p. 99 | Parents, Read This

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 4, 1858

Parents, Read This.

How often do parents reprove their children in an angry or fretful mood; in a spirit which destroys the force of the rebuke, or else awakens at once feelings of rebellion and ill-will. Children can easily see into us, and judge what manner of spirit we are of. Let parents read this little incident, and heed the lesson which it suggests.

"A very little boy had one day done wrong, and was sent, after parental correction, to ask in secret the forgiveness of his Heavenly Father. His offense had been passion. Anxious to hear what he would say, his mother followed to the door of his room. In lisping accents she heard him ask to be made better; never to be angry again; and then with childish simplicity, he added, 'Lord! make ma's temper better, too.'" —Sel.