y a worthy son. Yes,
that is the life you fondly picture for your son. Well, here he lies an
infant in thine arms. He is at thy mercy. You can make of him about what
you will. You can lead him in the paths of virtue and to a generous
Christian manhood, or you can neglect him and allow him to go to shame and
ruin. Let me say again that the life and destiny of your child depends
largely upon you. You can make it what you will. God help and bless you.

Physical Care.

When your child is born then comes the care of the little body. It must
have food. It must have air. It must have clothing. The supplying of
temporal needs is a duty that falls to the father. May he do his duty with
a will and see that his child's health is not impaired by an insufficient
amount of clothing or of food. "But if any provide not for his own, and
especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is
worse than an infidel." 1 Tim. 5:8. The parent that will not industriously
make use of every legitimate means to secure temporal comforts, does not
love his child. It has been known that the awful curse of tobacco, opium
and rum, have robbed the father and mother of parental love. Some may have
become so in love or so in bondage to tobacco that they would rather see
their child go hungry or naked than to deprive themselves of the accursed
thing.

Parents should acquaint themselves with hygienic laws and teach them to
their children. Show them the danger of overeating, and of too frequent
eating. Parents are destroying the health of their children by irregular
feeding, and by nuts and candies. Teach the little ones to avoid sitting
in a cool place when heated and of retaining wet clothing. Above all,
avoid giving your child tea, coffee and "soothing syrup." Paregorics and
laudanums pave the way to the formation of other bad habits. They have an
effect which may answer your purpose at the time, but you gain your
purpose at the cost of your child's vitality. If your attention has ever
been called to the evil effects of such, you can not dope your children
with them without bringing condemnation to your soul.

Good health is a great blessing, and our heavenly Father wills us to
observe natural health laws. Parents by carelessness can in a very short
time ruin the health of their child forever. Oh, the misery and distress
originating from ill health entailed upon the human family through the
ignorance and carelessness of parents