CHAPTER XXI.

THE CHOICE OF PURSUITS.--Duty of Preparation for some Useful Occupation.
This should be made in Childhood. The part Parents should take in this.
Duty of all Persons to engage in some Useful Pursuit shown from the
Relation of the Individual to the State, from the Possibility of Future
Misfortune, from the Excessive Prodigality of those who have been brought
up in Idleness. Law of the Athenians. What Parents should consider in their
selection of an Occupation for their Children. Injudicious Course of some
Parents. Fruits of Disobedience to the Law of Adaptation. Social Position.
Exigencies. But one Pursuit. Jack of All Trades. Loaferism. Fruits of
Indolence.


CHAPTER XXII.

THE HOME-PARLOR.--Its Idea and Relations to Society. Why we should hold it
Sacred. The most Dangerous Departments of Home. Duty of Parents to instruct
their Children in reference to it. How far the Christian Parlor may Conform
to the Laws and Customs of Fashion. Adulteration of the Christian Home
through Indiscriminate Association. The Sad and Demoralizing Effects.
Address to Parents.


CHAPTER XXIII.

MATCH-MAKING.--_Section I.: The Relation of Parents to the Marriage Choice
of their Children_.--The Bridal Hour. A Home-Crisis. The Bride's Farewell.