The pathway of life ..to which is added a biography of DrTalmage . y rush to the other extreme and ruin children by too great surgeon is not unkind because, notwithstanding the resistance of his patient,he goes straight on with firm hand and unfaltering heart to take off the is the parent less affectionate and faithful because, notwithstanding all violentremonstrances on the part of the child, he, with the firmest discipline, advances tothe cutting off of the evil inclinations. The Bible says: Chasten thy son whilethere is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his cryi
The pathway of life ..to which is added a biography of DrTalmage . y rush to the other extreme and ruin children by too great surgeon is not unkind because, notwithstanding the resistance of his patient,he goes straight on with firm hand and unfaltering heart to take off the is the parent less affectionate and faithful because, notwithstanding all violentremonstrances on the part of the child, he, with the firmest discipline, advances tothe cutting off of the evil inclinations. The Bible says: Chasten thy son whilethere is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. Childish rage unchecked wall, after a while, become a hurricane. Childishpetulance will grow up into misanthropy. Childish rebellion will develop intothe lawlessness of riot and sedition. If you would ruin the child, dance to hisevery caprice and stuff him with confectionery. Before you are aware of it thatboy of six years will go down the street, a cigar in his mouth, and ready on anycorner with his comrades to compare pugilistic attainments. The parent who. INDUI,GENCIi—THE RIVAL GRANDFATHERS. 344 THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. allows the child to grow up without ever having learned the great duty ofobedience and submission has prepared a cup of burning gall for his own lipsand appalling destruction for his descendant. Remember Eli and his two sons,Hophni and Phinehas. A second error prevalent in the training of children is the laying out of atheor>^ and following it without arranging it to varieties of disposition. In everyfamily j^ou will find striking differences of temperament. This child is too timid,and that too bold; and this too miserly, and that too wasteful; this too inactive,and that too boisterous. Now, the farmer, who should plant corn and wheat andturnips in just the same way, then put thetn through one hopper and grind themin the same mill, would not be so much of a fool as the parents who wouldattempt to discipline and educate all their children in the same man
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