The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-12-25

Ioi ihfauise itSeli prOiihlhg the utine
OF their creator and preservor! These
things should not be, for The Lord hath
declared 'that he will not hold him guilt
less that taketh his nar . in vain Again
we sometimes see Young people, who
should be more enlightened in regard 10
the teachings of the moral law and their
individual responsibility to their Creator
for the keeping of that law. making
themselves masters of mock sermons.
and rehearsing them for the amusement
OF their compaE ions; often times using
the names of the very being on whom
they are dependent for life and all its
attendant blessings with the grossest
irreverence. This may be amusing 10
those who can fully reconcile it with
er sense o. light. But seriously, we
doubt the moral tendency of such amuse-
msni Does it not tend 10 weaken our
vel Grafton for those names to hear them
thus thoughtlessly and irrevently IseI?
IL surely does Then is it not mani
ie~tlv the duty of every parent and teach
ler TO discountenance such diversion.
lest they be held accountable by Him
II who will not hold him cuiltless that
takeih HE name in vains Much more
might be said in regard 10 our moral
obligations to our Creator, bnt for fear
of becoming tedious we forbear. hoping
that both parents and teachers will, alike.
feel II their impressive duty to implant
ia d minds of our youths correct ideas
o. t.lcir duties and above all, OF their
individual responsibility for the dis
cbarge OF those duties. a great states
man of ours daniel Wehsier) was once
asked what was the highest thought up
on which the human intellect could
dwell. lie replied without hesitation,
sir, believe that mans individual re-
sponsibili;y TO his Creator is the high
e>t and nohle-t that can occupy his
mind" And We think that sound mo-
Iralily can be built on no surer founda-
lion.
We next notice what duties are re-
lquirci OF us to our nei2hbors: These
are sainmed up in the divine Injunction,
Love thy neighbor a. thy self" But
1.-The question nav be asked. "Who is our
lneighbor z" Our friends or relatives
with whom We are daily surrounded.
They may be ncighbor-. but the Son OF
man sayeth "if We love these only what
reward have We: 90 not even publican.
and sinners tie same:" He would have
us embrace the entire human family IN
ltlis love so kin to divinity itself
The first injunction in the decalogue
jas regard, these duties i in respect to
lagc. Honor lhy father and thy mother.
la terms here used, father and moth
lrr." are not merely understood 10 point
lout natural ancestors. but all persons
VINO are Older or wiser than Us. Never
: reproich or ridicule or otherwise show
ldisresyett - those who have gone farih-
er OH the pilgrimage of life than we
those who have borne more of its tri-
ais ana ~ares and may possibly have
grown wiser and better by these ex-
lperiences. Such are 10 he honorcd 10y
lus. A becoming Difference 10 their su-
perior experiences in life Is TO Toe shown
Them. Aud reward is appended io
: this, promising length OF days upon III,
earth which the Lord givcth us.
: Another law ia that old code is, "Thou
lshalt not kill We are in no wise {,
harin the lite OF "A fellow creature; thai
Lis to be left in the hands of the creator
subject to his divine will. The Savior
: further teaches us that, Nv hosocvel
hatcth his brother is murderer.
Hence we see that TO obey the spirit o.
, This law no i'll will must be entertained
against our brothers and rs all mankind
are one common brotherhood. bounc
together by ties of humanity, having
like. feelings, duties. affections and in
t.iest; no a.ic can obey this law aIt
> ,lentertaiu malice or i'll feeling towarI
: ANY oi hi, race. For the same expoun
der Of the original father says, Low
your enimies bless them that curse you
, ,ldo good to them that hate YOU, and pr~l
:. Tor them that despiteirliy use YOU ans
persecuie YOU" How very much is i'm
piled here, Indeed rs the apostle saitl
III ye fulfill the royal law accord
4. ing 10 the Scripture, We do we'll
Yet to imbue the minds of the you'll
a with these high toned principles o
/ morality will require the combined ef
: forts OF both pareuis and teachers. An
n the success depends greatly Oh the ioi
!, liner.
The teacher during, the brief perio
that he has the moral training Of th
= child cannot be expected TO accomplis
! as much az the judicious parent, VIII
has the child under his immediate car,
near TWO thirds of the time even whe
= he attends school. Children must hay
! moral training both in precept and e'
70 ample, and shat daily; ii parents fail
= = give them the right kind, the child
sure 10 find some ineans OF getting the oI
!, positc kind OF knowledge on this poin
- Therefore il is very necessary TO all th'
- the hands and hears Of the young al
~ early and thoroug hly trained III this pal
~ ticular, for when they have once bee
filed with rtr,erted ideas il Is very di