Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 23: September 1, 1888 The ultimate objects of the family are unquestionably the nurture of the body, and the cultivation of the spirit of the child. That which relates to the body, food and clothing, is made the subject of this writing, in view of attaching import ance to that part of life with which we are so familiar as eat ing, drinking and wearing. The possible charge of being uninteresting in noticing these features of every-day life, I would answer by asking, are there duties involved that demand our consideration - duties relating to our moral as well as our physical development? If so, it is a living obligation we are under, and we must not, cannot fail to consider, and act upon it, without producing both physical and moral degeneracy to our race, that may eventually accomplish the ruin of the soul. The child requires teaching, and the character of that teaching is all-important. The parent must see that it is not pernicious in its tendency. The duty is no less binding on the parent to see that the temporal food is as suited to the needs of the body, as the spiritual food is to the soul. The law of God makes one as binding as the other, and should be as care fully considered for the welfare of the child. The child has a right to the food necessary to the support and growth of the body, and to the teaching and education necessary to the full development of his spiritual nature. It has been said, The study of the stomach is the study of morality. Certain it is that the influence of food and drink on our minds is such, that if we do not keep appetite under control, the right use of our reason is abol ishod, and we become more completely enslaved to our lusts than the most groveling beast. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.