Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-08-03

ought not to bc to- rough whci we
discover that out children have AS
IN n. II tradition he true when we
were children we were not all little
Snmuels, and our parents were not
fearful lest they could not ras, us be-
cause Of our y scmnture goodness.
\ on cannot scold or pound Your
children into nobility of character,
The bloom of achild's heart can never
be seen under cold dril2lc Above
all AVOID fretting and s,olding in the
household. Better than ten years OF
fretting at your children is one good
sound, old-fashioned application OF
the slipper. That minister of The
gospel OF whom we read IN the news.
papers that he whipped his child To
death because h would not say his
prayers, will never come to ,auouiLa
ton The arithmetics cannot calcu.
late how many thousands of children
have been III ned forever either
through to- great rigor or too great
leuiency, The heavens aud the earth
are filled with the groan Of the sacri-
feed. n this Important matter seek
divine dire 'tion, q father, q mother
some one asked the mother of Lord
Chief Justice Mansfield ifsac was not
sons, and all ol them SO good, NO,
she said, il is nothing Ia be proud Of,
( Tut something ror which 10 be very
grateful
Again thCrc are many who are Sar.
ridcng their children to spirit of
worldliucSs. ) ne one asked u mothec
| who.c children had turned out very
we'll, what was tho secret by which
she p epared them for uscfu ness and
! for the Christian life, and slc said,
| This was the secret When, In the
morning | washed my children,
/ prayed that they might be washed IN
the fountain of u Sayiors mercy,
1 When | put on their garments, |
prayed That they might be arrnycd in
the robe OF II Sny.or's righteousness,
When gave hem food | prayed that
they might bc fed with mama from
heaven When started them on the
road To school ! prayed that their
4 path might be- ~ the shining light
brighter and brighter to the perfect
day. When | put them to sleep
prayed that they might be embodied in
( the Sayior's arms Oh YOU say,
| that was very old fashioned II was
! quito old fashion 3D. iiut do you sup
! pose that child under such nurture
Ms that ever turncd out bndn
In our DAYS most boys start out with
no idea higher than the ull-cncumpasS'
I ing dollar Tn Y start in an age
| which boasts IL can scratch tho Lords
prayer on IL Decent pie-e, and the
! Ten Commandments on l0'ccnt
piece. Childrcn are taught Ia
reduce morals and religion, time
aud eternity, To vulgar fractions, IL
! seems to be their ch cl attainment that
ten cents make dime, and ten dimes
make II dollar How to get money Is
only equal'ei by the other art, how IN
keep IT, Tell me, We who know, what
chance there Is for those who start cut
In life with such perverted sentiments?
The money market res ounds again and
/ again with the downfall of such PEG.
! Pile, II had u drop of blood on the
tip of u pen. | would tell you by what
awful tragedy many of the youth Of
this country ARE ruined
In the siege OF Charleston during
the civil war lieutenant OF the army
stood on he floor beside the daughter
OF the ex-governor of the state OF
South Carolina. They We're taking
the vows of marriage. A bombshel
struck the roof, dropped into the
group and nine We're wounded and
slain; among the wounded to death,
the bride While the hridegrc ON
knelt on the carpet, trying To stanch
the wounds, the bride demanded that
the ceremony be completed, that she
might take the vows before her de-
parture. and when the minister said,
''Wilt thou bc faithful unto death
with her dying lips she said II will,
/ MI In al A la al
That was the accidental slaughter aud
the sacrifice OF the body; but Mt thou.
sands OF marriage affairs there are
daughters slain for time and slain for
eternity. H. IL not marriages. II Is
| u massacre
Aflianced TO some one who Is only
waiting until his father dies, SO that
he can get the property; then u little
while thsy swing around in the circles,
brilliant circles; then the property is
gone, and having no power 10 earn u
livelihood, the twain sink into some
c. rner OF 20 'iety, the husband an
idler aud sot the wife n drudge, u
slave and a sacrifice. Ali spare your
denuncintions from Jephthah's head,
and expcnd them on this wholesale
modern marty rdom.
lift up my voice to-day against the
sacrifice OF children. ! look out of my
window on sabbath, and ] see u
group OF children, unwashed, un.
combed, unchl ist inized Who cares
for them? Who prays for them? Who
utters to them one kind word?
When the city missionary passin {
along the park in New York, saw n
ragged lad and heard II III swearing.
he said To him My sou. stop swear
ing! You ought to go To- the house of
Got to-day. You GU. ht To be good:
you ought TO be a Christian. The lad
| looked in his face and said "Ah. IL is
easy for you TO talk, we clothed as
You are, and well fed but we chips
hain't got no chance. Who litts
tn EN- 10 the altar for baptism? Who
goe, forth To suutch them mp from
crime and death and woe? Who to
day will go forth and bring them into
schools and churches? No. Heap
them up, great piles OF rags and
wrctchedness and filth. Pvt under
meath them the fires of sacrifice, Stir
up the blaze, put on more faggots, and
| while we sit in the churches with
| !olded arms and Indifferent, crime
and diseas. and Death will so ON with
the agonizing sacrifice
congratulate all par, mt, who are
doing their best To leep their children
away from the altar OF sacrifice. Your
prayers are going to be answered.
Your children may wander away from
God, but they viii come ack again.
! A voice comes from the throne to-day.
! encouraging you; II will be God TO
thee, and TO thy seed after thee. "
| And tiough when you lay your head
in death there may be some wanderer
of the family far awav from God, and
you may be twenty years in heaven
before salvation shall come TO his
heart, he will be brought into the
| kingdom, and before the throne of
God you will rejoice that you were
| faithful Come at last, although so
long postponed his coming. Come at
last!
| | congratulate all those who are
toiling for the outcast ana the wan.
/ dering. Your work will S on be over.
but the influence you are setting In
motion will never stop. Long after
| you have been 1arnercd for the skies.