The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-24

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4 "a child left to itself bringeth
4 mother to shame" "Bring the
up in the nurture and admonition
: the Lord
, | can conceive of no obligation
business or politics or pleasure th
should interfere with my obligatic
to my children and my homo.
Suppose you do not toll and swe;
and make money and get rich,
the time the fortune is made you i
down and die. Your children III
trained, with ideas of life all wrong
come into possession of your prop
erty; it becomes a positive curse t
them and they are curse to society
But had you left them less none,
and more kind y Christian trainin ]
having brought them up in th
nurture and admonition ofthe LORD.
they had been blessing to them
selves and the world around them
Parents, when you neglect tn,
training of your children You sir
against your own souls and theirs
"Would God | had died for thee, @
A Absalom. my son, my son." groaned
the roken-hear,ed parent Absalom
had then been dead to all that was
good and holy for twenty years.
God does not require US to die for
our children, but to live for them.
A mother was following her son
to the gallows, and filling the air
with loud waIlings, he turned and
looked on her and said: "You may
cry and scream over me now, but
when was boy you taught me
nothing good, not SO much as the
Lords prayer. We have but one
opportunity given us in, which to
train our children, that lost, will
never return.
3. Lo, children are a heritage of
the Lord; and the fruit of the
womb is his reward.
4. As arrows are in the band efa
mighty man so are children of the
youth.
5. Happy is the man that hath
his culver full of them; they shall
not be ashamed, but they shall
speak with the enemies in the gate.
Psalm cxxvil, 3-5.
Children 'are arrows in the hand
Of a mighty man." Arrows in the
hand may be guided as you will,
but those arrows once out the hand
speed on their way, and it is too
ate to guide them.
Notice LASTLY. David condoned
.bsalon faults. Absalom was
murderer. He had killed his own
brother in cold blood, after letting
,he murderous intent rest in his
bosom for many months. He ought
10 have been executed as q murder
9r. The record says "David's soul
was consumed with longings after
.bsalom" while Absalom was fu>
gitive from justice, "for he was com
Iorted concerning Amnon, seeing he
was dead You are doing wrong
toward your child when you refuse
to hear, from truthful source, re-
ports of his misdoings. If neigh
bors warn you, does it offend you
toward them? GA thankless task
to warn parent of his childs bad
ness," it is said Not always, and
even If it were, does this excuse us ?
Many duties bring no thanks. That
1oes not release us, however. We
are our brothers keeper, and keep
ers of each others children, too.
Why are parents the last ones
10 know of the errors and vices of
heir children /? Because they are
vilfully and purposely blind, they
lont want to know and see these
,hings. If parents will watch over
heir own children as they do their
,lerks, their servants, their neigh
,ors' children, they are bound to
know Of their sins.
You may know by intuition and
what they will do under
ertain environments. What did
,ou as a girl or boy do, similarly sit~
lated ? Put yourselfin his or her
'laee, let allurements. and insinua-
ions to evil come; how would you
ave wlthstosd them? Would you,
let unaided, have fallen? So will
hey.
A horse had strayed away, and
ute force of men wero on the
unit a half witted simpleton turn
4 out, saying, II can find the horse"
was not long till he brought the
orse home. "How did you find the
orse, Jack? @Well, / sat down ON
rock where the horse was last
zen, and I said, suppose I was
orse, whore would I go? I thought
out, then | went to that place
nd found him, and here he is"
hat sort of philosophy will be like
telescope on the young, immature,
alpless boys and girls when away
ON you.
Let me recapitulate.
1. Use yeur best influence in the
arriage of your children. Ifyour
aughter marries, hooking down"
le will never be able to lift her
lsband up to her level. h
If she looks down to marry she
ust go down for life. Parents can
} much to regulate this all-impor-
mt question. Why should your
augter associate with persons Of !;
Lch social standings and characters
you wouldn't be willing for her
marry? 1t is a dangerous ex-
sriment.
q. Don't neglect the training of
our children, least their sins and 4
sgraces break your hearts. Make +,
,ur homes bright, joyous, happy.
AXE them more inviting than the
uB room or the curbstone or the
,tel lebbiss. Have good books,
,od music, pretty pictures. Give
70 boys parties. Make home SO
,ar that they'll long to get home Z
om work to enjoy it. Fathers,
others, make companions of your
lildren, invite thor confidence and
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