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of jMTficifyfes nowaeknow ^ d ^ edto'fee of the -first importance : and if his reVfciftice for th £ aflfecii oiiab i but weak : and erring , guardians of his early days ^ and his own sel f-humiliation , will allow him to advert to causes in Which he was not directly concerned , we would ask him whether he had the bene ^ t df * wise iBstrtfctiorf arid food ^ sxatrifctej I o $ fnid litotsteady restrain t ,
of afreciibhate reproof afid discipline V whether his s # lF-wiuedttess were checked ; whether he were taught habitually to look beyond the present consequences of his actions , to live'iff the fear of God , with a conviction of hte eftflstaat presence , and of the great account which he will have to give of fclmself before His righteous tribui&l . Perhaps he will be obliged to say , he katitall these ; but commonly the reverse frill he tme * There is no case in which the ignorance , the selfish weakness , the criminal . indulgence ofone
human being operates to the moral injury of another , more certainly than wfce ¥ e they e # is # « i tfcose whtfio Providence h&s appointed to ? watch over the yfcars of infancy , childhood , and youth , and to train for maturity ] and for Sterility . And it is delightfully encouraging to believe—what is equally true—that by a judicious and faithful exercise of the parental duties , solid afifdfeenaanent effects will he produced ; and that where those objects are stefadify ^ Inade of the ii rst importance in ed ucation , which , by the eye of rea-^ h ^ ndTeligion , must be viewed as all-important , there is the fairest prosp ^ i ttettheiriper years will be honourable ^ useful , and happy ; that the prififciples aad dispositions which have been early implanted , careftSly cherished , guarded from noxious influences , and invigorated by salutary nonrishment , and by gradual exposure to the climate in which they are to «^ ist , wilt ^ Gquire maturity and vigour , and bring forth a harvest which her ^ or hereafter will abundantly repay the parent ' s labours , privations * anxieties *
and prayers . ^ We w ^ ould not needlessly distress those who have had less success in their parental Ia&o «» s than they fondly hoped . Nor would we willingly dise& # -. rage s «^ h * & paiaMly feel their own weakness and want of knowledge : over-ianxkty in this , as in many other cases , defeats its own objects ; amd all that our merciful father requires of us is , that we do # ur best * There anettes ^ f failure , over which we have little or no controul i m& oh the
oth ^ rhand , various circumstances often contribute to our success ^ which are eqa ^ jf wstr of bur direction . The parent , however wise and affectiQfiate ^ however steady and active his sense of duty , cannot do everything ; but thfefa < 3 t should not ^ too easily satisfy us . The cases are raFe ^ , where steady , mild eOntrou \ judicious instruction , and good examp le ^ fail of great success , if th ^ y ^ ar ^ Wted with those means which the ex ^> c * rience of jfge ^ pr ^ vea to be efficabious in producing aad cherishing pious affecti ^^ and reiigio ^ a ¦ ¦ ¦
pntteiple ; - ^ * ¦ - - " [ - •¦ ¦ ¦ - ' \ ¦ / ' ;¦ !¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' AnK > ng those who do dfesire to cherish iti thfek owt \ h ^ rts , a « i ^ ir > tbeir fam 41 ^ that gent ¥ iii « religiotis principle which leadd us to live a ^ in the srght of Oody two errors arewidely |> revalertL ; One ] t * s 8 (» lrke inatter ) tire to thevprogresp of th ^ intellectual po were and to then at ^ its inatrunTentiftl duties htirdensom ^ to thje yo « ng ; and by the efiWv <> or to nnadtoM * a lonff-rcontinued format demeanotir ; which k inconmstent wkh the
native gaiety of youth s * and by fatiguir ^ the n ^ which it cannot comprehendy ^ ncl of vT ^ ich it c > at > ttdt perceive fh ^ application , give to religion an appearance of gloom and austerity which render it forbidding , ^ atid make it Beem&s though its ways tire > mt * tthe ways of pfeasdiifne ^ Si ^ ' ^ Atioth ^ r Sola ^ fe having etperiett c eB' ^ iit effects of I the former system , and being led thereby into the opposite e&t&ifte , ^ l ^ eBnquiisbj
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674 Horsefs JLeteturn te Young- Persons .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1829, page 674, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2577/page/2/
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