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A TYPICAL BOY.

Brsiror John H. Vincent, in a recent lecture at Philadelphia, made some very truthful and interesting statements. The boy he described was the one who failed to recognise the proprieties of life, who always spoke when it was better for him to keep quiet, the noisy, generous, mis-chief-loving, whistling, everyday boy. Not the bad boy, who was always hanged at 20 years of age, nor the good boy, who always died at the age of 10.

Takins; the boy baby as the startingpoint, the Bishop drew a picturelof him as a pet, admired and caressed more than at any other portion of his life. After babyhood came the second stage, the period when, if any trait in his character was noticeable, it was the fact that he was not a girl, when lie blossomed out in trousers, into the pockets of which he thrust his chubby fists, and wore boots, and always wanted to be out-doors. At this period the boy is extremely honest. He always tells what he thinks, and worse than all, what his mother and sister think. The boy forgets nothing, and his memory at this stage is simply wonderful.

Then there was a hiatus of some four years and the boy was introduced at the age of twelve years. Life to him was one long April-fool day. This boy could ruu farther, eat more, and sleep longer, than anything created. At this period he had fewer friends and sympathisers than at any time of his life. In fact the only friend he now had was his mother, and no boy could ever forget this, The Bishop contrasted the life of a girl of twelve years with that of a boy, and thought the girl had tiiuch the better of him. She was dressed neatly, and was the pride of the family, while the boy was always dirty and incorrigible. At this period of the boy's life he formed a far better estimate of his father than his father did of him.

The last period of a boy's life was when he was sixteen. The glimpse of the boy is rery brief, for he believes himself to be a man. Now he washes in perfumed soap, oils his hair, takes great pride in his dress, especially his cravats, shaves and nhaves with a fixed purpose—to raise a beard. At this time he has opinions, and the questions of theology which hare bothered theologians for centuries are decided by him off hand. He knows everything worth knowing ; calls his father the "old man," and makes great pretences of authority. His confidence in himself is unlimited. But at this period his love for his mother is shown in its first manly light, and is the most pleasant trait of his character.

In closing, the Bishop urged throe things in the boy's behalf. He would have the boy attend public service in church every Sunday; he believed that all boys should be sent to public schools, and urged that the best teachers be selected for his tutors ; and last, that tho boy should feel the influence of home life. Then the home should be made pleasant, and he severely condemned the parlor from which the boy was excluded.

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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2677, 7 September 1889, Page 6 (Supplement)

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A TYPICAL BOY. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2677, 7 September 1889, Page 6 (Supplement)

A TYPICAL BOY. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2677, 7 September 1889, Page 6 (Supplement)

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