The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-17
Duties Of Parents to Children.

Dear Is the suffering tnat comes
e, innocent persons because of IL
$ wrong-ioings of some one come,
n led with them. Especially true
f this when a parent has brougl
d disgrace upon himself, thereb
y casting a stigma upon the nam
a his children bear. "a good nam
is rather to be chosen than grea
: riches" not only for ourselves il
/, dividually, but for those who in
3 herit that name, and who mus
, share its glory or its shame. 4
| painful incident which illustrate
this fact, occurred not long since
| where a father had been arrested
} for using funds of his employer
Three beautiful children, whc
loved him fondly, and to whom he
had been a very kind father, il
the way of doing everything he
could to make them happy, were
almost crushed with the weight of
their father disgrace and sin.
I've can't play with you any
more" said one of the neighbours
children, because your father
stole and has gone Jail" were the
words they heard, when with sad
hearts they tried to be happy, by
joining with their old playmates
in their merry sports.
ooh, mother" said the little son,
chow shall We ever live herel do
let us move away" while torrents
oftears ran down his cheeks, as he
buried his face in his mothers lap.
But then if we do move away, we
must change our name, or every.
body will know who we belong to-"
he added.
What a heavy burden for that
patient, faithful loving wife and
mother that was to carryl Gather
ing three heart-broken, sobbing
children in her arms, she tried to
soothe them with the thoughts
hat they had not done anything
themselves to be ashamed of, and
encouraged them to do the best
hey could, and be true to her and
themselves, and by and by people
would not think i'll Of them. But
low true it is that there is always
omebody 10 rvlnirrti vs-.l-y
lard things in our lives that we
want to forget.
A lovely young girl, the head of /
Ter class in the high school, was so
shamed of her fathers public
drunkenness, that she could not J;
inish her course. at was so
she said, @to meet the
eachers and scholars, when they
Il knew that father was drunk
I'd" ]
1t is the, duty of parents to hon
D children just as much as it is
the duty Of children to honor pa
rents, Fatherhood and mother
hood are the most sacred trust
God givei;to men and women. He j
will require strict account of the s
in which we have kept a
those trusts. Our children are a Z
part OF ourselves, and we must be |
as pure, as true and as good as we '
wish them to be. q
The claims of society shodld c
never be strong enough to make t
the mother neglect her duty to her /
children. The father connot afford /
to tarnish even inthe slightest de- c
gree, the good name that should
be legacy to his children, Of so
much greater yalue fhan fine mon
by he might leave them.
There is not man or women, f
however poor they may be, but 4
nave it in their power by the f
grace of God, to leave behind them S
he grandest thing on cath, char t
Acteri and their childressSmight e
rise up after them and THANH God Y
that their mother was a pious
woman or their father was q pious e
man" {
Christian fathers and mothers
should bring up their children by
precept and example to have rev. !;
srence for Gods authority and !;
to law-His law and
heir law. But what can those "a !;
rents do TO influence their children ! 7
,or good who have not that living !.
'aith which enables us in every
of life to be faithful?
How many times young parents,
happy in the little child God has !
given them, have been led to re-
'eive Christ by remembering what
de said, "Whosoever shall re-
'eive one of such children in My
lame, receiveth Ne, and whosoever
'eceiyetb Me receiveth Him that
sent Me-"
A coed story is told of a father
hearing the voice of his child be- t
ind him as he was picking his '
way carefully along the mountain s