Pictures are, I believe, of no use whatever by themselves. If the child has other things right round it and given to it — its garden, its cat, and its window to the sky and stars — in time, pictures of flowers and beasts, and things in heaven and heavenly earth, may be useful to it. But see first fhat its realities are heavenly." SUNSHINE AND VENTILATION. Sunshine has been shown to be'one of the most potent and efficacious agents in the relief and cure of disease, known to the medical profession. A proper supply of pure air is essential for the preservation of life and health. The importance of sunlight, for physical development, is much undervalued. Airy, well-venti- lated sleeping apartments should be regarded as one of the most important requirements of life, both in health and in sickness. Bed-rooms, in which about one-third of human life is passed, are generally too small, and badly ventilated. The doors and windows, and even chimneys, are often closed, and every aperture carefully guarded to exclude fresh air. The consequence is, that long before morning dawns, the atmosphere of the whole apartment becomes highly noxious from the consumption of its oxygen, the formation of carbonic gas, and the exhalation from the lungs and skin. Due provision for the uninterrupted admission of fresh air, secures lighter and more invigorating sleep. In whatever way fresh air is obtained, it should be dispersed as much as possible to avoid currents. 44 CLEANLINESS. ' ' Beauty is valuable ; it is one of the tics ; and a strong tie too, that, how- ever, cannot last to an old age ; but the charm of cleanliness never dies ifev but with life itself." CLEANLINESS is next to Godliness. This familiar say- ing has been traced, we believe, no further than to John Wesley's Sermon XCIL, "On Dress," where it ap- pears as a quotation. A possible source is Bacon's remark in the " Advancement of Learning," Book II., that "Cleanness of body was ever es- teemed to proceed from a due rever- ence to God." "The man- ner of putting on a dress is 1 no bad foun- dation for ^. judging — if it be carelessly, slovenly, 45 46 HOME DISSERTATIONS. if it do not fit properly. No matter for its mean quality; mean as it may be, it may be neatly and trimly put on; and if it be not, take care of yourself, for, as you will soon find to your cost, a sloven in one thing, is a sloven in all things. The country people judge greatly from the state of the covering of the ankles; and if that be not clean and tight, they conclude that all out of sight is not what it ought to be. Look at the shoes; if they be trodden on one side, loose on the foot, or run down at the heel, it is a very bad sign; and as to slip-shod, though at coming down in the morning, and even before daylight, make up your mind to bachelorhood rather than live with a slip- shod wife." " Oh! how much do women lose by inattention to these matters! Men, in general, say nothing about it to their wives, but they think about it, they envy their luckier neighbors; and in numerous cases, consequences the most serious arise from this apparently trifling cause."

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Pictures are, I believe, of no use whatever by themselves. If the child has other things right round it and given to it — its garden, its cat, and its window to the sky and stars — in time, pictures of flowers and beasts, and things in heaven and heavenly earth, may be useful to it. But see first that its realities are heavenly." SUNSHINE AND VENTILATION. Sunshine has been shown to be one of the most potent and efficacious agents in the relief and cure of disease, known to the medical profession. A proper supply of pure air is essential for the preservation of life and health. The importance of sunlight, for physical development, is much undervalued. Airy, well-ventilated sleeping apartments should be regarded as one of the most important requirements of life, both in health and in sickness. Bed-rooms, in which about one-third of human life is passed, are generally too small, and badly ventilated. The doors and windows, and even chimneys, are often closed, and every aperture carefully guarded to exclude fresh air. The consequence is, that long before morning dawns, the atmosphere of the whole apartment becomes highly noxious from the consumption of its oxygen, the formation of carbonic gas, and the exhalation from the lungs and skin. Due provision for the uninterrupted admission of fresh air, secures lighter and more invigorating sleep. In whatever way fresh air is obtained, it should be dispersed as much as possible to avoid currents. CLEANLINESS. "Beauty is valuable; it is one of the ties; and a strong tie too, that, however, cannot last to an old age ; but the charm of cleanliness never dies ifev but with life itself." CLEANLINESS is next to Godliness. This familiar saying has been traced, we believe, no further than to John Wesley's Sermon XCIL, "On Dress," where it appears as a quotation. A possible source is Bacon's remark in the " Advancement of Learning," Book II., that "Cleanness of body was ever esteemed to proceed from a due reverence to God." "The manner of putting on a dress is 1 no bad foundation for ^. judging — if it be carelessly, slovenly, if it do not fit properly. No matter for its mean quality; mean as it may be, it may be neatly and trimly put on; and if it be not, take care of yourself, for, as you will soon find to your cost, a sloven in one thing, is a sloven in all things. The country people judge greatly from the state of the covering of the ankles; and if that be not clean and tight, they conclude that all out of sight is not what it ought to be. Look at the shoes; if they be trodden on one side, loose on the foot, or run down at the heel, it is a very bad sign; and as to slip-shod, though at coming down in the morning, and even before daylight, make up your mind to bachelorhood rather than live with a slipshod wife." " Oh! how much do women lose by inattention to these matters! Men, in general, say nothing about it to their wives, but they think about it, they envy their luckier neighbors; and in numerous cases, consequences the most serious arise from this apparently trifling cause."

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