A FEW WORDS TO MOTHERS OF NEW ZEALAND.

Bf UD¥ FOX. 1 ■■, pi J." i 1 jfopsioflQueMion new<a-days, -Wbab jrtwMftf»rte>ya?T-and, w.bat shall iish oar girls?" Boys and girla there lbs-pd rip;hb it is there should be. jjheevgr h»s them is an«wera.b}e. fqr Mfyt only iidw they may be clothed JH-W what-iert ef men and women fchqyeball cease being depend mainly ipfc parent* bring them up. As the the tree will grow ; straight or wed is May ne. Childj'en are like wax, ii|[nS(p|Qrlife the impressions made Ipwjijifi yoiing. Nobpdy has so many wk M IjachWg■•» ch'jld. as its own m, $n& it is to the mothers of New 'Mfah I niah to addrew a few words

JW? uofe think of it, bub it is *to you may influence your child's i|«%B»l>Qrn. You may pray fx>r it (S»oti»sy for yourself > and you can so •wyoeioipi ]ife and habita, your heart, mi all your doings, aa to fepw4B4 teke after you, and make ijeeiift ?%y tnan it; mighfc " li<en if yofc had lived a reckless, #tlu>j prayerleas life. And when it TO{MMvp ib ap a loan from jihe Lord ; a loan ; to be returned to %»!«%» ysh interest. £m .« $ talent committed feo ypur 91} Hki-jour privilege to make much Mtew that when God gave you ■jjWWt Hβ said, a? Ph&raoh's aaaghter {feftempfcherof 14oses. "Take this i> a imstt w ?or mz,, and I will give ~ Say \a yourself, as Judah Jfwjwng brother: "How shall I go wjfttber.endthe lad be nob with jr $, M aope ter see the face of yonr SM»wn, W euro to take your JW,Wjo»" that they may ccc Him '*TO»&}rofor eternity, to live for Sff, You will be often anxious up for jfe btibiqcsa in this 3 H»aybe taught such things as Mil to do wel1 ' ta P et on in the dj'" Pttefcei and a good JaJh w Mspwstable. But all that J/SPWonljF tes thueeseore year* and fto ceme to your child after ■kiin uy aro you going to bng period which and ever"? It is ■MkW ik •'*•»»•» on this f ai »6witwill gat oh will de- % etavfc you give it. K853 - b ri ? hfc - to .J ct a child M'^mL, its minaone way religion for mWl%'i mmi n P'" B «fc. remember - he will begin Re* at your child, for Kfc tbatif E«> can get him while - troub lo about rsllgfon ■jifc%-Ifyoiileave yonr clild ■BSEB W^» ?* M y ov > 9*" i{ » *° v ««8:ion," he will moeb BtykttTT a <> »U ior ifc will V %tav^ re^ on of the public-houee, HSSSi c^ hea . trc ' or the ba!l - X mBO attractive fco most young Kj£*L* , .?«ena etumble by of God. Like «?»f«ifev « the Bible. fflS s^!^ 1 " 101 tlnderß) and it all, but «'ft' : tem .«nderfltand a sreafc BWfcBS? a K° tQ ere was a very .■^"Siy ,,, "?^ o ""* Holcroft. inW 0 Vi *y igrtofanb, lWK "gtotoj but he was very ■S&?«a Bible, and'made m% "Wrtjmt to show how clever ■S^lJSS??? 18 eleven chapters. N* hettiftll . to astonish teughfc him. ■WvSfL^.ywre* , old, his «<mt th-0 boy *Kr^ 1 rf b y *«. j|l^sQ^;nndhet4 B «,

'Ib pleased me that my talents could keep my parents from want; but, as it happened, I had read and romembered the consequences of good and evil ac they are pointed out in the Scriptures ; and so to be a liar, a rogue, and get hanged, did not square well With the confused ideas I had of goodness and greatness. . So he told his parents ; and they profited by it, and gave over the bad life they were leading; and they and he took to honest industry ; and though he waa often mixed up with bad company in after-! ifo, and never seems to have understood the whole gospel, his early Bible reading appears to have given him as much light as made all the difference between his being a liar and a rogue and avag&9and,atfd what he was afterwards, a very distinguished literary man, and full of plans for the improvement of h|s fellow-men, and the pr-omotaen of their social and politi cal welfare. The early start in the righb direction made all the difference.

