years from the strictness Of parental
government, yet he still makes his
parents his chosen friends; and though
they cease to practice authority upon
him, and absolute command, yet he
pays the utmost Difference to their
councils, and to the first notice Of
their inclinations. You shall never
find him resisting and debating against
common things Of life, which are in
different in themselves; but he thinks
1t carries in 1t too much contempt Of
those whom God and nature require
him to honor. Whensoever he enters
into any important action Of life, he
takes a final pleasure to seek advice
from his worthy parents; and 1t Is un-
easy to him to attempt anything Of
moment without It. He does not In
deed universally practice all their sem
timents, but he gains their consent to
follow his own reason and choice.
Some Of the wild young gentlemen
Of the age may happen to laugh at him
for being so much a boy still, and for
showing such subsection to the old
folks, Gas they call them) with a
scornful smile they bid him break
off his leading strings, and cast away
his yokes of bondage" But for the
most part he observes that the same
persons shake Off all yokes at once,
and at once break the bonds Of nature,
duty and religion; they pay but little
regard to their superior in heaven,
any more than to those on earth, and
have forgotten God and their parents
together. Nor will ever be moved" :"
who make a Jest Of things sacred as
well as civil. and treat their mother
and their Maker with the same con-
tempt" .D
Phronissa, when her daughters were
little children, used TO spend some
hours daily in the nursery and taught
the young creatures to recite many
la pretty passage out Of the Bible be-
fore they were capable OF reading 1t
themselves; yet at six years old they
read the Scriptures with ease, and then
they rejoiced to find the same stories
in Genesis and in the Gospels which
their mother had taught them before.
AS their years advanced they were
admitted into the best conversation
and had such books put into their
hands as might acquaint them with
the rules Of prudence and piety in an
easy and familiar way; the reading Of
the lives Of eminent persons who were
examples Of this kind, was one OF the
daily methods she used at once to In
struct and entertain them. BY such
means, and others which she wisely
adapted to their advancing age, they
had all the knowledge bestowed upon
them that could be supposed proper
for women, and that might render
their character honorable and useful
in the world.
Long has Phronissa known that do
mestic virtues are the business and
the honor of her sex. Nature and
history agree to assure her that the
conduct Of the household Is commit
ted to the women and the precepts
and examples of Scripture confirm 1t.
She educated her daughters therefore
in constant acquaintance with all
family affairs and they knew betimes
what belonged to the provisions Of the
table and the furniture Of every room.
Though her circumstances were con-
siderable in the world, yet, by her own
examples she made her children
know that a frequent visit to the
kitchen was not beneath their state,
nor the common menial affairs too
mean for their notice. that they
might be able hereafter to manage
their own house, and not be directed,
imposed upon and perhaps ridiculed,
by their own servants.
They were initiated early In the
science Of the needle and were bred up
skilfully in the plain and flowery arts
Of It; but II was never made task
nor a toll to them, nor did they waste
their hours in those nice and tedious
works which cost our female ancestors
seven years Of their life, and stitches
without number. To render this ex-
ercise pleasant, one Of them always
entertained the company with some
useful author while the rest were at
work; everyone had freedom and en-
couragement to start what question
she pleased, and to make any remarks
on the present subject that reading,
working and conversation might fill
up the hour with variety and delight.
Thus while their hands were making
garments for themselves or for the
poor, their minds were encircled with
treasures Of human and divine knowl-
edge.
At proper seasons the young ladies
were instructed in the gayer accom-
plishments Of their age; but they were
taught to esteem the song and the
dance some Of their meanest talents,