The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-05-15
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the members OF the F1lSt church
Sunday school, we take this fer
vent and tofclble closing appeal TO
two classes of persons: l.. TO
parents. 1 beseech you TO cult
waite IA love OF truth and the hatred
OF a lie. as an essential part OF the
home education of your children.
Such education is the earliest and
most Influential OF all the i%nStruc-
ton your children shall ever re-
ceive. 1t mOulds their character
and shapes their destiny. Aud if
you can, by the blessing of God,
which is both protfered and prom
Used to you, succeed in making
them truthful, you will lay broad
and deep the foundation OF ii pure
and lofty character. Why have
the pyramids of Egypt withStood
the assaults of centuries? Chiefly
because ofthe breadth aud strength
OF their bases. Aud so, also, shall
our children acquire characters
able to withstand all the stormy
perIlS OF life, if their bases shall be
formed of unwavering truthtulnesS.
70 accomplish this we must be per-
tectly truthful ourselves. If we
are even careless in this regard.
our children certainly follow our
example. As an aid in this mo-
mentous work tell them of the
beauty Of truth, the uglineSs of
falSehoOd the blesSehneSS of the
former and the certain wretched.
ness of the latter the eternal life
promises of God connected with
the eternal death-doom he has in.
evitably associated with the other.
Tell them the story OF Auauias aud
Sapphire. Tell them that the Al
mighty jehovah, their Father in
Heaven, Gloves children who will
not lie"
Furthermore we must encourage
them to tell the truth. Even when
they have done wrong, do not, by
severity drive them into faI3ehood,
10y endeavorS to conceal it. Nay,
encourage them to cOntde in you,
and be willing 10 acknowledge the
whole truth. o forgive, cheerful
" forgive any childish folly. or
even any more serious Wrong-d0-
ing, upon an honest confession of
it. Let your little ones know YOU
will do it. Let them see thai no
olftnSe in your sight can approxl-
mate the mcaHeSS and guilliaeSs
of lying. o, parents, it is better
by far to have "children that will
not lie" than to have pretty Chill
dren or smart children. Such will
asSuredly he sources Of c0mfOr and
consolation TO your future years,
blessings OF society and to the
world, God help us IN this matter,
for as a general truth, they will be
what IA example and disc pline
are adapted to make them.
2. | appeal finally TO all young
people, whose characters are being
formed, who have yet regulations
to make. Friends, bpScprl YOU.
II OF the most important OF all
possible requirements, study to at.
il deep aud abiding apprecia-
ton OF the beauty of lruthlulness
and the loathSomeneSS of fllsrhoOI,
he virtue Of tue former aud the
OF the latter. | assure
you that YOU even "A wull-grOnuded
suspicion thatyOu will lie will under.
ninc the confidence OF all lhe good
n you. | assure yOn that the DOS
Of no single or combined
qualifications will secure for Won
such universal respect as the
knowledge that your ~vrracity Is
mplegna5le. Are Noua clerk, and
lOes Your employer require YOU 10
.werve from the truth Look him
steadily in the face, aud tell him
hat if he w0Hld give you his whole
took OF goods you cannot lie. If
le discharges sou, and it is known
hat Il poor young man has lost his
ituatiOn because of bis fidelity TO
ruth, "A hundred true men will tn-
themselves in your behalf,
God shall SAY, "Well done,
Oble youth" Should you be pur.
ued 10y detractive opposition. you
iay exclaim, .
Put up your paltry wea, ons,
hey edgeless are to him who fears them
not;
ocks rave been shaken from their solid
base,
ut what shall move a firm aud truthful I
mind ~
l charge you, friends, that no
ice soOuer Stnprties the conscience
this. He WHO tells one false.
BOD is in great danger OF becom. :
Z an habitaul liar, and an habitu. I
liar soon loses all moral diScrim. !
alton. One lie is a fearful sin in
self, but it rarely ever stands
one; 1t requires many other to &c
it up, and soon involves in un.
guilt. | assure YOU that
IN the habit of stern, uncompro- ii
lSlng tTuthfulneSS, you shall have d
peaceful conscience, the respect W
d love of your tellOw-men, aud k'
e %unfailing favor of the God of NJ
nth but that with untruthful.
rs IN any OF ITS varied forms, YOU T
have a hardened heart, a be. ;
mbed moral nature, the suspi. :
~ and d%istrust of all the good,
/, wrath of the Almighty in the