Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-06-26

! ZONE, ye DleSSeQ OF my e amer, lnneFIt Liz
Kingdom prepared for you from the founda
tion of the world" The word of gracious
invitation and of glorious appreciation is the
same. The gracious invitation of the sinner
into the kingdom of heaven on earth, and the
welcome of the saint into the kingdom ol
heaven on high, is in the same, or nearly the
same words. From the beginning of grace to
its termination in glory, the watch-word is
"Come with me-"
FAMILY TRAINING.
Every age has something about it which
characterizes it. Some periods Of the worlds
history are marked by contrary and opposing
types This is the case with respect to the
nineteenth century, the period in which we
live. In no period of the worlds history has
so much been done to disseminate the gospel
of Jesus Christ as is doing at present. The
ordinary means Of grace are more generally
enjoyed now than ever heretofore. The gos.
pei is preached in almost every neighborhood
in almost every community there is Sabbath
school, and the country is flooded with relig.
ious literature in the form of books, periodi'
Gals, newspapers and tracts. All this is well
enough. We erejoice that such is the case; but
the bee has its sting, and the rose IFS thorn
and the blessings of the present age have
their counterpart. One of the most noticea'
BILE opposite features of the nineteenth centu,
ry, is the almost utter neglect, on the part Of
parents, to train their children for the Lord.
This duty and privilege, which, by the ordi'
nance of fheaven, is committed to the father and
mother, is, in accordance with the detection
of the times, transferred to the church. The
result is, that the work is either not done at
all, or at best but poorly done.
Parents, almost universally, have conclu'
ded that they are, by the organization of the
Sabbath schools, released from the duty Of
instructing their offspring at home. We have
nothing to say against the Sabbath school
1t is doing a good work; but it cannot do the
work that God has assigned to parents. The
most important part of our education is re-
ceived under the parental roof: The lessons
which we there learn are the most impor'
tant, and which we most easily reduce to
practice. Destroy the natural relations be-
tween parent and child, and none of the
means of grace will avail anything. The
Sabbath school, the college, the theological
seminary, and even the preaching of the
gospel, will be used in vain for the convicting
and converting of sinners, and for the in
structing of saints The base of the social
and religious fabric is the relation which
naturally exists between parent and child
If the foundation is destroyed, how can the
superstructure be reared?
Parents should remember that they are
bound to train their children for the Lord
For the eternal destiny of their offspring they
are accountable to God. By no process can
they shift this responsibility on the church,
or the Sabbath school, or any one or any
thing else. Early impressions are the most
permanent. To parents is given the privl'
lege of making the earliest Of all impressions
God blesses family training as he does moth
ing else. The rule is, that properly trained
children do we'll, both for this world and the
next. A badly trained or spoiled child gen.
orally makes bad man. The infamy and
disgrace which children often bring upon
themselves, and the sorrow and shame which
they often bring to their parents, are tracea'
BILE to the neglect of proper training. O1
this the world affords many striking illustra'
tions. Parents should remember that more
depends upon them than upon any other class
of individuals. It is the parent, and not the
learned professor, that determines the type Of
the worlds civilization.
ALL For GoD.-No one claims property
in the ocean to the exclusion Of others. 1t is
for all nations and people to use for their In
terests; nor is there any fear of exhausting
its resources, were the whole world of hu'
manty to make draughts upon it: It rolls
its waves against every shore, and sends its
tides into every land, as if to invite the in
habitants to her riches and facilities, and as
if to show she was the property Of all. So
with the living God. No man can claim Him
to the shutting out of others. He is the GOD
of all for their knowledge, their love, their
obedience, their felicity; and should every
intelligent being on the earth draw from his
treasury of good to the endless satisfaction Of
nature, there would still be an infinite pleni'
tude left, And to convince all that ne is
their God, he gives to all life, breath, and all
things. He fans them with his influence
draws them by his love; sends hosts Of holy
agents to bring them to himself. By ten
thousand attractions of love and mercy, he
invites the world to plunge in his fullness and
be satisfied.
Ha~ Fix the truth in the minds of men by
familiar illustration. Hills, fields, flowers
birds, sewers, fisherman, continue to echo the
words of Christ. Palestine as Renan says, i:
fifth gospel, torn, indeed, but still legible:'
So, when the multitudes passed to theil
homes, beyond the sound of the Lords words
they saw his sermon in acts and scenes which
before seemed meaningless.