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From the Herald of Truth.

From the Herald of Truth.
The Bible is one of those books in
which every one may find what he
needs for reproof, instructions, encour-
agement and warning in Christian
life. The Bible is not a one-sided
book, but treats men and women,
parents and children, masters and
servants, all alike. That is, it gives to
each the advice that they need. In
the 9Th chapter of Paups letter to the
Ephesians we have very excellent in
structions on those points He says
"ChiIdren obey your parents in the
Lord for this is right. Honor thy
father and thy mother, which is the
first commandment with promise !;
that it may be we'll with thee and that
thou mayest live long on the earth.
And we fathers provoke not your
children to wrath, but bring them up
in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord.n We sometimes hear of
some fathers who are very
harsh and severe to their children. A
father should be firm and decided, but
he need not be harsh and cross, so that
every one is afraid of him and are
glad to get out of his way. 1 have
heard of fathers who are always cross
and peevish to their wives and chill
dren, so that they seldom, if ever speak
q kind word to them. Weare remind
ed of a verse in the spelling book, we
used to recite when but child
"Whatever brawls disturb the street,
There should be peace at home,
Where parents dwell and children meet
Quarres should never come"
A father though he is head of the
family aud must rule and govern his
household, so as to preserve order in
hts house, has no right as q citizen
much less as a Christian, to be a ty-
rant, and make both his wife and
children miserable. A wife has the
right to claim kind and fair treatment
at the hands Of her husband. Chill
dren, while they often need correction
and reproof, do not always need to be
scolded or beaten. Many a father
makes himself and his wife very un-
happy by his cross and cruel ways !;
often drives his children from home
and brings suffering and sorrow to
those whom he should love and deal
with tenderly by his unkind and un-
pleasant ways.
A man that always frets and scolds
around home. is not much of Chris
Christian, and there is not much use in
a man finding fault with others, that
they do not exercise love toward one
another, while he is scolding all the
time at home. The apostles tells us
that we should not be bitter towards
our children, and love and kindness
and gentleness are all points that all
should we'll regard. "The wisdom
which is from above" the apostle says,
"is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
easy to be entreated, full of mercy and
good fruits, without partiality and
without hypocrisy"
/ Let every one who is given to
peevishness, and scolding, take these
remarks to hearts and see if he can
not put on cheerful face, be gentle
and kind to those in his charge and
care, and if he shows an example of
kindness, love, gentleness and a meek
and quiet spirit he will no doubt have
no trouble to instill the same loving
principles into all around him, and
home will be a place where all will
love together and rejoice together,
and in this way they will even bear in
loving remembrance the scenes of
home and childhood. Remember that
home needs the sunshine of love, to
make it pleasant home more than
anything else, and kindness should
be practiced at home i'll our families
as we'll when abroad among stran-