Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-12-03
IR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
WHAT is TO BECOME OF OLE
CHILDREN.

TeJt Seeing that his life is bound up In
the lads life. n-Genesis Xiv, so.
These words were spoken by Judah, as de-
scriptive of the tenderness and affection
which Jacob felt toward Benjamin, the
youngest son Of that patriarchal family; but
they are words just as appropriate to many
parent in this house-since This life is
bound up in the lads life.n / have known
parents who seemed to have but little interest
IN their children. A father says: "My son
must look out for himself. II he comes up
well, oil right; if he turns out badly Icannot
help 1T. am not responsible for his behav
Tor. de must take the same risk in life that
took" As well might the shepherd throw a
lamb into den of lions and then say; Little
lamb, look out for YOURSELF"
1t is generally the case that even the beast
looks after its young. l have gone through
the woods on a summers day, and have
heard great cutlery in a birds nest, and
have climbed up to see what was the matter
found out that the birds were starving and
that the mother bird had gone off not to
come back again. But that is an exception.
1t is generally the case that the old bird will
pick your eyes out rather than let you come
nigh its brood. The lion will rend you in
twain if you approach too nearly the
whelps; the fowl in the barnyard,
clumsy-footed and heavy winged, flies fierce
az YOU IL you come 700 near the lltGio
group, and God intended every father and
mother to be the protection and the help of
the child. Jesus comes into every dwelling
and says to the father ormother: "Y on have
been looking after this child's body and
mind; tie time has come when you ought to
be looking after its immortal soul" | stand
before hundreds of people with whom the
question morning, noon and night is: "What
is to become of the childl What will be its
history! VIII it choose paths of virtue or
vicel VIII it accept Christ or reject Him?
Where will it spend eternity!n
l read of vessel that foundered. The
boats were launched; many of the passengers
were struggling in the water A mother
with one hand beat the waves and with the
other hand lifted up her little child toward
the life-boat, crying; "Savo my child! Save
my childW The imprisoned outcry of that
mother is the prayer of hundreds of Chris
tian people who sit listening this morning
while speak. propose to show some of the
causes Of parental anxiety, and then how
that anxiety may be alleviated.
find the first cause of parental anxiety in
the iuefliciency and imperfection of parents
themselves. We have slight hope, all of us,
that our children may escape our faults. We
hide our imperfections, and think they will
steer clear of them Alas, there is poor
prospect of that! There is mosS probability
that they will choose our vices than choose
our virtues. There is something like sacred
ness in parental imperlections when the child
looks upon them. The folly of the
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George goes very softly tTronph the hail
horing to get up stair; before he is accosted
The father saws: sGeorge where have
YOU been?a HReen ontr7 Yes he has
been oft and he has Gnnn down and be
is on the broad read to destruction, for this
life and the life to come Father says:
There is no use in the Ten Commandments;
the Catechsm seems to me to he an utter
failure All my friend, you make very
great mistake. You stuffed that child with
religion until he could not digest it; you
made that whigh is joy in many households
an abhorrente in yours! man in mid-life
said to me: II can't become Chris ian. In
my fathers house L got such re5udce
against religion don It want any of it, My
father was one of the best men that ever
lived, but he lad such severe notions about
things, and he tamme1 religion down my
throat, until | don't want any of it, sir"
There have been some who have erred in that
direction.
There are households O.. , where mother pulls
one way anu laC1et JUS tne qtner. EatneT
saysi NY SON ! C9lu you Tne n[sC LlIne l
caugnC you III Ialsehool WOULD chasIise
you. ana now an gong 70 90 IL. Mother
gays; Don I; leu nun OH thls Clme. III some
iahllies u Is all scQlling an tlretIulnesS win
tne enlid; from Monday mo- nlng TO Sa6ur-
Gay nignG II Is tnat style OF culture Inc