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may rejoice in his latter end.“A horse not broken becometh stub¬ 
born, and a child left to himself will become headstrong. 
“Give thy son his way, and he shall make thee afraid; play with him, 
and he shall make thee sorrowful. 
“Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth 
be set on edge. 
“Give him not liberty in youth, and wink not at his devices. 
“j Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat his sides while he is 
a child lest he grow stubborn and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of 
heart to thee.’ 7 * Yet, let no correction nor punishment be administered 
arbitrarily, tantalizingly, or passionately, for, mark well what St. Paul 
says: “ Fathers, provoke not your children to indignation , lest they he 
discouraged!” (Coloss, iii. 21.) 
God himself dealeth with us in the same way,— as with his sons: for 
what son is there whom the father doth not correct ? 
Persevere, therefore, have patience, and be not discouraged! 
One of numerous prickly plants of the class! 
Syngenesia. 
A species of thistle, Cirsium (Garduus) 
arvense; grows in fields among the grain and is 
extremely troublesome to farmers. 
*Ecclus. xxx :1-12. 
