The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-09

may have, think she ought every year,
ct least, make one garment for Samuel.
The Lord have mercy on . man who il 20
unfortunate ~ to have lazy mother.
2. Again, Hannah stands before you as
an Intelligent mother. From the way in
which she talked in this chapter, and from
the way she managed this boy, you know
she was intelligent. There are no persons
In community who need 70 be so wise
and we'll informed ~ mothers.
Oh! this work Of culture In children for
this world and the next. This child 10
timid, and It must Be reused mp and
pushed out into activity. This child Is
forward, and he must be held back and
tanned down into modesty and politeness.
Rewards for one; punishment for another.
That which will make George will ruin
John. The rod 10 necessary in one case,
while frown Of displeasure 10 moro than
enough in another. Whipping and dark
closet do not exhaust all the rounds of do.
nestle discipline. There have been chill
dren who have grown up and gone to
glory without ever having had their cars
boxed.
Oil how much care and intelligence are
necessary in the rearing Of children! But
In this day, when there are so many books
on the subject, no parent II excusable in
being ignorant of the best mode Of bring
ing up child. II parents knew more Of
electics there would not be 50 many dys-
poetic stomachs and weak nerves and in.
competent livers among children. II par.
ents knew more Of physiology there would
not be 50 many curved spines, and cramped
chests, and inhamed throats. and diseased
lungs Is there are among children. II
parents knew more Of art, and were in
sympathy with all that Is beautiful, there
would not be 30 many children coming out
in the world with boorish proclivities. II
parents knew more Of Christ, and prac-
ticed more of his religion, there would not
be so many little feet already starting on
the wrong road, and all around us voices
Of riot and blasphemy would not come up
with such ecstasy Of internal triumph.
The eaglets in the eyrie have no advan.
tage over the eaglets Of thousand years
ago; the kids have no superior way Of
climbing up the rocks than the old goats
taught hundreds of years ago; the whelps
know no moro now than did the whelps of
ages ago-they are taught no more by the
lions of the desert; but it is . shame that
in this day, when there are 50 many OPP
portunities Of improving ourselves in the
best manner Of cultivating children, that
SO often there is NO more advancement in
this respect than there has been among
the kids and the eaglets and the whelps.
8. Again Hannah stands before you a. a
Christian mother. From her prayers and
from the way she consecrated her boy to
God, l know that she was GOOD. A mother
may have the finest culture, the most bril-
liant surroundings; but she is not At for her
duties unless she be q Christian mother.
There may be well-read libraries in the
house; and exquisite music in the parlor;
and the canvas of the best artists adorn-
ing the walls; and the wardrobe be
crowded with tasteful apparel; and the
children be wonderful for their attain
ments, and make the house ring with
laughter and innocent mirth, but there is
something woeful-looking in that house,
il It be not also the residence of Chris.
tian mother.
l bless God that there are not many
praverless mothers-not many Of them.
The weight of responsibility is 30 great
that they feel the need of . Divine
hand to help, and Divine voice to COM
fort, and Divine heart to sympathize.
Thousands of mothers have been led into
the kingdom Of God by the hands of their
A1S d. ~
mothers who would not have been Chris
tians had il not been for the prattle Of
their little ones. Standing some day in
the nursery they bethought themselves,
'This child God was given me to raise
for eternity. What Is my influence upon
itr Not being . Christian myself, how
can ever expect him to become . Chris
tian: Lord, help mew
Are there anxious mothers who know
nothing of the infinite help of religioni
Then I commend them to Hannah, the
pious mother of Samuel. Do not think i
is absolutely impossible that your children
como up iniquitous. Out Of just such fair
brows, and bright eyes, and soft hands,
and innocent hearts, crime gets its victims
-extirpating purity from the heart, and
rubbing out the smoothness from the brow,
aud quenching the luster of the eye, and
shriveling up, and poisoning, and purify.
ing, and scathing, and scalding, and blast
ing, and burning with shame and woe.
Every child is Q bundle of tremendous
possibilities; and whether that child shall
come forth to life, its heart attuned to the
eternal harmonies, and after q life
of usefulness on earth 60 to q life
Of joy in Heaven, or whether across it
shall jar eternal discords, and after q life
of wrOng-doing on earth it shall go to .
home of impenetrable darkness and an
abyss Of Unreasonable plunge, is being
decided by nursery song and Sabbath les
son, and evening prayer, and walk, and
ride, and look, and frown and smile. Oh!
how many children in glory, crowding all
the battlements, and lifting q million
voiced hosanne, brought to God through
Christian parentage!
One hundred and twenty clergymen
were together, and they were telling their
experience and their ancestry; and Of tho
100 clergymen, how many of them, do you
suppose, assigned as the means Of their
conversion the influence Of Christian
mother! One hundred out Of the 40!
Phillip Doddridge was brought to God by
the Scripture lesson on the Dutch tiles of
q chimney fireplace. The mother thinks
she is only rocking child, but at the same
time she NAV be rocking the fate Of ma.