The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-28
COMING GENERATIONS.
How They Should be Brought up
by Parents.
Train Them In the Way In Which They
Should 60 and Whsn They Arc Old
They Will OtDepart ThsrsfrOm.
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Opening Hymn: DNV ll

buE6 OL BOOu WANO Anu MAolAek IA eEEO-
verbs XXI. go.
sUBJEcr:- -"PARENTAL soLIc1rUDK.@
TExT-PrOVers, T., 1: "a wise sou
maketh q glad father, but foolish son
Is the heAYiness OF his mother" a. .sr
In that graphic way Solomon sets
forth the fact that the good or bad be-
hayiOr Oeehildren blesSes or blights the
parent. have known parents that
seemed to have -but-ltttle interest In
their children. A father says: my son
must look out for himself. If he comes
up well, all right; IL he turns out badly,
can not help 1t. am not responsible
for his behavior. He must take the same
risk In life that t0ok.' As we'll might
the shepherd throw lamb into q den OF
lions and then say: Little lamb, look
out for yOuTseIfI" 1t Is generally the
case that even the beast looks after ils
young. have gone through the woods
on q summer day, and have heard q
great Outcry In ,bird's nest, and have
climbed uplto see what was the matter;
found out that the birds were starving.
and that the mother bird had gone OH
not to come back again. But that is al
exception. 1t Is generally the case THAI
the old bird win pick your eyes Out
rather than let you come nigh its broOd.
The lion will rend you In twain IL you
approach too nearly the WhelLs. n Tht
AOWl ia WHO phEATyAAu8 aOlAnAoy-lOubeu
and heavy winged, hteS dercely at you
IL you come too near the little group,
and God intended every father anu
mother TO be the protection and the hel.
OF the child. Jesus comes into every
dwelling and says to- The father OF
mother: You have been looking Afte,
this child's body aud mind, The tim,
has come when you ought 70 be booking
after its immortal SOUL I4Stand-bp
fOra hnndraha nf MANILA With u Whnmn Ih,
question, morning, noon. aud night III.
"What ID to become of this ehila +
What win be its histOTy2 Will 1t ehO0s,l
paths OF virtue or vicep Will 1t accep
Christ or reject hImf Where will /.
spend eteTnityE Iread Of vessel thai
fOundered. The boats were lRunehel,
Many Of the passengers were struggling
In the water. A mother with one hah0.
beat the wave, and with the other hanu
lifted up her little child toward the lift
boat, ccying: Save my child Save mA
childr' The impasSlOned Outery of thai
mother Is the prayer OF hundreds O1
Christian people who sit listening this
morning while speak. 4 propose u
sA0w SOME of the causes Of parental
anxiety, and then how that anxiety.
may be alleViated. EP E1f& N o., - &
l find the first cause of parental anx
iAty,ln the inefficiency aud impeffecLIOt -
of parehtsA IhemaetYes. I y We baveA b
slight hope, all of US, that our Children
may escape our faults! We hideP UuK
ImperfectiOns, and think they will steet
clear of them. AlasI there Is a poor
Drospect,Of that. There ID more prODa
btlitylthat they will choose our vice
than choose our virtues. Thefeis sonIe
thing like sacredneS5 in parental i'm.
perfections when the child looks upon
them. The Jolly Of the parents is not 5,
repnisiVe when the child, looks at il.
lie says: Father induIges In 1t;
mother indulges in 1t; it can't be- 30
bad" Your boy, ten years OF age, goes
up alback street smoking his cigarAaD
old stump that he found In the street1tt
and nelghbOr accosts him and says.
would your father say II he knew lt2'
The--bOy. says;-u..'0h, father does thar
himself" There is not one of US this
morning that would deliberately choose
that his children should In all things
follow his exampie, and II Is the COLI
sciOusness OF impeFfection ON our part
as parents THAI makes US most anxious
for lourichildren.g nTFI FGT OG
We are also distresssdon account of
the UNIV isdOm OF our discipline and In I
stTuetion.i 1t requires a great deal Of
ingenuity to build house or fashion
ship, but more Ingenuity to build the
temple OF q child's character and lOunch
IL on the great ocean OF time and eter
nifty. Where there Is one parent that
seems qualified for the work. there seems
to be twenty parents who miserablS
fail. Here Is father who says: MY
child shall know nothing but religion;
he shall hear nothing but religion; he
shall see nothing but religion Tile
boy is aroused at six O'Clock In the
morning to recite the ten command
menJs. He is awakened of the sofa on
Sunday night to sse how much be Knows
OF the Westminster catechism. Ii is re-
IigiOn morning, noon and night. Pas
sapes Of Scripture are plastered ON the
bedroom wall. He looks for the day Of
the month In religious almanac.
Every minister that comes to the house |
is told to take the boy aside and talk to
him, and tell him what a great sinner |
he L.. After a while the boy comes to |
that period OF life when he is too old for |
chastisement and too young to know and |
feel the force Of moral principle. Father |
and mother are sitting up for the boy to |
come home. IL Is nine O'Clock at night |
ten o'clock; it Is twelve O'clock; 1t Is |
half-past twelve o'clock, and they hear |
the night key Jingle in the door. They |
say he Is coming. George goes vsryl
softly through the hall. hoping to get |
upstairs before he 10 accosted. The |
father says, George, where have you
out, and he has been down. and he Is on |
the broad road to destruction for this |
life and the life to come. Father says:
There Is no use In the ten commando
ments; the catechism seems to me TO be /
an utter failure." ALL my friend, you /
make very great mistake. You stnffed |
that child with religion until he could /
not digest it,; you made that which IL a
Joy in many households an abhOrrence /
In yours. A man In midlife said to me: /
81 can't become a Christian. In my
fathers house 1 got such a prejudice
against religion don't want any OF 1t.
Ny father was One of the best men that
ever lived, but he had such severe
notions ABOUT things. and he jammed re-.
ligiOn down my throat until don't want
any Of II. sir" There have been some
who have erred IN that direction. -