Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-02-10

wish to please their parents, to please
God, and to go to heaven Love hon.
est work, love to get knowledge, never
be ashamed of saying your prayers I
morning and evening. 1t will help you /
to be good all through the day. Al |
ways keep your promises; do not pick /
up foolish and dirty stories; never, |
never tell lie; never strike, or hurt, |
or be rude to woman or girl, or any
one weaker or younger than your |
selves. Be ready ever to save friend,
or a companion. or brother or
sister. Be very kind to poor dumb |
animals-never put them to pain; they |
are Gods creatures as well as you, and
if you hurt them you will become
brutal and base yourselves. Remem-
Der always to be gentle and attentive
to older people; listen and do not in
turrupt when they are talking. LIT you
have an old father, or a grandfather,
or a sick uncle or aunt, remember not
to disturb them by loud talking or
rough play. Be careful and tender to
them. You cannot think what good it
does them, and if it should happen
that any of you have poor father or
poor mother who has to get up early
to go about their business and earn
their bread-and your bread, remem-
ber-what pleasure it will be to them
to find that their little boy or little
girl has been out of bed before them
on a cold winters morning, and has
lighted a bright blazing fire, so as to
give them a warm cup of tea. Think
what a pleasure it would be to them,
if they are sick, if they are deaf or
blind, to find little boy or little
girl to speak to them, or to read to
them, or to lead them about. 1t is
not only the comfort they have in hav-
ing help; it is still greater comfort in
knowing that they have good little
son, or a good little daughter, who is
anxious to help them, and who they
feel sure will be joy and not trouble
to them by day aud by night. No
Christmas present can be so welcome
to any father or mother, or friend as
the belief that their children aregrow-
ing up truthful, manly, courageous,
courteous, unselish, and do not think
that any of these things are too much
for any of you. | know that many of
you may have great temptations; per-
haps you may have homes where it is
very difficult to be tidy and clean; per-
haps as you go to school along the
streets there may be wicked people
who try to lead you astray, and make
you steal and swear; and yet am sure
that if you will do your best you will
find such delight in doing your duty
and in what is going on, that whoever
doeth these good things, says the Bible,
whether he be young or old, boy or
girl, shall never fail. Let the good
Brighten the bad; let the light drive
away the darkness; let the whole world
know that there are little English boys
and girls who are determined to do
their duty, whatever befalls them.
Some of you may remember that last
year I spoke of the gallant boys who
behaved so we'll on board the Goliath
ship when it was on fire. Well, these
same boys have just begun their train
| ing over again. 1t was on last Tuesday
they got on board their new ship the
Exmouth, where they are working for
their country once more. God bless
and prosper them, and may they still
be examples to all CT us 1t was only
the other day | heard of a brave and
modest little boy-Hammond Dark er
was his name-who was only IA years
of age, and who has already saved at
| different times the lives of no less than
four other boys by plunging into the
rough sea after them on the coast of
| Norfolk. That is what you can do
not perhaps by plugging into the
stormy sea, but at any rate by saving a
little brother or little sister from 60
| ing wrong. You can do far more for
| them perhaps than any one else, be-
cause you are always with them. Stand
| by them and protect; stand by each
other, and then the foolish, wicked,
cruel people who want to mislead you
will very soon run away Bad people
are always afraid of good people, even
| thnuph the IgnaA are munh fa.~4-, eaA
even though the good may be only
/ little child. | knew once a very ia
nous man who lived to be very old,
who lived to be 50. He was always the
delight of those about him. He al
ways stood up for what was right. His
eye was like an eagles when it flashed
fire at what was wrong And how early
doyou think he began to do this? | have
an old grammar which belonged to
him, all tattered and torn, which he
had when little boy at school and what
do you think l found written in his
own hand in the very first page? Why,
these words. Still in thy right hand
carry gentle peace, to silence vicious
tongues-be just, and tearn That
was his rule all through life, and he
was loved and honored down to the
day when he was carried to his grave.
Be just, be good, and fear not; let that
be your rule, and God and Jesus Christ
will be with you then, now, and al
ways.
After the sermon the anthem Men
delssOhn), See what love the Father
has bestowed on us in His goodness,
that we should be called Gods own
children" was sung, and the service
concluded with the Christmas hymn,
"Hark, the herald angels sing, rem
dered with telling effect, and the bless
ing by the Dean.