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Two country boys wandered into a brand new school in the city and found two men working in one of the rooms.

"Whatcha' doin'?" asked one of the boys.

"Installing electric switches," answered a man.

"I'm glad we go to a country school," said the other boy." "They still switch us by hand."

Not to punish a child when he does wrong is an act of cruelty. It encourages further wrongdoing.

But to punish a child for doing wrong which he has learned from his parents is also an act of cruelty. It, too, encourages further wrongdoing.

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There must be the discipline. But with the paddle, there should be first of all your prayers and your godly pattern.