The Rollo code of morals; or The rules of duty for children1842 |
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Page xi - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?
Page 82 - Children ought to be submissive to parental authority. To be submissive is to yield a willing and cheerful obedience. The child, who openly disobeys his father or mother, is guilty of great sin. He is not submissive. He rebels. He rebels against the authority of his parents, and thus breaks the commands of God. So with the child who secretly disobeys. If we do what our parents command while they see us, and then, when we suppose we are not observed, secretly disobey, we violate our duty.
Page 137 - ... reckoned among the highest and most enormous sinners ; which sufficiently evinces the virtue opposite to unthankfulness to bear the same place in the rank of duties, that its contrary does in the catalogue of sins. And the like, by consequence, is inferred from all those places, in which we are commanded to love our enemies, and to do good to those that hate us...
Page 45 - When any work is assigned to boys or girls, they ought to go forward as steadily and industriously when they are not watched as when they are. It is not enough to go through the forms of obedience alone. A boy who is stationed at his desk, on a summer morning, to write or to study for an hour, alone, must not only, in order to obey, remain there at his post, but he must give his mind diligently to his work. A faithful boy will do so, whether he is observed or not observed. He is impelled by an inward...
Page 163 - TALES OF SHIPWRECKS And DISASTERS at SEA ; including the "Wreck of the Forfarshire, and other recent Losses. Eight Engravings, by Landells.
Page 44 - And, always, the way to make a disagreeable or painful duty as disagreeable and painful as possible, is to perform it in a reluctant, inefficient, and dilatory manner. Obedience ought to be cheerful. It must of course necessarily be, that a great many commands which children have to obey are disagreeable. Still they must be obeyed ; and they are made much more disagreeable to all concerned by being obeyed in a sullen and ill-natured manner. The commands which parents and teachers give to children...
Page 82 - TO PARENTS. As children are, in early life, entirely helpless and dependent, God has made it the duty of their parents to feed, clothe, instruct, and govern them, until they shall be old enough to take care of and govern themselves. 'While, therefore, their parents are fulfilling this duty, children ought to submit to their authority, respect and honour their parental office, attend to their instructions, and be grateful and affectionate, in return for their kindness and love.
Page 43 - ... do it, who stops to ask questions, or to make objections, or to propose some other way, who loiters along when sent with a message, or to bring a tool, and who puts off as long as he can every duty, would be of very little service. Then prompt obedience is much the most pleasant. If an unpleasant duty is to be performed, the easiest way to get through it is to despatch it at once. George and Henry have two paths to shovel, of the same length, every morning after a snow storm.
Page 96 - The manner in which costs are to be raised is here provided for ; the rights of the parties must depend upon the circumstances of each case and the nature of the application.
Page 158 - He is merciful to forgive those who are penitent ; and he loves and watches over all his creatures, to keep them from harm, and to make them happy ; and therefore we ought to love him. He is always near us, ready to listen to us, to take care of us, and...