A Voice from the Scaffold.
ALLEN P. EGGLESTON, who was hanged on the 28th of September last, at Newport, Ky., for the murder of Capt. Almon P. Mentor, made a speech from the Scaffold just previous to his execution, from which we extract the following solemn words of counsel to parents and children. Parents, take warning from this instance, and do not leave your religion in the church, nor fail to instruct your children in the doctrines of the Bible. Children, take warning, and do not show disrespect to your parents, nor associate with bad company. “And now I want to say to all these people to respect their parents. When we throw all parental authority aside, we commence a course of sin. It is terrible to be disobedient to parents. Sabbath breaking, and lying, too, are awful things. There are many here that have children. I want to state to them that it is their great duty to God and their children, to guard them well in their youth, and give them good influences to surround them; to take their children into their confidence more, and make home inviting and happy to children, and talk to them more. My father was a church-member, and so was my mother; but they never gave me any advice. They went to their church every Sunday, but they left their religion at the church. They never explained to us the doctrines of the Bible. All parents should see that their children have a love for God, and they should let them know what the Bible is. A great many children are running around in the streets, and they get them in the jails, and that only makes them worse. We should make home happy, and a blessing for them. It is a duty that God devolves upon us.”