Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-08

will not depart from It." Prov. xxii, 6
It is right that every child should attend
Sabbath school, ETC., and should obey theil
parents, ETC., but this is not what Solomon
meant. A child's peculiar tastes and in
clinations should be consulted; and wher
these are known the training should be 40
cordingly. Every child has way peculiar
ly its own in which it ought to bt
trained. This is true with respect to pro
tession and calling. Let them 60 in thu
way God evidently meant they should go
1t is an injustice to child to try to bend Il
out of the way it ought to 60,
And still further, If the child has fault,
tenderly acquaint the child with 1t.
Awaken their "wilT'' against their faults.
Let the child intelligently struggle to over
come faults. The ''will' ought thus to be
used. 1t is great mistake te
''crush" the will of child Let al
the will power" of a child be brought
to bear on their faults, and there is every
reason to believe that they can be overcome:
The child whose win has been crushed, and
who has been blindly obedient to superior
force, is the child who will 20 down before
temptation as soon as beyond the reach OF
that force. The child that has been intelli-
gently trained is the one that will in all
probability stand even in the midst of the
temptations of city life-after having left
the old home
Influence in Social Intercourse.
An old lady, seeing a great many soldiers
passing her home, said: 7 don't suppose
they all have names" Yes, they all had
names, because they were all distinct indi-
Yiduais. This fact must ever be borne in
mind by all who would have success in
dealing with men. Men must be handled
as individuals, not in crowds-else great
violence will be done to many, and poor
success follow our efforts. Cast iron rules
and methods are to be abandoned, IT we
would be successful in our efforts to lnf1u-
ence men.
Let US know men one by one. To know
mans nationality, is to know much as to
inherited views and opinions on many sub
jects. Nothing will take the place of house
to house visitation on the part of q pastor.
He must know his people in order to have
the highest possible success.
Heredity eliminates at birth, then en-
vironment enters as a factor. Physical
heredity can to a remarkable degree be
overcome. If the sicklv boy who has in
herited tendency to pulmonary trouble is
toll rather than to the store to clerk, to col
lege and seminary, his chances Of life may
be very much improved. Let him not die
simply because his ancestors have died
early. Let him heroically resolve to live
as long as possible, and then use good COM
mon sense as to food, exercise and employ
ment
Counteracting Effects Of Environment.
Our schools for the idiotic prove conclus-
lively that one is not doomed by heredity
absolutely. All reformatory schools prove
likewise that environment can counteract
heredity to degree. Man must get ''ac- |
luainted" with himself He then can 'in-
fight sin. Knowing where the
weak places in the wall are, he can
strengthen them. He can restrain himself
where he needs restraining, and do all in
his power to develop that wherein he is de-
icient. Let all the power of the will" be
brought to bear on sins and failings. The
ooetess has very truly said:
Back of thy parents and grandparents lies
The great eternal Will! That too is thine
strong, beautiful, divine,
sure lever of success for one who tries.
Some people are born not far from hell,
With no friends, no education, with strong
bias toward evil and prejudiced against all
nan can conquer who tries. He can COM
nence the struggle of life just where he
stands, with whatever of evil tendency he
nay have; and step by step he can drive
he enemy from the field. A wound in an
,yster becomes a pearl; sin overcome q
-irtue. God gives every man a chances
Where sin abounds, grace does much more
bound" Let the gospel of good cheer be
Preached to all Let all 60 into the great |
'attle of life hopefully-because intelli- |
,ently.
The Responsibilities Of Parentage.
Heredity teaches the tremendous respon-
Utilities attached to parentage. We may
veil pray that the time may hasten when |
ations may be well born as well as possess
favorable environment. Future genera
ions have rights which ought to be re-
pected. Another has said, "a child does
OF become man, he is born man. Poten-
tally the child is all that it ever will be.
iaturity reveals the mystery-the possibil-
ties of childhood" An idiot can be edu-
ated, vet we have but an educated idiot
Heredity We cannot destroy, but we can
AXE advantage of it and rise to higher
evel in every sense of the word. Let all
Tho assume the responsibilities of parent
ge, for their own sakes and for the sake of
ives. Let woman, for her own sake and
Or sll she is to the human race, enjoy the
randest opportunities OF every kind. ''No
ian 1iveth to himself" The good we do.
he-evil we do, goes laundering down the
ges. It becomes the heritage of the ma
IONS. 'Being dead we shall continue to
peak"
Teaches All to Be on Their Guard.
Let us learn finally in the light of the
octrine of heredity, that if man knew his
GLOW man better, he would be more charit-
Bile and less critical One man knows
othing of the fierce struggles his brother
lay be passing through daily. To us the
ian at our side seems to be on the down
rade to ruin; but as God sees him, he NAV
e on the up grade to glory. A freight train
J passing us, over the tops of the cars
rakeman is running in an opposite direction
,om that in which the train Is moving. We
re disposed to ask ourselves the question
Which way is that man in reality going?"
While we stand and wonder, the train
xeeps by, and the man who seemed to be
Ding in one direction, is found to be going
/ the very opposite. The under force did
So the poor brother at our side seems to
ave his face toward perdition, but through
any fierce battle-if we only knew all
E may be moving toward glory and God.
eredity teaches us to be on our guard as
e mingle with men, lest unhappily we add
lother burden to an already over-burdened
cart. and turn possible victory into certain
sfeat
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