Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-22
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take, and II there be fifteen lines on that
page they Will have the mistake there was
In the copy on the top. The father has
an error in his liie-a very great error,
The son comes along aud copies II now,
tomorrow, next year, copies II TO the day
OF bis death II Is what you are, not so
much what you teach,
Have u family altar. Let 10 be Il cheer
ful place, tho brightest room In your
house, DO not wear your chlldren's
knees out with long prayers. Have the
whole exercise spirited, N you have a
meodeon, or an organ, or piano, In the
house, have it open. Then lead in prayers.
II you cannot make prayer OF your own
tase Matthew lIenry's Prayers or the
Episcopal prayer book. Mono better
than that. Kueef down with your little
ones morning and night, and commend
them 70 God. DO you think they viii
over get over ltY Neverl After you are
under the sod good many years there
Will be some powerful temptation around
that son, but the memory Of father and
mother at morning and evening prayers
Will have It's effect upon hint " Will
brlng him back from the path of sin and
death
But want you TO make a strict mark,
u hnhIHf HlAlu ltut hNAMfiH lnnbA'HN
ity on the part OF your children and n
Vicious procllyity, DO not think your
boys will 10 TO ruin because they make q
racket. a glum, unresponsiyc child,
makes the worst form Of villain. Chill
dren, when they are healthy, always make
racket. / want you, al the very first
sign Of depraylty Ia Tho child, 10 correct
Il. DO not laugh because II N smart. II
you do, you Will live 10 cry because II Ia
malicious, DO not talk Of your chlldren's
iralltios lightly IN their presence, think
ing they do not understand youi they do
understand. DO not talk disparagingly
70 your child, making him feel that he II
a rcprobate DO not say 10 your little
one nYou're the worst child ] ever
knew N you do, he will be the worst
man you ever knew.
Are your children safe for heayenf
You can tell better than anyone else.
put 10 you the questions care your
children safe for heayenYn heard OF n
mother who, when the house was a'iiret
In the excitement OF the occasion, got out
great many valuable things many
choice articles Of furniture but d,d not
think 20 ask until too late "la my child
saie91 II was too late then. The flames
had encircled all---the child was Ronel
oh, my dear friend, when sea and land
shall burn IN the final connagration, will
your children be- safer
wonder II what have said this morn
ing has not struck chord IN some one In
the audience who had a good father and
mother, but who n not yet Chrisuanl
Is that your history
DO you know why you came here this
morningi God seut you 10 have that
memory revived. Yonr dear Christian
mother, how she loved youi You re-
member when you were sick, how kindly
she attended YOU the night was not too
long, and you never asked her 70 turn
the pillow, but she did it You remem-
Der her prayers also you remember how
some OF you'll do not know where the
man Is In the andience--how sDmo one
mere broke bis mothers heart Sou re-
member her sorrow over your
wayWardnessj YOU remember the
old place where she did you
so many kindnesseH, the chairs the IA
BILE, the dOOrsill where you played the
tones OF her voice. Why, you can
think them back now. Though
they were borne long tgo on the
air, they come ringing through your
soul to-day, calling you by the nrst name.
You are not "MT.n 10 her; II N just your
plain, irst name. Is not this the time
when her prayers will BIO answered. Do
you mot think that God sent yoe IN To-