Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-01
For the Spirit Of the Age.
THOUGHTS BY THE WAY.
BY LIZZIE ". WELLS.

lave often thought of the final triumph
OF the Gross OF Christ, and asked myself
how the great work of mans REDEMPTION
"a worlds redemption, I should have said
Is to be accomplished. Gods word IS
pledged for the security and progress Of
the church, and that the mountain of the
Lords house will be established upon the
tops OF the mountains and all nations flow
unto II, | have no doubt but how ? Does
not God work by instrumentalities Is
not the church the means which he will
use to carry the light of the glorious Cos
pei of the Son of God to the darkplacs of
the earth 1t certainly is, and this being
true, each individual member OF the church
must labor for the accomplishment of this
great end, the ultimate redemption of the
world from the power of sin and Satan.
l have sometimes thought, o We mothers
OF the church, shall we, limited as is our
sphere, possess the power of doing more m
this great work than any others, hardly ex-
cepting the Minister of the Gospel. Our
children are around our knees they Ioveand
look to us in early years, as their professors
and guides. What we may teach, becsmes
a deeply rooted truth in their minds, and we
may, God assisting US. train them up, toRon-
or us, by their conduct, to be better and wiser
and more useful than We have been. E as
mothers, we did our whole duty, conssMatTy
looking to the spiritual, eternal interests Of
our children, each generation would be better
than the former, and there would be I'm TIRE
church, a silent but powerful force which
. would bear it on to the accomplishment sf
; its intended results.
But do we not cultivate in the hearts of oYUr
J children pride and vanity? Do we not teach
them to love the world, or what is the same.
IN the end, do We not GLJ0c them to love it.
without attempting to restrain the pride, and
: vanity, and self dependence which are the
E natural and evil growths in the heart p?
Should we not rather teach them that life,
: health, beauty, riches are all the gifts of a
beneficent God, for which they should be
; grateful, and feel deeply their dependence up
| on God. Teach them that humility is the
crowning grace of the christian character !;
and one without which there is no peace with
God, no hope in death to live in Heaven ? If
we would, ourselves, keep our hearts right
before God, we would do these things. II
we have found JOY and gladness in the paths
OF wisdom, if we are privileged to take Pisya
views of the promised land, to see its beauty.
? its glory and the JOY of its happy tribes, and
It if we love God and Heaven more than ali else
besides surely we will above all else desire
n our offspring, to walk in the same paths and
find rest to their souls. ye sisters in Israel
We who are blessed with the care of children
Godrequirest this at your hands. Ye are care
full for their physical health, how much NOR,
70 should We care for their spiritual! Ye seel
90 wealth for them, how much more earnestly
u should you teach them to lay up treasures il
u Heaven Ye desire to see them esteeme,
I'd and honorable among men, how much NOR
I'd to see them approved of God, heirs of immor
e. tality, seeking a crown,
60 (which shall new lustre boast,
When ~victor's wreaths and monarch's gems
to Shall blend in common dust ?'
isS Thus have l thought upon this subject
Ing and believe | think right. The mothers
ISIS the church can and will be a host in then
| selves against the enemies of God, and wi
he have no little part to perform in the battles
SO the church. Fearful is their resp onsibilit,
od if properly felt bright will be their crown
sweet their song, in the realm of the far O
~ ''land of the hereafter!" o let us to OF
work with prayerful, willing hearts, that OIL
W children may rise up and cali us blessed, ar
ed, our families be undivided in the inheritan,
ch beyond the food.
lot Lexington, S. O., Aug. 1858.