Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-22
YOUTH BESET BY PERILS
REV. TALM sGn'$ SERMON ON
THE TR INNING OF CHILDREN.

BROOKLYN, n. Y, Nov. 2l.-The Rev
T. Dewitt Talma e, D. D., preached IL
the Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning OF
the subject: "What Is to Become of Gu
Children" The opening hymn begins:
Come. let us Join our friends above
W have outaned the prize;
And on the eagle wings of love.
To joys celestial rise
After expoundiHg from the 49th chapter
ofGenesis, Jacobs wonderful discrimina
ton of the characteristics OF his sons, the
preacher took for his text Genesis
xiv, 80: ''seelng that his life is bound
up in the lads life," and delivered the
following discourse:
These words were spoken bv Judah as de-
scriptive OF The tenderness and affection which
Jacob felt towards Benjamin. the voungcsl
son Of that patriarch i fam ". but tn are
words lust a. Appropriate to many a parent
in this hou~e-suce his lfn is hound up n the
lads life" have known rents that seem ed
10 have tut itile IN crest in their children. 4
father Saws: My son must look ont for himself
II he come up well. all right + he turn- out
badly, cam 1t help 1t. / am not responsih t
for his behavior. He must tabe me same risk
IN this life tn took " As well might the
shepherd throw a lamb into den Of lions and
then say: Little anib. look out for yOur-clf!'
1t l. generally the case. that even the beast
looks after its young ] have gone through
the WO1ds on summers dav, ami | have
he ard great cutlery in a birds nest, ami /
h8ve climbed uU To sfe what was the mat err.
/ found out that the birds were Starving, and
that the mother bird had gone Of not to come
back again. But that is an execution. 1t il
generally the case that the old bro will pick
your ewes out rather nan let you come nigh
Its brood. The lion WI rend you in twain if
you approach too nearly the whips: the fow
IN the barn ard, clumsy footed and heavy
winged, fies fercely at you If you come too
near the little gr up. and God inte aded every
father and mother TO be the protection and
The hell OF the child. Jesus comes into every
dwelling. ana avs 10 The father or mother:
@'Nou have been looking after this Oh 2
body and mind; the time has come when You
ought 70 be looking after its immortal soul"
stand before hundreds OF PEOPLE with whom
the question morning. noon and night. j.:
-'What is 10 become OF the child What will
be it. history VIII IL choo paths Of virtue
or vice VIII it accept christ or reject him ?
" here Will II spend eternity p
/ read Of a vessel that fUundered. Ire boa s
were launched; many Of the passengers were
struggling 10 the water. mot her with one
hand beat the waves. and with he other hand
lifted up her little child towards The life 10 t.
crying; Save ny child Save my child ~
The I'M Dassoned cutlery OF thai mother Is the
pray er OF hundreds of Christian people VINO
Sit listening his moring while sneak. pro-
pose 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 iueihciency and mperfection OF parents
themselves. We have slight hope. all Of MS.
that our children may escape our faults. w
hide our lmperfectlons and think theY viii
steer clear of thtm. Alas, there
Is poor prospect of that There
Is more PROBABILITY that they viii choose our
vices than chopse our virtues. There is som -
thing like sacredness in parental imperfec-
lions when the chi looks upon the II. The
Jolly OF The parents Is MT so Tepulsve when
the child Looks at it. He says: ''Faiher in
dulges IN II; mol her maui -es init: IT can't be
so bad" Your boy 10 years Of age goes up a
b 'ck street smoking his ciear-an d stump
thai he found in the strickland a neighbnr
accOsts him and says: "Nhat are Won doing
this tor? What would YOUR ia her ,ay il he
Knew ltf' i he hoy say %, her doe
that hlmself!" There 10 not one # us this
morning that would deliberately choose tina
his ch ldrrn should in all things foil W his ex
ample, and It'll the consciousness of imp rec
ton on our part as parents that makes Us
81 anxious for our child en-.
