sufficient for me.

Dear parents, the only remedy we have to offer you for this qualification
is the sweet controlling influence of saving grace. When you have gained
control of your own spirit you are far on the way to conquer the
rebellious spirit of your child. How sad it is that a mother who loves her
child will find sometimes a feeling of hatred in her heart against it. We
have heard mothers in a time of provocation use such words as these, "You
foolish thing;" "You naughty little imp;" "You mean thing, I have a mind
to put you out where the dogs will get you;" "You do that again and I'll
give you to the bad man;" "I'll slap your head off;" "I wish you were
dead," etc. How awful! Mothers, who, if their little one was sick, would
gladly sit night after night and watch by its bedside--no slumber for those
eyelids now, for baby is very sick--when the dear one is restored to health
and provokes the mother, she uses some of the above expressions, or
similar ones.

As you stand some night by the casket that contains that lifeless little
body, oh, what anguish at heart as you remember the hasty words you have
spoken to that dear one. How those ugly expressions ring in your ears.
They will follow you for days in thought and dream. How sad that the human
heart is of such disposition, but what joy to know that the precious blood
of Jesus will remove all such dispositions and fill the heart with love
and sweetness that will enable you to deal with your child in loving
patience, even in the hour of deepest trial, and should you be called to
its death bedside you can look into the pale face and then up to God
without a sting of conscience. Parents, be firm, but be patient with your
child. Let love shine out of every reproval and you will find it is not so
difficult to train him and govern him as you supposed.

Never Scold Or Threaten.

How heart-rending to see almost a constant contention between parents and
children, parents scolding their children for almost every little thing,
and threatening to "give them to the Gypsies," or to "cut off their ears,"
or "put a split stick on their tongues," and many other foolish and
hurtful threatenings, father and mother make when they are provoked. Be
always calm in your own feelings and never be hasty to speak or act. When
the child really needs reproval, take him quietly and show him the evil of
such things, how it will lead to other bad things, and these to others,
and should