Arizona republican., 1891-11-29
A MAYNARD SON.

Gods Way of Saving Esbeliious Young
 Men from Themselves.
 A Distressed Mother who says at the end of her letter that it is not for publication, gives long account of the undutifulness and waywardness of her son She says she and her husband have done their whole duty by the boy-have set him a good example, have made his home pleasant and have done all they could to persuade him to do right. Yet he has always been a self willed diso- bedient boy, and is now going with bad company and in evil ways. She and his father have been praying earnestly for him all these years.
 Among the efforts employed to lead this son in the right way the mother makes no mention of discipline. If his parents failed to do their duty in that matter their first duty now is to confess their sin and ask forgiveness for it, and so far as is now possible turn over a new leaf A few sound spankings, given at proper times and in a proper spirit in early childhood, will accomplish more for the salvation of willful child's soul than many prayers will if they are un- accompanied by discipline. Faith with. out works is dead. being alone"
 The boy is probably too big now to be spanked, but he is not too big to be given to understand that he must either be- have or find home for himself. It should be done very kindly and with a frank confession that the parents had sinned against him in allowing him to grow up without discipline. He should be told, too that his fathers house will always be open to him when he is ready to turn from sin and live a true life
 You will say. "lf he should be turned out of his home he will go from bad to worse" Very probably, but is not that just what he is doing now, according to his mothers testimony? The difference would be that, being thrown on his own resources, he would much sooner find out that the way of the transgressors is hard When he begins to realize that the devils wages are very promptly paid and get worse and worse the more one earns of them, when his chosen master begins to feed him on husks and sends him out to keep company with pigs. then he may come to his senses, like the prodigal son, and say, ''l will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him. Father, have sinned."
 We do not find that the father of the prodigal allowed him to pursue his rebel. lious and sinful ways at home It was because he could not do so that the boy left home; and the father quietly let him go If this father and mother will adopt Gods method of dealing with sin, and then claim the fulfllment of Gods prom ises, we are sure their prayer will be an swered in Gods good time
 God is infinitely more anxious to save that boy than his parents can be, but if the parents persist in standing in the way by shielding the boy from the con sequences of his sin God cannot get at him to convince him of the folly of liy- ing in sin.
 God loves every child of Adam much more than these parents can love their son; but he has expressly declared that he cannot allow his home to be detiled by sin, and that those who prefer their own will to his must live somewhere else He is our pattern of fatherhood. - New York Weekly Witness. ~s