We are also distressed on account OF the I'm
wisdom OF our discipline and obstruction, II
requires great deal Of ingenuity to build
a house rr fashion slip but more ingenuity
10 build the temple of child's character and
LAUNCH II on the greet ocean OF time and eter-
MY. where there is one parent that seems
qualified for the work. there seems to be
twenty parents " no mIsPrably TAIL. Here l. "A
father who saws: M child shall know n TN
ing hut religion; he shall hear nothing bu'
religion: he shall zee nothiug but religion !"
The boz IS aroused a O'Clock in the morn
1ng 10 re-ife me Ten Command neurs. lie is
awakened of the sofa on SUNDAY night to see
now much he knows OF the Westm lnster
Catechlsm. II lie religion morning. noon and
night. Passages OF Scripture are plastered on
the bedroom wal, He looks for the day Of
the month In religious almanac. Every
minister that comes o the house is told t.
take the boy aside and tal9 to him, aud tel
him VIVA n great sinner he is. Nrter a while
the boy come TO that period OF T. when he s
too old for chastisement. and 100 Young TO
know and ieel the force of moral principle
father ana mother are sitting up for the DO,
10 come home. 1t Is o'clork ut night 10
O'Clock, it Is IL O'Clock, IT IS 1890, and they
hear the night key jingle in the door. Thev
say ne 10 coming George < es very softly
through the hall. hoping TO get upstairs before
he / accosted. The father AAvs: George
there have you beenY' "Been out" Yes. he
has been "ut. ana he has ben d ,wn, and he
1s on the broad road 10 d struction, for this
life and the Ii o come. Father saws. Their.
Catechism seems 10 me- ito he an utter fail
ure." All, my reno, you make very graf
mis- axe. "a stuffed That child with religion
until lie could not digest it; you made that
which Is joy In m my households a, abhor-
rem e IN yours. man in middle life SAID to
me: II can become a Christian In nv
fathers house got such prejudice against
reii=lon. don't want any of II. NV father
was one of The be- men hat ever lived, but
he had such severe notions about things, and
he damned religion down my throat. until
don't want any of 1t. sir" There have been
some who have erred Ia that direction.
There are hOuseuo DIS VIII re mother pulls
one way aud father pulls the other Father
Gays: "My son, | tod you the first time l
caught YOU in falsehood | would chnsrise
you, and now am going Tn do It," Mother
sats: Don't, let him of This time =" In
some families 1t is | scolding and lrrtful
ness wi he chitd; from Monday morning To
Saturday night it Is that style OF culture.
The boy Is picked at, and cked at, n d
picked at. Now you might bett give one
sound chastisement and nave done with IT,
than TO indDTe in the perpetual scoldin. aud
retfulness There 10 more hath in one
good thunderstorm than in three or four
DAYS OF cold driZZl
Here lie a parent who saws: ~ will not err
on the side that pa en- has erred, in beng t o
strict with his children. / will let m ne do
as they please. il they want to come IN to
prayer, they can; n they wa { TO play at
cards the, can: they can do anything thew
please-tbere shall be no hlndraGce. Go IT!
Here are tickets for the opera and theatre,
son. Take your friends with you. Do what
ever you sire" Que day gen leman comes
IN from the bank 70 his fathers Office and -avs:
''Thry want TO see YOU over AT the bank a
minute" Father goes into the hank. The
cashier says: as ihIt your chCck?" Father
looks Al IL and savs: mo. never gave that
check; ] never cross - In that way: 1
never make the curl Co a " in that " V, 1t
is not nv checN; that's a forgery. Send for
the poiceW 'Ah," Gays the cashier, ''ion't
be 30 quick; your son did that. lie fact
was that the boy hat been out In dt-siuating
circles, and tel and 1fiy dollars went in thai
direction. and he had en- trea Ell AMI he "a &
10 treat others, ~ d the bny felt he must have
five hupdI ed dollars TO Keep himself IN that
son 20 come h me. II IL ] o'clDcK he ore he
CNm mes INTO the hail. He comes la very much