The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-02-26
CHURCH LOCALS
AND RELIGIOUS NOTES OF GENER.
AL INTEREST.

AOn CAo sdlt udlH IOSC us Sa-
vor" II is of no use. 1t does not
enrich the soil,nor does it ornament
the "dung hill" There is no one
thing so utterly useless as sayorless
salt. eye are the salt of the earth"
But what of any man who has lost
the power to save?
The betrayal of the master always
CONES from within, never from
without. "Behold the hand of him
that betrayeth me is with me on the
table" Wicked men may say and
dc many wicked things. But they
can't betray Christ, for they are
without. Nothing less than wicked
things and wicked words are looked
for from wicked men. One man
from within-one religious man
doing and saying bad things, can do
more to betray Christ than all the
wicked men together, in any one
circle or community. ''The hand
that betrayeth me Gs always with
me ON the table,
Paul in his letter to Timothy re-
joices in the remembrance of the
unfeigned faith that was in him,
which dwelt first in his grandmoth-
er,Lois, and then in his mother, Eu-
nice, makes no reference to Timo=
thy's grandfather or to his father.
whatever. The father, though a re-
ligious man, is second to the moth
er in the moulding power of the
child. The mothers responsibility
stands out clear and strong. "She
keeps at home" and has the child
In her arms thousand times to the
fathers once. II the child is not
trained in the ways of God by the
mother, he will not be trained at all.
1t is in a special way, the mothers,
peculiar work. The dying daugh-
ter of Ethan Allen, the protested
inidel, said to him: s'Father shall
| die in your faith or my mother's?''
"Oh my child, if die you must, die
in the faith of your mother" She
died in the faith of her mother, and
in her death taught the father les.
son that all angels combined could
could not have taught him.
Oh! grandmother Lois! Oh
mother Eunice great is thy respon-
sibility. But for "the unfeigned
faith" that was in thee, grandmoth-
er Lois, it would not have been in
thy daughter Eunice; and but for
''the unfeigned faith" in thee Eu-
nice, it would not be in thy son
Timothy. But for "the unfeigned
faith" in Timothy, the fruits OF a
grandmother's and a mothers's life,
the world would not have been
blessed with his life, or the wonder
full work of his lite. There would
have been no letters, first and sec
ond from Paul to Timothy-letters
that have blessed the earth for these
two thousand Yeas and that will
continue to bless it while the world
stands, and that will in the great
Harvest Home" make heaven
brighter and the life of God. dearer
to all the redeemed ones.
How about home with God
less, unspiritual mother She may
be beautiful in person and sweet
tempered in spirit. She may be
refined, cultivated and occupy the
highest social position. She may
have perfect taste in dress, and love
flowers and birds. But if she has
not "unfeigned faith" and walk not
in the ways of deep spirituality,
what is to be the end of her chill
dren? Will her daughter be a Mary,
will bar con ha q Timotbv9 Not ;f
God teacheth Alright. The power,
under Christ, to mould character,
to instill the principles of real life,
to save the child and bless the world
through him is in the mothers
hands. In all subsequent religious
experience, the child refers to the
mother. On all sides we hear it.
81 thank God for the gift to me of
deanlv Mons mO+har7 O thou Cod