The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08
The Republican.
Educational Column.
A SHORT SERMON FOR PARENTS.
J. f. LANGENBAUGH.

tJrake this child away, anl curse II Tor me, ana
will give thee thy wages.-Rx. H.. p.
Train up a child in the way he should go. ami
when he is old he will not depart from 4t-ProV
xii, 6.
As most, il not all Of the literal
passages OF the Bible may be inter
preted also spiritually, so with the
address or Pharaoh's daughter to the
mother OF Moses. As the young
woman gazes. with prudence no doubt
pext to that of the young mother.
upon the smiling face OF the babe 10
the lark OF bulrushes," the natural
sympathy OF her sex is aroused, and
in spite of her fathers cruel decree,
her request of the unknown Hebrew
woman is that she shoul tIke the
child and nurse il for her-a request
which enleared the name OF Pharaoh's
daughter alike to Jew and Christian.
So, whenever a babe is born into the
world, the Injunction OF the Almighty
comes to the father and the mother,
take this child and nurse it for me,
and I will give thee thy wages" And
then follows, as inspired evidence OF
a Divine promise, the wise mans OBJ
servation. Train up child in the
way he should go, and when he is old
he will not depart from it,"
The duties OF parents and teachers
are made plain both in Nature and
Revelation, yet, oh, how great the
negligence, the criminal negligence
OF manyl We should receive orr
chillren as gifts from God, Take
this child" ~The Lord gave" And.
as they are gifts from God. we are
under obligations TO nurse our chill
dren for him; to train them up in the
way they should go, morally. physi-
calIy, and religiously. Take this
child and nurse it for me-" Having
done this. We may expect the fulfill
ment Of the promise, Il will give thee
thy wages" the satisfaction OF seeing
our children not departing from the
right way. Parents and teachers are
bound, by virtue OF their Office, not
only to instruct their children in the
outward forms OF religion AMI the
rudiments Of science, but to educats
them, In the full sense of the word,
both as heirs Of time and can 1idates
for eternity. No danger that they
will learn too much, IL only their
training is properly directed. They
will never know too much OF the
world, OF themselves, or OF God, they
never know too much OF the blessings
and the privileges OF this life, often
so sadly despised and abused even by
protesting Christians; never too
much OF the things that lie beyond;
they will never have too good health.
or too highly cultivated hearts and
heads. Aud true learning, temporal
as well as spiritual. never makes
rogues. Let the child EN-, then, be
early taught to know themselves. TO
honor their parents, TO love the good.
to fear God, and worship him "in
spirit and in truth" with sound minds
and sound bodies, and tho "wages'
are sure-temporal and eternal bless
ings, earthly and heavenly happiness.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
Posse Comitatus. (Lat) the power
OF a country, the force OF able bodied
male persons between the age OF 10
and 20, whom the sheriff, by the cIm
mon law. Is authorized tn call to his
assistance in case of Invasion, rebel
lion. riot, breach of the peace, etc. In
the country. All persons included 10
the posse comitatus are bound, under
penalty of indictment, to assist the
sheriff when lawfully called upon, and
are Justified in killing person in case
OF resistance.
New Iceland $50 called by its Dutch
diseoverer Tasman, in honor of Yea
land In the Netherlands,) is a British
colony consisting OF th-ee islands in
the South Pacific ocean, called re-
spectiveIy the North Island. the Mid
die Islaad, and the South or Stewards
Island, stretching from lat. "a deg. Is
min, to AZ deg. 30 min. s., and between
long. l66 deg. and 179 deg. E.. and
about 1900 miles Sc. from Australia.
The North Island contains 10000 sqr.
m. the Middle Island 10000. and the
South Island 1900, total area lOl 800
square miles.
The principal verb OF a sentence is
some times called the grammatical
predicate. or, simply predicate. Ad-
iectives and adjective phrases are
called. as the case may be, attributive
to the adjuncts to the subject or oh
jsct; aud. when attached TO the pre-
dicats, adyerbs are called adverbial
sdiuncts to the predicate. Adiectives
and adjective phrases are sometimes
callel engagements OF the subject
or obiect:" and, when attached to the
predicate, adverbs are called "exten-
sions Of the predicate.
The principal difficulty In the an
alysis of sentences consists 10 distia
gushing between participles Implying
an adverbial phrase and participles
implying an adjective phrase. The
same difficulty exists in distinguish
ing between relative phrases.
Procession OF the equinoxes. is a
slow repression OF the equinoctial