Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-11-13
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EII.lAl. OBEDIENCE.

Mother, said a little hoy, as night-ia |
approached. why NAV M, - into thestrre
as other bays ID , Last night when You sent
me To the gr Gers. mr, John lilcr He
asked inc why did not comr out every even
ing ami have g1sd time told him moth
ther dti MT alllw il, and must mind my
mother
Mind your mother he said, you arc a
great fool. that i way - b. Il man. II
no, BE- under pctticnat government But |
told him mus, mind my mother, for the
Bible said, Children. obey your parents.
Who cares for the Bible--that oldfash-
ion,si book, he said, 4 am going 10 have my
pleasure while can get il,
40 nv son. said the mother, Il am sorry
YOU came in contact with such n wicked boy
Marx tha, John ldler, and il you live. YOU
will learn that -pne fearful thing oycrtakc-
him. Such wicked children never prosper.
They seldom live out half their days. Gan /
YOU think Of some di-obedient children, men
TONED in the Bible, who came to an untime-
ly end ,
Yes. mother, think Ellis sons did
.Very we'll, YOU know. my son, have
given YOU much instruction on this subject !;
and now want you ,o think about II, recall
20 mind what have said To you, and then
tell me some of the reasons why children
should obey their parents.
One reason is it makes them much hap
pier. iisoheyed you once and it made ms
f.,l 8, had ! did not want To eat, nor talk,
nor laugh nor study And when met you 3,
and saw YOU look 80 -orrowtul, yet 50 loving
ly kind and forglying. could not hold up
my head ,.,,,,;,,
ALWAYS unhappy. Now You may name one
more rcasln IN favor Of parental obedience.
.You told me, mother, that when parents
had dis,b ,ii-nt children they sometimes FELT
quite discouraged about making efforts for
their good. Thus children were sometimes
left without restraint to hll up the measure
of their iniqaity,--to 90 on IN SIN and hnai-
ly to 20 down 10 everlasting ruin.
YES, while parents pity such incorrlgioie
childrcn and weep over them, the hop" o'
doing them any good seems IN some chs's to
expire. Fearful. indeed, Is the condition oil
n child who has been so disots,iient as t. dis
courage parents from giving them instruction
and adnonitinn-as without restraint u
leave them to themselves all exposed to the
tenpt atoms Of satan, Of their own hearts
and o, "a wicked world
Then. mother, they would leave nome
would they not - " WHAT e'uih W. WIN
out , hons, When sch ,ol is rnt | want
come home and hear you talk, ami toll va
all abou, the events st the day and gather
ar,nud the sappar table with tn, 'imiiy, and
,h.n ,r,nnd the cheerful hrtsir T. ct ny
,.s.,ns for thecnming day. Bat II had b.
disnb di mt. had neglected what WAS requir't
nf me nt school, had l,tered by the way, ~
played truant or mingled with had aSs'ci
at.,s. coming home co Id have NJ pleasure L
me-
True. nv son, Sin always brings its owr
punishment, transgres-ors always hnd theii
way hard. And now do you think OF anoth
err reason why children should be obedient :
Il think children should be obedien be
cause il would 10 very wicked for them TO bt
disobedieat The are required, both by doo
and their parents, to be obedient, then surei,
to neglect this duty-to refuse to obey mus
be very wicked, and God, we know, Is angr,
with the wicked every day.
DO YOU reeollect, my son, what. uhde
the Jewish dispensation, was to be done 70
child that cursed either father or mother! !!
20 yes, mother, do. They were to b
nut 70 death, and il they refused TO be obedi
ent, all the men Of the city were to ston
them with stones until they died
And how is il now, mother when chill
dren Of the present day are guilty OF sue'
things they are not put to death' ar
theyF
No, God does not require that dlsooedient
wicked children, under the Christian dspen