The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-15
NO. 25.
TALMAGE TALKS OF SONG.
HE WANTS MOTHERS TO SING FOR
THEIR CHILDREN'S GOOD.

Tho Temptations of the Street Can bo
Overcome In tho Nursery--What Song Is
for tho Sick and Dsstitute--A Pathetic
nome Picture.
In his sermon at the Tabernacle last
Sunday DR.. Talmage said:
cit is not so much what you formally
teach your children as what you sing to
them. A hymn has wings and can fly
everywhither. One hundred and fifty
years after you are dead, and odd
Mortality has worn out his chisel in re-
cutting your name on the tombstone,
your great grandchildren will be singing
the song which this afternoon you sing
to your little ones gathered about your
knee.
ooh, if mothers only know tho power
of this sacred spell, how much oftener
the little ones would be gathered, and all
our homes would chime with the songs
Of Jesus!
"Wo want some counteracting infiu-
enco upon our children. The very mo-
ment your child steps into tho street he
steps into the path of temptation. There
| hIo lOul-lnOutueu CllluTSu WHO WOull
like to besoil your little ones. 1t will,
the house and make them house plants;
they must have fresh air and recreation.
God save your children from the scath-
ing, blasting, damning influence of the
streetsl L know of no counteracting in
tlucnco but the power Of Christian cul-
turc and example. Hold before your
little ones the pure life of Jusus; let
that name be the word that shall exer-
else evil from their hearts. Give to your
instruction all the fascination of music,
morning, noon and night; lot it be
Jesus, the cradle song.
"This is important if your children
grow up; but perhaps they may not.
Their pathway may be short. Jesus may
be wanting that child. Then there will
be soundless step in tho dwelling, and
the youthful pulse will begin to hutter
and tho little hands will be lifted for
agony will pinch at your heart, and the
cradle will be empty, and the nursery
will be empty, and tho world will be
empty, and your soul will be empty.
No little feet standing on the stairs. No
toy scattered on the carpet. No quick
following from room to room. No
, strange and wandering questions. Nc
, upturned face, with laughing blue eyes
| come for kiss, but only grave, and G
| wreath of white blossoms on the top OF
it, and bittor desolation, and signing
at nightfall with no one to put to bed,
and wet pillow, and O grave, and a
wreath of white blossoms on tho top Of
it, The heavenly Shepherd will take
that lamb safely anyhow, whether you
have been faithful or unfaithful; but
~ box Il
could have heard from those lips the
praises of Christ? L never read any
thing moro beautiful than this about a
child's departure. The account said ::
'Sho folded her hands, kissed her mother
goodbye, sang her hymn, turned her
face to the wall, said her little prayer,
and then died.
"Songs in the night! Songs in the
night! For the sick, who have no one
to turn tho hot pillow, no one to put the
taper on the stand, no ono to put ice on
the temple, or pour out the soothing
anOdyne, or utter one cheerful word
yet songs in the night! For the poor,
who freeze in the winters cold and
swelter in the summers heat, and munch
the hard crusts that bleed the sore gums,
and shiver under blankets that cannot
any longer be patched, and tremble be-
Cause rent day IL como hnl tuey Hay po
set out on the sidewalk.
"Christ is the everlasting song. The
very best singers sometimes get tired ;
the strongest throats sometimes get
weary, and many who sang very sweetly
do not sing now; but L hope by the grace
Of God we will, after while, go up and
sing the praises of Christ where we will
never be weary. You know there are
some songs that are especially appropri-
ate for the homo circle. They stir the
soul, they start the tears, they tur-l the
heart i'll on itself and keep sounding
after the tune has stopped, like some
Cathedral bell which, long after the tap
of the brazen tongue has ceased. keeps
thron bing on the air. Well, it will be a
homo song in heaven, all the sweeter be-
cause those who sang with us in the
domestic circle on earth shall join that
great harmony"