A Solemn Appeal - James White

period, children should be left, like little lambs, to
roam around the house and in the yards, skipping
and jumping in the buoyancy of their spirits, free
from care and trouble.
Parents, especially mothers, should be the only
teachers of such infant minds. They should not
educate from books. The children will generally be
inquisitive to learn the things of nature. They will
ask questions in regard to the things they see and
hear, and parents should improve the opportunity
to instruct, and patiently answer, these little
inquirers. They can in this manner get the
advantage of the enemy, and fortify the minds of
their children, by sowing good seed in their hearts,
leaving no room for the bad to take root. The
mother's loving instructions is what is needed by
children of a tender age in the formation of
character.
The first important lesson for children to learn
is the proper denial of appetite. It is the duty of
mothers to attend to the wants of their children, by
soothing and diverting their minds, instead of
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