is appalling. Had the writer's
parents compelled their child to observe health laws in his youth he would
enjoy better health to-day. By proper care and help from God he has
largely overcome difficulties, but does not possess the strong
constitution he otherwise would.

We kindly make an earnest appeal to all parents to look well to the health
of your children. If you value their happiness, and a pleasant, happy
home, acquaint yourself with the laws of health, and follow them as
strictly as circumstances will allow. Many parents care more for their
children's appearance in public than they do for their health. Mothers
following the pride of their heart instead of the laws of health expose
the bodies of their children to disease. In public gatherings, in order to
make a show of their rich clothing, they will not wrap them sufficiently
to protect them from cold: they will deform the feet of their little ones
and bring them pain in after life, because of the pride of their heart. By
lacing they will mold and shape the bodies of their daughters after the
fashion of the world, entailing upon them disorder and disease, weakness
and woe. In all love, but without hesitancy, we declare that such shameful
treatment of children is a sin and is sufficient of itself to destroy the
soul.

Government.

Great wisdom is required in the government of children. For parents to
properly govern their children they need that wisdom and direction which
comes from above. There are so many different natures which must be
controlled in as many different ways, making it impossible to fix certain
rules for all. However all these different dispositions among our children
must be met. "If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God."

Many parents ask. "At what age shall we begin to train and govern our
child?" Wisdom makes answer, "From the beginning." You can train your babe
to nurse regularly, say every two hours, or to stifle his cries, you can
nurse him irregularly, and make him a cross, fretful babe by over and
irregular feeding. Your babe will sleep sweetly and soundly upon its
little bed, but you can very early accustom it to be rocked to sleep so it
will not go to sleep unless it is rocked. Nature never designed that we be
tossed to and fro in order to go to sleep. What is man's experience on
board a ship in a rough sea? He becomes dizzy, nervous and sick, and when
he steps upon the land he walks like a drunken man. The infant's first