Counsels to young men on the formation of character by Nott Eliphalet 1773-1866

Author:Nott, Eliphalet, 1773-1866. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Young men, Conduct of life
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Published: 1856-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

SYMPATHIES OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN. 161

hands. Jiow solicitous should we be, then, to improve the virtues, to correct the vices, and to fix the habits of those to whom, under God, are to be intrusted the future destinies of mankind ]

The motives to early piety are too numerous to be presented in an address like this. In the most elaborate discussion a selection would be necessary ; and even then, on the topics selected much would remain unsaid. Among these motives is ^/ta/gral-iiude, on which I am about to insist this evening.

The sympathies subsisting between parents and children are reciprocal, and in nothing are the wisdom and goodness of God more manifest than in the bestowment of those sympathies, which, like so many ligaments, bind in perpetual amity those groups of beings, who, dwelling beneath the same roof, constitute the family.

The parent naturally commiserates his infant child ; the child early feels a glow of affection towards his provident and attentive parent; these mutual sympathies are strengthened by indulgence ; and from their habitual exercise springs no inconsiderable part of the bliss of life. Cold and comfortless indeed would human intercourse become, if paternal, filial, and fraternal affection were suspended. Not all the pomp and pageantry of courts, not all the formal and studied courtesies of fashion, could compensate for the loss of that heaven-appointed solace, iomestic friendship. Beneath the paternal roof disguise is banished, and heart meets heart in amity: iiere nature operates, and there, and only there, man peaks and acts without dissimulation. N

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