Do not, then, suppose that ypuv children must be in years before, you bejjin the work; of fcheir religious training. Begin teaching them at ypur awn fireside, and God wilj water the seed you sow. Little things nqij old enough to speak plainly have given their hearfce to Jesus, and. led others '9 p the came. " Suffer little ohildren to eera© unto Mo ; and forbid them not." This was what Uβ said Himself, and what He eaye fco you now—" Suffer little children to come unto Me." Do not keep them away, as if Jesus would hurt them. "He laid HU hands upon them, and blessed them," when He was on earth ; and He will lay Hie bless ing upon them now, tf you bring them to TTim But remember that the most effectual teaching will bo your own example. Let your child's earliest recollections be of your Christian life. There can be po more pleasing sigh* then what I have myself seen, the babe of the family broughb in and placed on its father's knee while be read fcke daily portion of God's word, and prayed for all hie household. Such is the way that Christian parents should begin the day, seeking the Lord's guidance ; for He know eth what we want before we aak Him. A day thus begun will bring its owh blessing ; and give strength to Overcome all our family troubles, all our temptations to hasty words, to unkind thoughts and selfish acts, remem beripg that each should, esteem Others better than themsejvee. Rule yopr child lovingly, bub firmly. Teach it obedience. Eli wa* God's high priest; bu*-fee neglected the education of his children, he let them do as they pleased, and they grew op " children .of Belial," that is, devil's children ; and their fcad lives brought dqwn God's aoger on the nation to which they belonged, and which was infected by their bad example. On the other hand, we r«sa4 that Abraham " com manded his children and hiahousehold after him, that they should keep the way of the Lord." And God commanded the father* of Israel to teach His laws to their children : "when ttousittest in fchine house, aqd when thou waikesfc by the when fchou liesb down, and when thou neest up .»_(Deut. vi. 7.) " Let your lighE "shine before men" ; that is, let; them see yourself lead a Christian life, and show yourself one of tbeLord s people. Hevef threaten children WeTT f ou So- aofc intend to punish, them. I lately heard a woman, in one of towns, call out to. her child-" Mary Jane, came into the house, or I'll kill yen.-" Mary Jane did nofc come in, but persisted in her disobedience ; and her mother did not kill her,- and never meant to do it: bnt what better was either mother or dau£nte>? The woman bad evidently loet.. lon ? «go, all proper she always eoolfod »"<* threatened, it quietly, and without threatening, and gire tie cfiiid fcbe reason as ye 1 as the rod. Let ifc understand that ife ia : for its own good, and not for the gratification of your told ter "seek first the Wngdom of God, and afl Otfeer things shalllfti added to us. But this does not mean that we are to trust to chance for our wwcee* in- life, o V in business/ Th« Bible nob only tells us to Z fCTvenb spirit,- bnfr !»«»*»» to be thy hand fhrfeth t& do, do it with thy oSdto place them When young person* have been % - ."P.T" , educatitmv -W Wry Httte ttf ib, they tbo

often eink down in the world, and fcheir life becomes a, mere struggle for existence, with out comfort, pleasure, or respectability. They fail to comply wibb the Bible injunc tion—to " provide things honest in the sight of all men. "To be without knowledge," Solomon says, "is nob good." "Jt is nob easy to make an empty sack stand up right," was the saying ot a modern wise roan.

A large majority of the criminals in our prisons can neither read nor write, or can only dp the one or the other so imperfoctly, that practically they eeldoin attempt either. Any {?nave pan impose upon the ignoranfc. The government of this oount/ry has placed the simpler branches of education within the reach pf every one at almost norni n 4 c °st; and besides these there are private schools and eellegee, in which a more advanced educa tion is given. There is, therefore, no excuse for your children npt being sent to school ; epd i<l should be ft pleasure to you to see that your child makes progress in useful learning, and tba<s whatever jb learns, it learns well. But mere reading, writing, and aiithme tic, and a little geography, or Greek, Latin, and French, are po* all tfcafc go to make up a good education. You should take care that your children do not learn bad habits. Hundreds of boys are ruining their health by learning to smoke, and hundreds more ruining both body and soul by learning to drink. Wb&fc a fine lob of wen they mil make! Every one of them will have a stomach complaint, cr ft liver complaint, or some soft of ailment. They will have to take somebody's pills, or somebody's pain killer, or somebody's something, to keep them on their legs ftnd wake them up. Who are they that swallow these things except the smokere and drinkers ? Nature never meant us to take them. They are poor sub stitutes for wholesome food. Tobacco «|nd <Jrink are also expensive and damaging; they weaken the brq,m and damage the digestion ; tm& those who »n ---duleem them are always more or lesn under their influence. They are quite unnecessary for health ; in fact they are very -injurious. U you are wise, you will bring up your children to do without) them j but parents capnofe influence their phjidren if they use such things themselves. It is not necessary oo name all the perils and dangers which, in these days, surround fche young; the bad places, bad bad habits, bad feooka, and other traps which the devil sets to catch the unwary. U you love your childysn, and desire to see them walk iq wisdom's ways, you will be on the watch against whatever your own common sense and knowledge of life will show yon is likely fee do them harm or lead them astray; When children are growing into "young people" they will have to exercise BOxne freedom of choice, and you cannot always insist on their doing as you think best; but yoa can advise and counsel them, and set them an example in your own person ; and if yoa havd brought them up in t>he prioaiples which. I have ventured to lay before you, there is little doubfe but that their respect and affection for you will induce them to lwtea to the word of warn ing when you give it. In conclusion, let.me say— , I nave been young, and now aw old;' I hare agent the greater part of tny lito Jo New Zeahnd, and both in this colony and in. old Eng land, 1. have seen several generations or children grow into manhood. I have been able, in very many instances, to contrast l the results of a family religiously brought up, arid one left to choose its own religion, i When I wsraietjibw the contrast in the case ■■ of individual faeulles, lam constrained Ut 1 extend my xiew. jn.te t* l © futur* ef tMs crowing nation, now in its infancy, and to' oak whsbxrill be the result in ft hundred, years if the Bdelt o£ Ood ceases to foci the foundation of our National Education. It cannot be ofch.erw.ise than bad. As in private life, all the family virtues for which our nation has bceh remarkable have been mainly owMg td CHS religious faith which has pervaded the household of our fathers, bo has our national greatoesa- rested on the same foundation—no candid reader of history ' oan doubt it. How greak hae been the contrast between onr own country for in tbd great eriae* of political events-~attd ofcber natiohß ■tfh6 hftve ptib the Wdtd of God iiv the • gr'otihd, Or trodden IB undef foot 1 I firtist'. thafc ottr colony will yeb see ihe. expediency of wtfa«ittg its dteps in this matter > birfr ih ifcW meanttinh tt is all the more necessary that the parents 6i 'our children shotild feel fcne reeponeibility whish reets on them _to lay the foundatioirotu religious education ab the doioeßrtie fireeWe*

THE AUCKLAND EVJEOTQ. STAR, TODAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1887.

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