The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1893-01-04
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O. n in the Sunday school
A,, serthought here: while the
valll M home-tr training cannot be
oYa .imated, and its impor-
tanca mnd requirement. as a pa
rentB Sduty dovolving upon the
dear s and those most influen-
tial bss{sflsons is second to nothing,
yet tnIs fSunday school attended
by tElsachild hasa greaterforce in
its nI sdilictions toward church
assoc atior in maturer years. i
am ls Spared to say that, next to
thespl exclamation from the pul-
pit:M 1sus Christ, the Sunday
schoy furnishes the best means
for enteracting the soul-pois-
oniy Ssoul-polluting Influences
ofxa sOTts Of home and trans-at-
lantio fepticisri;Hn'd infidelity,
to boz indifin all the remedies
of pa .,ical christianity. And
too alsssshe deadly poison Of this
forei skepticism and inidelity
andEsgtEthe varied forms of for
eignsa sments unfriendly to our
hol y. ieligion that are pouring
in eY.sSsWelling streams upon
our 81 res, must cause every
thougg Mul Christian to cry out:
WheIS an heavens name, may
a reniA ylyNbe found to stay and
drivesEaclk this sickeningl eflu-
yiumS 8|flsom the body Of death 2
And III answer to this important
questia owe would say, with all
the elTl 1>nd confidence be-
longina q that the Sun
day Isl lt that God blessed
right-a3 moi the church is heay-
Yen's last remedy. A French
inlidelE philosopher was once
heard 5B35 remark that il lie had
all,thesllildren Of France under
his special training until they
were aten years old he would
make Tile nation infidel. The
'tiMtlGofthis assertion is evident
tossYeiyy1 thoughtful person.
3;SSSsB 33;s. NY s itelligent nge Of the
worldAof rare literary produc.
tion, we have books that furnish
q complete refutation Of the fal
lacies Of intidelity; but these
books, though Of a high literary
merit, Itor that very reason, are
above l$sle reach Of the masses
and are found in the hands Of
only few; while the squibbles
Of the Spencers, Huxleys and
Paynes are blown flush as au-
tumn leaves upon the youth Of
our land, like a red-hot blast
from the regions Of moral death.
But the Sunday school well, ap-
pointed and directed by deeply
pious and consecrated officers
and teslchers, pours a constant
stream Pf the Water Of Life upon
these fires Of perdition. And I
say it uhhesitatingly, in the fear
OF God and with due regard to
man, thatif the great evils Of
this American nation which, like
the faHled bat Of Madagascar:
fan her to sleep while they are
her life, blood, are ever
subduep7 and eradicated from
ChurchE and State, this happy
result must be accomplished by
the modest, llnsullied hands Of
The Sunday school. If we would
save our nation from hell pol
luted elements cast among us
we must necessarily instill in
the minds and plant deep in the
hearts of the children Of to-day
the principles Of our holy reli-
gion; al |. of which are faithfully
taught bn the Sunday school. 4
The Sunday school, with the
Holy Bible asrits textbook, pro
poses to take IL children into
the sacred precincts OF its moral
and religious teaching, and cast
their minds in the mould which,
the Bible has prepared, and train
them up in the way they should
go soatley.will remember their
CreatoM in the days of their
youth;I,lnd, above all, to lead
them to the cross Of Christ, and
assist them to tWine the tendrils
Of their affections around it's i'm.
perishable beams. Furthermore
the Sunday school does not cease