Of all the tender feelings Man is capable of possessing next to those towards lovely Women there is not a greater incitement to pure love & affection than that which the presence of Children inspires us with. they are indeed well calculated to soften the heart of the most obdurate and give a zest of true pleasure to the whole frame.

How void of all the finer feelings must that Man be who can look on the smiles of lovely Children without emotions of the tenderest nature, their little innocent play that gleam of youthful happiness & contentment which setts fix'd in their ruddy looks is surely calculated to awaken in the breast of hardy Man the most lively sensations When we reflect that their little minds are unadulterated by any sordid views such as too often govern the actions of man hard hearted & rebellious man. O how precious should we consider these gifts of Kind Heaven pledges of connubial bliss the greatest treasures in reality of our Kind Creator. Children are sent as a Blessing the truth of which has been acknowledged by all ages handed down by sacred writ & those who are honoured by being Fathers will agree that children are a real source of happiness & comfort the main spring of our solid enjoyments in the married life, hard indeed then must be the heart of that Parent who does not actually feel from the bottom of his heart that affectionate love & desire towards them that at once binds them by every tye as the greatest gifts bestowed Oft have I in raptures press'd these little innocents to my heart & fondly wish'd their days might prove & all their actions this life be guided by motives as pure & as unerdulterated as those which at that moment of administration inhabit their little hearts nay I have been tempted to wish it were possible they should remain in that state of infantine least by snares of the world & the various temptations they may be exposed to they loose that native goodliness and as a tender blossom fall away when touched by the devouring blight.