Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1884 — Guide, Advise, and Guard. [ARTICLE]

Guide, Advise, and Guard.

A mother, who would calmly see her child rush headlong among the briars and brambles of a thorny path, without even attempting to guide the infant feet into more pleasant ways, would seem indeed to lack both love and care; yet how many devoted mothers there are who view the childish outburst of temper, and each display of willful perversity with genuine placidity, saying, “Oh, they are only children! they will soon outgrow their little faults. ” Alas, the child too often is father to the man. Youth is the see’d time of life, when habits formed become second nature. Stretch out your hand in helpful clasp, and with winning words, firm, loving heart, aid them all patiently to overcome their faults. Fit them for the battlefield of the world with an armor, whose links are truth, bravery, self-re-liance, and kindly courtesy. If your early training has gained for them the shield of self-control, then can they easily buffet with the storms of life, and upward tending win the goal, success. —Farm, Field, and Fireside.