Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-14
TALKS TO THE YOUNG.

remembering that it 10 not
snly their privilege and right to advise F
with and counsel You, but also to COM
mand yeu. Your obedience, ~ have
said. is to be willing and prompt. not con-
strained through a sense of fear, or q
dread OF punishment, but prompted by
6lial love and ndreverence-netg given with
q sullen, angry scewl upon the face, or
with mutterings. eomplainings and .
ranking rebellion in the heart, but with /
q bright countenaloe, and with oheer-sl
tul, loving and obedient heart and tenn
per. .,..s, =. b. sss, ,as,.a ca ,cs soo[
This is what God requires, what your |
parents have right to expect. and what |
your hsppiness and theirs imperatively
demands. Fathers and mothers who |
have disobedient, complaining and rec
bellious children, are necessarily unhap-
py parents; and the children themselves
are not half as bright, cheerful and hap
py as they would be II they always obey
ed the fifth commandment. |
There must be government In every |
organized body or institution on earth
or discord, unhappiness, decay and ruin
will .be the final result. There must bs
law or authority. and obedience to law
or authority, in tho church of God IN the
state, in the school and in the family.
If there is net, then these institutions
come. short OF the great and wise ends
Tor which they, were organized. They
become inefficient. and pswsrless tor
good; they encourage discord. all sorts
Of sin and rebellion, and will ultimately
secure their ewn ruin. 54r ,sz.-. .i 81
Children, tell nae If you can,how much
school. is worth, how much COED u
will do, and how many good scholars it
will make. where there 10 Ne law or or.
der, and where every idle, complaining
and vicious pupil docs just as hs pleases.-
You say it 10 worth little or nothing at
all. say SO tee. And now hew is 1t
in families where there. is really and
practically no head-ne authority that
| is rsspected-no law that is executed or
obeYed-ns system. no order. no obedi-
ence upon the part of any child, but
where all do just as they please? Such
a family, ysu say lis but little better than
q small daily mob. say 20 too. You
and weuld not live in such family #
! We cenld help it. We would net want
our own young brothers and sisters to be
ltrained-no, not trained, bat mistrained
and lawless. raised in such household.
II they were, We would hardly. expect
them to be much when they grew up ts
be men and women. We would be
afraid that they would be poor scholars,
have bad tempefs and bad habits, and
that they would make Indifferent citi-
zens and worse husbands and wives. Il
| would be happy chance if they svel
amounted to much. t@N -
| There must be government, law and
ebedienee to law, to train and educate
us for anything and everything that is
beautiful and good, for everything tha
brings us peace, prosperity and happi
ness hereafter. Hence children must b.
trained and governed. To this end Coz
requires fathers and mothers to oIdel
their households. He commands then
). to train them; to brfag them up in lth,
fear, in tho nurture and admonition a
the Lord. q And then he enjOins ebedi
f ence uponthe children. He says, IN.
sen, keep thy fathers commandments
and forsake not the law. of thy mother
"Children, sbsy ysur parents i. tha
Lord. tor this Is right" 'Chlidren
!, ebey your parents IN all things, for thi
is well pleasing unto the Lord" ~ o.
Thus you sec that God demands ODE
dience to parental authority. And if yol
, will look through the bible You will fn'
, the seversst threatsnings and judgment
denounced against children whe willne
. honor their parents BY obey'sg them
s.Thers is . generation thai ~ursst
> their father, and doth net bless >ei
8 mother" ssThe eye that mecketL at u.
, father, and desplseth to obey his mother
the ravens OF the valley shall pick j
! out. and the young eagles shall eat 1t.
Gsd will punish dissbedient children
And No good man or wsnan can admir-
or command pouting, complaining. re
bellisns boy or girl, We do not Ink
! such. We cannot help saying. The.
ought to bS>better trained. better gov
erned, and made to do what 10 right an
proper. They keep the family in a COZ
stant stew. They are. 30 worrying an
disrespectful to their parents, and t
J. company about the house; and, in fac
arc 30 self-willed and unlovablea tbs
!, they promise very little COED tor the fu
ture. This is the way We think, and ar
almost sure to talk about some childre
and young people whom We know.
81 II, then, yea who read these line
would be happy yourselves; if You d.
sire the good will of those who kno'
;. you; if yen would make father an
: mother happy; II you would be traine
for the great duties and responsibiitie
sl future life, and it you would pleal
God and secure His favor, for this -an
the life to come, honor yeur father an
vour vnothor