Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-07

Ai5 Sooa duficccy coutIlpulioAic hlu ocIf'toS, l
end all of them greatly respected him. 1t
our request he very indy promised to at |
tend our church and deliver to us an address, /
end he did so, at 7:30 o'clock on Sunday
night lest, April 80, 1882 The church was
crowded, of different nationa.ities, but |
mostly Welsh. The meeting was opened
by reading and payer by the pastor. We
had good gospel 1ging. Hon. Dayi,4
Richards, one of the daacons Of the church,
introduced Mr.. Maynard to the copgregf
ton, and all of them were glad to see and
anxious to hear bim. Msny of us had had
the pleasure of hearing bin before, spesr-
ing on pubii platforms, in Sabbath-schools,
and in the churches, and little did we thirk
that this would be the last opportunity we
should ever have to listen to him in this
world. But, oh. how mysterious to us now
is the providence of God and how uncer-
tain is our present life, That was the last
public address of our beloved friend Horace
Maynard, But we did rot kuow it at the
time. Tbs Distinguished end venerate !
gentleman stood in my pulpit on Sunday
night, April 30, end spoke to us on the
verge of the s:eat ocean of etelfity, and in
| about two days sfte, ward he was a dead
man, as to bis body, I'D wing soul before
the throne of God. ''Be ye s.so rely, ,or
in such an hour ss We think not, the Son of
Man will come" I wish hereafter to enter
| my pulpit and preach Jesus and h'm e"lci-
fed under more deep impression that that
may be the last opportunity 1or me, e1d it
would be good if 8" our hearers would pay
more serious attention to the preaching o.
| the gospel, for it may be thef- last chance
for the present time; we know not what
may happen tomorrow.
| His last address was on aN. imports1 1T
subject namely" The Relation that exists
| between Parents and Children and made
deep impression on my own mind and on
tie minds of many of my people. End feel
sorry now, after hearing of his sudden
| death, that there was not a reporter present
| to copy it verbatim, in his own style and ex-
pressions, SO that it might be retained who'll
| ", and published for the benefit of the mil
| lions now and in future generators. 1t
would be valuable document. l can fu,-
pish your readers with but synopsis of it,
as well as l can write it rom memory. He
VIC 'sed I'm his house on Mein street, with
| Ho1. d. Richard, to our church in Mecbau
| insville, d lance over a mile. After he
arrived the church, asked him how he
| felt; and he replied, " 1 feel tired otter the
walking" felt badly ON account of that,
and requested him to take seat On the -
in the pulpit He did SO. He took the
English Bible In his hands, and turned to,
| and marked some verses that he want I to
read and to explain. After singing he lose
| up in the pulpit to commence his addresg
His tall and digpi fed person, his large head,
IS long hair, rs ( md but expressive lool-,
| his intelligent features, and lis clear voice
o. once attracted the attention of the whc1e
congregation. In his in -oduction, he spoke
on the value of the Bible as a divine book,
end as the standard of our faith, and the ole
of our conduct; a"d exhorted us all to read
and study it carefully with prayer, to believeit
with the heart and to obey all its preeepts.
Afterwards he called our attention to the
Divine institution of the Sabbath; that God
made the Sabbath for man, and not me- \ for
the Sabbath; that it wes intended as day
of rest, not only to the body, but especially
to the soul-a spiritual rest for the mind IF
man, in the worship and the service of the
Lord He spoke on the value of public
worship on the Sabbath day. and advise 4
all to keep it holy, aud no. 10 think our own
thoughts, nor to speaS our own words, nor
to do oar own works, on tbs conse Grated
6ly. Then he s7;d that he wishc to cell
our attention more pc neu' ar,y to one ve.. T
important subject, namely, Tho relation
that exists between ps-ents and children"
He said that this relation is clearly expressed
I'd taught in three places in the moral law
of God. (See Exod., yx.l
Il. In the 5th commandment, verse II ::
Honor thy iather aud th.y mother; that
thy days may be long upon the land which
the Lord thy God giveth thee" Long life
is promised to those good children that viii
honor their parents, not because they are
lich, or kind, but because they are their
parents, and because that is their duty II
do SO, in obedience to the commandment of
God. Eph., vi, 2, 3.
2. In the Attn commandment, verses Sill:
Remember the Sabbath day 20 keep ii
holy SIX day. shalt thou labor and do a'l
thy work. But the seventh day is the Sal
bath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shslt
not do any work; thou, nor thy son nor thy
daughter, "etc He shove fiat tf's COM
IN '7nent is given to tbe pa ,uts, f1d II 1t
they are responsible t } God for the conduct
of their children on that t'~y. The whole
Sabba' b ought to be cons t 10 ~
a. &c of the Lord; and hey end strict
obso 70 nee of it on :he pals of +"e pq~t hts
I'd Children WIN greatly bless or f. rires,
or ohp "ches I'D op- land.
g. In the second Commandment, verses
5 snd C For the Lord thy God ~ a
} jealous God, visiting the iniqr'ty OF the
fathers upon the ch'tdren unto the third
and fourth generation of them that hate me,
aud showing mercy unto thousands that
love me, and keep my commandments y
He explained this by refere nee to the his
toly Of Eli and bis children. His sons were
the ''sops of Belial, and knew not the
Lord" They were guilty of 50 se, when
I'm nistering as priests in the house of the
/ Lord IN Shiloh; there sin was very great
before the Lord; and caused the people re
abhnr the offering of the Lord" Eli. thei,
? !r.ther, was then very old; aud was ptol med
of their great SINS and spoke to them very
Binf'y against their eyl .bits; but he GO
) not rsstre n them; and by bis indulgence
suffered ihsm to continue their sins; enc
thereby CAUSED oil the threatenings of the
) Lord to be executed in his own sorrows, anG
in the ruin of bis children!
MIR. Maynard read l Sam. H. 1926
= For l have told him that / wiz Judge BIZ
house forever, for the iuiquity he Fnoweth
; b aase bus scns made themselves vjle ant
: E, I'd b. -es amt 1 them not" He showed
. that it j. the duty of psrents not only t,
instruct and advise their children about tn
: evils of their sns, but to restrpin then
! from doing fnytbing that is vile" ant
: against the moral law of God. He proves
/ this from Sam. iii, Is. Eli though goo,
: mau suffered bis sons to do evil end CO
: not restrain them; therefore he was respon
D sible to God for their sips and by thei- sin
they iuined then calves. He proved by til
etelne' law of cause end effect, fit miser
J IS certain to follow sin, and that virtue wi
g e'ways produce happiness. The s.as of tn
9odly parents viii have vefy bad inauenc
l on their children they will initiate them
I end grow worse and worse, aud cause tn
, Judgment of G Cd to visit them; and becaus
Z they, Ike their parents, hate God, the
win be luiued in their sins. On the othe
side those children of wicked parents tha