The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-09

waited by pictures and scenes that can
not be realized. He has his ideals which
cannot be attained He cannot &C
complish his object, for on all hands
the realities Of life disappoint him. His
way is strewn with wrecks of fondlv
cherished hopes. He is disgusted. vet
hungers for food that cannot fail to
make lot Of mere sentimentalists.
For the pure, good and noble they
will be like the chimney bats instead Of
the singing skylarks.
History is too inspired for them,
poetry will be odious, and science will
be as Greek. The devil knows the best
time to capture the mind, so he laws
his snares at the threshold of life and
bats them so adroitly and conceals
them so skilfuly, that unless guided by
the wisdom and counsel of wise and
judicious parents or friends they will
be taken.
Gradually he supplants the real with
the fictitious and habits of study are
destroyed by mental dissipation. |
have heard parents wonder why the
child's mind did not go out after nobler
things and lament that they were list
less and careless and had so little taste
for study while they would devour story
books but they little thought that the
interesting book was the secret of the
trouble. Lofty ambitions and noble as
pirations are supplemented by vain i'm
aginings, while the mind is filled with
evil surroundings. The mind will not
be inactive but the evil one is swaving
his scepter and establishing his power
by means of sensational books and ser
ial story papers that food the land
This common and popular snare of
Satan has the sanction of fashion
hence the tired mother finds it an easy
way to quiet the restless little ones bv
reciting some thrilling story until
their nervous system vibrates with ex-
element and they lie down to dream of
what they have heard or to form the
desire to initiate these creatures of
depraved Imagination. Then the mind
longs for something more exciting and
the imagination like a canal is walled
on both sides and thoughts like water
pour down the groove until the mind is
emptied of noble aspirations and high
aims and worthy ambitions leaving the
soul empty and fit receptacle for ali
that is vile and poluting. When thus
the mind is vitiated and bad and i'm
pure thoughts in solitary hours rush in
upon the mind, then the weird, wild
fancies rush onward with increasing
force, as river increases in power the
farther it gets away from the fountain
a child is Quoted by a story. 1t de-
YOURS the exciting, loves the marvellous.
but needs to be checked at times and
parents are the ones whom Providence
has made responsible for deciding for
their children in these matters.
The trashy or so called light htera-
ture of the day is one of the devils pct
snares for capturing the youth and pre-
venting the proper development of the
possibilities that are concealed in the
child. He thereby robs the world of
high order of manhood and womanhood
which would appear if the children
were properly developed In intellect
and morals. Though the literature be
free from crime they have no morals.
but are full of mean insinuations
against justice. virtue and religion they
place premium on deceit and encour-
age lying.
Let the youth be taught to love right