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Show ; PARENTS AND CHILDREN. 1 If children could realize but a small portion of the anxiety their parents . feel on their account, they would pay far greater respect to the parental wishes. A good child, one in whim '. confidence can be placed, is the one . who does not allow himself to dlsobey ! his parents, when they are absent, in t that he has reason to believe they . would disapprove, were they present, j The good advice is so often engraven on the heart of a child, that after years of toil and care do not affect It; and In the hour of temptation, the thought of a parent has been the salvation sal-vation of the child, though the parent par-ent may be sleeping in the grave and the ocean may roll between that sacred sa-cred spot and the tempted. A small token of parental affection borne about a person especially a parent's likeness would frequently prove a talisman for good. A Polish prince was accustomed to carry the picture of his father always in his bosom: and on any particular occasion he would look upon it and say, "Let me do nothing unbecoming so excellent a father." "Honor they father and thy mother." Is ihe com mand of Good, and happy is the child who acts accordingly. |