Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-12-02
Parental Anxiety Caused by
knowledge Of Self Weak
neSSeS.
Too Much Religion Nearly as
Bad as None at All.
Evils of Too Much Indulgence-Tem
lions on All Sides and Traps
of Many Kinds.
Influences of Early Training Illustrated
How to Win the Young Set Forth.

| nat Is 10 Become Oh Our Chlldrenr The
opening hymn begins;
Come, let US join friends above
Who have obtained the prize,
And on the eagle wings Of love
To Joys celestial rise
After expounding from Genesis, Xix,
Jacobs wonderful discrimination of the char.
acteristics of his sons, the preacher took for
his text Genesis Xiv, 30; Seeing that his
life Is bound up in the lads life" and deliver
cd the following discourse:
These words were spoken by Judah as de-
scriptiye 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 "hs life is bound up in the lad s
lLfe' have known parents that seemed to
have but little interest in their children. A
father says; "My son must look out for him
self. If he comes up well all right If he
turns out badly can not help it. am not
responsible for his behavior He must take
the same risk in life that l took" As well
might the shepherd throw lamb into den
Of lions and then say: Little lamb, look out
Tor YOURSELF
CARING FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
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 birds nest, and
have climbed up to see what was the matter.
found out that the birds were starving and
that the mother rd had gone of, 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
It's brood, The lion will rend you in twain if
you approach too nearly the whclps: the fowl
In the barnyard, clumsy footed and heavy
winged, flies fercely at you If you come too
near the little 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 or mother:
You have been looking after this child's
| body and mind; the 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, Isl
| What Is to become of the child. What will
be it" history! viii it choose paths of virtue
or vice! VIII it accept Christ or reject Him.
| Where will it spend cternityP
read Of vessel that foundered. The boats
were launched; many Of the passengers were
| struggling in the water. mother with one
| nand beat the waves, and with the other hand
| lifted up her little child toward the lfe-boat
| CRYING: Save my child Save my chtlln'
! The lmpassiOncd cutlery of that mother is the
| prayer of hundreds of Christian people who sit
! listening this morning while | speak. | pro-
! pose to show some Of the causes of parental
anxiety and then how that anxiety may be al
| leYiated.
FOLLOWING Parental VICES.
l ma the hrst cause of parental anxiety in
the lhehiciency and imperfGctiOn of parents
themselves. We have a slight hope ali Of us
that our children may escape our faults We
hide our imperiecti0ns, and think they will
| steer clear Of them Alas there is poor
prospect Of that! There is more probability
they VIII choose our vices than choose our vir- |
tues. there is something like sacredness in |
parental impCrfectiOns when the child looks |
upon them The folly of the parents is not so |
rcpulstve when the child looks at it. He saws: |
Father INDUCES in it; mother INDUCES in 1t; |
II can't be So bad" Your boy 10 years of |
age, goes up a back street smoking his cigar-an
old stump that he found in the street-and a |
nciEhhOr acCOstS him and says "What are |
you dong this for! What would your father
say If he knew itt' The boy saws: 80, |
father does that himself!" There |; not one |
of US this morning that would deliberately
choose that his children should In all things |
follow his example, and it Is the consciousness |
OF impertectiOn on our part as parents that
makes us most anxious for our children.
We are also distressed on account OF the I'M
wisdom Of our discipline and instruction. 1t
requires great deal of ingenuity to build
house or fashion ship; but more ingenuity
to build the temple Of a child's character, and
launch 1t on the great ocean OF time and
eternity. Where there is one parent that
seems qualified for the Wort, tbora saorr ~ %c
twenty parents VINO miserably fail
TOO MUCH RELIGION BAD.
Here is father who says: MY child shall
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