The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13
CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH.


HOME RELIGION AND ITS RELATION TO CHURCH
AND sTATE-sERMoN BY REV. DIR. NEWMAN.
The Rev. DIR. Newman preached on the subject of
"Home Religion and Its Relation to Church and State "
taking his text from Mark x -Sufer the little chill
dren and forbid them not; for of such
is the kingdom of God" The Doctor congratulated
country the fact that during the past year the
Chief Justice of The United States had rendered de-
cision wherein he declared that Mormon polygamy
is destructive of social life, that it cannot be pr2c
tised under the guise of religious liberty and that it
is u crime against the laws Of the land. The people
of this country now look to President Hayes for the
faithful and energetic execution of the law and will
hold him responsible. Primarily home Is place of
abode. 1t may be place adorned with all the
elegance that art lend and all the
luxury which wealth procure; or it
may be place where happiness waits
honest industry. where comfort comes from COM
potency rather than from ahluence; it may be
place where Indebtedness and want hold their
CHASTITY revels. From the other of these tire
homes children forth into active life. 1t is at
home we learn to FEEL to think and to speak Homo
the model Of life. where children copy living
types The sensitive trusting nature of childhood is
exposed to oil transit orming influences. and the un
conscious power OF home is greater than the con-
scious power in its relation to ultimate effects God
manifests the deepest interest in childhood. The
books OF Proverbs and Ecclesiastes devoted to
the young and, like golden thread running through
the web OF the Scriptures. Is Heavens interest for
childhood. How enviable is the position OF parents.
especially of mothers! When Napoleon asked,
What is the great want of the French nation? his
reply was, Mothers, and he stated great fact in
history. Dyrons mother was proud. i'll tempered
and violent; and we know what her Napo-
Icons mother beautiful and ambitious. The
mother of Sir Walter Scott loved poetry and paint
ing. and marvel that her son is scotias greatest
bard. Patrick Hcnry's mother remarkable tor
her conversational powers and her the
American Demosthenes.
INFLUENCES.
The family is the seminary of social affections and
the cradle sensibiity where the first elements
acquired Of that tenderness and humanity which
cement mankind together. and We're they entirely
tinguished the whole family of social institutions
would be dissolved 1t is not true that the children
of the religious than the children of the ir
regious nor is it true that the parsons children
the worst i'll the parish. BY actual count it
ascertained that in the families of 80 minis
tiers there 1il children fifteen years OF
age, 10 Of whom We're ministers Of the Gospel,
| ~ worthy church members, only were
incorporate. while the remaining 70 We're citizens
the parsons children. In 172 Christian fam-
lilies there 100 children fifteen years of age.
| of whom $50 We're professors OF religion. 40 were
pious but not professors, II ministers. III
respectable citizens, not church members and of the
whole number OF 796 only IL were incorporate Such
IA showing cannot be made in connection with ire
ligous families. Tho great in State and church
VINO have lett their impress upon their age
verted in youth. jonathan Edwards converted
at the age OF scycn Watts at nine Matthew Henry at
eleven and Robert Hall ut twelve.
| CHILDREN CHURCH.
All children that have not reached the age of actual
| sin members OF Christs visible church and
should be members of His visible church by Christian
baptism. Their Christian lite il the development of
the spiritual grace impaired to them in the
| prayers OF their parents and OF the Church. This
would not fill the church with unconyerted, formal
Christians, for the percentage or formal Christians
from their ranks would be less than that those
who converted III mature years. 1t is shocking
llacy for parents to say that they viii allow their
children to grow up and choose for themselves
| Would you allow them to choose whether they will
! obey you "A father some other love you
| as n mother or some other woman Would you al
low them TO choose between honesty and dishonesty
| Would the government allow them to choose be-
| tween yalty and disioyaltyy Why, then. should
| you permit them To choose between truth aud error
| between Christ and iniidclity? You should train
them the Lord, for out OF home life flows the
public view. Society is the aggregation of families
AS is the home so is the Republic. SCION, Draco and
Lycurgus composed their laws in verse and mothers
sang them to their children. and had Greece had
divine religion she would be i'll her glory to-day
The great battle field OF country the cradle the
great question Who shall nave the child! Were AL
artist would paint picture of cradle wherein il
Young America. and side of which IL the in
hdel, holding in his hand Painc's "Agc OF Reason,
and the side the Christian minister. reading
the scriptures. All thy children shall DC taught