The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-09-27

. Long may our land be bright,
With freedoms holy light
Protect us by thy might
Great God our King"
2d.-Are yoW a christian? Aye, al
should be christians,-if so, then we MAJ
appeal to you in behalf of the Sabbath
school, for not only are the children The
hope of the State, but also of the church
They are topreach, and'pray and send forth
the light of a pure christianity, when yor
have long gone to your reward in heaven
Ifthe world is to have any good and use
full men, and women, in the next genera
tion, they must rise up from the children
of the present. The only hope of the
church is in these little ones. These are
to bless the world, ifit be blest at all, when
you sleep in your grave. They are the
only hope the world has, of any further
regeneration, of intellectual and religious
progress,-of real moral power Can
you then, as christian. sit still, fold up
your hands, s,--close your heart against the
Sabbath school, trust to others less quail
fed than yourself, to do the work you
should do; and thus rob the world. rob
the church, rob the dear children, and
rob God and heaven of all you might
thus accomplish of good Nay, not so.
This is not to act the real and decided
christian. Let yourself be entreated to
enter the Sabbath school at once, give it
your support, your influence, your time
and energies. Thus you will assist to ell
the world with jealous christians, and
heaven with redeemed spirits. Go-go
we entreat you, and gather in those me-
elected lanabs," those dear children of
whom it may, in truth be said, none care
for their souls,-go bring them into the
Sabbath schools, teach them to love God,
their fellow-men and themselves,--show
them the way to be useful and happy, and
holy. Who can tell, but in the Borough
of Stroudsburg, there might be found,
another, who like Morrison, or Cox, or
Roberts, or Judson, would 60 to distant
heather lands, to carry there the soul,
and mind, and body liberating gospel of
Christ
3d.-Are you a parent7 The vital in
terests of your children we now plead. If
all others turn deaf ear, still you should
hear,--if all others turn coldly away from
this cause, still you should support it.
You cannot treat indiferently the moral
interests of your children, without acting
a most conSunansately cruel part toacarQlS
them. They must be taught to know, fear
and love God, to keep his command
ments, to respect parental authority, to
reverence the Sabbath, the house of God,
and to shun the way of evil, if not, bitter
ly will you and they weep over such ne
glect, when the terrible words "too late"
will ring in your ears for ever and ever.
For your children we plead, see their
innocence pleads,--their beauty, their
laughing eyes and dimpled cheeks, above
all, their souls, destined to dwell Gin light
ineffable around the Eternal Throne, or
sink in shades of an eternal night. But
when are the seeds sown which will ripen
into fruits of glory and eternal life ,
We answer now, Just aao'o, IN child mood.
Their youth, then, pleads for the Sabbath
school. This season, with its bright joys
and mellow soil, and shining hours, will
sooD, but too soon, pass away.
" The beam of the morning. the bud of the spring;
The promise of beauty and brightness may bring;
But clouds gather darkness and touched by the frost
The pride Of the plant, and the morning are lost.
Thus, the bright, and the beautiful ever decay;
Le's morn and lifes flowers they quick pass away"
Life's morning and life's flowers, 0
hey quick pass away. What is done
then, for the moral improvement of your
should be performed at once
The spring time, when the foundation for
4 true and virtuous character is to be laid.
will soon, very soon pass, never to return,
What your Heavenly Father commands
you, do quickly. Train up your children
n the way they should 60, and you will
lave the consolation which none know
ully, but those who have been success
ul in bringingiug up yirtuOus and useful {
children.