112 115 47 91 Abstract of Lectures. -State - Voices of Spring, 138 302 Front Teeth and Grinders, 306 tion, 224, 255, 273 Generous Criminal, 205 102 366 246 108 - A Better Education, 69 33: ers, 43 173 Incidents in School Life Ex- perience, 165 Inducements to Circulate 64 362 289, 321 133, 134, 138, 144, 147, 154, 296 229, 243, 244, 267, 295, 312, 383 325, 328, 334, 361, 374, 377 97 Tomb, 346 136, 201, 227, 270 Mathematical Department, 87, 119, 152, 181 210 335 275 376 Musings on the Triennial, 297 188 Never be Ilaughty, 192 240 200 ing, 288 215 56 206 Notices of Books, &c., 32, 62,1 and Pupil, 113 Song of the Shell, 230 32 Sound Mind in a Sound 235 116 Speech, 312 132 Succeed or Die, . 86 180 Schools, Influence of, 257, 289, 321 54 Teachers' Associations, 105 - Chittenden Co., 58, 192 245 - State, 223, 256, 282, 302 213 - Washington Co., 125 192 327 Teacher's Institutes, 102, 215 197 . 13 271 Teacher Crowned, Teachers, Speak Gently, 264 169 Teaching Arithmetic, 369 242 Teach Children to Sing, 244 The Writer, 142, 170, 242 To Our Subscribers, 96 199 True Teacher never Grows 48 Vacation, 134 33 What is the Minus Quanti- ty? 329 What the Poets Do, 148 80, 106 331 139 76 Writer, 265 ture, 326 176 14 265 40 333 24 292 VERMONT SCHOOL JOURNAL AND FAMILY VISITOR. VOLUME III. JANUARY, 1861. NUMBER I. . НОМЕ As a source of educational influence, cannot be over estimated. It is the home of our childhood. If there is any thing sacred in memory, any thing dear to the human heart, that has felt its inspiring influence, any thing that baffles eulogy, it is the genius of home. If there is any thing that stirs up the deep fountains of the soul and holds its willing victim spell-bound and silent, it is the melody of “Sweet Home." It must follow, therefore, that a healthful home influence has an untold power for good in the formation of character. Such was the Puritan home of New England. We know of no model that compares with it. No matter how homely and uncomfortable that cabin which was the home of the Puritan family-it was their earthly paradise. Its rough walls shielded them from the northern blasts, its blazing fire upon the sacred hearth-stone shed upon them its genial light and heat. This family was a circle unbroken by discord. Harmony and confidence robed in purity, dwelt there. Parental and filial affection shed over them their genial influence from day to day and year to year. In the Puritan family each member 'occupied the place assigned by Heaven. The father at the head was revered and obeyed as counsellor and judge, yet loved as parent and friend. The mother “opened her mouth in wisdom and in her tongue was the law of kindness.” In counsel and discipline, the father and mother always harmonized. In efficient moulding influence the mother was undoubtedly the superior, and the more so, because she acted in ber own sphere, and faith. fully discharged her own peculiar duties. Said John Quincy Adams, " for what I am and for what I have done, I am chiefly indebted to my mother.” Yet, we all know that the mother of John Quincy Adams was the wife of the venerable president of the United States in the perilous times of our country's history, and he not only ruled the nation, but in his own household. The children in the Puritan family were in subjection. Thoy revered and honored those whom God had placed over them. It is said of the children of the distinguished Dr. Edwards, that they were accustomed to rise , as a mark of respect, when the fa:her entered the room. Happy, indeed, is such a family and happy the influence that is brought to bear upon the forming mind, in the midst of such relations. And we would not forget that there, too, was found the old family Bible. There stood the family altar, erected not to an “unknown God," but to the God that made the Heavens and the earth. There worship was no unmeaning ceremony, but the homage of grateful and humble hearts. The chief sources of beneficial family influence, are two, viz: supreme authority maintained by the parents, and the power of correct principles and good example. It was thought to be indispensable in the Puritan family that the parent rule and the child obey. Elec would not the pupil rise up in rebellion against the master? Would not the citizen refuse obedience to the laws of the land ? Would not the immortal, accountable being trifle with the authority of Heaven? The Paritan father and mother believed what we believe, that no greater calamity can befal the child than to be left to grow up unrestrained by proper authority. Hence, obedience must be secured at iny necers.ry expense-by mildness or severity, by the power of love, or the evangelical rod. To theee art!est |