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Moral Diſcipline.
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of many other proper leſſons for children. Theſe hymns, I imagine, would contribute to fill the heart with religious ſentiments and affections; and, if I may be allowed the expreſſion, make the Deity obvious to the ſenſes. The underſtanding, however, ſhould not be overloaded any more than the ſtomach. Intellectual improvements, like the growth and formation of the body, muſt be gradual—yet there is no reaſon why the mind ſhould lie fallow, while its "frail tenement" is imperceptibly fitting itſelf for a more reaſonable inhabitant. It will not lie fallow; promiſcuous ſeeds will be ſown by accident, and they will ſhoot up
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