THE
POWER OF AFFECTION.
PARENTAL AFFECTION.
Consider, thou who art a parent, the importance ⟨of⟩
thy truſt; the being thou haſt produced it is ⟨the⟩
duty to ſupport.
Upon thee alſo it dependeth, whether the child of ⟨the⟩
boſom ſhall be a bleſſing or a curſe to thyſelf; ⟨and⟩
uſeful or a worthleſs member of the community.
Prepare him early with inſtruction, and ſeaſon his ⟨mind⟩
with maxims of truth.
Watch the bent of his inclination; ſet him right in ⟨his⟩
youth and let no evil habit gain ſtrength with ⟨his⟩
years.
So ſhall he riſe like a cedar on the mountains; his ⟨head⟩
ſhall be ſeen above the trees of the foreſt.
AS the vexations which parents ⟨receive⟩ from their children haſten the approach of age, and double the force of years, ⟨for⟩ the comforts which they reap from them are balm to all other ſorrows, and ⟨diſappoint⟩ the injuries of time. Parents repeat ⟨their⟩ lives in their offsprings; and their concern for them is ſo near, that they feel all ⟨their⟩ ſufferings, and taſte all their enjoyments as much as if they regarded their own perſons.
