The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-13
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1 A SHIP on the ocean, 'driving out in
the teeth ola tempest at midnight, is
not more dependent on a reliable helm
for safety, than is the young man or
maiden who dashes out into the storms
that issweeps over the ocean Of every
earsh-fife,i dependent n'home Influences,
No such home influence is superior to
the, remembrance of intimate sympathy
of Christian father or mother. Lord
Rropghsmi is, said TO sbayP said, IN sub
stance. that !. the major part Of the
education of neary every, individual of
the hum an race is acquired by the time
the age Of four years Is reached The
little one has learned to Walk and TO-,
talk, to love and to hate; 70 conquer, or
to be conquered byitemptati0n; to use
its. little brain as we'll as its yhands and
feet. -, = ,.,,, asa. n .,.f5 s4s 4,
II in a Christian home. II hssl learned
the use Of the prayer-teIegraph up TO
the Ail-Father On the great white
throne, it has learned far Moro than we
think of the teachings to be drawn
from the sold, old story 1t has
learned to use its song-wings. whose
sweet strains are but the echoes of those
that are waited over the River of Life,
and by which we override SO many of
the doubts and difficulties Of time. All
this, and much more, have been stored
up in its treasury before its life has
reached a-half score. of years. No
doubt the greatest of these lessons has
been those by which its little hands
have been placed on the clew-lines of
prayer and the Bible, which surely and
safely lead from the darkness and doubt
of here to the certainty and the bright
ness of the hereafter. Sure we may be
that anyone, young or old, whose hands
remain on these clew-lines, or who,
having lost hold of them, afterward
grasps them, will at last be found wear
ing the white robe of Christ's righte-
BUSINESS. Sure we are, also, that no in
fuence of earth is more certain to Sc
cure against relaxing the hold on these
lines, or to secure finding lost hold
on them, than the influence, of tender
parental sympathy. ,p lssf
The child whose parents have found
time to enter into its pleasures and
plans, is far more certain to hold
deathless grip on the teachings and
counsels Of that parent. Long after
such father or mother sleeps the sleep
that knows no earthly, waking. will
sons and daughters rise up to call them
blessed, and to bless also the day and
generation in which they live, to per-
petuate the parental virtues and grace.
This line of thought, which could be
more easily and pleasantly prolonged
than shortened, was awakened by re-
cent delightful@visit to'spehd the Sab
bath at the hearthstone of a Christian
brother.l He and his wife shaye a will
derness of business, social and church
duties to perform, yet they do not allow
these. to prevent their entering into
the games of Herbert and Miriam and
Albro, hwhose respective ages are three,
five and. seven years. The father,
though asyoung man, Is the head of a
largei and intricate business inaNew
York, i, Heis an officer,s also. in q SUBJ
urban church, whose pastor depends on
him for more and greater services than
from any other Of his flock. The moth
er is bdfdeiied with & Corresponding
number and weight of cares. On the
OCCstSlOu TclcTTcu W, uOWctofy VIC Cdtuc
in out Of 9 dreary storm, which was
raging oyer the mountain and down
the valley. After supper, and their at
tehtion "a other home duties, we Joined
these parents and children in game
of spussy wants a corner. w Other
ganses, and Beadiag, and telling stories,
and song singing. followed sThe little
ones atiast grew weary. and were taken
to th6ir c0uches, from which theylwere
to be borne. on the wings of the Angel
of Sleep, away to the bliss 81 dreams
|ss Asws, 100, stirrenderedto Morpheus,
we felt.a c6lnsassuiancethat Should
ione dayswalk 1.-THE goldeas tslA1th
these. friends and their children. an un1'
broken circle. The children Of .psrehts
who 70 far astray and are lost, are not,
/ we t6ffk, those whose fathers and 1mnoth..
efs Mus took fime TO- secure a mutual
and Z 4deathless fnteftwir1ng q heart.
Atring. q Haying 4. ppssygiahtssHUnsore
per''I was NE are emident, part nnd'
parcel Of an,inyestmsntsW (which viii pay
heavy dividend. both in this life andfn
that long bye-and-bye which we call
'etefnity. Ben Adanl, IN Church Unioss.
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