Parental Government

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 18, 1858

Parental Government

In these days of parental government, we commend the following to parents:

Said the mother of John and Charles Wesley, "The first step to form the mind of the child, is to conquer its will. When once subdued, then many indulgences may be safely granted."

Said the guilty Webster, when about to die for the fatal blow he dealt poor Parkman—not in malice, but in rage—"In early childhood, mine was a quick and off-hand temper, which was never subdued. I was a petted and indulged child, and all this is the end of it."

Restraints are absolutely necessary for the young.