The New York herald., 1876-11-12
SYNAGOGUE WORSHIP.
THE DUTY OF PARENTS TO TRAIN Up 1Hxu
CHILDREN ARIGRT AND THE coNsxQUEHcxl

THE pUrY OF PARENTS TO rBAIx Up rHxn
CHILDREN ARIGRT AND TIE CONSEQUENCES
OF FAILURE.
large congregation gathered yesterday in Thirty
fourth street syussogue, TO whom the Rev. Henry 8.
Jacobs preached very practical sermon the duty
parents In the education and training OF their chs
dren and tho disastrous enects OF neglect failure In
this matter His remarks were based ON l. Kings,
/. G-"And his father had NOS dsplsassd
him q any time In saying, Why hast thou
SO? and he also very goodly
man, and his mother bore him after Absalom." The
Of which this part refers the rebellion
Of Adonah against the throne and Of his
father David 1t tho regular day, ana
describes what Mr. Jacobs characterized as rcvou-
tonary attempt TO fix the royal succession upon The
younger son Of David, thing that contrary 70
law practice In this attempt subvert the gov
crnmcnt OF the kingdom two men concerned whose
Joab, The head Of tho army, and Xb,sihsr, sns
priest Here then have the soldier and
the priest G ,..ao combining 70 % overthrow she mon.
tuated by noble and lofty impulses or mouvea
In politics there Is worry little PATRIOTISM pure
tive: great siDgeness OF mind or purpose IL
cised There Is always convenient purpose mauiiesh
Ing itself in the clever manpuatons OF the ballot box.
Wherever ,hcre attempt ovcrturn governments
the principal and actuating motives the same.
These men had their motives and aims Here was
David, seventy years or age, old and feeble. and
His physical powers had almost left him. He
worn out by early military services and probably also
by the great mental strain that he compelled u
bear Joab knew that David had no respect
or love for him. and he also know the
OF Absalom be had violated his oath and honor and
disobeyed tho kings command And Abatnar had
been thrust from tho priesthood which he had de-
graded And thus II we
SCRIPTURE TRUTH
We shall md lessons continually arising for
sidcratlon. IL seeks 10 find out the OF wrong
doing and to warn us how we should carry ourselves
before God and our country The lesson OF the text,
and OF the narrative OF which IL forms part 10 that
OF parental duty and how It's neglect Is raught
with danger The lesson speaks wisely to every
one OF US IL suggests 70 parents the prcpep
training or children, whiie II portrays the
consequences OF youthful dennquencies and mis-
guided parental affection. The text demands
that sense Of duty which Is the highest obligation
that can bo imposed upon Whenever 0 parens
displays tho KIND Of weakness Indicated in Abe text
there Is store for him. When we see In our
young men and women those things that We dcplors
do we stop to inquire the causeY No. Is too much
neglect ", parental and correction that makes
them whd they are. Now the text tells the cause
Of Adonuah's rebellion His father had as aEy
The father ~ the very fountain head OF parental
authority, and when he transfers this authority to
another no Is laying out trouble for himself The chill
creh are to be guided by him, and when they are
the household becomes temple oil the puresS
neglected. Tho father Is too immersed In business to
look alter his children He gricvo his sou by
asking him why he docs this that. How oftcn do
We SEQ parents running their children because they
too ignorant or too careless OF their chdrons welfare
There is another for omtting parental discl-
pine by mothers whose vanity takes tho place OF
authority and who sec only the beauty Of their boys
Adonijah was OF beautiful form. And too many
parents blinded 90 the detects OF their children
by tho personal beauty OF their offspring. IL
Is grest mistake and worse than u mistake, against
whica wo warn you. said Mr.. Jacobs, to beware The
often become dreadful IL was this mere
sona beauty Iotcrcd INTO vanity by his parents ihas
caused Adonlah's destruction IL caused him think
hinsolf superior 10 every else, and thus became
the cause OF his downfall IL is stated here Also that
his mother had borne him after Absalom. Bus those
two young men had not tho same mother. Tho mean
ing OF this phrase Is that he the youngest
the latest born OF tho householdand 20
attaches very great importance. II isA beautiful ec
Ing. that OF lovc for the youngest OF the family
part oil womnns nature TO love the feeblest and
dcrest and 30 the love OF her heart brought ous.
is 10 be reprehended and condemned that parents
should be
BLINDED M UNDUE AFFECTION
TO tho defects OF their children. Let reason ana
true love CONFORMITY hold the rciDs OF authority, and
leave not your chldren 70 grow up btsr harvest 0f
future years not merely 10 themselves but 70 you
bid you parents be warped Of that weakness which
ncglects the training OF the child ere " man.
hood womsnhood. when the bands OF parental au-
thority arssnappsd and you are lett pOwericss do
anything And excuse will then paIliate your neg
icct Regard the moral and spiritual training Of yeQr
children " you would mos then shame your cid age
whom they come 20 ycsrs OF mstarity Train up yovr
children before God and a. Israoittss shas thsv
You ths warnings that before yoo II od's word
In your experiences DO let your shilosen srov
mp ashamed Of Judaism, n nos they too oSteu are
the antagonists OF Judaism and rsliaouf And AI b.
your power 70 do ~ SHOW them your gody psucsIosa
also, and the Impression will mover b. sGscsd froU,
their mnda Follow tho Lessons oi Scr,psure-
arc tne scacninxs ef common ssnss-aad year heasio