Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-22
!, Intended Every Father and Mother
!" i b the Protection and the
Help Of the Child
p,ou,red to Build the Temple Of a
p ss, ~, CHARACTER and Launch 1t on
w" ,hs ocean Of Eternity.


hewitt Talnagei ~ ~, pioa ',' ~
u,ooElyn Tabernacle this morning ON
p nSlect awhat is to Become OF our |
I I ~ The openining hymn begins
COMO. le, us Join our friends above
wso have ob,aine the priEej
lam Inc eagle wings OF love
rp lows cel1 stlal rise"
~, sxpounding from chapter iorty-nine
|, W slresis Jacobs wonderful discrimina-
I, Inc characteristics Of his sons,
..s.rber took for his text Genesis
4. Al. aseelng that his life Is bound
n NE hd's lite," and delivered the
knowing DISCOURSE
%..,s words were spoken by Judah as
.,,nt,ge of the tenderness and affec-
,.hleh Jacob felt towards Ben amin,
vannqest son of that patriarchal
4 Y !, hut they are words just as appro-
s "a many q parent in this house
~ i,his lie Is bound up in the lads
M have known parents that seemed
.A,ss hut little interest In their chill
A father says "My son must look
.nt himself. II he comes up well, all
N. 4 he turns out badly, cannot
4'.h lam not responsible for his be.
Tor He must take tho same risk IN
thst took" AS well might the
i.,serd throw lamb into a den Of lions
.,sNsp say; "Little lamb, look out for
N,nelllp
a Nsssnerally the case, that even the
k,.sloks after Its Young. | have gone
sM,cuA the woods on summers day,
rdIhN heard a great outcry in Il birds
4 VA i5d have climbed up to see what
Mn matter. | found out that the
Y. we're starving and that the mother
h ia had gone off, not to come back
I'm. But that is an exception. IL is
T,,tly the case that the old bird will
.stour ewes out rather than let you
ope nlgh the brood. The lion will rend
ID "a twain II you approach too nearly
+ \ whelps; the fowl In the barn-yard,
ksmy.iooted and heavy-winged, flies
II freely at you II you come too near the
%ne group, and God intended every
Nlihsr snd mother TO be the protection
~ the help Of the child. Jesus comes
10 every dwelling and says to the father
&mo,heF; "You have been looking after
Is Child's BODY and mind; the time has
me when you onght to be looking after
Nplmmortal souln | stand before hun
Nds Of people with whom the question
sOmlng, noo0 aud night, is "What Is to
ZONE Of the child2 What will be its
Dfy' witt choose paths OF virtue or
M Will II accept Christ or reject
E Where will II spend eternityp"
q lead OF vessel that fOundered. The
NJ were launched many of the pas
sgels were struggling in the water. A
saer with one hand beat the waves,
1 with the other lifted up her little
y toward the llfe-boat, crying "Save
~ ealdl Save my child!" The i'm
slcdfd outcry Of that mother Is the
#Esr Of hundreds of Christian people
K psll listening this morning while ]
81 Propose TO show some of the
'ss o. parental anxiety, and then how
Aanxlety
MAY BE ALtEVIATED.
tid the hrst cause of parental anxiety
le lntnielency and imperfecton OF pa
Mle themselves, We have d slight hope,
dns, that our children may escape
n ihalls. We hide our imperfectlons,
dunk they will steer clear Of them
There Is u poor prospect
n uail There Is more proba-
n that they will choose our
9 man choose our virtues. There is
saalpg Ike sacredness In parental inn
scli0ns when the child looks upon
Inc folly OF the parents Is not so
MNe when the child looks at1t He
Rather INDUCES in II; mother In
I bsln NJ 1t can't be so bad.u Your
lNu years OF age, goes up back
III smoking his cigar--an old stump
.IM lound IN the strickland a neigh
Ieosts him and says: "What are
uo'lg this for2 WHAT would your
Isy Il he knew itf" The boy says
aIner does that himself" There il
Wy o. Us this morning that would
IltNly choose that his children
rsm all things follow his example,
n s lue consciousness OF impertec-
!. ~ cur part as parents, that makes
N II t''s Ahxlous for our children,
HtIe also distressed on account OF
2 s,Ilwsdom Of our discipline and IN
= 0a ltrequlres a great deal OF In.
% build house or fashion a
y wy more ingenuity 10 build the
" child's character, and
~ on the great ocean OF
:, -. @au eternity. Where there
M parent that seems qualified
work there seem TO be twenty pa
nuo miserably TAIL. Here is a
A,., nv says "My child shall know
s eW religion; he shall hear moth
n, ts,taBloni he shall see nothing but
n I, me boy Is aroused at O'Clock
n sms..l hlng TO recite the Ten Com
~ sa lie Is awakened of the
Iluay night TO see how much he
4 NY VIZ .he Westminster Catechism. II
~. !, morning, noon and night,
n s'S,n scripture are plastered on
.1As I'm wall. He looks for the day
\ n s,is,ln IN religious almanac,
81 gid that comes to the house
y M . saSe The boy aside and talk 10
b Az. W MIN what great sinner nc
~ NJ, awhile he boy comes
"a N, period OF life when he IA
M ltr snAsllsement, and too young
!, Ps snu feel the force OF moral prln,
4 81 q, ~ aud mother are sitting ~
st, " come home. IL Is 0 O'Clock
80 y elock-itls II o'clock-hhli
n doas 'lsy hear the night key Jingle
~ ~. they say he is coming
$780, s very softly through the hall
~ up stairs before he is &C
lou bss. lstner says; Geor, e,wherC
zen IN s.at Been out.n Yes, be
"a Nv NV and he has been down, and
tsBte otoad road to destruction
aTSslu The life 10 come. Father
sasels. = no use Ia the Ten Com
y uiier i.il S.een ?, seems 70 me